Help International

Analysis

Help International is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coventry. It was registered in February 1988, 38 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02207026). It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Help International reported income of £29k and spending of £33k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £29k (+99%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 208%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Help International sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bridport Refugee Support Campaign (£29k), Community Church Exmouth (£29k) and Zebra Trust (£29k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.