Fund for Human Need

Analysis

Fund for Human Need is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Darlington. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Fund for Human Need reported income of £94k and spending of £99k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £63k to £94k (+50%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Fund for Human Need sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Puttenham Trust (£94k), The Footprints Foundation (£94k) and My Home Life Charity (£94k).