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Best international aid charities in London

488 rated international aid charities connected to London — local organisations plus organisations labelled UK-wide; check actual service coverage. 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 organisations labelled UK-wide; check service coverage. 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.

Choosing international aid support around London

  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.

Explore the differences

Understand impact evidence
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
BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 99 88% £554k Local
BIRMINGHAM VINEYARD 99 100% £964k UK-wide
Challenge Ministries UK 99 93% £544k UK-wide
ASSEMBLIES OF GOD INCORPORATED 98 100% £3.5m UK-wide
GROUND LEVEL MINISTRY TEAM 98 99% £698k UK-wide
MARKAZ MUAADH IBN JABAL ISLAMIC CENTRE 98 83% £533k UK-wide
CHILDREN OF ADAM 97 84% £2.4m UK-wide
ENGINEERS WITHOUT BORDERS UK 97 86% £808k UK-wide
SHRIMAD RAJCHANDRA MISSION DHARAMPUR (UK) 97 100% £1.2m UK-wide
ELIM FOURSQUARE GOSPEL ALLIANCE 96 99% £84m UK-wide
NORTH ENGLAND CONFERENCE OF SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTS 96 100% £13m UK-wide
SEEKING REWARD FOUNDATION 96 100% £510k UK-wide
GOODWILL CARAVAN 95 86% £783k UK-wide
INTERNATIONAL BIBLE STUDENTS ASSOCIATION 95 100% £41m UK-wide
KASHMIR ORPHAN RELIEF TRUST 94 86% £4.0m UK-wide
MISSION AVIATION FELLOWSHIP UK 94 82% £17m UK-wide
WESTMINSTER METHODIST CIRCUIT 94 100% £641k Local
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
Mothers' Union 93 80% £3.1m UK-wide
ORPHANS IN NEED 93 90% £23m UK-wide
ZAIMAH 93 79% £1.4m UK-wide
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
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
AL MUSTAFA WELFARE TRUST INTERNATIONAL LTD 91 84% £11m UK-wide
FORGOTTEN WOMEN 91 53% £2.9m UK-wide
MUSLIM WELFARE INSTITUTE 91 99% £1.7m UK-wide
SEED MADAGASCAR 91 98% £1.2m Local
AMANAT CHARITY TRUST 90 98% £72m UK-wide
HOPE HEALTH ACTION 90 96% £1.6m Local
HOPE NOW LIMITED 90 93% £646k UK-wide
One Life Global Welfare 90 100% £861k 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
WISE 90 100% £760k UK-wide
XLP 90 93% £2.5m UK-wide
AGE UK LEWISHAM AND SOUTHWARK 89 99% £2.6m Local
CHRISTCHURCH HARPENDEN 89 100% £4.3m UK-wide
COMMISSION APOSTOLIC TRUST LTD 89 100% £1.3m UK-wide
AL-KHAIR FOUNDATION 88 98% £75m UK-wide
CAMFED INTERNATIONAL 88 94% £85m UK-wide
CHRISTADELPHIAN BIBLE MISSION 88 98% £1.1m UK-wide
MASONIC CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 88 97% £91m UK-wide
NEW ISRAEL FUND 88 93% £3.5m UK-wide
PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK UK 88 100% £1.6m UK-wide
ROTARY FOUNDATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 88 96% £3.4m UK-wide
Sand Dams Worldwide Limited 88 84% £1.9m Local
SIVAYOGAM 88 100% £662k Local
CHARITY GLOBAL (UK) LIMITED 87 100% £3.3m UK-wide
CHRISTADELPHIAN MEAL A DAY FUND 87 100% £795k UK-wide
DOCTORS OF THE WORLD UK 87 86% £1.7m UK-wide
EDUCAID SIERRA LEONE 87 94% £2.0m Local
EUROVANGELISM 87 89% £855k UK-wide
FEED THE HUNGRY, UK 87 83% £2.9m UK-wide
FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION 87 100% £771k UK-wide
HOPE WORLDWIDE 87 97% £1.0m UK-wide
ISLAMIC HELP 87 85% £11m UK-wide
LEPRA 87 91% £5.9m UK-wide
THE AMAR INTERNATIONAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 87 99% £2.5m 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
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 EGMONT TRUST 86 100% £2.2m Local
THE JUST A DROP APPEAL 86 78% £1.3m UK-wide
THE UNITED SOCIETY 86 86% £5.0m UK-wide
YOUTH ALIYAH - CHILD RESCUE 86 78% £1.1m Local
FELLOWSHIP AFLOAT CHARITABLE TRUST 85 97% £755k 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
KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE 85 100% £511k UK-wide
LATIN LINK 85 94% £1.9m UK-wide
MERCY SHIPS - U.K LTD 85 79% £11m 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
BAYIS LEPLEITOS 84 98% £639k Local
CHAIN OF HOPE 84 82% £4.9m UK-wide
INTERNATIONAL PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION 84 99% £98m UK-wide
OXFORDSHIRE COMMUNITY CHURCHES 84 91% £5.0m UK-wide
PEACE DIRECT 84 94% £5.3m UK-wide
RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT 84 88% £8.4m 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
ELAM MINISTRIES 83 90% £2.8m UK-wide
EVERY NATION LONDON 83 100% £1.9m Local
FOREVER MANCHESTER 83 81% £4.0m UK-wide
GO DHARMIC WELFARE UK 83 70% £532k 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 AL-KHOEI BENEVOLENT FOUNDATION 83 100% £2.3m UK-wide
THE PEARS FAMILY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 83 100% £29m UK-wide
AGA KHAN FOUNDATION (UNITED KINGDOM) 82 100% £91m UK-wide
ASSUNNAH ISLAMIC CENTRE 82 94% £996k UK-wide
CATALYST NETWORK OF CHURCHES 82 100% £1.2m UK-wide
FRONTIERS 82 99% £1.7m UK-wide
HAZRAT SULTAN BAHU TRUST (UK) 82 99% £3.1m UK-wide
KINGSTON MUSLIM ASSOCIATION 82 93% £734k Local
Project Possible 82 83% £627k UK-wide
REACHACROSS (UK) 82 66% £588k UK-wide
ROKPA TRUST 82 95% £2.5m UK-wide
SANT NIRANKARI MANDAL UK 82 100% £1.8m UK-wide
TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED 82 94% £732k UK-wide
THE ATLAS FOUNDATION 82 73% £872k UK-wide
THE DOHNAVUR FELLOWSHIP CORPORATION 82 89% £538k UK-wide
THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST 82 98% £1.5m UK-wide
The Leprosy Mission Great Britain 82 73% £10m UK-wide
THE VIRGIN FOUNDATION 82 82% £21m UK-wide
CHILDREN ON THE EDGE 81 89% £1.9m UK-wide
CHINMAYA MISSION ( UK ) 81 99% £887k Local
EHSAAS TRUST 81 73% £923k UK-wide
GLOBAL INNOVATION FUND 81 87% £17m UK-wide
MEDAIR UK 81 81% £1.3m UK-wide
SHELTERBOX TRUST 81 82% £20m UK-wide
SHISHUKUNJ 81 76% £1.0m Local
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 RANDAL CHARITABLE FOUNDATION 81 100% £3.3m UK-wide
TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE 81 81% £699k UK-wide
WAR ON WANT 81 79% £4.0m 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
AS-SUFFA TRUST 80 96% £3.5m UK-wide
BAPS CHARITIES 80 0% £528k UK-wide
CARAVAN OF MERCY 80 63% £785k UK-wide
CHRISTIAN AID 80 84% £71m UK-wide
IVY MANCHESTER LIMITED 80 87% £953k UK-wide
MANCHESTER UNITED FOUNDATION 80 75% £8.7m UK-wide
MIDLAND LANGAR SEVA SOCIETY 80 26% £887k UK-wide
ONE NATION 80 95% £23m UK-wide
PEOPLE INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 80 92% £663k UK-wide
PIONEERS UK MINISTRIES 80 96% £5.5m UK-wide
RISE SUPPORT 80 N/D £632k UK-wide
THE SAVE THE CHILDREN FUND 80 86% £263m UK-wide
THE SOCIETY OF ST COLUMBAN FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS 80 91% £4.9m UK-wide
THE TURING TRUST 80 95% £783k UK-wide
WECARE WORLDWIDE 80 94% £1.1m Local
WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (UK) 80 76% £4.8m UK-wide
WORKAID 80 87% £525k UK-wide
AFGHANISTAN & CENTRAL ASIAN ASSOCIATION 79 100% £1.2m UK-wide
CONCERN WORLDWIDE (UK) 79 86% £36m UK-wide
DAWAT-E-ISLAMI UK 79 99% £9.8m 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
RIGHT TO PLAY UK LIMITED 79 76% £2.4m UK-wide
SHAARE ZEDEK UK 79 83% £1.7m Local
THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF 79 88% £15m UK-wide
THE CENTRE FOR AFRICAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP 79 N/D £642k UK-wide
THE EQ FOUNDATION 79 98% £1.0m UK-wide
TRUSTEES OF THE FRANCISCAN SISTERS -MINORESS 79 90% £567k Local
WORLDSHARE 79 84% £572k UK-wide
Able Child Africa 78 80% £939k Local
HUMAN APPEAL 78 73% £90m UK-wide
MOTHER HELPAGE (UK) 78 100% £1.2m UK-wide
SINGH SABHA LONDON EAST 78 44% £2.2m Local
SOCIETY OF JESUS TRUST OF 1929 FOR ROMAN CATHOLIC PURPOSES 78 91% £49m Local
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST 78 94% £540k UK-wide
THE GENERATION FOUNDATION 78 100% £11m UK-wide
ZANE: ZIMBABWE A NATIONAL EMERGENCY 78 82% £3.4m UK-wide
ANTI-SLAVERY INTERNATIONAL 77 86% £3.7m UK-wide
Debt Justice 77 85% £823k UK-wide
FARM AFRICA LIMITED 77 95% £17m Local
GAUR GOVINDA TRUST 77 94% £952k Local
LEKET UK 77 98% £773k UK-wide
PRATHAM UK 77 79% £1.7m Local
THE ASHMORE FOUNDATION 77 94% £941k Local
THE BRITISH RED CROSS SOCIETY 77 78% £287m UK-wide

Frequently asked questions

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 organisations labelled UK-wide; check service coverage. 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.

Are these local international aid charities in London or UK-wide? +

Both. This page includes charities based in London and organisations labelled UK-wide in our dataset; local service coverage has not been confirmed. Check each profile’s location and scope before you donate if you specifically want money to stay local.

How do I donate to a local international aid charity in London? +

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How does CharityCompare rate international aid charities in London? +

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