RIPPLE AFRICA

Registered charity 1103256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC043082 (OSCR)

We aim to help rural Malawians sustainably manage their natural resources through large scale tree planting, forest conservation and fuel efficient cookstove projects.We relieve poverty and improve food security through community led fisheries management in Lake Malawi and improved agricultural practices.We aim to improve education and healthcare standards near our Malawi base at Mwaya.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £2,774,619 with total expenditure at £2,063,252, resulting in a net surplus of £711,367. The charity holds unrestricted funds of £1,572,803, of which £1,195,401 are free reserves, though this falls short of the trustees' stated policy target of approximately £1.6m. The auditors confirmed the financial statements give a true and fair view and identified no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04823686

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.

• RAY, Trevor Duncan — director, appointed 14/07/2021on trustee list
• FURBER, Geoffrey — director, appointed 21/01/2016on trustee list
• KNIGHT, Charles Robert — director, appointed 01/01/2016on trustee list
• MILTON, Toby Alexander — director, appointed 27/01/2013on trustee list
• JACKSON, Gabrielle Lee — director, appointed 22/03/2007on trustee list
• HAIGH, Pamela Edith — secretary, appointed 05/04/2016

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/05/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% 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: 8.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (25/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• TOBY ALEXANDER MILTONchair
• Charles Robert Harcourt Knight
• GABRIELLE LEE JACKSON
• Geoffrey Furber
• Trevor Duncan Ray

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Ripple Effect International.

• Ripple Effect International income £12.6m
• Support Malawi income £1.4m
• STARFISH MALAWI income £220k
• MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS income £397k
• gold-youth Africa Foundation UK income £304k
• DROP OF COMPASSION income £906k

Side by side with its peers

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