# THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 220949
- **Other names:** BRITISH RED CROSS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** March 21, 1963
- **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=220949


## Contact

- **Address:** BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY, 44 MOORFIELDS, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC2Y 9AL
- **Phone:** 0344 871 11 11
- **Email:** contactus@redcross.org.uk
- **Website:** www.redcross.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO VICTIMS OF ARMED CONFLICTS (B) TO WORK FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HEALTH, FOR THE PREVENTION OF DISEASE AND FOR THE PREVENTION AND ALLEVIATION OF HUMAN SUFFERING IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

**Activities:** The British Red Cross helps people in crisis, whoever and wherever they are.  We are part of a global network of volunteers, responding to natural disasters, conflicts and individual emergencies.We enable vulnerable people at home and overseas to prepare for and respond to emergencies in their own communities.  And when the crisis is over, we help people to recover and move on with their lives.

**Area of benefit:** NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Human Resources, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Afghanistan
- Anguilla
- Bangladesh
- Bermuda
- British Virgin Islands
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Cayman Islands
- Djibouti
- Falkland Islands
- Gibraltar
- Guinea
- Iraq
- Isle Of Man
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Mali
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Nepal
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- Northern Ireland
- Pakistan
- Philippines
- Saint Helena
- Scotland
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Syria
- Turks And Caicos Islands
- Uganda
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £287100000 | £310300000 | £253900000 | 3286 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £330600000 | £322700000 | £271400000 | 3548 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £439000000 | £366700000 | £256900000 | 3353 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £226500000 | £234700000 | £198100000 | 3355 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £305900000 | £295300000 | £199400000 | 3356 |



## Trustees

- Alan House QFSM — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- Carl David Cowling — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Dennis Dunn MBE JP DL — appointed Jan. 1, 2018
- Gabrielle Inglis — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- Helen Frances Bennett — appointed Jan. 1, 2026
- Howard Ashley Bell — appointed Jan. 1, 2023
- Katie Igras — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Kirsty Robeson — appointed Jan. 1, 2021
- Louise Halpin — appointed Jan. 1, 2020
- MARK PETER BEDDY — appointed Jan. 1, 2025
- Sir John Eaton Holmes — appointed Jan. 1, 2022
- Yaseer Ahmed — appointed Jan. 1, 2019