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Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 0
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Fundraising costs high: -2
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

MEDAIR UK

Medair UK provides human and material resources in support of the multisectoral relief and recovery projects coordinated by Medair. Medair is a humanitarian organisation, inspired by Christian faith, to relieve human suffering in some of the world's most remote and devastated places. Medair helps families in crisis,regardless of race, creed or nationality, survive and recover with dignity.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • Spending is declining
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised

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£1,007£1,048£-41£235£182£1301.565
31/12/22£1,469£1,463£6£183£223£1901.661
31/12/21£1,130£1,105£24£187£216£1231.351
31/12/20£1,646£1,583£63£210£195£810.676
31/12/19£565£736£-171£334£129£530.9721
31/12/18£2,345£2,352£-7£316£305£440.270
31/12/17£867£1,036£-168£302£306£1942.350
31/12/16£1,736£1,658£78£226£475£3532.660
31/12/15£1,517£1,378£139£268£397£2432.160
31/12/14£1,383£1,389£-6£238£257£1911.650
31/12/13£1,423£1,297£125£179£263£1471.440
31/12/12£428£477£-49n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£444£398£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£935£977£-42£232£140£961.230
31/12/09£1,710£1,612£98£188£182£1641.230
31/12/08£3,308£3,325£-17£113£85£680.230
31/12/07£3,382£3,329£53£65£102£980.420
31/12/06£4,124£4,147£-23n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£4,217£4,232£-15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£4,068£4,051£17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 23.3%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 22.4%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 13%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 71%
Reserves/Spending: 1.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 7.4
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 28 years

www.medair.org

united.kingdom@medair.org

02087720100

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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
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Congo (Democratic Republic), Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Madagascar, Mozambique, Somalia, South Sudan, Yemen,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 39-65
  • ANDREW HOWE Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Structural Engineer
  • CHRISTINE BRINDLEY Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Trustee
  • HABTAMU ASNKO EWNIE Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Accountant
  • IAIN DAVID WORTHINGTON EVANS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Global Head Of Distribution
  • PETER WILSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Company Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 11/07/1996, number: 1056731
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/06/1996, number: 03213889
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Main office

Medair UK
333 Canterbury Court
1-3 Brixton Road
London
SW9 6DE

Objectives

TO RELIEVE HUMAN NEED,HARDSHIP AND SUFFERING IN WHATEVER PARTS OF THE WORLD PARTICULARLY BY MEANS OF MOBILIZING AND DEPLOYING HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE RELIEF AND AID TO DISTRESSED POPULATIONS,WITHOUT RACIAL,POLITICAL OR RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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