THE MEASHAM FAMILY CHRISTIAN FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1110434 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OPERATION WELLFOUND, WELLFOUND

Building wells and latrines along with basic hygiene education in Africa.Through the provision of water we are able to assist communities to reduce or eradicate poverty and disease whilst enabling people to grow their own crops, improve their health and well being plus enable children to access education.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net movement in funds of £1,010 for the year, with total income of £432,091 and total expenditure of £449,385. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £132,715, which is above the stated policy target of £57,000. The accounts state there are 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 independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity — “The Peter Stebbings Memorial Charity has made a generous donation of £6000.00 to support a well project in Sierra Leone.” (source page)
• US Ambassador’s Special Self-Help Programme — “Between November 2022 and August 2023, WellFound participated in the US Ambassador’sSpecial-Help Programme to tackle Guinea-Bissau’s widespr…” (source page)
• Caritas Mondial — “This well was built with funds generated by Caritas Mondial at the ball in November last year! Thank you!” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~2.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID RALPH HORNCASTLE
• Francis Paul Henry · trustee of 2 other charities
• GILLIAN ANN SHAW ABIPP AMPA · trustee of 1 other charity
• HAYDEN HOWARD MEASHAM

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Ealing · Guinea-bissau · Senegal · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with gold-youth Africa Foundation UK.

• gold-youth Africa Foundation UK income £304k
• CHRISTADELPHIAN MEAL A DAY FUND income £795k
• T. & J. MEYER FAMILY FOUNDATION LIMITED income £427k
• HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE LTD income £334k
• THE AFRICA TRUST income £1.6m
• WATER FOR KIDS income £128k

Side by side with its peers

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