Rethink Charity

Registered charity 1201676 · since 2023rethinkcharity.org.uk·International·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

£1.7M

Annual giving, year to 31 March 2025

From filed accounts

Key takeaways

Rethink Charity's stated focus is communities affected by war, conflict, displacement and poverty, moving from emergency relief towards self-sufficiency, and its listed geographic focus is worldwide, so work with that aim and a local-partner approach is the closest fit.
Its annual report gives total annual giving of £1,675,511, but the register does not confirm that scale, and no grant range is stated, so there is no published guide to a realistic request size.
No application process is published in its annual report, its register entry or its website, so start with a short enquiry through the contact it shows for getting in touch.
Zakat money cannot fund school, masjid or clinic buildings, wells or water infrastructure, rent, overheads, systems or general salaries, so a request for those costs should not rely on Zakat funds and organisations whose needs are mainly those costs should not expect a match.
Neither the annual report nor its website says how competitive or relationship-led its giving is.

Overview

Rethink Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1201676).

Rethink Charity is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1201676) whose purpose is to make grants to individuals, charities and other organisations for the public benefit. It aims to help communities move from relying on emergency aid to building sustainable projects that give them independence and agency over their future. Its annual report gives annual giving of £1,675,511, and it reports £529,681 given to individuals separately. Its programmes include a hardship fund for female-led households, support for food banks, and a project that collects essential goods and ships them in containers to communities abroad.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Rethink Charity supports communities affected by war, conflict, displacement and poverty, combining urgent relief with longer-term development intended to build self-sufficiency and independence. Its work includes food, clean water, shelter and medical aid, alongside permanent housing, livelihoods, education, water systems and community facilities. Its funds also support education, healthcare and wellbeing for orphans, vocational training and business support for widows, and cash transfers to vetted families eligible for Zakat. In the UK, it responds to local need through a hardship fund for female-led households, support for food banks and collections of essential goods sent to communities abroad. It says its teams work within communities and collaborate with local expertise, using a locally led approach to help communities recover and rebuild.

Themes

Emergency relief
Community development
Education
Families and livelihoods
Water and infrastructure
Orphan and widow support
Zakat assistance

Geographic Focus

Worldwide.

What they don't fund

Zakat cannot fund schools, masjids and clinics as buildings
Zakat cannot fund wells, water towers and infrastructure
Zakat cannot fund general services that are not transferred into someone’s ownership
Zakat cannot fund overheads, rent, systems or general salaries
Zakat cannot be used to top up general salaries or to fund roles unrelated to Zakat work
These donations to operating costs are not Zakat-eligible, and the charity would never accept Zakat for them

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.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Rethink Charity.

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2 years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2024	£1,586,788	£526,645	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,982,480	£2,358,870	£1,675,511	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: the accounts do not say whether this is grants awarded or paid.

— No grants figure for that year.

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.