Calcutta Rescue Fund

Analysis

Calcutta Rescue Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in January 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 provides other finance, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Calcutta Rescue Fund reported income of £186k and spending of £154k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income fell from £626k to £186k (-70%), an average of -26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Calcutta Rescue Fund sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Concussion Foundation (£186k), Hassanali & Jennabai Visram Foundation (Aka H & J Visram Foundation (£186k) and Pcaso Prostate Cancer Support Organisation (£186k).