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Description
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.
Also known as
- British Red Cross
- The British Red Cross Society
- British Red Cross
- The British Red Cross
- British Red Cross - Headquarters
- British Red Cross - Northampton
- British Red Cross - Northumbria Branch
- British Red Cross Refugee Support, Cardiff
- British Red Cross Society
- The British Red Cross Society
- British Red Cross Society Royal Charter
- British Red Cross Society, The
- British Red Cross |Society
- First Call Somerset (British Red Cross)
- Greater London Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service
- The Norfolk Branch of the British Red Cross Society
- The Shillington Scales Fund
- Trust Property Held in Connection With the Disabled Old People's Club and the British Red Cross Society
...and 8 other names
CCEW Charity number
Company number
Registered
Postcode
EC2Y 9AL
Website
Domain
redcross.org.uk
Latest income
£439,000,000 (on )
This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.
More about this organisation
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- redcross.org.uk
- Charity Commission England and Wales
- CharityBase
- Giving is Great
- Companies House
- Opencorporates
- Twitter: @britishredcross
- Twitter: @BritishRedCross
- Facebook: facebook.com/britishredcross
- Wikipedia: British Red Cross
Twitter, Facebook and Wikipedia links from Wikidata
Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.
Areas of operation in the UK
Area of operation outside the UK
- Afghanistan
- Anguilla
- Bangladesh
- Burkina Faso
- Bermuda
- Djibouti
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
- Gibraltar
- Guinea
- Isle of Man
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
- Cayman Islands
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Mali
- Myanmar
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Nepal
- Philippines
- Pakistan
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Syrian Arab Republic
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Virgin Islands, British
- Yemen
- South Africa
- Zimbabwe
Registered Office in the UK
This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 4 active records and 0 inactive records, from 4 data sources.
What is an organisation identifier?
An organisation identifier is a unique piece of text that definitively identifies an organisation.
Examples include charity numbers and company numbers.
Identifiers are usually assigned by an external body like a regulator.
Findthatcharity uses the Org ID scheme to create identifiers.
GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 220949 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.
This organisation has been classified using different categories:
International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)
ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.
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International activities
G30
UK Charity Activity Tags
These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.
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Charity and VCS support
CV» VolunteeringCV104 -
Housing
HO» AccommodationHO101 -
Saving of lives
SL» Humanitarian reliefSL102
Theme (CCEW)
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General Charitable Purposes
101 -
Education/training
102 -
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
103 -
Disability
104 -
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
105 -
Overseas Aid/famine Relief
106
Beneficiaries (CCEW)
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Children/young People
201 -
Elderly/old People
202 -
People With Disabilities
203 -
Other Defined Groups
206 -
The General Public/mankind
207
Activities (CCEW)
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Makes Grants To Organisations
302 -
Provides Human Resources
304 -
Provides Services
306 -
Provides Advocacy/advice/information
307
Scale of operation
- National and Overseas
| Year ending | Income (£) | Spending (£) |
|---|---|---|
| 1963-03-21 |
Registered as a charity |
|
| 2004-12-31 | 158,375,000 | 153,572,000 |
| 2005-12-31 | 233,100,000 | 225,048,000 |
| 2006-12-31 | 200,571,000 | 199,908,000 |
| 2007-12-31 | 241,625,000 | 234,289,000 |
| 2008-12-31 | 243,548,000 | 239,755,000 |
| 2009-12-31 | 182,051,000 | 180,962,000 |
| 2010-12-31 | 205,700,000 | 199,200,000 |
| 2011-12-31 | 213,800,000 | 230,900,000 |
| 2012-12-31 | 200,100,000 | 204,800,000 |
| 2013-12-31 | 228,400,000 | 231,700,000 |
| 2014-12-31 | 261,800,000 | 256,600,000 |
| 2015-12-31 | 275,100,000 | 259,700,000 |
| 2016-12-31 | 251,700,000 | 236,600,000 |
| 2017-12-31 | 284,500,000 | 276,100,000 |
| 2018-12-31 | 243,300,000 | 243,900,000 |
| 2019-12-31 | 244,900,000 | 247,100,000 |
| 2020-12-31 | 305,900,000 | 295,300,000 |
| 2021-12-31 | 226,500,000 | 234,700,000 |
| 2022-12-31 | 439,000,000 | 366,700,000 |
Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Employees | 3,353 | 3,355 |
| Employees paid more than £60,000 | 144 | 138 |
| Volunteers | 12,000 | 12,000 |
| Trustees | 13 |
Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.
Statement of financial activities for year ended .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Incoming resources | ||
| Donations and other voluntary income | 249.8 | 77.9 |
| Legacies | 37.0 | 33.8 |
| Endowments | - | - |
| Donations and legacies | 286.8 | 111.7 |
| Income from charitable activities | 109.6 | 83.9 |
| Income from other trading activities | 36.3 | 28.5 |
| Income from investments | 1.1 | - |
| Other income | 5.2 | 2.4 |
| Total | 439.0 | 226.5 |
| Expenditure | ||
| Investment management | - | - |
| Other spending on raising funds | 66.6 | 51.2 |
| Spending on raising funds | 66.6 | 51.2 |
| Grants to institutions | 143.0 | 37.3 |
| Other charitable activities | 157.1 | 146.2 |
| Charitable activities | 300.1 | 183.5 |
| Other spending | - | - |
| Total | 366.7 | 234.7 |
| Net income / (expenditure) | 72.3 | (8.2) |
Balance sheet at .
Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.
| 2022 £m |
2021
£m |
|
|---|---|---|
| Fixed assets | ||
| Tangible and intangible assets | 54.1 | 64.0 |
| Investment assets | 60.8 | 23.9 |
| 114.9 | 87.9 | |
| Current assets | ||
| Current investment assets | 20.0 | 58.7 |
| Cash | 75.8 | 10.9 |
| Other current assets | 59.6 | 46.8 |
| 155.4 | 116.4 | |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due within one year | (21.1) | (19.8) |
| Net current assets | 134.3 | 96.6 |
| Total assets less current liabilities | 249.2 | 184.5 |
| Creditors | ||
| Amounts falling due after one year | (1.7) | (2.2) |
| Net assets (excluding pension scheme) | 247.5 | 182.3 |
| Defined benefit pension scheme | 9.4 | 15.8 |
| Net assets (including pension scheme) | 256.9 | 198.1 |
| Funds | ||
| Endowment funds | - | - |
| Restricted funds | 125.3 | 54.6 |
| Unrestricted funds | 131.6 | 143.5 |
| 256.9 | 198.1 | |
| 2022 £ |
2021 £ |
|
|---|---|---|
| Contracts with government | ||
| Income from government contracts | 37,300,000 | 37,200,000 |
| Government contracts as % of total income | 8.5% | 16.4% |
| Number of government contracts | 262 | 269 |
| Government grants | ||
| Income from government grants | 43,954,238 | 29,247,619 |
| Government grants as % of total income | 10.0% | 12.9% |
| Number of government grants | 77 | 96 |
Received 155 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.
View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.
| Date | Funder | Amount awarded | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Leonard Trust | £10,000 | For their efforts to support people hurt through the war between Israel and Gaza | ||
|
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed |
£5,000 | Grant to British Red Cross | ||
| The Linbury Trust |
£50,000
1 year |
Israel and Occupied Palestinian Territory appeal - Red Cross
Oct 2023 to Oct 2024 |
||
|
A B Charitable Trust
Migrants and Refugees |
£27,500 | A grant to British Red Cross | ||
|
Quartet Community Foundation
Donor Directed |
£105 | Grant to British Red Cross | ||
|
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant |
£12,000
1 month |
Grant to THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY | ||
| EA Foundation | £20,000 | Emergency response to earthquake in Turkey and Syria | ||
| CHK Foundation | £10,000 | CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant | ||
|
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
VCSEP Cost of Living Winter Support Fund |
£1,453,960 | VCSEP Cost of Living Winter Support Fund | ||
| The Aim Foundation |
£1,000
1 year |
Grant to British Red Cross |
Data source
Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.
- A B Charitable Trust (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The AIM Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- ARCADIA (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Barrow Cadbury Trust (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cabinet Office (31 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland (5 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- CHK Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- BBC Children in Need (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Co-operative Group (7 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Comic Relief (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Cumbria Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The David & Elaine Potter Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- EA Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Essex Community Foundation (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Garfield Weston Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Harpur Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Linbury Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Masonic Charitable Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Mark Leonard Trust (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Northamptonshire Community Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Nesta (4 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Northern Rock Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Pears Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Paul Hamlyn Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Quartet Community Foundation (3 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Sport England (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Spirit of 2012 (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Thirty Percy Foundation (2 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The National Lottery Community Fund (49 grants) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- Unbound Philanthropy (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
- The Wimbledon Foundation (1 grant) | Licence | GrantNav Publisher page
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