TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED

Registered charity 1112699 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471957 · also known as TEACH A MAN TO FISH

Teach A Man To Fish supports schools to provide a more relevant education, through enterprise, empowering young people to succeed in work and in life. Our core programme, the School Enterprise Challenge, guides schools in how to set up a profitable business as an education platform for teaching young people key work & life skills.. NOTE: We do not provide grant funding to other organisations.

Objects

1)TO PROMOTE, DEVELOP AND PROVIDE ASSISTANCE FOR PROGRAMMES OF EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE INTERNATIONALLY. IN PARTICULAR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY. AS A MEANS OF ACHIEVING POVERTY REDUCTION IN THOSE COUNTRIES.2) TO PROMOTE OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN CONNECTION WITH THE ABOVE

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£729k

Latest spending

£666k

Registered

2006

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £62,662 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £729,097. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (general funds) stood at £304,905, providing a buffer for ongoing operations. 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

Highest-paid employee band: £70,000 - £80,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“One employee received total remuneration, including pensions and employer NI, falling between £70,000 - £80,000 (2024 - the same).” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Employees paid over £60,000: 1

“One employee received total remuneration, including pensions and employer NI, falling between £70,000 - £80,000 (2024 - the same).” — page 38

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Sterling Partners Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Paying staff
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
Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 25
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; other trustee benefit

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 11
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)
Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit; payments to trustees for services to the charity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 53
Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (£70,001–£80,000: 1)

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 05533946

Funders the charity credits

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

The Saville Foundation — “The Saville Foundation is a private foundation with a mission to nurture and invest in human potential, it seeks out and engages with projec…” (source page)

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.

PAU MEHTA, Meera Jayantkumar — director, appointed 03/05/2023not on trustee list
ELLINGSTAD, Paul — director, appointed 25/01/2023not on trustee list
COSTANZO, Nadia — director, appointed 17/07/2021on trustee list
MCMAHON, Jack — director, appointed 22/01/2020on trustee list
MCMILLAN, Sarah Claire — director, appointed 30/09/2015on trustee list
JOHNSON, Hugh — director, appointed 04/10/2011on trustee list
KAFKA, Nicholas Jonathan — director, appointed 11/08/2005on 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)

Total income

£729k

Total spending

£666k

Reserves (reported)

£305k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (82% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

HUGH JOHNSON
Jack McMahon
Meera Jayantkumar Pau Mehta
Nadia Costanzo
Nicholas Jonathan Kafka
Sarah McMillan

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Guatemala · Honduras · India · Kenya · Nicaragua · Paraguay · Peru · Rwanda · South Africa · Tanzania · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£729k	£666k
31/12/2024	£732k	£777k
31/12/2023	£760k	£899k
31/12/2022	£929k	£866k
31/12/2021	£1.1m	£1.1m

Common questions

Is TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £62,662 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £729,097. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves (general funds) stood at £304,905, providing a buffer for ongoing operations. 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. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Sterling Partners Ltd.

What does the highest-paid employee of TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £70,000 - £80,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Who funds TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE BLOOM FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION	FY2025	£150k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	FY2022	£30k	School Enterprise Challenge Uganda
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£30k	International projects
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2023	£25k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£17k	International
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Overseas July 2023
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	International

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 Seafarers' Charity (King George's Fund for Sailors)	1	£23k
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE SWIMMING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED.

THE SWIMMING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £2.6m
FISHING INTO THE FUTURE income £270k
HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED income £4.6m
BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD income £1.9m
N.F.F.O TRAINING TRUST FUND income £4k
THE FOOD AND DRINK TRAINING AND EDUCATION COUNCIL LIMITED income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TEACH A MAN TO FISH UK LIMITED	£729k	£70,000 - £80,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
THE SWIMMING TEACHERS ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£2.6m	£120,001 - £130,000	4	unclear	—	no doubt
FISHING INTO THE FUTURE FY2025	£270k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
HEREFORDSHIRE AND WORCESTERSHIRE GROUP TRAINING ASSOCIATION LIMITED FY2025	£4.6m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUSINESS EDUCATION PARTNERSHIP (UK) LTD FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	below	—	no doubt
N.F.F.O TRAINING TRUST FUND FY2024	£4k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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