HELPING AID CHARITIES WORK BETTER

This UK arm of a global body offers training and expertise to humanitarian workers, and works as a 'temping' service for aid experts, sending its members out into the field. 2007-08 was a relatively quiet year: it sent only 8 people to the field, and answered only 34 questions on its helpline. But, after last year's apparent financial worries, it seems to be getting back to its feet, with a new focus on developing experienced members and running more training courses. The moderately forthcoming annual report should provide more detail about all these changes, and more information about the charity's financial outlook too.

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QUALITY OF REPORTING What is this?	57 %
How much info does the charity want to share? This score, taken from our search for 43 key points in the annual report, gives the answer. Top mark is 100%. Anything over 70% is a good effort.
SIZE OF CHARITY... What is this?	Medium
We only profile the largest charities in England & Wales, and our sizes are relative to the largest and smallest among them. So where we describe a charity as 'Small', it is still much larger than the national average.
HIGHEST SALARY What is this?	£60k to £79k
Taken from the vague bandings given in annual reports; note that 'Under £60k' could be £9k or £59k. Nonetheless the number of bars should roughly correlate with the 'Size of charity' bars.
ETHICAL INVESTMENT POLICY What is this?	Unknown
We asked the charity if it has an ethical investment policy. If yes, it gets an angel. Those with no policy but which don't invest in tobacco/arms get a halo. Those without investments, or who didn't respond, appear neutral. Those with stakes in arms/tobacco get a fallen angel.

But don't just take our word for it...

• RedR's website
• The Big Give project information
• Charity Commission entry and link to RedR's annual report

RedR had a difficult time, but over 18 months a new CEO and team have made significant improvements: an agreed strategy, teams to deliver it recruited and new financial systems implemented. The 06/07 fundraising cost was misleading as the term was used to cover a wider area of communication work. It will be shown clearly in the 07/08 accounts. These accounts show us to be well placed in our rebuilding.