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THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

British Red Cross

National Red Cross Society in the United Kingdom

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.

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Founded

1870

Income 2025

£293.5M

Public funds 2025

30%

Accounts

Income Expenditure

Source: Charity Commission (England & Wales) — official register

Where the money comes from (2025)

Public funds 30% (£87.6M) · Other income 70%

Public funds: grants and contracts from government bodies as declared to the Charity Commission. Other income includes donations, legacies, trading and investments. Many organisations record funds from UN agencies and the European Union as income from charitable activities: in that case the public share is underestimated.

Public funds from donor governments

Payments to the organisation reported by the aid agencies of 17 countries (USAID, FCDO, BMZ, Sida and others) in their own IATI data, converted to euros at the year's average rate. They include funds passed on to local partners. Not all donors name the recipient of their payments, so figures may be incomplete; EU funds are in their own section.

Spending on declared projects (IATI)

Only the projects the organisation publishes on IATI: usually a fraction of its total spending (median 14% in our checks).

Countries with projects published on IATI

Lebanon ↗ 23 · Bangladesh ↗ 20 · Kenya ↗ 20 · Nepal ↗ 17 · Syria ↗ 13 · Yemen ↗ 13 · Myanmar (Burma) ↗ 12 · Niger ↗ 11 · Chad ↗ 11 · Mauritania ↗ 10 · Sierra Leone ↗ 10 · Eswatini ↗ 10 · Burkina Faso ↗ 9 · Namibia ↗ 9 · Nigeria ↗ 9 · Afghanistan ↗ 8 · Congo - Kinshasa ↗ 8 · Guinea ↗ 8 · Ukraine ↗ 8 · Zimbabwe ↗ 8 · Pakistan ↗ 7 · Somalia ↗ 7 · Mali ↗ 6 · Philippines ↗ 6 · Sudan ↗ 6 · Iraq ↗ 5 · Palestinian Territories ↗ 5 · Senegal ↗ 5 · Türkiye ↗ 5 · United Kingdom ↗ 4 · Israel ↗ 4 · Mongolia ↗ 4 · Malawi ↗ 4 · Burundi ↗ 3 · Central African Republic ↗ 3 · Greece ↗ 3 · Indonesia ↗ 3 · Italy ↗ 3 · Libya ↗ 3 · Moldova ↗ 3

Number of activities published on IATI that mention the country, added up over all years. Platforms that raise funds for other organisations publish every small project as a separate activity. Each country opens on d-portal the list of this organisation’s projects in that country.

Projects published on IATI (most recent and largest)

Titles are shown as published by the organisation, in their original language. Spending = disbursements and expenditure reported on IATI, in US$.

All projects on d-portal ↗

Countries declared

Afghanistan · Anguilla · Bangladesh · Burkina Faso · Bermuda · Djibouti · Falkland Islands · Gibraltar · Guinea · Isle of Man · Iraq · Kenya · North Korea · Cayman Islands · Lebanon · Lesotho · Mali · Myanmar (Burma) · Mongolia · Montserrat · Niger · Nigeria · Nepal · Philippines · Pakistan · St. Helena · Sierra Leone · Somalia · South Sudan · Syria · Turks & Caicos Islands · Uganda · British Virgin Islands · Yemen · South Africa · Zimbabwe

Official checks

Public register

Charity Commission — active registration

Latest accounts filed

2025 (Charity Commission (England & Wales))

Annual filings

up to date (Charity Commission (England & Wales))

Quality labels and codes of conduct

Core Humanitarian Standard (certification or independent verification)

Facts from public registers and certification bodies, not a judgement on the organisation; the absence of a label is not a negative sign. Methodology

Timeline

1. 1870 Founded
2. 1963-03-21 Registered as a charity
3. 2015-10-29 First publication on IATI

Identifiers

Charity Commission · Companies House · IATI (d-portal) · Wikidata