# DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1062638
- **Other names:** DEC, DEC SECRETARIAT, THE DEC
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [03356526](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03356526)
- **Registered:** June 4, 1997
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1062638


## Contact

- **Address:** 17-21 Wenlock Road, London
- **Postcode:** N1 7GT
- **Phone:** 020 4505 1695
- **Email:** support@dec.org.uk
- **Website:** www.dec.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO SUPPORT UK CHARITABLE SECTOR NGO&#x27;S (&quot;AGENCIES&quot;) IN THEIR TASK OF ALLEVIATING ACUTE HUMAN SUFFERING AMONGST THOSE LEAST ABLE TO WITHSTAND THE EFFECTS OF A MAJOR OVERSEAS DISASTER, BY:- (A) PROVIDING AN ACCREDITED NATIONAL FORUM FOR JOINT FUNDRAISING BY UK CHARITABLE VOLUNTARY SECTOR NGO&#x27;S (&quot;AGENCIES&quot;) IN ORDER TO MAXIMISE THE FUNDS RAISED AND FACILITATE IMMEDIATE COMMITMENT FROM PARTICIPATING AGENCIES; (B) CREATING A FOCAL POINT FOR THE RESPONSE OF THE PUBLIC, THE BROADCASTERS AND OTHERS OF SUCH DISASTERS; (C) FACILITATING AGENCY CO-OPERATION, CO-ORDINATION AND COMMUNICATION (D) ENSURING THAT FUNDS RAISED ARE USED IN AN EFFECTIVE, TIMELY FULLY ACCOUNTABLE WAY.

**Activities:** DEC brings together 15 of the UK&#x27;s leading humanitarian agencies. At times of major humanitarian crisis, DEC works with its members, broadcast and other partners to launch a fundraising appeal to the UK public. The proceeds of each appeal are distributed to DEC&#x27;s member agencies to enable them to deliver humanitarian programmes to help those most affected.




## Classification

- **How:** Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** NATIONAL.
- Camden





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Michael Francis Jermey** | Chair | Feb. 10, 2025 |
| Alison Marshall |  | Aug. 22, 2022 |
| Beatrice Butsana-Sita |  | Nov. 20, 2023 |
| Christine Margaret Dench |  | March 11, 2019 |
| Edith Rose CALDWELL |  |  |
| Farmida Bi CBE |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Flora Susannah Mary Alexander |  | April 28, 2025 |
| Folashade Komolafe |  | Oct. 2, 2023 |
| Hannah Reardon-Bond |  | March 16, 2024 |
| Helen McEachern |  | March 24, 2023 |
| Ifitkhar Ahmad |  | Dec. 23, 2025 |
| Jean-Michel Grand |  | Sept. 10, 2018 |
| Julian Douglas |  | March 20, 2023 |
| Melanie Elizabeth Hind |  | July 19, 2022 |
| Moazzam Tufail Malik |  | Feb. 3, 2025 |
| Patrick Watt |  | Jan. 1, 2022 |
| Peter Barron |  | March 24, 2021 |
| Richard Charles Hawkes |  | March 17, 2026 |
| Sayyeda Salam |  | Sept. 5, 2024 |
| Silas Balraj |  | Sept. 16, 2025 |
| Tanya Margaret Anne Steele |  | July 15, 2020 |




