INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, U.K

Charity overview
Activities - how the charity spends its money
The International Rescue Committee UK is an independent British charity, established in 1997 as part of the International Rescue Committee network. The IRC provides emergency relief, protection of human rights, post-conflict reconstruction, resettlement assistance & advocacy to those uprooted or affected by violent conflict, oppression and natural disaster in countries around the world.
Income and expenditure
Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023
Total income:
£122,092,000
Donations and legacies | £7.12m | |
Charitable activities | £114.75m | |
Other trading activities | £82.00k | |
Investments | £147.00k | |
Other | £0 |
Total expenditure:
£122,426,000
Raising funds | £6.49m | |
Charitable activities | £115.93m | |
Other | £0 |
£0 investments gains (losses)
Total income includes £4,175,260 from 3 government contract(s) and £22,169,118 from 40 government grant(s)
Charitable expenditure
Charitable expenditure with investment gains
Charitable expenditure
Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.
In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.
Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.
By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.
Raising funds and other expenditure | £6.49m | |
Charitable expenditure | £115.93m |
People

241 Employee(s)
12 Trustee(s)
33 Volunteer(s)
Employees with total benefits over £60,000
Number of employees | |
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£60k to £70k | 25 |
£70k to £80k | 13 |
£80k to £90k | 8 |
£90k to £100k | 6 |
£100k to £110k | 5 |
£110k to £120k | 2 |
£120k to £130k | 2 |
£130k to £140k | 1 |
Fundraising
Trading
Trustee payments
What, who, how, where
- Education/training
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People With Disabilities
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- Other Defined Groups
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Human Resources
- Provides Services
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- Other Charitable Activities
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Colombia
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ethiopia
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Libya
- Mali
- Mexico
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Pakistan
- Poland
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
Governance
- 20 November 1997: Standard registration
- INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE (Working name)
- IRC (Working name)
- IRC-UK (Working name)
- IRC EUROPE (Previous name)
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investment
- Paying staff
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service
12 Trustee(s)
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Joseph Michael McCarthy | Trustee | 29 October 2024 |
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Laura Fleur Round | Trustee | 29 October 2024 |
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Henriette Kolb | Trustee | 29 October 2024 |
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Nicola Kathryn Pollitt | Trustee | 29 October 2024 |
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Natalie Lynn Au | Trustee | 11 October 2023 |
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Martin Hyman | Trustee | 15 May 2023 |
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Noelia Serrano | Trustee | 07 July 2022 |
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Huey Nhan-O'Reilly | Trustee | 08 July 2021 |
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Najwa Al Abdallah | Trustee | 08 July 2021 |
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Dr TITILOLA BANJOKO | Trustee | 20 October 2020 |
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Cressida Pollock | Trustee | 01 March 2019 |
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Ciaran Donnelly | Trustee | 26 October 2016 |
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Financial history
Financial period end date
Income / Expenditure | 30/09/2019 | 30/09/2020 | 30/09/2021 | 30/09/2022 | 30/09/2023 | ||
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Total gross income | £133.43m | £113.91m | £115.72m | £114.43m | £122.09m | |
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Total expenditure | £133.45m | £113.55m | £113.77m | £109.35m | £122.43m | |
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Income from government contracts | N/A | £2.58m | N/A | £2.97m | £4.18m | |
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Income from government grants | £52.61m | £56.67m | £57.30m | £26.33m | £22.17m | |
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Income - Donations and legacies | £1.57m | £2.63m | £3.59m | £11.19m | £7.12m | |
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Income - Other trading activities | £0 | £0 | £0 | £2.00k | £82.00k | |
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Income - Charitable activities | £131.80m | £111.27m | £111.20m | £103.17m | £114.75m | |
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Income - Endowments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Investment | £52.00k | £19.00k | £0 | £72.00k | £147.00k | |
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Income - Other | £0 | £0 | £927.00k | £0 | £0 | |
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Income - Legacies | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Charitable activities | £129.86m | £109.53m | £110.17m | £103.78m | £115.93m | |
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Expenditure - Raising funds | £3.60m | £4.02m | £3.60m | £5.58m | £6.49m | |
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Expenditure - Governance | £0 | £51.00k | £56.00k | £65.00k | £71.00k | |
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Expenditure - Grants institution | £0 | £0 | £101.20m | £93.04m | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Investment management | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Expenditure - Other | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
Assets and liabilities
Definitions for assets and liabilities
These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.
Long term InvestmentsInvestments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.
These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liabilityThis is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.
Total liabilitiesThese are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.
Asset / Liability | 30/09/2019 | 30/09/2020 | 30/09/2021 | 30/09/2022 | 30/09/2023 | ||
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Own use assets | £421.00k | £350.00k | £285.00k | £214.00k | £171.00k | |
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Long-term investments | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Other assets | £52.95m | £52.86m | £49.03m | £60.82m | £71.11m | |
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Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | |
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Total liabilities | £50.58m | £50.06m | £44.22m | £50.86m | £61.44m |
Accounts and annual returns
Title | Reporting year | Date received | Received | Download |
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Annual return | 30 September 2023 | 25 July 2024 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2023 | 25 July 2024 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2022 | 25 July 2023 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2022 | 25 July 2023 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2021 | 29 July 2022 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2021 | 29 July 2022 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2020 | 21 July 2021 | On Time | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2020 | 21 July 2021 | On Time | Download Open in new window |
Annual return | 30 September 2019 | 31 July 2020 | 1 days late | |
Accounts and TAR | 30 September 2019 | 31 July 2020 | 1 days late | Download Open in new window |
Governing document
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/10/1997 as amended on 27 Jun 2012
Charitable objects
(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SUFFERING IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF REFUGEES AND VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION OR VIOLENT CONFLICT AND TO ADMINISTER SUCH RELIEF WITHOUT REGARD TO THE RACE, NATIONALITY OR RELIGION OF THE BENEFICIARIES; AND (B) TO CARRY OUT PROGRAMMES IN GLOBAL EMERGENCY RELIEF SO AS TO ASSIST THE VICTIMS OF OPPRESSION AND VIOLENT CONFLICT AND TO ADMINISTER SUCH ASSISTANCE WITHOUT REGARD TO THE RACE, NATIONALITY OR RELIGION OF THE BENEFICIARIES.
Area of benefit
WORLDWIDE
Contact information
- Address:
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International Rescue Committee
100 Wood Street
LONDON
EC2V 7AN
- Phone:
- 02039832727
- Email:
- london@rescue.org
- Website:
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