MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK

Registered charity 1119600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity has been successful in helping organisations based in Malawi with similar objectives as us by way of providing funds to them to further our objectives

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

Latest income
£2.9m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £804,679 from £389,390 in the prior year, driven by unrestricted funds of £183,210 and restricted funds of £621,469. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £389,390 for the year, with total incoming resources of £2,875,272 against resources expended of £2,459,983. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Ilyas Patel (Accountants) Limited. 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).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income
£2.9m
Total spending
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£183k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.9 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.9m£2.5m
31/12/2023£3.6m£4.0m
31/12/2022£3.7m£4.0m
31/12/2021£3.4m£3.2m
31/12/2020£3.3m£3.0m

Common questions

Is MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £804,679 from £389,390 in the prior year, driven by unrestricted funds of £183,210 and restricted funds of £621,469. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £389,390 for the year, with total incoming resources of £2,875,272 against resources expended of £2,459,983. The trustees confirmed that the financial statements were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Ilyas Patel (Accountants) Limited.

Who funds MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK as a grant recipient include ISSA FOUNDATION, THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUST, Indigent Welfare and Education Trust, BAIG WELFARE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ISSA FOUNDATIONFY2022£2.1m
ISSA FOUNDATIONFY2023£2.1m
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£14k
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£13k
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£13k
THE DAKRI CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£8k
Indigent Welfare and Education TrustFY2024£4kJoint project work - food projects distributing essential staple foodstuffs to extremely deprived communities throughout Malawi, Africa.
ISSA FOUNDATIONFY2024£3k
Indigent Welfare and Education TrustFY2022£3kFood Distribution project
BAIG WELFARE FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k

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 MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK£2.9m—0unclear—no doubt
MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS FY2024£397k—0above0.0%no doubt
Support Malawi FY2025£1.4m—0unclear—no doubt
MYMALAWI FY2025£212k—0below—no doubt
MALAIKA KIDS UK FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
gold-youth Africa Foundation UK FY2025£304k—0unclear—no doubt

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