HUMANITY FIRST UK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 11 March 2020
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 11512888
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £2,682,256
Latest expenditure: £2,376,687
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 104A Roebuck Road, Chessington, London, KT9 1EU

Website recorded by the regulator: https://hfuk.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Humanity First a disaster relief and development NGO works in 55 countries.Humanity First, Charity Number 1149693 after a restructure has taken a governance and oversight role, on projects around the world and coordinating Disaster Response globally. HF UK, Charity Number 1188494 was created to take over operational responsibility, fundraising and projects in the UK and supported countries

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 October 2026
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,682,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,376,687

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: 30 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,745,847
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,070,005

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: 13 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 14 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,642,723
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,154,536

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: 31 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,082,571
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,060,267

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: 26 January 2023
Date Accounts Received: 26 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,007,225
Total Gross Expenditure: £865,971

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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 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 25 October 2026
Total Gross Income: £2,682,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,376,687
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 300

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: 30 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £2,745,847
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,070,005
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: 200

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: 13 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,642,723
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,154,536
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £10,000
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: 233

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: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,082,571
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,060,267
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: 128

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: 26 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,007,225
Total Gross Expenditure: £865,971
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: 500

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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 October 2026
Income Donations And Legacies: 2498768
Income Other Trading Activities: 183488
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2682256
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £185,065
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £2,191,622
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2376687
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 1296870
Expenditure Governance: 15436
Expenditure Support Costs: 105857
Expenditure Depreciation: 26465
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £890,909
Assets Total Fixed: 855742
Assets Own Use: 855732
Assets Long Term Investment: 10
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,591,262
Assets Total Liabilities: £600,928
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,846,076
Creditors One Year Total Current: 237099
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 363829
Assets Cash: £1,514,122
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 890909
Funds Restricted: 955167
Funds Total: 1846076
Count Employees: 2
Charity Only 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: 30 October 2025
Income Donations And Legacies: 2544556
Income Other Trading Activities: 201291
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 2745847
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £194,616
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,875,389
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 2070005
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 1545239
Expenditure Governance: 55424
Expenditure Support Costs: 55424
Expenditure Depreciation: 7534
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £713,965
Assets Total Fixed: 22604
Assets Own Use: 22604
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,663,849
Assets Total Liabilities: £145,946
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £1,540,507
Creditors One Year Total Current: 145946
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £1,561,834
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 713965
Funds Restricted: 826542
Funds Total: 1540507
Count Employees: 1
Charity Only 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: 13 October 2024
Income Donations And Legacies: 1558375
Income Other Trading Activities: 84348
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1642723
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £103,057
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £1,051,479
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1154536
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 906782
Expenditure Governance: 7800
Expenditure Support Costs: 25196
Expenditure Depreciation: 7534
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £344,921
Assets Total Fixed: 30138
Assets Own Use: 30138
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £1,013,590
Assets Total Liabilities: £179,063
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £864,665
Creditors One Year Total Current: 179063
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £775,956
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 444921
Funds Restricted: 419744
Funds Total: 864665
Count Employees: 1
Charity Only 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: 31 October 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1002074
Income Other Trading Activities: 80497
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1082571
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £83,193
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £977,074
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 1060267
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 796532
Expenditure Governance: 7200
Expenditure Support Costs: 23238
Expenditure Depreciation: 1105
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £256,228
Assets Total Fixed: 0
Assets Own Use: 0
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £592,299
Assets Total Liabilities: £215,821
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £376,478
Creditors One Year Total Current: 215821
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £537,846
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 256228
Funds Restricted: 120250
Funds Total: 376478
Count Employees: 0
Charity Only 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: 26 January 2023
Income Donations And Legacies: 1004095
Income Other Trading Activities: 3130
Income Charitable Activities: 0
Income Investments: 0
Income Other: 0
Income Total Income And Endowments: 1007225
Income Legacies: 0
Income Endowments: 0
Expenditure Raising Funds: £31,036
Expenditure Charitable Expenditure: £834,935
Expenditure Other: 0
Expenditure Total: 865971
Expenditure Investment Management: 0
Expenditure Grants Institution: 0
Expenditure Governance: 38855
Expenditure Support Costs: 38855
Expenditure Depreciation: 1105
Gain Loss Investment: 0
Gain Loss Pension Fund: 0
Gain Loss Revaluation Fixed Investment: 0
Gain Loss Other: 0
Reserves: £208,852
Assets Total Fixed: 1105
Assets Own Use: 1105
Assets Long Term Investment: 0
Defined Benefit Pension Scheme: 0
Assets Other Assets: £465,673
Assets Total Liabilities: £112,604
Assets Current Investment: 0
Assets Total Assets And Liabilities: £354,174
Creditors One Year Total Current: 112604
Creditors Falling Due After One Year: 0
Assets Cash: £452,951
Funds Endowment: 0
Funds Unrestricted: 208852
Funds Restricted: 145322
Funds Total: 354174
Count Employees: 1
Charity Only Accounts: Yes

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England And Wales
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: Occupied Palestinian Territories
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: Country
Geographic Area Description: Uganda
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: The Gambia
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
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: Ivory Coast
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Guinea-bissau
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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

07 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

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

Classification Code: 310
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Other Charitable Activities

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

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: HUMANITY FIRST UK
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2024-06-05T00:00:00
Reason: Removed by application
Assoc Organisation Number: 5116782
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1179305
Assoc Charity Name: WEST YORKSHIRE HARDSHIP PROJECT

Charity Name: HUMANITY FIRST UK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2020-03-11T00:00:00

09 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 AUG 2018
Charitable Objects: 3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (OBJECTS) ARE:3.1.1 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY;3.1.2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES THINK FIT;3.1.3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, INCLUDING THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE AND HUMAN SUFFERING; AND 3.1.4 THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BECAUSE OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL, HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE. 3.2 THE OBJECTS MAY BE ADVANCED IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND SHALL INCLUDE THE RELIEF OF THOSE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF A NATURAL DISASTER OR HUMAN CONFLICT.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures

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

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures