Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 14
  • Income diversified: +3
  • Good reserves management: +3
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +14
Overall GiG Score: 21 ?

THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies.We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities. And when the crisis is over, we help people to recover and move on with their lives.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • Income generation is well diversified
  • Reserves management has been consistently within official guidelines
  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • 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 gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
  • 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£330,600£322,700£7,900£77,200£271,400£116,4004.33,54810,500
31/12/22£439,000£366,700£72,300£66,600£256,900£131,6004.33,35312,000
31/12/21£226,500£234,700£-8,200£51,200£198,100£143,5007.33,35512,000
31/12/20£305,900£295,300£10,600£49,400£199,400£144,7005.93,35613,919
31/12/19£244,900£247,100£-2,200£49,600£182,500£138,6006.73,35417,229
31/12/18£243,300£243,900£-600£53,300£177,400£42,9002.13,3860
31/12/17£284,500£276,100£8,400£55,200£177,600£123,0005.33,3490
31/12/16£251,700£236,600£15,100£54,900£166,800£115,5005.93,5020
31/12/15£275,100£259,700£15,400£67,200£150,400£104,7004.83,5690
31/12/14£261,800£256,600£5,200£75,900£135,000£90,6004.23,3580
31/12/13£228,400£231,700£-3,300£76,600£129,800£90,2004.73,2000
31/12/12£200,100£204,800£-4,700£67,100£132,200£95,3005.63,1090
31/12/11£213,800£230,900£-17,100£71,700£136,200£98,5005.13,0150
31/12/10£205,700£199,200£6,500£66,400£155,800£110,4006.72,8560
31/12/09£182,051£180,962£1,089£58,492£145,762£107,3457.12,8700
31/12/08£243,548£239,755£3,793£57,436£140,016£93,4314.72,7550
31/12/07£241,625£234,289£7,336£45,855£150,282£109,4965.62,6710
31/12/06£200,571£199,908£663n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£233,100£225,048£8,052n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£158,375£153,572£4,803n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 23.9%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 5%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 7%
Liabilities/Income: 6%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 43%
Reserves/Spending: 4.3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 5 months
Quick Ratio: 3.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 62 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International healthcare & famine relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan, Anguilla, Bangladesh, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Burkina Faso, Burma, Cayman Islands, Djibouti, Falkland Islands, Gibraltar, Guinea, Iraq, Isle Of Man, Kenya, Lebanon, Lesotho, Mali, Mongolia, Montserrat, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, North Korea, Northern Ireland, Pakistan, Philippines, Saint Helena, Scotland, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Syria, Throughout England And Wales, Turks And Caicos Islands, Uganda, ....more
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office£41,995,171
DCMS£10,097,553
Postcode International Trust£6,100,000
LUND TRUST£5,000,000
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
J J Charitable Trust - Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory appeal
£10,000 19/04/2024
towards its Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory appeal
Mark Leonard Trust - For their efforts to support people hurt through the war between Israel and Gaza
£10,000 04/03/2024
For their efforts to support people hurt through the war between Israel and Gaza
City Bridge Trust - Grant to British Red Cross Society
£192,500 29/02/2024
36
£192,500 over three years (£55,000; £65,100; £72;400) towards the Anti-Trafficking Casework Officer (London) salary (1FTE) and associated programme costs.
Quartet Community Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£5,000 08/12/2023
As directed by the donor towards the work of the British Red Cross helping people in Gaza ,the West Bank and Israel. The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are. We are part of a global network of volunteers, ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Supporting people in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory
£250,000 27/10/2023
12
Supporting people in Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory
The Linbury Trust - Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory appeal - Red Cross
£50,000 26/10/2023
A grant of towards the Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory appeal.
Westminster Foundation - Discretionary grant - British Red Cross Society - 16/10/2023
£100,000 16/10/2023
1
Emergency Response: ISRAEL AND OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY APPEAL
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to British Red Cross
£27,500 21/08/2023
An unrestricted grant of £27,500 (Year 3 of 3 years)This grant includes a 10% cost of living uplift. The Asylum Reform Initiative is a collaboration, enabling member organisations to work together in a joint programme of influencing of ....more
Postcode International Trust - Regular Grant 2023
£3,100,000 28/02/2023
Regular unrestricted award
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The British Red Cross Society
£12,000 27/02/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs as a Cost of Living Uplift
EA Foundation - Emergency response to earthquake in Turkey and Syria
£20,000 09/02/2023
Contribution to the Red Cross Turkey and Syria earthquake crisis appeal to support individuals in the affected communities.
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£10,000 07/02/2023
to support specified work
DCMS - VCSEP Cost of Living Winter Support Fund
£1,453,960 02/02/2023
"This grant will provide crisis funding to the Voluntary and Community Sector Emergencies Partnership (VCSEP), and as a consequence the voluntary and community sector (VCS), supporting their work responding to the impacts of the cost of living ....more
The Aim Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£1,000 31/01/2023
12
Family Fund donation
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - Grant to British Red Cross Society
£2,000 19/01/2023
Towards the organisations charitiable activities
Co-Operative Group - Grant to First Call Somerset (British Red Cross)
£2,447 22/10/2022
We aim to supply packs of essential food items, so our volunteers helping people home from hospital after a long stay can make sure the person has food in the house.
EA Foundation - Emergency response to food crisis in East Africa
£50,000 06/09/2022
Contribution to Red Cross Africa Food crisis appeal to support populations strggling for food in Eastern Africa due to severe droughts.
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to British Red Cross
£25,000 23/08/2022
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 2 of up to 3 years). The Asylum Reform Initiative is a collaboration, enabling member organisations to work together in a joint programme of influencing of decision-makers on asylum ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic Displacement and Migration Project (SDMP)
£494,519 26/07/2022
The fun will be used to help transform the experience of those seeking protection in the UK.BRCS will provide dedicated support to the most vulnerable people migrating or experiencing displacement through holistic casework providing services where ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£30,000 08/07/2022
Asylum Reform Initiative (ARI)
David & Elaine Potter Foundation - General donation
£10,000 28/04/2022
A donation in memoriam of the late Bruce Page
DCMS - VCSEP Preparedness
£750,000 01/04/2022
To help build capability in the voluntary and community sector to respond to different emergencies more effectively. The aim of this funding is to increase the efficacy and efficiency of the voluntary and community sectors input into emergency ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to British Red Cross
£10,000 24/03/2022
A restricted grant of £10,000 towards the costs of the Asylum Reform Initiative. The Asylum Reform Initiative is a collaboration, enabling member organisations to work together in a joint programme of influencing of decision-makers on asylum and ....more
McCarthy Stone Foundation - 2022 Spring Awards
£25,000 16/03/2022
Grants up to £5,000 to support programmes that connect and engage older people.
LUND TRUST - To the crisis appeal, to support the people of Ukraine.
£5,000,000 04/03/2022
To the crisis appeal, to support the people of Ukraine.
EA Foundation - Emergency response to conflict in Ukraine
£37,500 01/03/2022
Contribution to Red Cross Ukraine Crisis Appeal to provide medical care, basic services and financial support to civilians were caught up in the Ukraine conflict.
Postcode International Trust - Regular Grant 2022
£3,000,000 09/02/2022
Regular unrestricted award
Cumbria Community Foundation - North Cumbria Winter Pressure Mobility Aids Service
£29,664 22/12/2021
North Cumbria Winter Pressure Mobility Aids Service
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to British Red Cross Society
£94,615 21/12/2021
Our Stories - Our Times Project
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The British Red Cross
£2,460 23/10/2021
We would like to buy at least two wheelchairs to help local residents who have mobility issues. Each wheelchair would support on average 12 people a year.
Harpur Trust - Grant to British Red Cross
£5,000 14/09/2021
Bedford Mobility Aids Service
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£10,000 31/08/2021
to support specified work
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£13,468 19/08/2021
for volunteer and transport costs associated with the Essex mobility aids service helping to alleviate pressure on the NHS due to the pandemic
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to British Red Cross
£25,000 01/07/2021
An unrestricted grant of £25,000 (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). The Asylum Reform Initiative is a collaboration, enabling member organisations to work together in a joint programme of influencing of decision-makers on asylum ....more
Department of Health - Health & Wellbeing Alliance
£97,000 01/07/2021
Through the HW Alliance, policy teams can work collaboratively with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, accessing the sectors expertise and connecting policy leads with hard-to-reach communities.The Alliance ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The British Red Cross Society
£180,000 23/06/2021
Towards core costs for The Asylum Reform Initiative, a collaboration of six national organisations supporting asylum seekers and refugees and building public and political support for a better asylum system
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to British Red Cross Society
£750 17/06/2021
The organisation's charitable objects
The Wimbledon Foundation - Global Coronavirus Appeal
£100,000 19/05/2021
British Red Cross' international response to the Coronavirus crisis
DCMS - The VCS Emergencies Partnerships (VCS EP) coordination of the voluntary sectors Covid-19 response
£1,857,084 01/04/2021
The grant will achieve the purpose by: increasing effectiveness of small and medium-sized VCS organisations in meeting COVID-19 needs, enabling decisions on COVID-19 strategy, operations and resources to be informed by relevant, accurate and timely ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£261,609 30/03/2021
Pears #iWillFund: Youth Engagement Strategy
Masonic Trust - MCF Matched Funding
£1,000 12/01/2021
Unrestricted matched funding in partnership with the local masonic province
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£100,000 14/12/2020
Covid-19 funding for British Red Cross UK Coronavirus response
Co-Operative Group - Grant to British Red Cross Refugee Support, Cardiff
£2,969 24/10/2020
We will provide essential food, clothing and baby and toddler supplies to refugees facing hunger, homelessness and poverty in Cardiff.
National Lottery Community Fund - Greater Manchester Refugee Support Partnership Covid Response
£139,003 24/06/2020
6
The project aims to support refugees and asylum seekers through a range of services. Current services delivered by the group includes legal support immigration advice benefits advice as well as housing and health advice. Funding will go towards a ....more
DCMS - Loneliness Covid-19 Fund - British Red Cross
£610,000 19/06/2020
The British Red Cross will receive œ610,000 to support young people, BAME communities, refugees, the digitally excluded and people more at risk of loneliness because of their health issues. It will enable them to expand their connecting communities ....more
Comic Relief - COVID-19: Supporting Vulnerable Communities
£650,000 26/05/2020
12
COVID19 - Our planning to support the most vulnerable people in our communities is evolving daily. In the UK, our response to the coronavirus outbreak is focused on providing practical and psychosocial support to the most vulnerable. This includes ....more
DCMS - The VCS Emergencies Partnerships (VCS EP) coordination of the voluntary sectors Covid-19 response
£5,000,000 01/05/2020
The grant will achieve the purpose by: increasing effectiveness of small and medium-sized VCS organisations in meeting COVID-19 needs, enabling decisions on COVID-19 strategy, operations and resources to be informed by relevant, accurate and timely ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Asylum Reform Initiative
£20,000 28/04/2020
The Asylum Reform Initiative aims to facilitate improved coordination and collaboration between group members and to play a significant role, on behalf of the members’ leadership teams, in securing policy and practice change for people who use the ....more
Pears Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£500,000 20/04/2020
12
COVID19 Capacity Grant
DCMS - The VCS Emergency Partnerships (VCSEP) coordination of the local COVID-19 response
£200,000 14/04/2020
The British Red Cross is already subsidising the costs of the VCSEP with its own funding, and will continue to do so alongside Government grant funding. A contribution of œ200,000 from DCMS is critical in enabling the VCSEP to scale up its response ....more
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (3 Years) award
£300,000 03/04/2020
36
Community Connectors Northern Ireland
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - IFRC humanitarian assistance to Southern Africa
£1,000,000 01/04/2020
This fund provides support to small and medium scale new or emerging humanitarian responses in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - British Red Cross Forecast-based Financing and Preparedness Project
£245,171 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) and Forecast-based Action Fund (FbA) contribution via British Red Cross to International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent
£3,000,000 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - International Federation of the Red Cross (IFRC) and British Red Cross (BRC)Appeal to support community level response (II)
£33,000,000 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Support to British Red Cross for medical response to explosion
£3,000,000 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Philippines Typhoon Goni Emergency Appeal
£750,000 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - The Viet Nam floods emergency appeal response
£500,000 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Support to the British Red Cross regional appeal (covering Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) following Hurricanes Eta and Iota in Central America
£500,000 01/04/2020
The UK Government has international commitments to meet the reasonable assistance needs of the citizens of St Helena. This bridges the gap between the domestic revenues collected and the costs of delivering public services on the island. This ....more
Home Office - Support for Refugee Women during COVID 19 Pandemic 20/21
£586,258 01/04/2020
To enable British Red Cross Society to deliver their Digital Empowerment and Connect project which will help deliver support to refugee women, across the UK, to meet needs associated with the Covid-19 restrictions and the Covid-19 recovery. The ....more
DCMS - LIBOR British Red Cross
£226,509 01/04/2020
The proceeds from LIBOR fines are used to support Armed Forces and Emergency Services charities and other related good causes that represent those that demonstrate the very best of values.
Sport England - Connecting communities through physical activity
£500,000 23/03/2020
17
Funding under Sport England's Active Ageing Fund funding programme for a Revenue project titled Connecting communities through physical activity. This project is a Sport participation and capacity building project, with a focus on beneficiaries with ....more
Joseph Rowntree Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£20,000 21/03/2020
24
Asylum Reform Initiative
Essex Community Foundation - Essex Refugee Support
£7,500 08/08/2019
11
towards the operational costs of supporting refugees and asylum seekers at the British Red Cross Drop in Centre in Tilbury
DCMS - National Emergency Trust Development Funding
£70,000 01/04/2019
To help create a new independent charity, the National Emergency Trust, which will activate during a national emergency to raise and distribute funds.
DCMS - LIBOR British Red Cross
£243,371 01/04/2019
The proceeds from LIBOR fines are used to support Armed Forces and Emergency Services charities and other related good causes that represent those that demonstrate the very best of values.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Risk-Informed Early Action Partnership Secretariat
£819,871 01/04/2019
This fund provides support to small and medium scale new or emerging humanitarian responses in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Masonic Trust - MCF Large Grant
£84,460 08/03/2019
A grant to support older people who frequent Emergency Departments to better manage long-term conditions & access the right care.
DCMS - National Emergency Trust Development Funding
£60,000 01/02/2019
To help create a new independent charity, the National Emergency Trust, which will activate during a national emergency to raise and distribute funds.
Thirty Percy Foundation - Grant to British Red Cross
£160,000 05/01/2019
Preventing sexual and gender based violence in disaster affected communities in Asia
Essex Community Foundation - Refugee Destitution Support in Essex
£8,800 23/08/2018
To expand Refugee Destitution Support in Essex
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to British Red Cross Society
£99,800 01/08/2018
Improving public access to humanitarian heritage collections of the British Red Cross
DCMS - LIBOR British Red Cross
£144,253 01/04/2018
The proceeds from LIBOR fines are used to support Armed Forces and Emergency Services charities and other related good causes that represent those that demonstrate the very best of values.
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Disaster resilience institution strengthening and community based disaster risk management with the Red Cross (resource, climate finance)
£1,163,663 01/04/2018
To improve reproductive maternal and child health (RMCH) outcomes in Mozambique by strengthening community and institutional systems. This contributes toward the Family Planning 2020 objectives
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Community Engagement and Accountability with the British Red Cross
£111,186 01/04/2018
The programme aims to increase sustainable and shared prosperity in Kenya by increasing Kenyas trade with the region and the rest of the world. Specifically, the programme will (i) invest in improving the efficiency and capacity of transport, ....more
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office - Support to BRC for a regional refugee programme providing humanitarian assistance and reducing the drivers of irregular migration.
£6,211,573 01/04/2018
To provide rapid, specialist, expertise and transportation for the UN to enable a more effective and better coordinated response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen from 2017 onwards
National Lottery Community Fund - Strategic support for people seeking refugee protection
£1,532,138 27/03/2018
36
Strategic support for people seeking refugee protection
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - Wheels Appeals
£5,000 21/03/2018
14
Grant to British Red Cross
Co-Operative Group - Grant to British Red Cross
£143,457 29/11/2017
We need funds for vital support to thousands of people experiencing loneliness, helping them to reconnect with their communities.
BBC Children in Need - Grant to British Red Cross
£81,732 17/10/2017
24
Health & wellbeing workshops and support to access to healthcare for 160 unaccompanied asylum seeking children. By accessing support young people will have increased knowledge of the healthcare system, improved health & improved confidence.
Garfield Weston Foundation - Multi-Year Grant (2 Years) award
£175,000 15/09/2017
24
Home from Hospital - Gateshead
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to The British Red Cross Society
£225,000 12/09/2017
36
Towards the costs of the Families Together Initiative, a collaborative response to supporting family reunion and integration of refugees and migrants.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to The British Red Cross
£102,341 04/08/2017
Our partnership will provide vital care and support to help thousands of people experiencing loneliness reconnect with their communities.
DCMS - Manchester Bombing Memorial
£275,797 01/04/2017
A contribution to the funds required to build a permanent and fitting memorial to the victims of the terror attack on the Manchester Arena on 22 May 2017.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Families Together Initiative
£200,000 27/02/2017
36
The Families Together Initiative aims to develop a collaborative and co-ordinated response to the increasingly restrictive policies and practice relating to refugee and migrant family reunion. It will increase provision of high quality advice and ....more
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to British Red Cross
£150,000 24/01/2017
£150,000 over 3 years (£50k, £50k, £50k) towards grants made for service delivery of refugee family reunion work, under the Families Together Initiative. This initiative aims to address barriers to successful family reunion and the integration ....more
Barrow Cadbury Trust - Families Together Initiative
£80,000 21/01/2017
24
To support collaborative work on family reunion for refugee and migrants in the UK.
Comic Relief - Family Reunion
£300,000 30/11/2016
36
The right to family life and Family Reunification is a fundamental part of international law. Families have been separated through conflict and persecution and in the current refugee crisis has seen a sharp increase in this as often only one family ....more
Unbound Philanthropy - Grant to The British Red Cross Society
£300,000 16/11/2016
55
For a family reunion initiative to develop best practices in service provision, campaign for full exercise of family reunion rights, and improve integration following reunion
National Lottery Community Fund - Positive Steps / Camau Cadarn
£932,766 28/09/2016
36
Positive Steps / Camau Cadarn
National Lottery Community Fund - Routes to Resilience Thames Valley
£498,507 27/07/2016
48
Working with Citizens Advice Reading and Oxford City of Sanctuary the project will support refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants. The main aim is to reduce destitution, promote family tracing, help displaced people feel in control of ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Tees Valley Ariadne - Refugee and Asylum Support Partnership
£498,646 13/07/2016
48
This new project will provide support for refugees and asylum seekers in Middlesbrough, Stockton and Hartlepool to help them find a way out of destitution, achieve integration and make a contribution to the local community. New arrivals will receive ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Luton and Essex
£499,080 24/05/2016
48
This is the expansion of a project supporting refugees and asylum seekers in Luton and Essex. Alongside support with immediate basic needs such as sleeping bags, food parcels and temporary accommodation, people will be offered social activities, ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers to Survive and Thrive in Derby
£499,928 04/04/2016
48
The British Red Cross will support recently arrived refugees and asylum seekers to help them recover from crisis, improve their standard of living, reduce isolation and improve their health and well-being. It will work with Upbeat Communities and ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Life Changes service for older people in Gloucester
£496,475 09/03/2016
47
A project to support older people who are isolated and vulnerable older people experiencing crisis or at risk of crisis due to significant life changes such as bereavement, retirement, illness, injury, dementia, and disability. The scheme which will ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Refugee and Asylum Seeker Support Partnership, Leicester
£499,999 07/10/2015
60
The British Red Cross Society will provide a refugee and asylum seeker support service in Leicester for around 3,000 individuals and families. Working with the Leicester City of Sanctuary it aims to address issues such as poverty, hunger, ....more
Comic Relief - Immediate material needs and resettlement support
£100,000 30/09/2015
12
To support immediate material needs and resettlement support for newly arrived refugees in the UK and a contribution to the BRC Europe Appeal to meet material needs for refugees Europe.
National Lottery Community Fund - Holistic support to destitute refugees and asylum seekers in London
£497,376 25/03/2015
59
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - Greater Manchester Refugee Support Partnership
£2,249,961 20/03/2015
60
Not Available
National Lottery Community Fund - St Helens Home Support
£457,978 26/01/2015
48
Not Available
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALAN HOUSE Appointed: 2023
  • DEBORAH EL-SAYED Appointed: 2017
  • DENNIS DUNN MBE JP DL Appointed: 2018
  • ELIZABETH JANE PADMORE (Chair) Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chairman, Ined
  • HOWARD ASHLEY BELL Appointed: 2023
  • KATIE IGRAS Appointed: 2021
  • KIRSTY ROBESON Appointed: 2021
  • LIZ HAZELL Appointed: 2017
  • LEWIS IWU Appointed: 2018
  • LOUISE HALPIN Appointed: 2020
  • PROFESSOR GEETA NARGUND Appointed: 2018
  • SIR JOHN EATON HOLMES Appointed: 2022
  • YASEER AHMED Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/03/1963, number: 220949
  • Registered at Companies House on 01/01/1970, number: RC000070
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Event History
Other Regulators
  • Care Quality Commission
  • Care Inspectorate Wales (CIW)
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from IHG FOUNDATION (UK) TRUST on 05/02/2020
  • Asset transfer in from THE JUNE STEVENS FOUNDATION on 22/07/2020
Main office

BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY
44 MOORFIELDS
LONDON
EC2Y 9AL

Objectives

(A) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICTS (B) TO WORK FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND FOR THE PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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