CHRISTIAN AID

Charity number: 1105851
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We work with the worlds poorest people to tackle the causes and consequences of poverty. Our work is centred around our strategic change objectives: Power to change institutions; The right to essential services; Fair shares in a constrained world; Equality for all; Tackling violence, building peace. We work with others as part of a global movement committed to ending poverty and social injustice.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£83,300,000

Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Donations and legacies £52.60m
Charitable activities £29.50m
Other trading activities £600.00k
Investments £600.00k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£82,400,000

Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Raising funds £12.80m
Charitable activities £69.60m
Other £0

-£100,000 investments gains (losses)

Charitable expenditure

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.

Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Raising funds and other expenditure £12.80m
Charitable expenditure £69.60m
Retained for future use £900.00k

People

757 Employee(s)

17 Trustee(s)

11061 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 10
£70k to £80k 11
£80k to £90k 2
£90k to £100k 4
£100k to £110k 3
£140k to £150k 1

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Afghanistan
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Colombia
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Dominican Republic
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Ireland
  • Israel
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Libya
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • Occupied Palestinian Territories
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Scotland
  • Serbia
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 September 2004: Standard registration
  • 02 November 2018: Funds received from 251590 ST JULIANS CHARITABLE FUND
  • 12 January 2021: Funds received from 1107129 THE COMMUNITY CHURCH (IW)
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427-3 ANNE ROBERTS
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427-1 ANN ANDREWS BEQUEST
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427-2 DAVID WILLIAMS
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427-6 JANET GARDNER WILLIAMS TRUST
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427-5 JOHN HUGHES
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427-4 ROBERT HUGHES
  • 17 September 2021: Funds received from 248427 CHARITIES CONNECTED WITH THE CALVINISTIC METHODIST...
  • 29 March 2022: Funds received from 1058376 WOOD GREEN MENNONITE CHURCH TRUST
  • 27 July 2023: Funds received from 1079246 CORNWALLIS EMMANUEL TRUST
  • 20 October 2023: Funds received from 272191 H L JENKYNS CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 03 January 2024: Funds received from 269514 ASSOCIATION OF PAST MEMBERS, ALL SAINTS, TOTTENHAM...
  • 24 January 2024: Funds received from 268645 MRS S L CHAMBERS' CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 28 March 2024: Funds received from 1023206 THE KIMBLE-ARMSTRONG TRUST
  • 29 May 2024: Funds received from 1195919 YOUNG CHRISTIAN CLIMATE NETWORK
  • 12 August 2024: Funds received from 1005150 DALGETY CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CHRISTIAN AID LIMITED (Working name)
Company number:
05171525 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

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

17 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally Chair 06 June 2024
None on record
Hok Yau Tang Trustee 26 November 2024
None on record
James Poulter Trustee 26 November 2024
None on record
Andrew James Clifford Trustee 26 November 2024
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY'S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Received: On time
THE FLORENCE BROOK BACH CHOIR TRUST
Recently registered
Bates Wells Foundation
Received: On time
Marina Kobzeva Trustee 26 November 2024
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Pauline Edel Conway Trustee 26 November 2024
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Rev Andrew Sully Trustee 19 April 2024
None on record
John Samuel Bickersteth Trustee 29 November 2022
WINDLE TRUST INTERNATIONAL
Received: On time
CHINEMEREM SHARON ONYINYECHI MCDONALD Trustee 29 November 2022
GREENBELT FESTIVALS
Received: On time
Johannes Etten Trustee 19 July 2022
LANGLEY HOUSE TRUST
Received: On time
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Carol Wai Wing HUI Trustee 23 November 2021
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Dr Nontando Margaret HADEBE Trustee 23 November 2021
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Rev Martin JOHNSTONE Trustee 29 October 2019
None on record
Mark Andrew Currie F.C.A. LLB Trustee 30 October 2018
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT
Received: On time
THE BRITISH AND IRISH CHURCHES TRUST LIMITED
Received: On time
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Rev Sarah Elizabeth HUGHES Trustee 30 October 2018
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
Margaret Anne Swinson Trustee 17 October 2017
CHRISTIAN AID
Received: On time
ANGLICAN CONSULTATIVE COUNCIL
Received: On time
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST. MATTHEW AND ST. JAMES MOSSLEY HILL, LIVERPOOL
Received: On time
LIVERPOOL HOPE UNIVERSITY
Received: On time
FRANCIS NEILSON TRUST FUND
Received: 2 days late
THE CORPORATION OF THE CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF CHRIST IN LIVERPOOL
Recently registered
THE ANGLICAN CENTRE IN ROME
Received: On time
MUKAMI MCCRUM Trustee 31 January 2017
None on record

Financial history

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £106.00m £86.40m £78.40m £90.60m £83.30m
Total expenditure £113.60m £89.30m £75.60m £93.40m £82.40m
Income from government contracts £5.90m £2.70m N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £3.40m £7.20m £2.27m N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £99.20m £82.70m £77.40m £65.00m £52.60m
Income - Other trading activities £800.00k £900.00k £900.00k £700.00k £600.00k
Income - Charitable activities £5.90m £2.70m £0 £24.70m £29.50m
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £100.00k £100.00k £100.00k £200.00k £600.00k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £10.70m £12.20m £13.80m £14.70m £15.80m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £99.00m £78.20m £64.00m £80.90m £69.60m
Expenditure - Raising funds £14.60m £11.10m £11.60m £12.50m £12.80m
Expenditure - Governance £500.00k £400.00k £700.00k £900.00k £800.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £45.10m £34.80m £25.20m £39.60m £28.00m
Expenditure - Investment management £16.00k £37.37k £50.00k £59.00k £87.00k
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

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 Investments

Investments 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.

Other assets

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 liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These 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.

" role="img"> Text alternative for this canvas graphic is in the data table below.
Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £8.10m £7.40m £7.10m £6.80m £6.10m
Long-term investments £14.30m £14.40m £14.60m £14.30m £14.40m
Other assets £27.40m £17.70m £23.70m £19.30m £17.50m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £8.60m £7.20m £10.30m £8.50m £5.30m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 25 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 18 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 18 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 21 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 21 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Submit annual return Open in new window

Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 6 JULY 2004 AS AMENDED 27 NOVEMBER 2007 as amended on 23 Nov 2021 as amended on 23 Nov 2021 as amended on 08 Dec 2021 as amended on 26 Nov 2024

Charitable objects

The Charity's objects are: The furtherance of charitable purposes which relieve and combat poverty, malnutrition, hunger, disease, sickness or distress throughout the world. The furtherance of charitable purposes which advance or assist such other charitable work as may be carried on by or with the support of the Sponsoring Churches and in this clause and throughout the Articles, "charitable" means charitable in accordance with the law of England and Wales provided that it will not include any purpose which is not charitable in accordance with section 7 of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Contact information

Address:
CHRISTIAN AID
35-41 LOWER MARSH
LONDON
SE1 7RL
Phone:
02076204444
Email:
info@christian-aid.org
Website:

www.christianaid.org.uk Open in new window