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COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1069256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COMPUTER AID, COMPUTER AID INTERNATIONAL

Computer Aid International works with education, health and other non-profit organisations in developing countries to improve the effectiveness of their development interventions through IT. By providing low-cost equipment and software, and working with partners to provide training and support, we aim to reduce poverty through cost-effective, practical and locally relevant IT solutions.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.2m
Latest spending
£1.6m
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus on general funds of £444,914 and total unrestricted reserves of £444,914. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to hold unrestricted funds sufficient to meet 12 weeks of core expenditure, a target which it exceeded given its current unrestricted reserves position.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,000 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“One employee (2024: one employee) received employment benefits of more than £60,000 in the year, in the band £60,000 to £70,000.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“One employee (2024: one employee) received employment benefits of more than £60,000 in the year, in the band £60,000 to £70,000.” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 12 weeks of core expenditure (held: £445k)
“To protect our work against financial and seasonal demand fluctuations, the trustees aim to hold unrestricted funds sufficient to meet 12 weeks of core expenditure.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity maintained indemnity insurance on behalf of the trustees during the year.
“The charity maintained indemnity insurance on behalf of the trustees during the year.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Arnold Hill & Co LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Computer Aid International (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£2.2m
Total spending
£1.6m
Cost of raising funds
£151k
Reserves (reported)
£1.5m
Employees
6

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Chile · Colombia · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Germany · Greece · Kenya · Malawi · Namibia · Nigeria · Poland

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£2.2m£1.6m
31/03/2024£1.6m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.9m£1.9m
31/03/2022£1.3m£1.4m
31/03/2021£1.1m£818k

Common questions

Is COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus on general funds of £444,914 and total unrestricted reserves of £444,914. Per the trustees' report, the charity aims to hold unrestricted funds sufficient to meet 12 weeks of core expenditure, a target which it exceeded given its current unrestricted reserves position. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Arnold Hill & Co LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,000 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND), THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUST, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE MAGENI TRUST, THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)FY2025£4k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£3k
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE CATHERINE COOKSON CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£2kOther Charities/Voluntary Bodies
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2025£2k
THE SIR JAMES ROLL CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2024£750
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2022£750
THE GRACE TRUSTFY2021£500
THE DAGNY RAYMOND CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025—

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHK Foundation2£231k
PLAN INTERNATIONAL UK2£114k
THE REED FOUNDATION1—
SOUTHAMPTON ROW TRUST LIMITED1£3.2m
DAVID & RUTH LEWIS FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£2.9m
UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation1£2.6m
THE MASTER CHARITABLE TRUST1£1.8m
Frontline AIDS1£943k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY TECHAID.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
COMPUTERAID INTERNATIONAL£2.2m£60,000 - £70,0001above—no doubt
COMMUNITY TECHAID FY2025£323k—0unclear—no doubt
CARE INTERNATIONAL UK FY2025£64.1m——unclear—no doubt
CHILDREN'S AID FY2023£218k—0unclear—no doubt
INTERNATIONAL AID TRUST FY2024£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
ACTIONAID FY2025£47.6m——unclear—no doubt

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