TABS INTERNATIONAL

Registered charity 1120418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE EZRA TRUST

We provide opportunities for disadvantaged young people from the UK to volunteer in Christian community development and aid projects in Africa that we also support. We provide a short gap-type experience for the volunteers that encourages the development of their life-skills, widens their knowledge of the world and affords them the chance to give something back through supporting others in need.

Objects

3. APPLICATION OF INCOMETHE TRUSTEES MUST APPLY THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN FURTHERING THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ('THE OBJECTS')(A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY THE SUPPORT OF CHRISTIAN PROJECTS THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, DONATIONS, VOLUNTEERS AND SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT;(B) TO PROMOTE THE MENTAL, SPIRITUAL, MORAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE AND TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO DEVELOP THEIR FULL CAPACITIES AND ENABLE THEM TO BECOME RESPONSIBLE MEMBERS OF SOCIETY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED BY THE PROVISION OF VOLUNTEERING OPPORTUNITIES TO WORK WITH THE CHRISTIAN PROJECTS OVERSEAS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY AND OVERSEAS - WORLDWIDE.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted cash funds of £19,172 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £54,306 against payments of £42,303. The trustees report that the project continues to go from strength to strength with improved exam results and increased student registration.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Related-party transaction: George Karuku, a Kenyan Trustee and treasurer of sister charity TABS Kenya, visited the UK. No specific transaction amount disclosed for this visit in the financial tables.
“George Karuku who is a trustee and treasurer of our sister charity TABS Kenya, came to the UK for a few weeks.” — page 1
“We were delighted to welcome 2 new trustees to the board this year – Clare Sanders (eldest daughter of our late founder Rachel Sanders) who has always supported TABS but now joins us in a more official capacity as our new treasurer”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Clare Sanders, daughter of late founder Rachel Sanders, joined as Treasurer. No specific remuneration disclosed.
“George Karuku who is a trustee and treasurer of our sister charity TABS Kenya, came to the UK for a few weeks.” — page 1
“We were delighted to welcome 2 new trustees to the board this year – Clare Sanders (eldest daughter of our late founder Rachel Sanders) who has always supported TABS but now joins us in a more official capacity as our new treasurer”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£54k£42k
31/03/2024£18k£25k
31/03/2023£28k£38k
31/03/2022£16k£22k
31/03/2021£55k£23k

Common questions

Is TABS INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had unrestricted cash funds of £19,172 at the end of the period, with total receipts of £54,306 against payments of £42,303. The trustees report that the project continues to go from strength to strength with improved exam results and increased student registration.