FUND FOR HUMAN NEED — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 18 October 1962
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
Latest income: £94,417
Latest expenditure: £98,741
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 6 NEWLANDS ROAD, DARLINGTON, DL3 9JL

Website recorded by the regulator: www.fundforhumanneed.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Makes grants of up to £200 each to refugees, asylum seekers, the homeless and others suffering personal distress. Makes limited number of grants to projects working amongst the poorest communities from restricted funds received for those specific projects.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 1 December 2025
Date Accounts Received: 1 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £94,417
Total Gross Expenditure: £98,741

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 3 April 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £101,895
Total Gross Expenditure: £89,049

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 16 January 2024
Date Accounts Received: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £82,453
Total Gross Expenditure: £91,198

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 19 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £77,306
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,702

Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 June 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 November 2021
Date Accounts Received: 20 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £63,072
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,901

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2025
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2026
Ar Received Date: 1 December 2025
Total Gross Income: £94,417
Total Gross Expenditure: £98,741
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2024
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Received Date: 3 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £101,895
Total Gross Expenditure: £89,049
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2023
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Received Date: 16 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £82,453
Total Gross Expenditure: £91,198
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Received Date: 19 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £77,306
Total Gross Expenditure: £88,702
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 11

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 September 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 August 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 November 2021
Total Gross Income: £63,072
Total Gross Expenditure: £69,901
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Panama
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: North America
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Northern Ireland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Scotland
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Europe
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: FUND FOR HUMAN NEED
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1962-10-18T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 17TH FEBRUARY 1960
Charitable Objects: INCOME TOBE APPLIED AS A CHRISTIAN SERVICE AND AS A SPIRITUAL AND MORAL STIMULANT TO OTHERS TO RELIEVE AND REMOVE HUNGER AND POVERTY IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD WITHOUT REGARD FOR POLITICS, RACE, COLOUR, OR CREED.
Area Of Benefit: WORLDWIDE

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment