GREAT LAKES OUTREACH

Registered charity 1097267 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income
£1.9m
Latest spending
£1.7m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,903,324, leading to a net surplus of £191,616 for the year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £608,605, which is above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity holds total funds of £877,189, comprising both restricted and unrestricted resources.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £80,001 - £90,000 — above the median for charities its size (£76k)
£80,001 to £90,000 1
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £609k)
It is the policy of the Charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to a minimum of three months' expenditure. — page 12
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Summers Morgan.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Great Lakes Outreach (GLO) (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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£1.9m
Total spending
£1.7m
Cost of raising funds
£6k
Reserves (reported)
£609k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Burundi

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£1.9m£1.7m
31/12/2023£1.3m£1.2m
31/12/2022£1.6m£1.6m
31/12/2021£1.5m£1.8m
31/12/2020£1.7m£1.7m

Common questions

Is GREAT LAKES OUTREACH financially healthy?

The accounts state that total income increased to £1,903,324, leading to a net surplus of £191,616 for the year. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £608,605, which is above the stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity holds total funds of £877,189, comprising both restricted and unrestricted resources. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Summers Morgan.

What does the highest-paid employee of GREAT LAKES OUTREACH earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £80,001 - £90,000 band.

Who funds GREAT LAKES OUTREACH?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GREAT LAKES OUTREACH as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL'S EALING, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT JAMES, WEST EALING, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WONERSH WITH BLACKHEATH, THE S M B TRUST, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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