CHRISTIAN PARTNERS IN AFRICA

Registered charity 1043695 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CPA

The charity works with African partners on development programmes in Africa including: supporting the resettlement of children in Uganda from a Children's Home into families; supporting disadvantaged children though primary education in Uganda; supporting rural community groups in Uganda towards self reliance; supporting girls in university education in Ethiopia.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £480,437, significantly increased by a £300,000 unrestricted donation, providing sufficient resources to fund all projects until the end of 2028. The trustees have decided to cease accepting further donations as reserves are deemed more than sufficient to meet all commitments. Overheads are described as minimal, with UK operating costs covered entirely by tax refunds, allowing 100% of donations to be allocated to projects.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "below" (FY2023) to "above" (FY2024).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2024 accounts as analysed by this site.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03010062

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Christian Partners in Africa (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LAMBERT, Richard John — director, appointed 31/01/2005on trustee list
• EVANS, Raymond Lewis — director, appointed 20/01/1997on trustee list
• QUINCEY, Paul — director, appointed 20/01/1997on trustee list
• SHELBOURNE, Christopher John — director, appointed 16/01/1995on trustee list
• SHELBOURNE, Rosemary Jane — director, appointed 16/01/1995on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER JOHN SHELBOURNE
• PAUL QUINCEY
• RAYMOND LEWIS EVANS
• RICHARD JOHN LAMBERT · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROSEMARY JANE SHELBOURNE

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ethiopia · Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA).

• URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) income £244k
• AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND LTD income £283k
• CARE FOR UGANDA income £101k
• WATOTO CHILD CARE MINISTRIES income £1.4m
• HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS (HUGS) income £266k
• BLISS FAMILY CHARITY income £235k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.