CHILDREN OF THE MEKONG

Registered charity 1116375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MINERVA TREEHOUSE

Children of the Mekong is the UK branch of Enfants du Mekong, a French charity founded in Laos in 1958. Our mission is to educate, train and mentor the poorest children and young people.We run sponsorship programmes, developments projects, education centres and foster houses in six countries of Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported net assets of £85,265 at the end of the financial year, with a designated contingent fund of £30,000 intended to cover six months of operations without income. The trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting. The charity is exempt from audit under the Companies Act 2006 and was examined by an independent examiner.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 05860929

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Children of the Mekong (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Colas Foundation — “Testimonial: Support for students from the Colas Foundation” (source page)
• Credit Agricole CIB — “We are convinced that education provides access to a better future, and that’s why Credit Agricole CIB has been supporting Children of the M…” (source page)
• Shenkuo — “so when we launched Shenkuo, we decided to donate 1% of our expenses to charity. Our goal is to share a little of our efforts with those in …” (source page)
• Biscuiterie de Provence — “One such product is called Paul&Linh. For every packet of delicious biscuits sold, 10 cents are donated to the Children of the Mekong educat…” (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.

• OSIJO, Anthony Joseph Olufemi — director, appointed 25/09/2019on trustee list
• D'ABOVILLE, Guillaume — director, appointed 09/12/2017on trustee list
• BURGERHOUT, Camille — director, appointed 17/07/2015on trustee list
• FEDDER, Marcus — director, appointed 31/10/2012on trustee list
• GOH, Julia — director, appointed 04/10/2011on trustee list
• POVLSEN, Andreas Bolstad — director, appointed 28/06/2006on trustee list
• PROUVOST, Eugenie — secretary, appointed 04/06/2011

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEAN-MARC DEBRICONchair
• ANDREAS BOLSTAD POVLSEN
• Anthony Joseph Olufemi OSIJO
• CAMILLE BURGERHOUT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Guillaume d'Aboville
• JULIA GOH
• MARCUS FEDDER

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

Operates in: Burma · Cambodia · Laos · Philippines · Thailand · Vietnam

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE CAMBODIAN CHILDRENS CHARITY.

• THE CAMBODIAN CHILDRENS CHARITY income £152k
• CAMBODIAN CHILDREN'S FUND UK income £282k
• SAFE CHILD THAILAND income £516k
• INDOCHINA STARFISH FOUNDATION income £1.9m
• INDO - MYANMAR CONSERVATION income £264k
• CHILDREN IN BANGLADESH income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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