Care International Uk

Registered charity 292506 · since 1985careinternational.org.uk·Afghanistan, Angola, Bangladesh, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, East Timor, Ecuador … [31 more]·Updated 29 October 2026

At a glance

£53.7M
Annual giving, year to 30 June 2025
From the Charity Commission register

Overview

CARE International UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 292506).

CARE International UK is a charity registered in England and Wales (charity number 292506) that works around the globe to save lives, defeat poverty and achieve social justice. It puts women and girls at the centre of its work, on the basis that poverty cannot be overcome until all people have equal rights and opportunities. It supports the work of the CARE confederation through programme support and expertise, fundraising, and global policy and advocacy work, and it works in over 121 countries.

What they fund

Priority Areas

CARE International UK supports programmes and projects aimed at saving lives, defeating poverty and achieving social justice, with women and girls at the centre of its work. Its stated fields include humanitarian response, education, health and empowering livelihoods, as well as food, water and nutrition and climate resilience. It implements programmes through CARE Country Offices, which receive technical assistance and management from CARE members and work in partnership with local organisations. Its approach is to give power, resources and space to local organisations and communities, particularly women-led organisations and women activists, and to develop more equal partnerships that let communities shape decisions and programmes affecting their lives.

Themes

  • Crisis response
  • Gender equality
  • Climate justice
  • Right to health
  • Food and nutrition
  • Women's economic justice

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

  • CARE intentionally gives power, resources and space to local organisations and communities, particularly women-led organisations and women activists.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

  • Afghanistan
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Belgium
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • East Timor
  • Ecuador
  • Egypt
  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
  • Haiti
  • India
  • Indonesia
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Laos
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Myanmar
  • Nepal
  • Niger
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Rwanda
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sudan
  • Tanzania
  • Turkey
  • Uganda
  • Vanuatu
  • Yemen
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

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Five years of accounts

Financial yearIncomeExpenditureGrants paidAccounts document
year to 30 June 2021£62,719,000£67,729,000—Accounts for year to 30 June 2021
year to 30 June 2022£38,566,000£31,385,000—Accounts for year to 30 June 2022
year to 30 June 2023£40,670,000£38,406,000—Accounts for year to 30 June 2023
year to 30 June 2024£48,968,000£55,703,000£41,728,000Accounts for year to 30 June 2024
year to 30 June 2025£64,066,000£65,820,000£53,695,000Accounts for year to 30 June 2025

Income vs grants paid

IncomeGrants paid

Total value each financial year

YE 2024
£41.7M grants
YE 2025
£53.7M grants

Grants paid stayed within income across the 2 years shown.

  • Grants paid, year to 30 June 2024; year to 30 June 2025: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.

Sources

  • Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)

This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.

Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.

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