The Border Consortium

Registered charity 1109476 · since 2005theborderconsortium.org·Thailand·Updated 29 October 2026

Key takeaways

The work fits best if your organisation is a refugee or community-based group working on humanitarian assistance, livelihoods or local leadership along the Thai–Myanmar border, since that is the stated priority area.
No grant range or annual giving figure is stated, so you cannot size a realistic request, and the annual report and register are no guide here; ask the contact shown for getting in touch what it typically funds.
No application process is published, so start with a short enquiry rather than a full application.
Its own description stresses trusted networks of refugee committees and local civil society, so an approach through established local relationships may count for more than a cold submission.
No exclusions or eligibility limits are stated, so an organisation outside the priority area can still ask, though it should expect the focus to shape any answer.

Overview

The Border Consortium is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1109476).

The Border Consortium is a charity registered in England and Wales that works with displaced and conflict-affected people along the Thai–Myanmar border. It began when seven agencies pooled their financial resources to set up a joint programme supporting Karen refugees. It provides food, shelter, non-food items and capacity building to Burmese refugees and displaced persons, including community-led assistance in refugee camps in Thailand and displaced communities inside Myanmar.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Border Consortium works alongside refugees and community-based organisations along the Thai–Myanmar border to deliver humanitarian assistance, strengthen community leadership, and help displaced people rebuild their lives with dignity. It supports community-led assistance in refugee camps in Thailand, emergency assistance to displaced people outside the camps, and displaced communities inside Myanmar. Its work focuses on food, shelter, protection and dignity, while building resilience and self-reliance. It works with refugee and community-based organisations so that programmes are community-led and accountable. Its approach includes local leadership, inclusion, accountability and localisation, with support shaped around local needs and priorities.

Themes

Humanitarian assistance
Resilience and recovery
Local leadership and governance
Livelihoods

Geographic Focus

Priority: Thailand Border Area.

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:

TBC grounds its humanitarian action in trusted networks of refugee committees, ethnic leadership and local civil society, with culturally relevant, community-driven and accountable interventions.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Thailand

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to The Border Consortium.

Safe Child ThailandNo public processGave £174k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£14,671,780	£14,193,170	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£23,803,920	£16,869,920	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£21,280,770	£20,380,000	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£22,267,230	£21,760,540	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£26,615,930	£26,680,650	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

— 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.