Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 9
Support Score: 3
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 8 ?

CONCERN WORLDWIDE (UK)

Concern Worldwide (UK) is an international humanitarian organisation specialising in tackling hunger in the world's poorest countries. Our mission is to help people living in extreme poverty achieve major improvements in their lives. Working in partnership we help them bring about long-lasting change and realise their basic human rights; to food, health, education and ultimately a life of dignity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit £k
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/23£24,876£28,202£-3,326£4,010£6,065£2,9061.261101
31/12/22£30,702£25,138£5,563£4,232£9,391£2,9381.465101
31/12/21£23,284£22,840£445£4,418£3,828£2,5211.37291
31/12/20£34,469£33,685£783£3,901£3,383£2,3770.869203
31/12/19£27,399£28,001£-602£3,889£2,600£1,5590.775132
31/12/18£22,288£22,719£-431£2,927£3,202£2,3811.3780
31/12/17£34,378£35,527£-1,149£2,642£3,633£1,9870.7770
31/12/16£26,499£26,330£169£2,588£4,782£3,5381.6700
31/12/15£31,636£30,632£1,004£2,973£4,613£2,8271.1680
31/12/14£23,512£23,413£98£3,354£3,111£1,6360.8690
31/12/13£17,840£16,882£958£3,070£3,013£1,2640.9630
31/12/12£14,619£17,634£-3,016£2,902£2,055£1,3180.9640
31/12/11£25,065£24,198£867£2,924£5,070£1,1890.6710
31/12/10£24,729£21,924£2,805£2,745£4,204£1,0900.6670
31/12/09£14,512£14,752£-240£2,861£1,399£1,0240.8640
31/12/08£13,199£13,717£-518£3,061£1,639£1,0590.9790
31/12/07£12,889£14,399£-1,510£3,291£2,157£1,4121.2860
31/12/06£13,070£18,599£-5,528n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£21,678£20,788£890n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£10,853£11,115£-262n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 16.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 14.2%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 1%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 71%
Liabilities/Income: 61%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 48%
Reserves/Spending: 1.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 0.7
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 23 years

www.concern.org.uk

londoninfo@concern.net

02078011850

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo (Democratic Republic), Ethiopia, Haiti, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, Niger, North Korea, Pakistan, Philippines, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Uganda, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
EA Foundation - Healthcare centres in the DRC
£20,000 17/12/2021
Project to construct, repair and equip healthcare centres and provide training to local healthcare staff in the Kiambi region of the Demcoratic Republic of the Congo.
Comic Relief - Empowering communities to TAP Malaria
£710,676 19/07/2017
36
The project will address the poor use of health care services by pregnant women and young children who are most vulnerable to the effects of malaria. Poor use of health care services is due to poor quality care in health facilities and/or a ....more
Comic Relief - The Right to Learn: supporting girls to achieve their right to education and to freedom from GBV in Malawi.
£999,914 13/05/2016
36
By working primarily with Standard 6-8 girls and boys in Primary schools, this work aims to build structures, processes for reporting School Gender Based Violence and a strong sense of accountability so that communities can hold the district ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 31-69
  • DR HASSAN ROBA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Director
  • DYLAN CANNON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Partner Director
  • HUGH DAVID RITCHIE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Chief Officer And Secretary General
  • JOHN DUNFORD Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Campaigns Lead
  • LINDA HORGAN Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Executive Director - Sos Sahel International Uk
  • PATRICIA MARGARET MCCREA SLOAN Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Retired
  • ROISIN MCEVOY Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Assistant Director And Head Of Operations
  • VICTORIA OLUFUNKE AKINBORO Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Director Of Resources, Raf Benevolent Fund
  • WILHELMINA TEUNA VAN RIJN Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 28/05/2002, number: 1092236
  • Registered at Companies House on 15/11/2001, number: 04323646
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Fundraising Regulator
First registered: 09/01/2016, current status: Awaiting renewal
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Concern Worldwide (UK)
The Foundry
17 Oval Way
London
SE11 5RR

Objectives

4.1 THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE CHARITY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF POVERTY IN THE WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES AND REGIONS AND THE RELIEF OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE.4.2 NOTHING IN THESE ARTICLES SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY FOR PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND IN RELATION TO THE APPLICATION OF THE TAX ACTS AS DEFINED BY S831(2) INCOME AND CORPORATION TAXES ACT 1988

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
Charizone

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