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Best international aid charities in London

488 rated international aid charities connected to London — local organisations plus UK-wide charities serving the area. Free Clarity Scores from UK regulator filings. Information only — not donation advice.

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Among the highest Clarity Scores on CharityCompare for international aid work connected to London are BRITISH EMUNAH FUND, HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST, LAKSHMI-NARAYANA TRUST. There are 488 rated options here — a mix of local charities and UK-wide organisations serving the area. Scores reflect filing transparency and financial stewardship from UK regulator filings, not programme impact. Use the table to compare, then give via each charity’s official site if you want to donate to local international aid charities in London.
Charity Score Cause spend Income Scope
BRITISH EMUNAH FUND 100 94% £1.1m UK-wide
HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST 100 100% £2.6m Local
LAKSHMI-NARAYANA TRUST 100 100% £1.7m Local
MAJLIS ANSARULLAH (UK) LTD 100 94% £1.9m UK-wide
ORISON CHARITABLE TRUST 100 100% £2.8m UK-wide
THE BROTHERS OF THE FIRST ORDER OF THE SOCIETY OF ST FRANCIS 100 98% £1.3m UK-wide
THE ZAHRA TRUST 100 91% £5.9m Local
13 RIVERS TRUST 99 88% £2.9m UK-wide
BIRMINGHAM VINEYARD 99 100% £856k UK-wide
Challenge Ministries UK 99 93% £544k UK-wide
CHRISTCHURCH HARPENDEN 99 100% £4.3m UK-wide
CITY CENTRE DAWAH 99 86% £707k UK-wide
THROUGH THE ROOF CHARITABLE TRUST 99 99% £403k UK-wide
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD INCORPORATED 98 100% £3.5m UK-wide
FORGOTTEN WOMEN 98 80% £2.9m UK-wide
GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAM 98 99% £698k UK-wide
AL MUSTAFA WELFARE TRUST INTERNATIONAL LTD 97 84% £11m UK-wide
CHARITY GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED 97 100% £3.3m UK-wide
CHILDREN OF ADAM 97 84% £2.4m UK-wide
ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE 97 99% £79m UK-wide
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS UK 97 86% £808k UK-wide
WESTMINSTER METHODIST CIRCUIT 97 100% £640k Local
NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 96 100% £13m UK-wide
GOODWILL CARAVAN 95 86% £783k UK-wide
AMANAT CHARITY TRUST 94 98% £78m UK-wide
BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 94 87% £541k Local
MIRACLES 94 90% £351k UK-wide
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP UK 94 82% £17m UK-wide
BROMLEY CHRISTIAN CENTRE 93 100% £1.2m Local
GIFT OF LIFE 93 93% £712k Local
ISLAMIC RELIEF WORLDWIDE 93 91% £276m UK-wide
LIA RELIEF TRUST 93 96% £4.1m UK-wide
MARKAZ MUAADH IBN JABAL ISLAMIC CENTRE 93 83% £533k UK-wide
Mothers' Union 93 80% £3.1m UK-wide
ORPHANS IN NEED 93 90% £23m UK-wide
SHISHUKUNJ 93 76% £1.0m Local
EMPOWER GLOBAL 92 100% £1.4m UK-wide
IPARTNER INDIA 92 91% £658k Local
L'ARCHE 92 97% £22m UK-wide
SAMARITAN'S PURSE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 92 90% £11m UK-wide
SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA MISSION DHARAMPUR (UK) 92 100% £1.2m UK-wide
THE CIRCLE OF WOMEN 92 86% £801k UK-wide
THE INNOCENT FOUNDATION 92 100% £1.1m UK-wide
ADVENTIST DEVELOPMENT AND RELIEF AGENCY - UK 91 96% £2.4m UK-wide
MUSLIM WELFARE INSTITUTE 91 99% £1.7m UK-wide
SEED MADAGASCAR 91 98% £1.2m Local
SEEKING REWARD FOUNDATION 91 100% £510k UK-wide
CHILDAID TO EASTERN EUROPE 90 89% £592k Local
HOPE NOW LIMITED 90 93% £646k UK-wide
Humanitas 90 N/D £351k UK-wide
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION 90 100% £41m UK-wide
One Life Global Welfare 90 100% £861k UK-wide
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK 90 100% £1.5m UK-wide
POOR SERVANTS OF THE MOTHER OF GOD 90 98% £24m UK-wide
SHREE SWAMINARAYAN SIDHANT SAJIVAN MANDAL LONDON 90 94% £2.4m Local
STANDING VOICE 90 94% £1.4m Local
UK CARE FOR CHILDREN 90 95% £1.4m Local
XLP 90 93% £2.5m UK-wide
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK 89 99% £2.6m Local
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD 89 100% £1.3m UK-wide
GO DHARMIC WELFARE UK 89 70% £532k UK-wide
MOTHER HELPAGE (UK) 89 97% £919k UK-wide
OPERATION ORPHAN 89 100% £302k UK-wide
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCHES 89 92% £5.4m UK-wide
AFGHANISTAN & CENTRAL ASIAN ASSOCIATION 88 100% £1.1m UK-wide
AL-KHAIR FOUNDATION 88 98% £75m UK-wide
AMREF HEALTH AFRICA 88 87% £6.1m UK-wide
CAMFED INTERNATIONAL 88 94% £85m UK-wide
HOPE HEALTH ACTION 88 98% £1.7m Local
MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 88 97% £91m UK-wide
NEW ISRAEL FUND 88 93% £3.5m UK-wide
Sand Dams Worldwide Limited 88 84% £1.9m Local
SIVAYOGAM 88 100% £662k Local
SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES 88 91% £49m Local
ZAIMAH 88 79% £1.4m UK-wide
DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK 87 86% £1.7m UK-wide
EUROVANGELISM 87 89% £855k UK-wide
FEED THE HUNGRY, UK 87 83% £2.9m UK-wide
HOPE WORLDWIDE 87 97% £1.0m UK-wide
ISLAMIC HELP 87 85% £11m UK-wide
KASHMIR ORPHAN RELIEF TRUST 87 87% £3.7m UK-wide
KINGSTON MUSLIM ASSOCIATION 87 93% £734k Local
LEPRA 87 91% £5.9m UK-wide
THE AMAR INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 87 99% £2.5m Local
THE GRAHAM LAYTON TRUST 87 64% £853k Local
THE LITTLE WAY ASSOCIATION 87 93% £4.4m UK-wide
THE ONE FOUNDATION 87 98% £3.0m Local
THE PEEK VISION FOUNDATION 87 98% £5.5m Local
THE PICKWELL FOUNDATION 87 100% £658k UK-wide
THE SHM FOUNDATION 87 100% £1.0m UK-wide
DAWAT-E-ISLAMI UK 86 99% £9.8m UK-wide
EDUCAID SIERRA LEONE 86 93% £1.4m Local
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP INTERNATIONAL 86 99% £45m UK-wide
PRACTICAL ACTION 86 90% £33m UK-wide
SPURGEONS 86 94% £13m UK-wide
THE AGAINST MALARIA FOUNDATION 86 100% £114m UK-wide
THE COSTA FOUNDATION 86 96% £1.9m UK-wide
THE JUST A DROP APPEAL 86 78% £1.3m UK-wide
THE UNITED SOCIETY 86 87% £3.4m UK-wide
YOUTH ALIYAH - CHILD RESCUE 86 78% £1.1m Local
ATMA VIGNANI DADA BHAGWAN FOUNDATION 85 97% £204k UK-wide
HAND IN HAND INTERNATIONAL 85 92% £6.3m Local
Humanity First International 85 92% £886k UK-wide
IMPACT FOUNDATION 85 95% £2.2m UK-wide
LATIN LINK 85 94% £1.9m UK-wide
MEDICAL AID FOR PALESTINIANS 85 80% £57m Local
MERCY SHIPS - U.K LTD 85 79% £11m UK-wide
SMILE AID 85 98% £230k UK-wide
THE ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH MEMBERS OF THE SOVEREIGN MILITARY HOSPITALLER ORDER OF ST. JOHN OF JERUSALEM OF RHODES AND OF MALTA 85 75% £1.3m UK-wide
THE HOLY FAMILY UKRAINIAN CATHOLIC EPARCHY OF LONDON 85 98% £1.8m UK-wide
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND 85 87% £305m UK-wide
BAYIS LEPLEITOS 84 98% £639k Local
CHAIN OF HOPE 84 82% £4.9m UK-wide
GREENBELT FESTIVALS 84 87% £2.5m UK-wide
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION 84 99% £98m UK-wide
ONE NATION 84 95% £26m UK-wide
PEACE DIRECT 84 94% £5.3m UK-wide
Project Possible 84 83% £627k UK-wide
REACHACROSS (UK) 84 66% £588k UK-wide
THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK) 84 98% £67m UK-wide
THE LADY FATEMAH (A.S.) CHARITABLE TRUST 84 97% £4.1m UK-wide
CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION 83 98% £1.1m UK-wide
ELAM MINISTRIES 83 90% £2.8m UK-wide
EVERY NATION LONDON 83 100% £1.9m Local
FOREVER MANCHESTER 83 81% £4.0m UK-wide
KHALSA AID INTERNATIONAL 83 98% £3.4m UK-wide
LIFECHURCH MANCHESTER 83 78% £979k UK-wide
MAGEN DAVID ADOM UK 83 87% £8.0m Local
Mildmay Hospital 83 98% £3.8m Local
MINISTRIES WITHOUT BORDERS INTERNATIONAL 83 73% £836k UK-wide
ONE UMMAH 83 89% £24m UK-wide
SWAROVSKI FOUNDATION 83 100% £4.0m Local
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST 83 96% £710k UK-wide
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 83 100% £29m UK-wide
AS-SUFFA TRUST 82 96% £3.5m UK-wide
ASSUNNAH ISLAMIC CENTRE 82 94% £996k UK-wide
CATALYST NETWORK OF CHURCHES 82 100% £1.2m UK-wide
CHRISTADELPHIAN MEAL A DAY FUND 82 100% £795k UK-wide
FOOD FOR THE HUNGRY UK 82 95% £208k UK-wide
FRONTIERS 82 99% £1.7m UK-wide
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) 82 99% £3.1m UK-wide
ROKPA TRUST 82 95% £2.5m UK-wide
TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED 82 94% £732k UK-wide
THE ATLAS FOUNDATION 82 73% £872k UK-wide
THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST 82 98% £1.5m UK-wide
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION 82 82% £21m UK-wide
CHILDREN ON THE EDGE 81 89% £1.9m UK-wide
EHSAAS TRUST 81 73% £923k UK-wide
GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND 81 87% £17m UK-wide
SHELTERBOX TRUST 81 82% £20m UK-wide
SHREE KUTCH LEVA PATEL COMMUNITY (UK ) 81 73% £3.3m UK-wide
START NETWORK 81 95% £24m Local
TEARFUND 81 84% £80m UK-wide
TEMPLE GARDEN FOUNDATION 81 99% £706k Local
THE HANDS UP FOUNDATION 81 86% £381k Local
THE RORY PECK TRUST 81 70% £924k UK-wide
TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE 81 81% £699k UK-wide
WAR ON WANT 81 79% £4.0m UK-wide
WORKAID 81 87% £525k UK-wide
WORLD BICYCLE RELIEF UK 81 83% £2.1m UK-wide
AGAPE MINISTRIES LTD 80 98% £4.9m UK-wide
AGE UK 80 52% £132m UK-wide
AL-IMDAAD FOUNDATION UK 80 98% £4.0m UK-wide
CARAVAN OF MERCY 80 63% £785k UK-wide
CHRISTIAN AID 80 84% £71m UK-wide
EURO QUALITY FOUNDATION 80 100% £453k UK-wide
FELLOWSHIP AFLOAT CHARITABLE TRUST 80 97% £720k UK-wide
GOOD NEIGHBOURS UK 80 100% £286k UK-wide
HADASSAH MEDICAL RELIEF ASSOCIATION U.K. 80 88% £1.1m UK-wide
Human Aid & Advocacy 80 89% £5.0m UK-wide
IVY MANCHESTER LIMITED 80 87% £953k UK-wide
MANCHESTER UNITED FOUNDATION 80 75% £8.7m UK-wide
MIDLAND LANGAR SEVA SOCIETY 80 31% £729k UK-wide
PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 80 92% £663k UK-wide
PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES 80 96% £5.5m UK-wide
THE AL-KHOEI BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION 80 100% £2.5m UK-wide
THE EGMONT TRUST 80 99% £1.9m Local
THE FOUNDATION FOR INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY ASSISTANCE UK 80 75% £718k UK-wide
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain 80 74% £11m UK-wide
THE TURING TRUST 80 95% £783k UK-wide
UK GIVES LTD 80 98% £1.5m UK-wide
WISE 80 100% £853k UK-wide
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (UK) 80 76% £4.8m UK-wide
WORLDSHARE 80 84% £572k UK-wide
BAPS CHARITIES 79 N/D £528k UK-wide
CHOOSE LOVE 79 83% £13m UK-wide
CONCERN WORLDWIDE (UK) 79 86% £36m UK-wide
DAWLIFFE HALL EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION 79 98% £1.3m UK-wide
EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN FOUNDATION 79 77% £654k UK-wide
INTERNATIONAL SERVICE FELLOWSHIP TRUST 79 97% £2.6m UK-wide
NEW LIFE DERBY 79 N/D £576k UK-wide
PEOPLES NEEDS UK 79 N/D £476k UK-wide
RIGHT TO PLAY UK LIMITED 79 76% £2.4m UK-wide
SEVEN SPIKES RELIEF FOUNDATION 79 87% £1.1m UK-wide
THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF 79 88% £15m UK-wide
THE EQ FOUNDATION 79 98% £1.0m UK-wide
TRUSTEES OF THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS -MINORESS 79 90% £567k Local
Able Child Africa 78 80% £939k Local
HUMAN APPEAL 78 73% £90m UK-wide
ISLAMIC EDUCATIONAL AND RECREATIONAL INSTITUTE 78 100% £673k Local

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What are the best international aid charities in London? +

Among the highest Clarity Scores on CharityCompare for international aid work connected to London are BRITISH EMUNAH FUND, HELP THE NEEDY CHARITABLE TRUST, LAKSHMI-NARAYANA TRUST. There are 488 rated options here — a mix of local charities and UK-wide organisations serving the area. Scores reflect filing transparency and financial stewardship from UK regulator filings, not programme impact. Use the table to compare, then give via each charity’s official site if you want to donate to local international aid charities in London.

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Both. This page includes charities based in London and UK-wide organisations that operate in or serve the area. Check each profile’s location and scope before you donate if you specifically want money to stay local.

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