THE HEREFORD MUHEZA LINK SOCIETY

Registered charity 1086887 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To foster beneficial links between healthcare professionals from Hereford in UK and from Muheza in Tanzania. To facilitate educational visits between the two regions. To support the work of Muheza Hospice. To organise medical student electives to Muheza. To provide financial support for healthcare professionals in Muheza to attend educational courses or conferences.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PREVENTION OF ILLNESS AND SUFFERING IN MUHEZA DISTRICT AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS IN TANZANIA BY:- 1) PROVIDING BOOKS, INFORMATION AND VISITS OF HEALTH WORKERS BETWEEN HEREFORDSHIRE AND MUHEZA DISTRICT FOR STUDY, TEACHING AND CLINICAL SERVICES, 2) FACILITATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS,3) PROVIDING ADVICE AND HELP WITH DIAGNOSES,AND 4) THE DONATION OF EQUIPMENT, DRUGS DRESSINGS AND MONIES TO MUHEZA HOSPITAL AND DISTRICT, AND ARRANGING FOR THEIR DELIVERY.

Area of benefit: MUHEZA DISTRICT AND ADJACENT DISTRICTS IN TANZANIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Get email alerts

Latest income

£73k

Latest spending

£47k

Registered

2001

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £73,193 against total expenditure of £47,085, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds minimal reserves as it plans to spend all resources shortly after receipt and has no paid employees or overheads.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“The Charity has no overheads or paid employees. It plans to spend all its resources shortly after receipt and in consequence holds minimal reserves in cash accounts with Barclays Bank and Santander Bank.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Hereford Muheza Link Society (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (15/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin Pardoe · trustee of 1 other charity
Clare Scotcher
Dr Karilyn Collins
Dr Richard Collins
Dr Stephen Scotcher
Janet Smith
Mary Taylor
Paul Broome
Stewart Taylor

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

Operates in: Herefordshire · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£73k	£47k
31/12/2023	£61k	£73k
31/12/2022	£78k	£51k
31/12/2021	£43k	£34k
31/12/2020	£51k	£53k

Common questions

Is THE HEREFORD MUHEZA LINK SOCIETY financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £73,193 against total expenditure of £47,085, resulting in a surplus. The charity holds minimal reserves as it plans to spend all resources shortly after receipt and has no paid employees or overheads. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.