HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 14 October 2008
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 06195282
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £4,765,657
Latest expenditure: £6,120,708
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Human Relief Foundation, 2 Claremont, BRADFORD, West Yorkshire, BD7 1BQ

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Provides humanitarian aid and assistance by responding to emergencies and empowering societies through education and training. The Foundation accepts donations from individuals and institutions within UK and international which are used to implement its humanitarian projects. HRF was first registered with the Charity Commission in 1995 (1043676), then became a company limited by guarantee in 2007.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 25 September 2026
Date Accounts Received: 25 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £4,765,657
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,120,708

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 29 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £8,818,332
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,241,112

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 24 December 2024
Date Accounts Received: 24 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £7,462,749
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,745,173

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 September 2023
Date Accounts Received: 28 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £13,865,556
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,278,301

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 7 November 2022
Date Accounts Received: 7 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,220,174
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,300,308

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 25 September 2026
Total Gross Income: £4,765,657
Total Gross Expenditure: £6,120,708
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of 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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 22

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £8,818,332
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,241,112
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of 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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 December 2024
Total Gross Income: £7,462,749
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,745,173
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of 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: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £13,865,556
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,278,301
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: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: Yes
Count Salary Band 60001 70000: 1
Count Volunteers: 100

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 7 November 2022
Total Gross Income: £10,220,174
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,300,308
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: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 100

05 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Partb

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 25 September 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 2882740
Income Other Trading Activities: 512504
Income Charitable Activities: 1291729
Income Investments: 78684
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 4765657
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £568,672
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £5,025,816
Expenditure Other: 526220
Expenditure Total: 6120708
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 3673409
Expenditure Governance: 59559
Expenditure Support Costs: 1160458
Expenditure Depreciation: 25008
Gain Loss Investment: 58573
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 125000
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £653,671
Assets Total Fixed: 915611
Assets Own Use: 528957
Assets Long Term Investment: 386654
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £4,937,332
Assets Total Liabilities: £193,736
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £5,659,207
Creditors One Year Total Current: 193736
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £4,549,556
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 653671
Funds Restricted: 5005536
Funds Total: 5659207
Count Employees: 89
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 3951563
Income Other Trading Activities: 533797
Income Charitable Activities: 4221916
Income Investments: 106973
Income Other: 4083
Income Total Income And Endowments: 8818332
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,149,928
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £8,091,184
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 9241112
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 591259
Expenditure Governance: 41690
Expenditure Support Costs: 1603227
Expenditure Depreciation: 36381
Gain Loss Investment: 84249
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 22394
Reserves: £6,909,368
Assets Total Fixed: 835661
Assets Own Use: 553895
Assets Long Term Investment: 281766
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £6,366,306
Assets Total Liabilities: £292,599
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £6,909,368
Creditors One Year Total Current: 292599
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £5,470,236
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 261493
Funds Restricted: 6647875
Funds Total: 6909368
Count Employees: 146
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 24 December 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 3755105
Income Other Trading Activities: 526420
Income Charitable Activities: 3155950
Income Investments: 20044
Income Other: 5230
Income Total Income And Endowments: 7462749
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,325,346
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £6,419,827
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 7745173
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 3126123
Expenditure Governance: 11142
Expenditure Support Costs: 1600802
Expenditure Depreciation: 33338
Gain Loss Investment: 42681
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: -28995
Reserves: £7,249,024
Assets Total Fixed: 787795
Assets Own Use: 590279
Assets Long Term Investment: 197516
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £6,600,302
Assets Total Liabilities: £139,073
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £7,249,024
Creditors One Year Total Current: 139073
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £6,048,095
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: -159115
Funds Restricted: 7408139
Funds Total: 7249024
Count Employees: 121
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 September 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 6323630
Income Other Trading Activities: 482728
Income Charitable Activities: 7052067
Income Investments: 701
Income Other: 6430
Income Total Income And Endowments: 13865556
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,322,631
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £11,955,670
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 13278301
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 7038073
Expenditure Governance: 20750
Expenditure Support Costs: 2484810
Expenditure Depreciation: 17841
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £236,677
Assets Total Fixed: 661370
Assets Own Use: 506534
Assets Long Term Investment: 154836
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £6,961,082
Assets Total Liabilities: £888,987
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £6,733,465
Creditors One Year Total Current: 888987
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £4,935,043
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 236677
Funds Restricted: 6496788
Funds Total: 6733465
Count Employees: 47
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 7 November 2022
Income Donations And Legacies: 6626885
Income Other Trading Activities: 432751
Income Charitable Activities: 3153462
Income Investments: 32
Income Other: 7044
Income Total Income And Endowments: 10220174
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £1,386,378
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £7,913,930
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 9300308
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 0
Expenditure Support Costs: 2055111
Expenditure Depreciation: 23473
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £1,339,446
Assets Total Fixed: 712147
Assets Own Use: 509841
Assets Long Term Investment: 202306
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £6,133,937
Assets Total Liabilities: £699,874
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £6,146,210
Creditors One Year Total Current: 699874
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £5,002,867
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 1339446
Funds Restricted: 4806764
Funds Total: 6146210
Count Employees: 52
Consolidated Accounts: Yes

06 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Iraq
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: India
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Jordan
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Kenya
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Turkey
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Pakistan
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Yemen
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Lebanon
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Bangladesh
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Sri Lanka
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Ghana
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

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

08 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: HUMAN RELIEF FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2008-10-14T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 30 MARCH 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09 MAR 2017
Charitable Objects: TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS AND INDIVIDUALS AT SUCH TIME AND SUCH MANNER AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, FOR THE WORLDWIDE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS, PROTECTION, PRESERVATION OF GOOD HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION.
Area Of Benefit: OVERSEAS

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests