Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 4

Support Score: 9

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

No volunteer policy: -2
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +4

Overall GiG Score: 15

FIRE AID AND INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

FIRE AID acts as a communications hub between member organisations, and between member organisations and donors, for the procurement of equipment, materials and funds, by promoting the work of member organisations, facilitating partnerships and joint projects where appropriate, and development of best practice guidance for the delivery of emergency services aid.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£143	£134	£9	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	200
31/12/22	£133	£67	£66	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	300
31/12/21	£31	£28	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/20	£4	£1	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/12/19	£34	£17	£17	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/12/18	£22	£7	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 7 years

http://www.fire-aid.org/

info@fire-aid.org

0303 999 1000

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Armed Forces/Emergency Service Efficiency
Education/Training
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides services

Where it operates

Albania, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, British Virgin Islands, Cape Verde, Georgia, India, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Romania, Serbia, South Sudan, Tajikistan, Ukraine, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
200 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy - REINSTATE: Repair, Enhanced Inspection, and Novel Sensing Techniques for increased Availability and reduced Through life Expense
£365,471	01/04/2022	Full Grant details (including summaries) can be found on the Gateway to Research website: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=51689

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

ANDREW LEDGERTON-LYNCH OBE Appointed: 2023

HEATHER JONES Appointed: 2023

IAN GREENMAN Appointed: 2022

JANE EASON Appointed: 2022

MEHRBAN SADIQ Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY TEAM UK,

CAMERON BLACK Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Fire Officer, Other trusteeship: WORLD RESCUE ORGANISATION,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/03/2017, number: 1171935

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Fire Station
Beacon Road
Crowborough

Objectives

THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY PROMOTING EFFICIENT, COST EFFECTIVE AND WHERE APPROPRIATE, COORDINATED DELIVERY OF EMERGENCY SERVICES AID, INCLUDING BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY PROVISION OF EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND SERVICE DEVELOPMENT ADVICE, TO HELP MORE EFFECTIVELY REDUCE LOSS OF LIFE AND INJURIES WORLDWIDE DUE TO, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FIRES, ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:ACTING AS A COMMUNICATIONS HUB BETWEEN MEMBER ORGANISATIONS, BETWEEN MEMBER ORGANISATIONS AND DONORS FOR THE PROCUREMENT OF EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS AND FUNDS, BY PROMOTING THE WORK OF MEMBER ORGANISATIONS, FACILITATING PARTNERSHIPS AND JOINT PROJECTS WHERE APPROPRIATE, AND DEVELOPMENT OF BEST PRACTICE GUIDANCE FOR THE DELIVERY OFEMERGENCY SERVICES AID.

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