MAKOMBORERO

Registered charity 1122176 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Makomborero (which means "blessings" in the local Zimbabwean language, Shona) is a UK registered charity that helps relieve poverty in Africa through the education of its children. Makomborero achieves this by investing time and money in disadvantaged communities in Zimbabwe, enabling talented students to fulfil their potential and providing them with hope and a future.

Objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AFRICA BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY TO PROVIDE FOR TRAINING AND COMMUNITY BASED PROJECTS.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE, OVERSEAS

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £48,966 for the year, primarily due to a reduction in one-off donations and increased programme commitments. While total reserves decreased, the trustees confirm that remaining funds are sufficient for operational needs and the charity remains resilient despite a challenging fundraising environment.

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 4 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.

• 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
• Investment
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ABIODUN OLORUNFEMIchair
• Christine Wetherall
• Jacquelyn Van Jaarsveld
• Miriam Bandera
• Mujuru Simbarashe Mupfumira
• NICOLA BALDWIN
• Nathan Whitaker
• Solinda Tracy Butawo

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

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Common questions

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 MASAMBIRO UK.

• MASAMBIRO UK income £124k
• MONTGOMERY HEIGHTS ZIMBABWE CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £143k
• TARIRO - HOPE FOR YOUTH IN ZIMBABWE income £265k
• NGOKO CHARITABLE TRUST income £579k
• MYMALAWI income £212k
• PORA ZIMBABWE income £180k

Side by side with its peers

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