FOR - ETHIOPIA
For-ethiopia provides grants for development projects in Addis Alem, Ethiopia. Through a local NGO we are able to monitor the benefits of the projects and ensure that funds are targetted to the right areas. Main areas of funding are for water, education and health projects.
Objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH AND ADVANCE EDUCATION, AMONG THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIA WHO ARE IN NEED.
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted general funds at the year-end were £21,316, which is below the trustees' stated target of £28,000 (representing 12 months of estimated non-grant expenditure). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total funds from £101,953 to £78,316, though it maintains sufficient cash reserves to continue operations without material uncertainty.
What the accounts disclose
“Unrestricted general funds at the year-end were slightly below this target, at £21,316 (2024: £10,682).”
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Investing charity funds policy and procedures
- Investment
- Risk management
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Social media policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025
- Volunteers: 3
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024
- Volunteers: 10
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023
- Volunteers: 3
- Grant-making is its main activity
Trustees
- Dr Tigist Desta Grieve
- Jennifer Dickinson
- John Howard Rosewell
- Peter James Harrison
- ROBERT DAVID GRIEVE
- Sarah Taylor
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 30/09/2025 | £56k | £80k |
| 30/09/2024 | £65k | £9k |
| 30/09/2023 | £124k | £105k |
| 30/09/2022 | £60k | £100k |
| 30/09/2021 | £37k | £95k |
Common questions
Is FOR - ETHIOPIA financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted general funds at the year-end were £21,316, which is below the trustees' stated target of £28,000 (representing 12 months of estimated non-grant expenditure). The charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing total funds from £101,953 to £78,316, though it maintains sufficient cash reserves to continue operations without material uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds FOR - ETHIOPIA?
Funders whose own accounts filings name FOR - ETHIOPIA as a grant recipient include THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST, ETHIOPIAID.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2025 | £20k | SKI Grant |
| THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2022 | £15k | |
| THE GEORGE MULLER CHARITABLE TRUST | FY2023 | £15k | SKI Grants |
| ETHIOPIAID | FY2021 | £11k | |
| ETHIOPIAID | FY2022 | amount not stated | Ethiopia Partner Support |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £89k |
| ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT | 2 | £36k |
| MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST | 2 | £3k |
| THE ALBORADA TRUST | 1 | £350k |
| THE BAND AID CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £50k |
| THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION | 1 | £45k |
| THE EIFION TRUST | 1 | £44k |
| THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST | 1 | £37k |
Charities like this
- PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA
- ETHIOPIAID
- THE TESFA SPONSORSHIP TRUST UK
- HAND IN HAND ETHIOPIA
- AFRICAN FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AFFORD
- EAST AFRICA CHILDREN'S PROJECT
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOR - ETHIOPIA | £56k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA | £92k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| ETHIOPIAID | £3.1m | — | 0 | above | — | no doubt |
| THE TESFA SPONSORSHIP TRUST UK | £43k | — | 0 | unclear | 9.3% | no doubt |
| HAND IN HAND ETHIOPIA | £37k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AFRICAN FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT AFFORD | £386k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |