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Annual report & financial statements

Action Against Hunger UK

2024

About Action Against Hunger

Action Against Hunger is building a world where no one dies from hunger. Life-threatening hunger is predictable, preventable and treatable, so a world without it is possible. We tackle it where it hits and lead research to stop it, working relentlessly to save lives.

Our vision

Our vision is of a world free from hunger.

Our mission

No one needs to die from hunger. We predict and prevent it. Where it exists, we treat it. We stop life-threatening hunger in its tracks. By training parents and healthcare workers to spot the signs, we get life-saving care to people who need it.

Our research drives forward understanding of how to predict, prevent and treat life-threatening hunger. With unbeatable knowledge and unstoppable determination, we’re taking action against hunger.

Our values

Three values encapsulate all that we do:

Our global network

Action Against Hunger UK is part of a global network that operates under the name of Action Against Hunger, with head offices in Canada, France, Germany, India, Italy, Spain, the UK and the USA. Each Action Against Hunger member is legally independent but all members share a common mandate, values, operating principles, quality standards, and strategy.

The narrative sections of this report refer to those activities for which Action Against Hunger UK has management responsibility, unless otherwise stated.

© Cover: Christophe Da Silva / Action Against Hunger

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Welcome from the Chair and Executive Director

Welcome to our 2024 review, which highlights just some of the work Action Against Hunger UK has supported across 57 countries, this year.

Action Against Hunger continues to work in some of the most acute humanitarian crisis zones, including Sudan and Gaza. Despite escalating hostilities, we maintained a near constant presence in the Gaza Strip.

Fundraising for humanitarian activities in Gaza, Lebanon and the West Bank was a key focus in 2024, and by December we had raised a total of £1 million, including £530,000 from private sources. In addition, the Disasters Emergency Committee’s (DEC) Middle East Humanitarian Appeal raised £32.5million. As one of the 15 DEC members, Action Against Hunger UK received a proportionate share.

This year we also received funding from the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, including £1.5 million to reduce hunger-related death and illnesses in Alindao District in Central African Republic and £2.7 million for an integrated emergency response for vulnerable populations affected by the El Niño weather pattern, in South Central Somalia.

In the UK, against the backdrop of ongoing economic uncertainty and increased food insecurity, we also grew our domestic

programme, including supporting the launch of a Food and Wellbeing Hub in South London.

In August 2024 we were thrilled to launch a multi-year partnership with IHG Hotels & Resorts (IHG). IHG is helping support and fund our nutrition programmes, with a specific focus on community outreach and initiatives that screen children for malnutrition. We also continued to foster relationships with several long-term strategic partners, including People’s Postcode Lottery, Al Thani, and The Innocent Foundation.

This year we also renewed our DEC membership, and as part of this renewal, completed the Core Humanitarian Standards Independent Verification Process. We were also delighted to welcome Milton Fernandes, Sylvia Lowe and Annabel Venner to the Board in June and July 2024.

Looking ahead, the escalating need for humanitarian assistance coupled with unprecedented cuts to government funding for international aid, places the humanitarian sector in immensely challenging times. We will find creative ways to adapt, as ever counting on our donors to help us reach vulnerable communities. One of our core values is being unstoppable changemakers: as we look to the future, we will find strength in this, now more than ever.

Paul Wilson Chair

Jean-Michel Grand Executive Director

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Contents

Why we do what we do 5
Where we worked in 2024 6
Our global impact 8
A snapshot of our work 10
Trustees report 12
Our objectives in 2024 14
Structure, governance and management 24
Fundraising statement 29
Financial performance 30
Risk statement 31
Independent auditors report 37
Financial Statements 40
Thank you 59
Ways to get involved 60

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Why we do what we do

Life-threatening hunger is caused by interconnected issues, with the leading causes of hunger being conflict, climate change, natural disasters, poverty and inequality – particularly gender inequality.

As a result, too many people still do not have enough food to eat in a world of plenty. We need to address all these causes in order to prevent people from suffering life-threatening hunger and malnutrition.

These facts and stats explain why we do what we do:

In 2024 673 million people worldwide experienced hunger

The number of people experiencing catastrophic hunger has more than doubled, largely due to the ongoing conflicts in Gaza and Sudan

13% of - t 85% households Nearly of people facing in the UK experienced 50% of deaths hunger crises live in moderate or severe conflict-affected food insecurity, among under-fives are related countries up from 8.8% in to hunger January 2022

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Where we worked in 2024

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CANADA UK
GERMANY
FRANCE
ITALY
SPAIN
USA
LIBYA
MAURITANIA
MALI
HAITI
CHAD
GUATEMALA
SENEGAL
HONDURAS NICARAGUA
VENEZUELA SIERRA LEONE
LIBERIA
COLOMBIA C∑TE D'IVOIRE
BURKINA
FASO
NIGERIA
PERU NIGER
CAMEROON
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF CONGO
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COUNTRY OFFICE WITH ACTIVE PROGRAMMES

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COUNTRY OFFICE ONLY. NO ACTIVE PROGRAMMES

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IN 2024 WE WORKED IN 59 COUNTRIES

57 of which ran programmes in-country

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POLAND
UKRAINE
MOLDOVA
ROMANIA
AFGHANISTAN
GEORGIA
ARMENIA
TURKEY
SYRIA
LEBANON
IRAQ NEPAL
JORDAN
OCCUPIED
PALESTINIAN
TERRITORIES
PAKISTAN MYANMAR
YEMEN
BANGLADESH PHILIPPINES
SUDAN
ETHIOPIA
SOUTH SUDAN
SOMALIA
INDIA
UGANDA
KENYA
TANZANIA
ZAMBIA
MADAGASCAR
ZIMBABWE
MOZAMBIQUE
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Our global impact

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Total income
€657.6M
26.5M []
people assisted
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Admissions for malnutrition (children)

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Total
1.057M
561K
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Presence
Staff in
8 8,527 head offices
15.5%
84.5%
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Action Against Hunger UK is part of a global network. Together our main achievements and impact were as follows.

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161,983

number of women aged 15-49 seen by a healthcare provider at least four times during pregnancy

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Expenditure breakdown

Fundraising and 6% communications Management, Programmes 91% 3% governance and support € 82 34 258 advocacy initiatives policy changes as advocacy led / implemented by a result of Action products produced Action Against Hunger Against Hunger activities

advocacy initiatives led / implemented by Action Against Hunger

Data from Canada, France, Germany, Spain, UK and US

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A snapshot of our work

Hunger in Gaza continues to climb

The crisis in Gaza dominated public consciousness in 2024 with a dramatic escalation of hostilities, unleashing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis.

Action Against Hunger has worked in the Gaza Strip since 2002, and in 2024 we managed to maintain a continuous presence across almost the whole territory under extreme circumstances. Seventy staff members supported an estimated 1.2 million people, providing lifesaving food, water, shelter, and nutrition services.

HUNGER IN GAZA:

Over 2 million people witnessed immense loss of life and near complete destruction of essential infrastructure, including homes, hospitals and water supplies. This, combined with mass displacement of over 1.9 million people and aid obstruction, left millions of people in dire conditions, struggling to access even the most basic of essential services and support.

We were able to distribute hot meals, fresh and non-perishable food to thousands of people, over 37 million litres of clean drinking water, as well as over 200,000 hygiene kits. We built also mobile latrines, implemented solid waste removal activities, distributed mattresses and other shelter provisions to over 4,000 people.

We rehabilitated greenhouses and irrigation systems, identifying dozens of farmers who still have access to small portions of their land. Our staff scoured the markets for seeds, seedlings, and fertilisers to distribute key agricultural inputs and enable local production and trained the farmers on safe agricultural practices during conflict.

In response to the growing levels of malnutrition in Gaza, Action Against Hunger launched its first nutrition programme in the occupied Palestinian territories. Our nutrition teams detected and prevented cases of wasting in children younger than five years, working with women who are pregnant and breastfeeding to best care for Gaza’s most vulnerable.

A boy drinks water distributed to the displaced population by Action Against Hunger in Northern Gaza, in October 2024.

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Trustees’ report

Action Contre La Faim (Action Against Hunger in France) and the other members of the Action Against Hunger network have led the fight against hunger around the world since 1979. Action Against Hunger UK was established in 1995 and for almost three decades we have been saving the lives of malnourished children, ensuring that people in need can access clean water, food, healthcare and treatment, and working to help people improve their lives and livelihoods. The Trustees of Action Against Hunger UK present their annual report and audited accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024.

Public benefit

Action Against Hunger UK’s Trustees have a duty to ensure that the Charity provides public benefit and achieves its objectives as set out in its governing document. The Trustees’ Annual Report provides a detailed account of the significant activities undertaken by the Charity in line with these objectives, which are: to relieve poverty, deprivation and distress throughout the world and to relieve hunger, whether chronic or temporary, by way of emergency intervention and/or establishing rehabilitation programmes.

The Trustees regularly review the Charity’s strategy and plans to ensure these are consistent with its objectives and to consider how its activities contribute to the public benefit. The Trustees have referred to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Charity’s aims, objectives and activities, and are confident that they have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance when exercising their powers and duties.

hunger for 46 years. We are a needs-driven and rights-based organisation with a primary focus on assisting the most at-risk groups in society, wherever they live.

We are focused on reducing and eliminating hunger and malnutrition. Our technical expertise, based on research, mass data analysis and collaboration with scientists and government ministries is internationally recognised and respected.

We create innovative responses to treat life-threatening malnutrition. We protect livelihoods and improve long-term food security. We do this by constantly investing in research and innovative nutrition products and field-testing treatment protocols. These have become international best practices in treating and preventing undernutrition among adolescents, pregnant and breastfeeding women, and newborn and young children.

Our priorities

Our core strength is responding to hunger and malnutrition crises; this is where our expertise is grounded. Our strategy is to build from this core strength, continually broadening our technical capabilities on issues central to our mission.

We offer our reliable and expert technical services and often partner with other national and international civil society organisations, scientists, funders and decision-makers to ensure the best outcomes. Our increasing evidence-based knowledge and expertise gives us a powerful voice to engage the public and influence governments to deliver greater action on hunger.

Strategic report

Action Against Hunger UK is part of a humanitarian and development network that has been at the forefront of the fight against

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How we raised our money

Action Against Hunger received grants and donations from UK individuals, institutional donors, trusts and foundations, and corporate partners.

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Institutional £10,795,215
Action Against Hunger network £5,209,704
Trusts and foundations £2,986,444
Individuals £1,706,492
Corporate £1,641,187
Other £44,688
Total £22,383,730
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How we spent our money

The vast majority of our income is spent on emergency relief, disaster risk-reduction work and long-term development projects.

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Overseas projects £17,765,209
Fundraising £2,625,501
Consultancy services £1,375,504
Support costs £1,358,950
Advocacy £357,940
Total £23,483,104
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Our objectives in 2024

Diversify our income and mobilise significant resources

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Become a global leader in technical assistance

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Increase brand awareness and become a trusted activist on hunger and malnutrition

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Diversify and grow our income and mobilise significant resources 1

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In 2024, we raised £22.3 million, helped by many substantial donations from institutional donors, the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), trusts and foundations, corporate partners and generous individuals.

Substantial grants and donations included:

Emergency response is at the heart of our work: anticipating crises, preventing disasters from escalating and providing rapid, lifesaving action. In 2024, we secured significant investment into our Emergency Action Fund, which exists precisely to support this work, with the support of generous Trusts and Foundations. The Fund gives Action Against Hunger the flexibility to intervene at the first sign of crisis, including emergencies that do not make the headlines, such as those in Sudan, Yemen and Afghanistan.

We have already mentioned how delighted we are to begin a long term, global partnership with IHG in 2024. We are also incredibly grateful to our longstanding corporate partners.

Compleat Food Group have supported Action Against Hunger since 2010. Through their Unearthed brand, they generously donate 1p from every pack sold, helping to fund our vital work around the world. We were also excited to welcome Wall’s Pastry as a new donor in 2024. For the first time, they contributed 30p from each promotional pack of sausage rolls sold, supporting one of our UK social supermarkets.

Action Against Hunger UK substantially grew its regular giving programme in 2024. Our Gaza and Middle East appeals drove not only restricted income for the region, but also resulted in 1129 new regular givers who also wanted to provide unrestricted, sustainable support for our global work.

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Become a global leader in technical assistance 2

In 2024, Action Against Hunger UK expanded its technical support to governments and partners, championing innovative approaches for monitoring nutrition coverage. We conducted coverage surveys and capacitybuilding activities in multiple countries such as Yemen, Nepal, Venezuela and Mozambique. We also completed Link Nutrition Causal Analysis (Link NCA) studies in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan. We also conducted training in Nutrition in Emergencies, with one training in Latin America specialising in gender.

Our teams undertook critical research into the cost-effectiveness of various approaches to the treatment of acute malnutrition, many with an emphasis on Community Health Workerbased delivery models, which help to ensure sustainability and longevity of projects. We also began the development of a Global Nutrition Costing Tool to standardize cost-effectiveness evaluations across different contexts.

Action Against Hunger UK played a key role in supporting national guideline revisions to align with the latest global recommendations on the treatment of acute malnutrition. We supported the governments of Laos and Fiji to draft updated national guidelines on prevention and treatment of acute malnutrition and remain committed to influencing global strategies for improved nutrition programming and evidence use.

offering an easy-to-use, step-by-step approach that supports humanitarian responders to better understand the situation and needs of infants and young children and their caregivers.

Our food security work in the UK

Food poverty in the UK is rising, with 14 per cent of households experiencing food insecurity last year*. In response, Action Against Hunger UK progressed its domestic programme in 2024, directly supporting two community food pantries in London and the West Midlands that give food-insecure households access to a variety of healthy foods every week for a small fee.

We also supported a local partner to launch a Food and Wellbeing Centre in south London, through funding and strategic support and sub-granted £30,000 from our corporate partners to six community food pantries, which supported 380 households every week during the funding period.

We also co-designed and disseminated a set of Infant and Young Child Feeding in Emergencies - (IYCF E) assessment guidelines in partnership with FHI360, a US-based humanitarian nonprofit organisation. These guidelines aim to streamline the IYCF-E assessment process by

*Source: htps://foodfoundaton.org.uk/news/latest-food-insecurity-tracker-shows-seven-million-adults-going-hungry

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© Faniry Njava Randriamanana / Action Against Hunger

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Increase brand awareness and become a trusted activist on hunger and malnutrition 3

The UK general election in 2024 gave us an opportunity to engage with and inform political discussions in relation to the prevention of hunger and malnutrition. We produced our ‘Crisis, Famine Action’ report, setting out how the UK can play a leading role in tackling the global hunger crisis. We worked with our chef supporters, including Asma Khan, Ixta Belfrage, Noor Murad and Thom Bateman, to produce “Recipes for a World Free from Hunger” and shared these with MPs at meetings and events. Thousands of our supporters also wrote to their MPs encouraging them to ringfence spending on nutrition. We participated in the autumn Party Conferences, hosting and speaking at events on nutrition and humanitarian crises.

Alongside this, breaking the cycle of conflict and hunger remained a major priority; we produced several country reports for decision makers and held events in London, Geneva and New York. We also formalised - and now lead - the global coalition on conflict and hunger, a group of nine NGOs that collect evidence on and advocate against the use of starvation as a weapon of war and protection of civilians.

Growing our digital and social media presence

We also invested in our digital presence, launching a petition calling for a ceasefire in Gaza to allow for the uninhibited flow of aid, that received more than 100,000 signatures. Many of these new supporters took further action, with nearly 5,000 contacting their MPs – several of whom have reached out to learn more about our work and the crisis, and to explore how they can support our advocacy.

significantly more campaigning power on other issues, for example, 18,000 people signed our petition calling for a ceasefire in Lebanon between October and December.

We also substantially grew our social media presence. By the end of last year, Action Against Hunger UK had 185,000 followers across Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook and TikTok, gaining more than 25,000 followers in the year. Some of our content went viral - like a video for World Refugee Day in June, which got over 400,000 views. On International Women’s Day, our campaign highlighted frontline women’s voices and reached nearly 50,000 views.

Expanding our press work and celebrity engagement

Over the course of 2024 we expanded our network of high-profile supporters in the food and hospitality industry. We welcomed Vivek Singh as our Ambassador, after more than two decades of partnership and working together on events such as Global Gastronomy, Diwali Banquets and Too Many Critics.

In June, Nigerian author, broadcaster and restaurant critic, Jimi Famurewa, visited some of our programmes in northwest Nigeria, including a stabilisation centre for children with severe acute malnutrition, which Jimi wrote about in The Evening Standard. Other big achievements in our press work in 2024 included Jean-Michel being interviewed on both BBC News and Sky News about the humanitarian situation in Gaza.

Our Gaza petition also drove a surge in email signups, expanding our overall supporter base from 7,000 to over 58,000. This gave us

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Empower our people and maximise our effectiveness and value 4

Reaching our charitable objectives means ensuring our organisation’s systems work effectively, empowering all who work for Action Against Hunger UK to deliver on their plans and targets. To this end, in 2024 we invested in key areas across finance and governance.

One of the ways Action Against Hunger UK maximises its value is through membership with the DEC, which brings together 15 leading UK aid charities to raise funds efficiently at times of humanitarian crisis. As part of our DEC membership renewal in December 2024, we undertook the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) audit, which verifies whether humanitarian and development actors meet nine commitments for measuring and improving the quality and effectiveness of their assistance. Our scores improved in many areas since our last audit, with significant progress made on Safeguarding, Local Partnership, Gender, Environment, and Learning.

developments across our organisation and international network.

Part of our commitment to empowering colleagues is an annual staff survey. We had an excellent response rate of 85%, up from 77% in 2023. We rated particularly highly for staff understanding of organisational values, personal goals, managerial support, and for being recommended as a workplace.

We continued to strengthen our commitment to being an equitable and diverse workplace, convening our first Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Working Group, which set a policy, strategy and action plan for 2025 and beyond. We also ran two half-day online training sessions on “Neurodiversity Awareness in the Workplace”, which aimed to reach all UK-based colleagues.

We also invested in our internal communications to keep our colleagues better informed of the many fast-moving

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Structure, governance and management

Action Against Hunger UK is a company limited by guarantee (company number 3069468) and a registered charity in England and Wales (1047501) and in Scotland (SC048317). The Charity’s objects and powers are set out in its governing document being its Articles of Association.

The Articles of Association provide that the Trustees are the only members of the Charity.

Trustees (during 2024 and as at the date of approval of this report)

Board Committees

Remuneration, Compensation & Governance Committee

Executive Committee

The Executive Committee consists of the executive directors of the Charity, who are:

Company Secretary

Amanda Ogilvie (left on 07 October 2025) Jean-Michel Grand (from 07 October 2025)

Audit, Risk & Compliance Committee

Fundraising, Engagement & Ethics Committee

Auditors

Haysmac LLP 10 Queen Street Place London EC4R 1AG

Solicitors

Reed Smith Corporate Services Ltd Minerva House

5 Montague Close London SE1 9BB

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Trustees

Action Against Hunger UK is governed by its Board of Trustees who are also the directors under company law. The Trustees have overall responsibility for overseeing the management of the Charity and delegate day-to-day management to the Chief Executive and the Executive Committee.

Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Articles of Association. Trustees are elected by the Board for a three-year term after which they must retire from office and may be reappointed (no more than twice) for a further period of three years by a decision of the Board. In 2024, one Trustee resigned and four new Trustees were appointed, taking the total number of Trustees to eight at the end of the year.

Three members of the Board have served as Trustees for longer than three terms of three years. The Articles of Association provide that the limitation on the period of appointment does not apply to the current Chair, although he is required to stand for re-election every three years. The Board has determined that the directors who have served for longer than three terms of three years brought particular skills and experience that were necessary to the Board for the development of the Charity. Two of these directors are currently serving their final term.

The Trustees are required to declare any conflicts of interest and reaffirm their commitment to Action Against Hunger’s Global Code of Conduct upon appointment and every year thereafter. Board members receive no remuneration for their work as Trustees. All Trustees are required to undertake a comprehensive induction programme covering the running of the Charity and their role as a Trustee.

Governance reviews are carried out on a regular basis and Trustee self-assessments are completed every year (including questions on the performance of the Chair). In 2024, the Charity instructed an external governance review that led to the development of a comprehensive Governance Action Plan

to continue to strengthen the Charity’s governance.

Action Against Hunger UK’s Board of Trustees meets on a quarterly basis and may hold other ad hoc meetings to discuss specific issues as appropriate. The Executive Director and members of the Executive Committee attend board meetings to respond to questions and ensure informed decisions are made. Decisions are taken by a majority vote in accordance with the Articles of Association. The decisions and business of Board meetings are recorded in minutes of the meetings that are approved by the Trustees.

The Board delegates certain powers related to the administration and day-to-day management of the Charity’s affairs (up to certain financial thresholds) to the Executive Director and Executive Committee under a Scheme of Delegation. Any decisions above these financial thresholds or relating to key matters such as major initiatives, appointment of the Executive Director and/or approval of long-term objectives and strategy must be approved by the Board.

The Executive Director leads the Executive Committee, which is responsible for defining and proposing the following to the Board for approval:

The Executive Director is responsible for implementing the Charity’s strategy, annual plans and policies; identifying and managing risk; and reporting to the Board on a regular basis to ensure full accountability and transparency of the Charity’s accounts and reports.

Board Committees

The Board has delegated specific responsibilities to three Committees as set out

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in the Committees’ Terms of Reference which have been approved by the Trustees. The Terms of Reference for each of the Committees were reviewed and updated versions approved by the Trustees in December 2024. Members of the Committees are appointed by the Board. The Committees meet on at least a quarterly basis and report back to the full Board at each quarterly Board meeting.

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Arrangements for setting the pay and remuneration of the Charity’s key management personnel

Action Against Hunger UK operates an incremental pay structure for all roles, including senior management roles. Grades are established by assessing the job description against a job evaluation tool. Where appropriate, salaries are also periodically benchmarked. Incremental increases are service related and awarded annually up to the top of the designated grade. All staff receive a discretionary annual cost-of-living increase.

The Remuneration, Compensation and Governance Committee meets in December to review financial and non-financial remuneration, including pension arrangements and annual cost-of-living awards, which are applied to uplift the salary scales. The Remuneration, Compensation and Governance Committee recommendations are ratified by the full Board of Trustees.

Internal control and risk management

Action Against Hunger works to ensure that the identification, assessment and mitigation of key risks is an integral part of the Charity’s decisionmaking and management processes. We aim to embed a risk-management culture across the organisation as a critical measure in today’s ever-evolving risk landscape.

Action Against Hunger operates an annual planning and budgeting process with reference to its five-year Strategic Plan, and with start of-year and mid-year revised budgets approved by the Board of Trustees. Significant changes during the year are subject to specific approval. The financial reporting systems provide monthly comparison of actual results against budget. Forecasts of expected results for the year are undertaken on a regular basis.

The Charity’s risk management framework ensures that all significant risks are identified,

assessed and reported to the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee. The Charity maintains a comprehensive Risk Register that sets out the major strategic and operational risks facing the organisation, along with clear mitigation measures and plans. The Risk Register is updated by the Executive Committee on a biquarterly basis and reviewed by the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee every quarter. The Risk Register is reviewed by the full Board every year.

The Trustees are satisfied that systems are in place to monitor, manage and mitigate Action Against Hunger’s exposure to major risks. The most significant risks identified in 2024 are set out on pages 33 to 34.

The Trustees consider that maintaining Action Against Hunger’s general reserves at the levels stated on page 30, and reviewing internal controls and risks, will provide Action Against Hunger with adequate risk assurance and sufficient resources in the event of adverse conditions. They also recognise that the nature of some of Action Against Hunger’s work requires active acceptance and management of some risks when undertaking activities to achieve the Charity’s objectives.

The Action Against Hunger global network

Action Against Hunger UK is part of a global Action Against Hunger network of organisations committed to saving the lives of malnourished children and supporting their families to beat hunger.

The Action Against Hunger global network is made up of eight separate legal entities and their branches and subsidiaries. These are in the UK, France, USA, Spain, Canada, India, Germany and, in 2024, Action Against Hunger Italy was added as a member of the network’s International Committee of Chairs. These offices (and their branches and subsidiaries) were active in 59 countries around the world in 2024. The entities that make up the Action Against Hunger global network share the same objectives and operate under common International Co-operation Protocols, including

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an International Charter of Principles and a number of common policies agreed by the International Committee of Chairs and the International Executive Committee.

In 2024 the entities that made up the Action Against Hunger global network were:

Action Against Hunger UK is one of the eight members of the trading company ACFIN Licensing Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales (company number 06672034). The company’s main objective is to license the Action Against Hunger trademarks to the entities that make up the Action Against Hunger global network. The Action Against Hunger UK Executive Director is one of the Directors of the company.

Approval

This Annual Report is signed by the Chair on behalf of the Board of Trustees. The Trustees also approve the Strategic Report, which is contained within this report, in their capacity as company directors.

Mr Paul Wilson Chair of Trustees 29 October 2025

Expenses are recharged between the connected charities where staff and other resources are used on projects run by another charity. This gives rise to the balances at the year-end referred to in Notes 11 and 12.

Related parties/ subsidiaries

Action Against Hunger UK has a wholly owned trading subsidiary called Action Against Hunger Enterprises Limited, a private limited company with company number 6569439. Action Against Hunger Enterprises Limited’s principal activity is to raise funds for the Charity. The company was incorporated in 2008 and it donates all distributable profits to the Charity.

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Fundraising statement

This statement sets out the Charity’s approach to Fundraising as required by the Charities (Protection and Social Investment) Act 2016.

In 2024, Action Against Hunger UK raised over £6.3 million through its fundraising activities which was a substantial increase on the previous year. This growth was driven by uplift to existing partnerships – both corporate and trusts – and securing new partnerships with InterContinental Hotel Group, Foundation, Walls and others. Growth in income from individual supporters also increased significantly, both in the form of donations for our emergency appeals – most notably our Gaza appeal – and via the acquisition of new regular supporters, who make monthly donations in support of the charity’s work. Underpinning this is the generous support of long-standing partners and individuals who give significant gifts in support of projects and via our sector-leading special events.

fundraisers to manage the risk of noncompliance. Our complaints policy is available on the Charity’s website; in 2024 we received 17 complaints about fundraising, all of which were responded to and resolved in accordance with our policy. We also received 6 unsolicited compliments about our fundraising activities last year.

All our donation pages and all direct marketing includes information about how a supporter can opt out of receiving further communications from us. This information is also included in our Supporter Promise, available on our website. We have signed up to the Fundraising Preference Service and received and actioned 7 requests in 2024.

Seven campaigns were run by the Charity in 2024 aimed at tackling conflict and hunger and the climate crisis, including asking the Government to enhance their commitments at COP, petitioning for a ceasefire in Gaza and Lebanon and fundraising for humanitarian emergencies including Sudan and Haiti.

The Charity benefits from several commercial participator arrangements, mainly in the food sector, and used professional fundraisers to support its work. Due diligence is carried out on all third parties that we work with, to ensure appropriate compliance and a good return on investment. Current agencies used by the Charity include Acwyre (for recruitment of regular donors via face-to-face fundraising), Forward Action (for digital mobilisation and technical support), DTV Optimise (for telemarketing) and Elovate (for fulfilment).

The Charity complies with current regulations and best practice set out by regulatory bodies such as the Fundraising Regulator and monitors the activities of donors and professional

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Financial Performance

Total income of £22.4 million was £9.5 million less than the previous year. This reduction in income is due to a combination of the completion of some multi-year charitable projects funded by the UK government, fewer government grants, and a reduction in income received through Disaster Emergency Committee appeals during the year. However, private fundraising income from donations and legacies increased by £2.2 million, reflecting continuing investments in fundraising activities to increase regular private donations and increase unrestricted income.

Total expenditure of £23.5 million was £9.5 million less than the previous year, which reflects the reduction in income for the year. However, this level of expenditure enabled the charity to deliver major pieces of work around the world and achieve significant impact in tackling hunger. Net income for the year was a deficit of £1.1 million due to the timing of project expenditure and investments in infrastructure projects and fundraising.

Fundraising costs increased by £0.8 million, reflecting new and continued investment in income generation activities with a view to increasing the regular donor base, diversifying and increasing unrestricted income. This will enable the charity to minimize the impact of fluctuations in institutional grants, launch strategically important projects independent of restricted funding, and respond to emergency humanitarian needs quickly and in a timely manner.

As in prior years, total income includes the full amount of multi-year grants, accounted for in accordance with the Charities SORP and Accounting Standards, which allows us to recognise the full amount of income on most grants when agreements are signed.

Unrestricted reserves, including the designated fund, were at £0.5 million as at 31 December 2024, which is equivalent to 1.5 months of the general operating expenditure.

Directors and the trustees have prepared a detailed plan to rebuild the general reserves back to the policy level within the next three financial years. Action Against Hunger’s income profile has changed in the past two years, with more unrestricted income generated than ever before. This trend will continue and detailed planning, as well as financial performance year to date, indicates that full replenishment of our unrestricted reserves will be achieved.

The trustees have mandated the management to rebuild the general reserves back to the policy level within the next two to three financial years.

The Charity’s Memorandum of Association provides the Trustees with the authority to invest in such assets as they see fit, in order to benefit the Charity and its continued financial wellbeing.

The Charity is committed to utilising any surplus cash funds in the most effective way possible. However, the Charity is occasionally required to react quickly to particular emergencies and has a policy of investing any surplus funds in relatively short-term deposits, ranging from one month to immediate access.

Action Against Hunger’s Board of Trustees review the investment policy annually. The objective of the current policy is to maintain high liquidity while ensuring maximum security. To achieve this, the Charity invests with institutions with a high security rating in instant access, fixed-term or call cash deposits.

Reserves Policy

The Board of Trustees have reviewed the reserves policy of the Charity and considers it appropriate to seek to maintain unrestricted free reserves equivalent to six months of general operational expenditure. This is to cover potential risks, including property liabilities and staff redundancies, as well as the unlikely event of closure of the Charity. It also provides security against seasonal variations in income and expenditure, and funds strategic research, investment, and innovations.

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Risk statement

Action Against Hunger UK considers effective risk management as fundamental to good management practice and to provide an essential contribution towards the achievement of the Charity’s strategic and operational objectives. The Trustees are satisfied that appropriate internal control systems are in place to identify and mitigate the Charity’s key strategic and operational risks.

The Action Against Hunger global network operates in high-risk contexts to save the lives of children and provide them and their families with opportunities for a better life. At Action Against Hunger UK, we remain prudent on how we identify, manage and mitigate these risks in relation to our programmes.

Action Against Hunger UK is a forwardlooking organisation driven by impact and cost-effectiveness. It therefore embraces higher risk approaches on innovation; complex programming; leading consortiums; creative fundraising; new ways of working; embracing digital technologies; exploring new technical approaches that challenge existing ones and any other activities that support the achievement of our objectives and the strategic priorities of the Action Against Hunger global network.

The Charity’s risk appetite reflects the need to take risks to achieve our objectives, provided always that these risks do not breach our principles, values, policies, legal obligations or our duty of care to staff, donors and the populations we support.

Action Against Hunger UK’s Risk Management Policy sets out the Charity’s approach to risk management and uses a risk-management framework to support the identification, assessment and management of key risks, including the implementation of comprehensive mitigation plans and risk-management strategies. This includes a thorough riskidentification process; prioritisation of key risks based on an assessment of impact and likelihood; regular review of mitigation

measures and controls; evaluation of risks against the Charity’s risk appetite; and, where appropriate, the development of mitigation plans. Action Against Hunger UK regularly monitors its key risks with a view to embedding a strong risk-management culture across the Charity.

The Board is responsible for appointing members of the Charity’s Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, of which four Trustees were members, and to which a new Chair was appointed in 2024. The Committee carried out a thorough review of its Terms of Reference and approved a revised version in December 2024.

The updated Terms of Reference set out the following main functions of the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee:

Audit

Risk

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Key risks

The Risk Register was updated monthly by the Executive Committee and reviewed quarterly by the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee and annually by the full Board of Trustees. The following major risks to the Charity were identified in 2024:

Risk

Key mitigation measures

Safeguarding

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Fraud, corruption and bribery

We recognise the risk of fraud, corruption and bribery in the complex environments where programmes funded by the Charity are delivered

Cyber security

We recognise the risk of business interruption, loss of data, regulatory action and/or financial loss in the event of a cyber security breach

Data protection

We recognise the • risk of regulatory The Data Governance Group (which was created in 2023 and action, fines, penalties includes a representative from each department) continued to and loss of trust meet monthly to discuss and assess data protection risks and and confidence in progress in rolling out the Data Protection Action Plan. the event of a data • Data Protection training is undertaken by all new staff and breach and/or nonspecific refresher workshops and presentations are delivered compliance with data throughout the year. protection legislation

Income

• We recognise the risk Regular review of programme and funding structures, to our programmes, arrangements and opportunities. • people and charity Regular review of staffing structures and efficiency, with memberships resulting corresponding investment in high performing areas of from the reduction in fundraising to strengthen financial resilience. institutional and other funding

Serious incidents

In 2024, Action Against Hunger UK was notified of 12 alleged fraud, safeguarding or security incidents, and two data protection incidents, in relation to programmes that we fund and support. Three of these incidents were reported to the Charity Commission. All reports were investigated and appropriate actions were taken, including lessons learned. There were no serious incidents during 2024 that should have been reported to the Charity Commission but were not.

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Stakeholder engagement

The Trustees are required to explain how they consider the interests of key stakeholders and the broader matters set out in Section 172 of the Companies Act 2006 in promoting the success of the company for the achievement of its charitable purposes. This statement focuses on matters of strategic importance and the level of information disclosed in this statement is consistent with the size and complexity of the business.

General confirmation of Trustees’ duties Action Against Hunger UK’s Board of Trustees has a clear framework for determining the matters within its remit and has approved Terms of Reference for the matters delegated to its Committees. An explanation of the roles and responsibilities of the Board Committees can be found on page 25. When making decisions, each Trustee ensures that they act in good faith to best promote the company’s success for the achievement of its charitable purposes, and in doing so will have regard (among other matters) to:

The Charity is guided by a five-year strategic plan, at both UK and international level, through the Action Against Hunger global network. In order to deliver its strategy, the Board of Trustees must pay due regard to the long-term consequences of all its decisions. Throughout the life of the strategy its implementation is regularly monitored through annual progress reports, which help inform the long-term decision-making required to achieve the objectives set out in our strategy.

The Trustees recognise that Action Against Hunger UK’s employees are our most important asset and are fundamental to the delivery of our Strategic Plan. Our success depends on attracting, retaining, motivating and developing our people, wherever they are located. The Charity carries out an Annual Staff Survey which is one of the Board’s principal tools to measure employee engagement, motivation

and commitment to Action Against Hunger. It enables the Board to understand how we are learning from survey findings to strengthen Action Against Hunger’s culture and values, and informs decision-making from pay and benefits to health, safety and wellbeing. The Staff Forum operates throughout the year as a mechanism for bringing any issues or suggestions for improvements to the Executive Committee, as well as being an important vehicle for staff consultation on any significant changes or restructuring.

Action Against Hunger UK’s key business relationships are with other members of the Action Against Hunger International Network; the communities in which the programmes we fund are delivered; our suppliers; and our partners, donors and supporters. Our engagement with these stakeholders is described within this report. In order to deliver our mission and strategy, and to create impact at scale, we need to work with others. We will continue to work primarily through the implementing members within the Action Against Hunger International Network and also build our capacity to work through other partnerships, alliances and networks.

The Board of Trustees has fully committed the organisation to the Core Humanitarian Standards on Quality and Accountability. These standards “put communities and people affected by crisis at the centre of humanitarian action”. The Charity fully subscribes to this ethos, which we enact in our programme delivery. Recognising that climate change is currently one of the main drivers of food insecurity and hunger, we advocate on this and ensure that within our programme work, and in the UK, due attention is paid to the environmental impact of everything we do.

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It is important that Action Against Hunger UK continues to maintain its reputation for high standards of conduct in all its work. As part of the Action Against Hunger International Network, all our staff and Trustees are required to sign and abide by a Global Code of Conduct. We also always ensure compliance with the high standards of business conduct attached to receiving funding from grants and donations from private, institutional and partner organisations.

This is not applicable to Action Against Hunger UK’s organisational structure, as the Trustees are the only members of the Charity, and the Charity is run in the interests of its charitable objectives rather than in the interests of its members.

Statement of Trustees’ responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounts Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice). The Trustees confirm they comply with the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice (FRS 102) 2019.

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under company law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the group and charity, and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period.

The Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

Mr Paul Wilson Chair of Trustees Approved by the Board of Trustees 29 October 2025

In preparing the financial statements the trustees are required to:

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Independent auditor’s report

To the members of Action Against Hunger UK

Opinion on the financial statements

In our opinion, the financial statements:

with the ethical requirements relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the Financial Reporting Council’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Independence

We remain independent of the Group and Parent Charitable Company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the Financial Reporting Council’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements.

We have audited the financial statements of Action Against Hunger UK (“the Parent Charitable Company”) and its subsidiary company, Action Against Hunger Enterprises Limited (“the Group”) for the year ended 31 December 2024, which comprise the consolidated statement of financial activities, the Group and Parent Charitable Company Statements of Financial Position, the consolidated statement of cash flows and notes to the financial statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102, The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees’ use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group and the Parent Charitable Company’s ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least 12 months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the Group and the Parent Charitable Company in accordance

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the Annual Report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. The other information comprises: the Directors’ report, the Strategic report and structure, governance and management. The Trustees are responsible for the other information.

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Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

Other Companies Act 2006 reporting

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion;

Responsibilities of the Trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of Trustees’ responsibilities, the Trustees (who are also the directors of the charitable company for the purposes of company law) are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the Trustees are responsible for assessing the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the Trustees either intend to liquidate the Charity or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under the Companies Act 2006 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will

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always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Mis-statements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures can detect irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

Based on our understanding of the Group and the environment in which it operates, we identified that the principal risks of noncompliance with laws and regulations related to the reporting requirements of the Charities SORP, FRS 102 and Companies Act 2006. We considered the extent to which non-compliance might have a material effect on the financial statements. We also considered those laws and regulations that have a direct impact on the preparation of the financial statements such as the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011, and consider other factors such as payroll tax and sales tax.

We evaluated management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements (including the risk of override of controls), and determined that the principal risks were related to posting inappropriate journal entries to revenue and management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed by the engagement team included:

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located at the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the Charitable Company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the Charitable Company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the Charitable Company and the Charitable Company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

Adam Halsey (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of Haysmac LLP, Statutory Auditors

Date: 31 October 2025

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Consolidated statement of financial activities (incorporating an income and expenditure account) for the year ended 31 December 2024

2024 2024 2024 2023
Note Unrestricted Restricted Total Restated
Total
£ £ £ £
Income from
Donations and legacies 2a 3,916,842 2,417,281 6,334,123 4,131,470
Charitable activities 2b 5,579,977 10,424,942 16,004,919 27,731,695
Investment and other income 2c 44,688 - 44,688 45,845
Total income 9,541,507 12,842,223 22,383,730 31,909,010
Expenditure on
Costs of generating funds 3 2,767,388 437,339 3,204,727 2,364,601
Charitable activities 4 7,275,940 13,002,437 20,278,377 31,580,085
Total expenditure 10,043,328 13,439,776 23,483,104 33,944,686
Net (expenditure) (501,821) (597,553) (1,099,374) (2,035,676)
Net movement in funds (501,821) (597,553) (1,099,374) (2,035,676)
Reconciliation of funds
Funds brought forward at 1 January
2024 1,038,742 1,700,557 2,739,299 4,774,975
Total funds carried forward
at 31 December 2024 536,921 1,103,004 1,639,925 2,739,299

The results for the year shown above all derive from continuing operations. There are no recognised gains or losses for the year other than those show above. There are no material differences between the results for the year as stated above and those calculated on a historical cost basis.

The accompanying notes on pages 43 to 58 form an integral part of these Financial Statements.

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Consolidated and charity statements of financial position for the year ended 31 December 2024

Company number: 3069468

Group Restated Charity Restated
Group Charity
2024 2023 2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
Fixed assets
Tangible assets 9 146,934 41,700 146,933 41,700
Investment in subsidiary 10 - - 1 1
Current assets
Debtors and prepayments 11 12,410,721 19,676,547 12,398,249 19,676,547
Cash at bank and in hand 4,646,409 4,514,247 4,596,054 4,460,644
17,057,130 24,190,794 16,994,303 24,137,191
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year 12 (15,564,139) (21,493,195) (15,618,993) (21,619,993)
Net current assets 1,492,991 2,697,599 1,375,310 2,517,198
Net Assets 1,639,925 2,739,299 1,522,244 2,558,898
Reserves
Unrestricted funds 13 436,921 738,742 436,921 738,742
Designated funds 13 100,000 300,000 100,000 300,000
Restricted funds 13 1,103,004 1,700,557 985,323 1,520,156
Total reserves 1,639,925 2,739,299 1,522,244 2,558,898

The surplus for the financial year dealt with in the financial statements of the parent Company was £117,683 (2023: surplus of £180,400. Approved and authorised for issue by the Board on 07 October 2025, and signed on their behalf by:

Mr Paul Wilson (Chair of Trustees) 29 October 2025

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Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended 31 December 2024

Note Group Group
Restated
2024 2023
£ £
Net cash used in operating activities a 222,788 (3,395,432)
Cash flows from investing activities
Investment income received 44,688 45,845
Purchase of fixed assets (135,314) (16,137)
Net cash (used in) / provided by investing activities (90,626) 29,708
Change in cash and cash equivalents in the year 132,162 (3,365,724)
Cash and cash equivalents at 1 January 4,514,247 7,879,971
Cash and cash equivalents carried forward 4,646,409 4,514,247
a. Reconciliation of net
income/(expenditure) to net cash flow
from operating activities
Net income/(expenditure) (1,099,373) (2,035,676)
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 30,079 25,117
Loss on disposal of fixed assets - 1,227
Decrease/(Increase) in debtors 7,265,825 (7,056,681)
(Decrease)/Increase in creditors (5,929,055) 5,716,426
Investment income receivable (44,688) (45,845)
Net cash used in activities 222,788 (3,395,432)

A reconciliation of net debt has not been presented as the group does not hold any debt balances.

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Notes to the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

(a) Basis of accounting

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under the historical cost convention and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, Charities Act 2011, Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Charities and Trustee Investment Scotland) Act 2005, Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) on Accounting and Reporting by Charities effective from 1 January 2019, FRS102, and applicable United Kingdom accounting standards. The Charity has adapted the Companies Act formats to reflect the Charities SORP and the special nature of the Charity’s activities.

In assessing whether it is appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis, the Trustees (who are the Directors of Action Against Hunger UK for the purposes of company law and the trustees of Action Against Hunger UK for the purposes of charity law) have taken account of the current levels of unrestricted reserves and cash and the current and future expected funding environment.

The Trustees continue to review the Charity’s financial performance, business plans and budgets on a quarterly basis and are content that the 2024 accounts should be prepared on a going concern basis. Current stable economic condition is likely to improve fundraising opportunities. Our overseas operations, which are funded largely by FCDO and trusts and foundations through restricted grants remain stable. The UK financial position, centred around our unrestricted reserves and funding, remains stable. Having considered all these matters, the Trustee Directors do not believe there is a material uncertainty and so have prepared the accounts on a going concern basis.

(b) Basis of consolidation

The consolidated accounts include the accounts of the charitable company, Action Against Hunger (UK) Limited and its 100 per cent owned trading subsidiary Action Against Hunger Enterprises Limited, which is consolidated on a line-by-line basis. No separate Statement of Financial Activities (SoFA) has been presented for the charity as permitted by Section 408 of the Companies Act 2006.

(c) Income

Income is included in the SoFA when the charity is entitled to it, the receipt is probable and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy. For restricted grants from institutional donors (e.g. charitable entities, governments or other non-governmental organisations), where receipt of funding is conditional only on administrative requirements such as the submission of a claim, it has been recognised. Where there are restrictions on the time period in which funding received can be spent, or where there are other conditions that specify the services to be performed under the grant agreement or contract, the income has not been recognised. Occasionally, a grant maker may reduce the value of their grant sometime after the initial agreement is signed. The decrease to the grant and income that has been recorded in prior periods will be adjusted in the period in which the grant reduction is made.

(d) Expenditure recognition

Expenditure is included in the financial statements on an accruals basis.

Subcontracted grants to other members of the Action Against Hunger network or third parties are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities when they have been approved and where a binding commitment has been made to the other organisation. Subcontracted grants that have been approved but not yet disbursed at the balance sheet date are carried forward as

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creditors in the balance sheet. In situations where grants from public funders are reduced subsequent to the signing of the initial grant agreement (see note 1(c) above), the liability to the subcontracted partner will be reduced by the same amount under the terms of the subcontract agreement.

(e) Basis of allocation or apportionment of expenditure

Expenditure during the year is analysed into raising funds and charitable activities. Notes 3 and4 provide an analysis of these categories. All costs are directly charged against the

appropriatecategory. The basis of apportionment of support costs is stated in Note 5.

(f) Tangible fixed assets :

Tangible assets costing £500 or more are capitalised. Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Fixtures, fittings and equipment – 25 per cent on historical cost

Leasehold property improvements – over the term of the lease

(g) Operating leases

Rentals under operating leases where substantially all of the benefits and risks of ownership remain with the lessor are charged against income as incurred.

(h) Foreign currencies

Foreign currency transactions are recorded at the average exchange rate for the month in which the transaction arose. Year end balances held in foreign currencies are converted at the closing rate. All differences on conversion are charged to the SoFA.

(i) Fund accounting

Restricted funds are monies provided by grant or donation for specific projects. Unrestricted funds consist of funds or gifts in kind provided for general charitable activities or monies raised from appeals for specific emergency responses.

(j) Pension

The Charity operates a defined contribution scheme. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the Charity in an independently administered scheme. The pension cost charge payable by the Charity in the year amounted to £159,371 (2023: £98,541). At the end of the financial year there were no contributions (employee and employer) still to be paid over to the scheme (2023: £Nil).

(k) Gifts in kind

Action Against Hunger accepts gifts in kind (goods and services) that are in line with the charities mandate from individuals, corporates, foundations and government agencies. Gifts in kind are defined by Action Against Hunger UK as goods and services received for the purpose of carrying for fundraising and awareness of the organisation. These are non-monetary items that are valued at fair market price.

(l) Accounting estimates and key judgements

In the application of the charity’s accounting policies the trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying value of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. These are continually evaluated and are based on historical experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. The estimates and assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised if the revision affects only that period or in the period of revision and future periods if the revision affects the current and future periods.

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The significant judgements and estimates that could impact the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities are as follows:

Revenue Recognition

Revenue Recognition requires judgement to appropriately apply the income accounting policies across the different funding streams the Charity has. Note 1(c) above details the accounting principle adopted and its application in particular to restricted grants received from institutional funders, such as FCDO (UK Aid). The judgements made in recording such income are continually reassessed including in cases where the grant agreement wording and conditions are changed from year to year, and where appropriate provision is made for contingencies or deferrals to account for conditions yet to be fulfilled.

2. INCOMING RESOURCES

(a) Donations and legacies

2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Individuals
(including legacies
and events 1,383,966 322,526 1,706,492 1,629,446 183,741 1,813,187
Corporate donors 1,267,164 374,023 1,641,187 684,134 354,187 1,038,321
Trusts &
Foundations 1,265,712 1,720,732 2,986,444 132,350 1,147,612 1,279,962
Total 3,916,842 2,417,281 6,334,123 2,445,930 1,685,540 4,131,470

(b) Charitable activities

2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2022
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Grant based activities
Start Fund (29,028) 2,376,652 2,347,624 - 244,304 244,304
UK Government - 4,124,363 4,124,363 - 14,462,171 14,462,171
Qatar Fund for
Development - 459,568 459,568 - 712,802 712,802
Disasters Emergency
Committee - 3,052,220 3,052,220 - 4,565,978 4,565,978
Other (14,555) (77,332) (91,887) 5,194 1,442,981 1,448,175
Total (43,583) 9,935,471 9,891,888 5,194 21,428,236 21,433,430
Monitoring and evaluation services
Others 765,155 138,172 903,327 116,600 1,101,776 1,218,376
Total 765,155 138,172 903,327 116,600 1,101,776 1,218,376

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Other

Other
Provision of
employees to Action
Against Hunger
Programme 4,858,079 - 4,858,079 4,709,692 - 4,709,692
Other services for
Action Against
Hunger network
Partners 326 351,299 351,625 - 370,197 370,197
Total 4,858,405 351,299 5,209,704 4,709,692 370,197 5,079,889
Total charitable
activities 5,579,977 10,424,942 16,004,919 4,831,486 22,900,209 27,731,695

(c) Investment and other income

2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Other 44,688 - 44,688 45,845 - 45,845
Total 44,688 - 44,688 45,845 - 45,845

3. EXPENDITURE ON GENERATING FUNDS

Direct Costs Support Costs Total Total
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Fundraising events 48,512 - 48,512 36,603
Other fundraising activities 2,576,990 579,225 3,156,215 2,327,998
Total 2,625,502 579,225 3,204,727 2,364,601

All fundraising events expenditure in 2024 and 2023 relates to unrestricted expenditure. Within other fundraising activity costs, £579,225 relates to restricted expenditure (2023: £591,693).

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4. EXPENDITURE ON CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES

Direct Costs Support Costs Total RestatedTotal
2024 2024 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Overseas projects 13,406,419 367,585 13,774,004 24,919,736
Supply of aid workers 4,770,931 - 4,770,931 4,672,566
Advocacy / awareness
raising 246,550 111,389 357,939 442,285
MEAL and Nutrition services 1,074,752 300,751 1,375,503 1,545,498
Total 19,498,652 779,725 20,278,377 31,580,085

Of total charitable activities, £7,275,940 relates to unrestricted expenditure (2023: £5,564,449) and £13,002,437 relates to restricted expenditure (2023: £26,015,636).

5. SUPPORT COSTS

Executive Finance Total Total
Office Admin and IT HR 2024 2023
£ £ £ £ £ £
Allocated to Project costs
Overseas projects 76,910 101,412 104,984 84,279 367,585 416,462
Recruitment of aid workers -
Advocacy/awareness raising 23,306 30,731 31,813 25,539 111,389 65,757
MEAL and Nutrition services 62,926 82,974 85,896 68,955 300,751 65,757
Total 163,142 215,117 222,693 178,773 779,725 547,976
Allocated to Fundraising 121,191 159,801 165,430 132,803 579,225 591,814
Total 284,333 374,918 388,123 311,576 1,358,950 1,139,790

Basis for support cost allocation

Staff costs have been allocated on a basis consistent with the time spent on each activity. Office and administration costs are allocated based on number of staff. Direct support costs are allocated directly to project costs. The increase in support costs is partially due to an increase in staff costs and investment in improving the infrastructure.

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6. STAFF COSTS

2024 2023
£ £
Staff costs for employees on UK contracts
Wages and salaries 7,889,303 7,375,444
Employer pension contributions 159,371 98,541
Social security costs 334,107 314,347
Total 8,382,781 7,788,332

The above amounts represent costs for the parent charity and the group (the parent charity’s subsidiary does not employ any staff). The total emoluments earned and paid to the Executive Director, Jean-Michel Grand, for the year, including pension contributions, was £130,756 (2023: £125,842).

The number of other employees whose remuneration amounted to over £60,000 in the year was as follows:

2024 2023
£100,001 to £110,000 1 -
£80,001 to £90,000 2 2
£70,001 to £80,000 4 4
£60,001 to £70,000 8 6

Remuneration includes salaries and benefits in kind but excludes employer pension scheme contributions. No contributions were made to defined benefit schemes for employees whose remuneration was greater than £60,000.

In cluding the Executive Director, total emoluments paid to other members of the Senior Management Team totaled £455,525 (2023: £322,696) in the year. This constitutes key management personnel.

The average number of staff working overseas employed by Action Against Hunger under UK contracts during the year was 98 (2023: 103). At the year-end, staff numbers overseas were 96 (2023: 102). These amounts include staff that worked overseas on projects run by both Action Against Hunger and other members of the Action Against Hunger International network. The average number of staff employed by Action Against Hunger and working in the UK in 2024 was 70 (2023: 64). At the year-end, UK staff numbers were 75 (2023: 68).

Trustees’ expenses and remuneration and related party transactions

Trustees are not remunerated, and no expenses were claimed in 2024 (2023: £Nil). There were no disclosable related party transactions.

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7. NET INCOME

2024 2023
Net expenditure is stated after charging: £ £
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets 30,079 25,118
Operating lease payments – property 233,654 228,854
Auditor’s remuneration: Charity and Trading subsidiary 60,100 46,200
Corporation tax return preparation cost 5,000 5,000

8. TAXATION

The charitable company meets the definition of a charity in Schedule 6 Finance Act 2010 and accordingly is entitled to exemptions set out in Part II Corporation Tax Act 2010 and section 256 Taxation of Chargeable Gains Act 1992 to the extent that its income and gains are applied for charitable purposes.

9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS

Leasehold property
improvements		 Fixtures fittings &
equipment		 Total
Group and Charity £ £ £
Cost
At 1 January 2024 71,697 80,155 151,852
Additions - 135,314 135,314
At 31 December 2024 71,697 215,469 287,166
Depreciation
At 1 January 2024 58,871 51,281 110,152
Charge for the year 12,076 18,004 30,080
At 31 December 2024 70,947 69,285 140,232
Net book value
At 31 December 2024 751 146,184 146,934
At 31 December 2023 12,825 28,875 41,700

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10. INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARY UNDERTAKINGS

Action Against Hunger Enterprises Limited (Company number 6569439) is a wholly owned subsidiary and is a company incorporated in England & Wales. The principal activity is conducting trading fundraising activities for the charity.

Total 2024 Total 2023
£ £
Statement of income and retained earnings
Turnover 122,863 185,580
Cost of sales (180) (180)
Net profit before taxation 122,683 185,400
Taxation (5,000) (5,000)
Retainedprofit for theyear 117,683 180,400
Statement of financial position
Current assets 125,422 229,003
Current liabilities (7,738) (48,602)
Net current assets 117,684 180,401
Total assets less current liabilities 117,684 180,401
Capital and Reserves
Called up share capital 1 1
Retained profit 117,683 180,400
Equity shareholders’ funds 117,684 180,401
2024 2023
£ £
Share capital
Authorised 100 100
Called up 1 1

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11. DEBTORS

Group Group Charity Charity
2024 2023 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Institutional donors 10,981,895 18,585,954 10,981,895 18,585,954
Action Against Hunger – Canada 49,412 35,100 49,412 35,100
Action Against Hunger – Spain - 304,039 - 304,039
Action Against Hunger – India 588,343 109,861 588,343 109,861
Accrued income 552,629 135,000 552,629 135,000
Sundry debtors 190,882 374,883 178,410 374,883
Prepayments 47,560 131,710 47,560 131,710
Total 12,410,721 19,676,547 12,398,249 19,676,547

Institutional debtors are related to grant agreements signed with FCDO, directly or via a consortium lead or managing agent. As noted above, our accounting policy recognises the full amount of the grant at the time the agreement is signed and therefore the full grant amount is treated as a current debtor rather than as a debtor due after more than one year.

12. CREDITORS

Restated Restated
Group Group Charity Charity
2024 2023 2024 2023
Amounts falling due within one year: £ £ £ £
Action Against Hunger – France 5,559,061 11,553,668 5,559,061 11,553,668
Action Against Hunger – Spain 966,036 - 966,036 -
Action Against Hunger – USA 7,733,750 8,835,014 7,733,750 8,835,014
Action Against Hunger - Enterprises - - 62,591 147,997
Other creditors 610,802 649,030 603,063 627,831
Accruals 303,694 203,720 303,696 203,720
Deferred income 390,796 251,763 390,796 251,763
Total 15,564,139 21,493,195 15,618,993 21,619,993

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13. STATEMENT OF FUNDS 2024

1 January restated Income Expenditure 31 December
2024 2024 2024 2024
£ £ £ £
FCDO El-Nino Somalia - 2,677,582 (2,677,582) -
FCDO CAR emergency - 1,506,026 (1,506,026) -
DEC Community resilience Syria - 1,500,000 (1,500,000) -
Start Zimbabwe El-Nino-induced
drought - 1,317,477 (1,317,477) -
DEC Turkey & Syria Earthquake
response - 590,005 (590,005) -
DEC Ukraine resilience building - 534,000 (534,000) -
Middle East emergency response 84,000 516,872 (542,195) 58,677
Al Thani Somalia - 459,568 (459,568) -
Innocent Kenya project - 413,505 (413,505) -
Sudan emergency response - 345,190 (137,084) 208,106
Start Fund Madagascar drought
response - 315,000 (315,000) -
Start Fund Honduras Dengu outbreak - 289,459 (295,367) (5,908)
Power of nutrition India 370,592 230,278 (158,334) 442,536
FCDO Health Resilience Nigeria - 181,018 (181,018) -
DEC Middle East Humanitarian Appeal - 179,252 (179,252) -
DEC, Innocent, private appeals 502,125 150,583 (653,994) (1,286)
Haiti Emergency Response 2024 - 110,000 (110,000) -
Health and Nutrition Services in Tigray - 105,000 (105,000) -
Start Fund Nepal flooding response - 100,000 (100,000) -
Cholera outbreak - 100,000 (100,000) -
Start Fund Madagascar cyclone - 98,850 (98,850) -
Start Alert Philippines Oil Spill - 89,991 (89,991) -
Other 563,440 1,090,103 (1,370,345) 283,198
Total restricted fund (charity) 1,520,157 12,899,759 (13,434,593) 985,323
Power of Nutrition India (AAHE) 180,400 (57,536) (5,183) 117,681
Total restricted funds (Group) 1,700,557 12,842,223 (13,439,776) 1,103,004
Unrestricted funds 738,742 9,541,507 (9,843,328) 436,921
Designated fund 300,000 - (200,000) 100,000
Total unrestricted and designated fund
1,038,742		 9,541,507 (10,043,328) 536,921
Total fund 2,739,299 22,383,730 (23,483,104) 1,639,925

The restatement to opening balances has been detailed in note 20.

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14. STATEMENT OF FUNDS 2024 (CONTINUED)

The funds on page 52 listed by the projects and programmes or work by country representQ fund received specifically for carrying out activities within those areas. Specific programmeQ funds are detailed below:

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15. STATEMENT OF FUNDS 2023 (restated)

1 January Income Expenditure 31 December
2023 2023 2023 2023
£ £ £ £
BRCiS 3 Somalia - 6,479,000 (6,479,000) -
CAR Emergency appeal - 520,237 (520,237) -
DEC Afghanistan 106,087 (3,901) - 102,186
DEC Pakistan appeal - 599,037 (599,037) -
DEC Turkey & Syria Earthquake
response - 2,949,336 (2,914,344) 34,992
DEC Ukraine emergency appeal 793,788 1,007,770 (1,477,608) 323,950
DEFRA Zambia - 195,000 (195,000) -
ELA 20,068 104,333 (31,027) 93,374
ELRHA Kenya & Ethiopia - 108,399 (108,399) -
ELRHA Mali - 239,586 (149,741) 89,845
FCDO Driving wellbeing in Afghanistan - 3,722,426 (3,722,426) -
FCDO Somalia - 4,000,000 (4,000,000) -
FCDO Somalia health and nutrition - (565,205) 565,205 -
FCDO START fund 26,150 394,065 (336,215) 84,000
Innocent foundation grant 399,939 - - 399,939
Nutrition work - 597,191 (575,912) 21,279
Power of Nutrition Gujrat 372,732 464,832 (466,973) 370,591
Qatar Development Fund - 712,802 (712,802) -
USAID Somalia appeal - 961,491 (961,491) -
Multi-sectoral response Sindh - - (748,000)* (748,000)*
DEC Ukraine appeal 2 - - (909,000)* (909,000)*
Other 470,212 1,918,949 (2,265,322) 123,839
Transfer from unrestricted funds - - - 1,533,161
Total restricted funds(Charity) 2,188,976 24,405,348 (26,607,329) 1,520,156
Power of Nutrition India (AAHE) - 180,401 - 180,401
Total restricted funds 2,188,976 24,585,749 (26,607,329) 1,700.557
Unrestricted funds 2,285,999 7,323,261 (7,337,357) 2,271,903
Designated funds 300,000 - - 300,000
Transfer to restricted funds - - - (1,533,161)
Total unrestricted funds 2,585,999 7,323,261 (7,337,357) 1,038,742
Total funds 4,774,975 31,909,010 (33,944,686) 2,739,299

The designated fund above has been set aside from the unrestricted fund to facilitate investment in fundraising to increase income. *The recognition of the expenditure as a prior year restatement results from an error in the prior year. See note 20. The transfer from restricted funds reduces the carried forward amounts of the restated amounts to nil.

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The funds on page 55 listed by the projects and programmes or work by country represent fund received specifically for carrying out activities within those areas. Specific programme funds are detailed below:

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16. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS

Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds
Fund balances at 31 December
2024 are represented by: £ £ £
Tangible fixed assets 146,934 - 146,934
Net current assets 389,987 1,103,004 1,492,991
Total net assets 536,921 1,103,004 1,639,925
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Total funds
Fund balances at 31 December
2023 are represented by: Restated £ £ Restated £
Tangible fixed assets 41,700 - 41,700
Net current assets 997,042 1,700,557 2,697,599
Total net assets 1,038,742 1,700,557 2,739,299

17. OPERATING LEASE COMMITMENTS

The company and the group have total outstanding operating lease commitments relating to the lease of its London office per year is £233,654, two to five years £85,197 (2023: £318,852). The lease commitment ends on 1 August 2025.

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18. CONNECTED CHARITIES

The directors consider Action Contre la Faim (‘Action Against Hunger’), a charity registered in France, to be a connected charity. Action Against Hunger has the same objectives to that of the Company and works closely with it. Its business address is 14/16 Boulevard Douaumont – CS 80060, 75854 Paris CEDEX, France, from which accounts can be obtained.

Other connected charities are Action Against Hunger USA, a charity registered in the US, and Acción Contra el Hambre, a charity registered in Spain, Action Against Hunger Canada, a charity registered in Canada and Fight Hunger Foundation, a charity registered in India.

Expenses are recharged between the connected charities where staff and other resources are used on projects run by the other charity. This gives rise to the balances at the year-end referred to in Notes 11 and 12.

19. RELATED PARTIES

Action Against Hunger is one of the five members of the trading company Action Against Hunger Licensing Ltd (ACFIN), a company based in the UK (Company No. 06672034). One of its main roles is to license its Action Against Hunger members the right to use trademarks.

The Action Against Hunger UK Executive Director is a Director of ACFIN. During the year UK license expenses totalling £402 were charged to Action Against Hunger UK by Action Against Hunger Licensing Ltd. At the year end an amount of £16,853 (2023 £36,435) was due from Action Against Hunger Licensing Ltd to Action Against Hunger UK.

Action Against Hunger UK is also a member of Action Against Hunger Development, a foundation registered in France and an organisation that pools resources and expertise to support the development of Action Against Hunger International Network. One of Action Against Hunger’s Trustees is an Executive Director of that organisation.

20. PRIOR YEAR ADJUSTSMENT AND RESTATEMENT

In 2024 , we implemented a new accounting process for reconciling our records of income and expenditure for the overseas projects with the records kept by our international network partners and carried out an in-depth analysis. This was as result of incomplete reconciliations which resulted in an under accrual of creditors in 2023 and impacted creditors, expenditure and the restricted funds being carried forward by £1.5 million. The charity has now established its obligations to all international network partners relating to current projects and has made a transfer from the unrestricted fund to the restricted fund to cover the shortfall, thereby allowing the charity to meet its commitments to its international partners. This has been accounted for as a restatement of the prior year amounts and balances.

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Thank you

Action Against Hunger UK could not fulfil its mission without the support of our donors and stakeholders. Thank you to all our fantastic supporters and partners for your generosity in 2024. We would like to thank the following donors and partners for supporting us this year:

We thank all our Love Food Give Food partners and all those who supported our emergency appeals and our long-term development programmes. And we thank our chef, celebrity and committee supporters:

You have all helped us to achieve our mission of tackling hunger and malnutrition around the world: thank you!

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