VANA TRUST

Registered charity 1105276 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Aiming to relieve poverty, sickness and distress and advance good health and education for children and young people in Southern Africa and the UK.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£181k

Latest spending

£158k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net reserves of £727, comprising an unrestricted deficit of £8,403 and restricted reserves of £9,130. Per the trustees' report, the charity remained financially stable due to prudent budgeting and strong donor support, despite having unrestricted funds in deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Vana Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Savio Fernandeschair
Ali Monjack
Blessings Kaseke
Ekundayo Akande
Nyasha Gwatidzo

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · South Africa · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£181k	£158k
31/03/2024	£134k	£125k
31/03/2023	£113k	£148k
31/03/2022	£206k	£147k
31/03/2021	£175k	£239k

Common questions

Is VANA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with net reserves of £727, comprising an unrestricted deficit of £8,403 and restricted reserves of £9,130. Per the trustees' report, the charity remained financially stable due to prudent budgeting and strong donor support, despite having unrestricted funds in deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/05/2018	£10k	Seed To Supper
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/08/2010	£10k	Building a future

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF OXSHOTT	1	£4k
COVENANT LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER	1	£3k
THE HINDUJA FOUNDATION	1	£3k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS LIGHTWATER	1	£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST.

VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST income £759k
GARDEN ROUTE CHILDREN'S TRUST income £113k
The Trust Foundation income £3.0m
THE VENIK TRUST income £938k
ANGEL WELFARE AND EDUCATION TRUST income £848k
RAINBOW TRUST AFRICA income £174k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
VANA TRUST	£181k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
VALAN SOCIAL WELFARE TRUST FY2025	£759k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GARDEN ROUTE CHILDREN'S TRUST FY2024	£113k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
The Trust Foundation FY2023	£3.0m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE VENIK TRUST FY2025	£938k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ANGEL WELFARE AND EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£848k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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