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Description

The principal activities of Comic Relief, the operating name of the charity, are to raise funds and awareness, and to distribute money in the form of grants and social investments for specific charitable purposes, in support of our vision of a just world free from poverty and our mission of driving change through the power of entertainment.

Also known as

  • Charity Projects
  • Comic Relief
  • Charity Projects
  • Comic Relief
  • Sport Relief
  • Sport Relief

CCEW Charity number

326568

Company number

01806414

Registered

Postcode

E1 8QS

Website

comicrelief.com

Latest income

£50,752,000 (on )

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Locations

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Areas of operation in the UK

Registered Office in the UK

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This organisation record is part of a group of linked records that describe a single organisation. The organisation is linked to 3 active records and 0 inactive records, from 3 data sources.

The best identifier for this organisation is GB-CHC-326568 .
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GB-CHC gives the scheme for this identifier (Charity Commission), while 326568 is the identifier for this organisation within the scheme.

Charity Projects (this record)

Organisation record from Charity Commission for England and Wales
Last updated 2024-03-27

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Organisation record from Office of Scottish Charity Regulator
Last updated 2024-03-21

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Last updated 2024-03-23

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Themes and activities

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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.

  • Grant-making foundations H10

UK Charity Activity Tags

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  • Charitable activities CA » Grant making CA200
  • Charity and VCS support CV » Fundraising CV102
  • Leisure LE » Recreation LE105
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies 205
  • Other Defined Groups 206

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Other Charitable Activities 310

Scale of operation

  • National

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Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1984-04-18 Registered as a charity
2004-09-30 23,690,862 59,791,348
2005-09-30 85,791,471 33,288,615
2006-09-30 27,775,693 61,864,275
2007-09-30 89,381,652 76,481,093
2008-09-30 45,521,913 61,929,936
2009-07-31 97,193,735 50,180,024
2010-07-31 72,189,857 79,237,419
2011-07-31 121,510,888 110,443,637
2012-07-31 89,465,598 104,308,321
2013-07-31 114,166,636 126,434,005
2014-07-31 84,424,000 107,262,000
2015-07-31 106,158,000 128,776,000
2016-07-31 92,221,000 127,804,000
2017-07-31 104,718,000 98,556,000
2018-07-31 65,142,000 65,676,000
2019-07-31 85,988,000 98,932,000
2020-07-31 78,029,000 105,552,000
2021-07-31 74,079,000 86,197,000
2022-07-31 49,991,000 44,267,000
2023-07-31 50,752,000 51,322,000
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Charity people

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2023
£
2022
£
Employees 144 188
Employees paid more than £60,000 17 19
Volunteers - -
Trustees 9
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

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Statement of Financial Activities

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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.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 43.4 43.7
Legacies 0.9 0.2
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 44.3 43.9
Income from charitable activities - -
Income from other trading activities 5.0 5.7
Income from investments 1.5 0.3
Other income - -
Total 50.8 50.0
Expenditure
Investment management 0.3 0.2
Other spending on raising funds 12.0 12.1
Spending on raising funds 12.2 12.3
Grants to institutions 33.5 25.2
Other charitable activities 5.5 6.8
Charitable activities 39.1 32.0
Other spending - -
Total 51.3 44.3
Net income / (expenditure) (0.6) 5.7

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Balance sheet

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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.

2023
£m
2022
£m
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets 2.8 2.1
Investment assets 65.9 64.6
68.7 66.7
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 58.6 74.3
Other current assets 11.3 13.5
69.8 87.8
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (30.1) (43.5)
Net current assets 39.8 44.3
Total assets less current liabilities 108.4 111.0
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (13.5) (16.9)
Net assets 95.0 94.1
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds 2.5 0.6
Unrestricted funds 92.5 93.5
95.0 94.1

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Income from government

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2023
£
2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants 5,883,000 11,805,000
Government grants as % of total income 11.6% 23.6%
Number of government grants 2 2

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Grants received

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Received 55 grants. Showing most recent 10 grants.

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Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£20,000
1 month
Grant to CHARITY PROJECTS
CareTech foundation
Match Fund Grants Fund FY21/22
£200 Match Funding Grant
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Other grants and programmes - Strategic Interventions Fund
£250,000
3 years
Pop Culture for Social Change: Power of Pop (PoP) Fund
Jul 2022 to Jul 2025
National Emergencies Trust
Coronavirus Appeal - National Partners
£1,088,000
3 years
NET Restricted Funding for Covid-19 Communities of BAME heritage (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
Feb 2022 to Mar 2025
National Emergencies Trust
Coronavirus Appeal - National Partners
£90,023
3 years
NET Restricted Funding for Covid-19 Communities of BAME heritage (led by people of Black, Asian and/or Minority Ethnic Heritage)
Feb 2022 to Mar 2025
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Main Grant
£200,000
2 years
Grant to CHARITY PROJECTS
Unbound Philanthropy £210,000
3 years
Grant to Charity Projects
Ministry of Justice
Specialist Services Capability Fund
£2,286,098 Specialist Services Capability Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Other grants and programmes - Strategic Interventions Fund
£96,343
1 year
Tech for Good top-up
Jun 2021 to Jun 2022
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
HMT Tampon Tax 21/22 Fund
£1,117,443 Comic Relief 20/21

Data source

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Grants made

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Published data showsthis funder made 1,850 grants between January 2015 and March 2022.

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2022 15 grants £2,985,377
2021 109 grants £32,623,605
2020 378 grants £97,421,888
2019 200 grants £58,381,996
2018 211 grants £49,545,693
2017 232 grants £67,271,561
2016 321 grants £83,959,086
2015 384 grants £108,761,071

Data source

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