# WAR ON WANT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 208724
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=208724


## Contact

- **Address:** WAR ON WANT, 44-48 SHEPHERDESS WALK, LONDON
- **Postcode:** N1 7JP
- **Phone:** 02073245040
- **Email:** support@waronwant.org
- **Website:** www.waronwant.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.TO RELIEVE GLOBAL POVERTY HOWEVER CAUSED THROUGH WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. 2.TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS DEFINED IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) AND, IN PARTICULAR, SUCH HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELIEF OF GLOBAL POVERTY BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS, RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE, PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS, RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES. 3.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE CAUSES OF POVERTY AND THE WAYS OF REDUCING POVERTY BY CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING THE FINDINGS OF SUCH RESEARCH.

**Activities:** War on Want fights poverty in developing countries in partnership and solidarity with people affected by globalisation.  We campaign for human rights and against the root causes of global poverty, inequality and injustice.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Brazil
- China
- Colombia
- Honduras
- Iraq
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nigeria
- Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Peru
- South Africa
- Sri Lanka
- Zambia
- Hackney



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £4048876 | £2728272 | £5866486 | 28 |
| March 31, 2024 | £2108607 | £2476867 | £4576515 | 24 |
| March 31, 2023 | £2022533 | £1920100 | £4986287 | 20 |
| March 31, 2022 | £4167101 | £1928317 | £4970024 | 22 |
| March 31, 2021 | £1731116 | £1704661 | £2725252 | 20 |



## Trustees

- **Alia Al Ghussain** (Chair) — appointed June 23, 2022
- Amber Williams — appointed May 26, 2023
- Dr Stephen Mark Davies — appointed June 23, 2022
- Esther Giles — appointed Jan. 31, 2022
- Mark David Luetchford — appointed April 18, 2020
- Mike Cushman — appointed May 26, 2023
- Nesar Rafiq — appointed June 14, 2025
- Norah Rosina O'Hare — appointed May 26, 2023
- Rajiv Menon — appointed Oct. 10, 2024
- Roger Andrew McKenzie — appointed June 14, 2025
- SHABEN NISA BEGUM — appointed May 26, 2023
- Wilfred Sullivan — appointed Oct. 10, 2024