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International aid charity ratings

Overseas development and humanitarian relief. 636 international aid charities rated. This is the ranked list. For how to choose within the cause, use the review below.

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Choosing international aid support

  1. 1. PurposeChoose between emergency relief, long-term development and advocacy.
  2. 2. AccessCheck the receiving legal entity, delivery partners, country programme and appeal restrictions.
  3. 3. EvidenceDistinguish programme outputs from lasting change, and avoid combining affiliate totals with one entity’s accounts.

Selection questions from CharityCompare. Confirm current services with the charity; Clarity Scores assess financial and disclosure proxies, not programme effectiveness.

Understand impact evidence
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
100 91% £5.9m Local
100 100% £2.8m UK-wide
100 100% £2.6m Local
100 94% £1.9m UK-wide
100 100% £1.7m Local
100 94% £1.6m Local
100 98% £1.3m UK-wide
100 94% £1.1m UK-wide
100 100% £1.0m Local
100 99% £987k Local
100 96% £984k Local
100 98% £867k Local
100 96% £773k Local
99 88% £2.9m UK-wide
99 100% £964k UK-wide
99 88% £554k Local
99 93% £544k UK-wide
98 100% £3.5m UK-wide
98 99% £698k UK-wide
98 83% £533k UK-wide
97 84% £2.4m UK-wide
97 100% £1.3m Local
97 100% £1.2m UK-wide
97 86% £808k UK-wide
97 100% £779k Local
96 99% £84m UK-wide
96 100% £13m UK-wide
96 95% £585k Local
96 85% £536k Local
96 100% £510k UK-wide
95 100% £41m UK-wide
95 99% £4.5m Local
95 100% £1.7m Local
95 98% £1.6m Local
95 95% £1.3m Local
95 96% £938k Local
95 86% £783k UK-wide
95 85% £528k Local
94 82% £17m UK-wide
94 96% £11m Local
94 86% £4.0m UK-wide
94 100% £641k Local
93 91% £276m UK-wide
93 90% £23m UK-wide
93 86% £6.2m Local
93 96% £4.1m UK-wide
93 80% £3.1m UK-wide
ZAIMAH
93 79% £1.4m UK-wide
93 100% £1.2m Local
93 93% £712k Local
92 97% £22m UK-wide
92 90% £11m UK-wide
92 100% £1.4m UK-wide
92 100% £1.1m UK-wide
92 100% £991k Local
92 100% £871k Local
92 86% £801k UK-wide
92 74% £666k Local
92 91% £658k Local
92 99% £620k Local

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