ARTICLE 25

Registered charity 1112621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as A4A, ARCHITECTS FOR AID

Providing professional expertise, working with aid agencies, charities and communities worldwide to enable better building to improve health, learning and resilience to disaster wherever there is poverty or need. Working to undertake research and increase knowledge of development and humanitarian work in relation to the built environment.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit on unrestricted funds of £193,612, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to a negative balance of £171,273. The trustees attribute this to project delays and an imbalance between subsidized and overhead-contributing projects, noting that costs were cut in late 2024 and early 2025 to stabilize the financial position. While the balance sheet shows a deficit, the trustees confirm the charity is operating on a sustainable basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05608022

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Article 25 (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• COFFEY, Phil — director, appointed 10/07/2024on trustee list
• CLARK, Paul Andrew — director, appointed 25/10/2023on trustee list
• HUDSON, Philip Andrew — director, appointed 08/04/2020on trustee list
• THINGELSTAD, Natalie — director, appointed 08/04/2020on trustee list
• BENNETTS, Denise Margaret Mary — director, appointed 10/10/2019on trustee list
• DELAHUNTY, Damian John Richard — director, appointed 11/10/2017not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (64% 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: 12.0% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (02/12/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Denise Bennettschair
• Natalie Thingelstad
• Paul Clark
• Phil Coffey
• Philip Andrew Hudson

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

Operates in: Botswana · Burkina Faso · Burma · Cameroon · Chad · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Dominica · Guinea-bissau · India · Kenya · Malawi · Montserrat

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Side by side with its peers

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