International Relief Friendship Foundation

Analysis

International Relief Friendship Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Orpington. It was registered in January 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, International Relief Friendship Foundation reported income of £83k and spending of £82k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £59k to £83k (+40%), an average of +8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, International Relief Friendship Foundation sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mitchell Ministries (£83k), Elly Charity (£83k) and Tuebrook Hope Group (£83k).