RWANDA ACTION

Registered charity 1124634 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RWANDA AID

Relief of need and suffering through healthcare, education and training, housing and general welfare.

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

Latest income

£220k

Latest spending

£259k

Registered

2008

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £38,855 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £178,182. The trustees have established a reserves policy requiring undesignated funds to cover between 6 and 9 months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, there are 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

Largest income source: none

“Donations and legacies” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between 6-9 months of expenditure are covered (held: £178k)

“undesignated funds should be maintained such that between 6-9 months of expenditure are covered.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: 12

“During the accounting period the charity has received income totalling £340 from Trustees.” — page 17

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rwanda Action (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).

Booragoon Rotary Club — “Trusts & Foundations Booragoon Rotary Club” (source page)

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (29/06/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alison Wright
Deanne Thomas
Dr John Alan Giles
EMMA ELIZABETH MESSIAS
Jane O'Brien
Patrick Henchoz
William Gelling OBE

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

Operates in: Rwanda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/06/2025	£220k	£259k
30/06/2024	£54k	£113k
31/12/2023	£316k	£296k
31/12/2022	£203k	£349k
31/12/2021	£313k	£448k

Common questions

Is RWANDA ACTION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resource of £38,855 for the year ended 30 June 2025, reducing its total unrestricted funds to £178,182. The trustees have established a reserves policy requiring undesignated funds to cover between 6 and 9 months of expenditure. Per the trustees' report, there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds RWANDA ACTION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name RWANDA ACTION as a grant recipient include H C D MEMORIAL FUND, EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION, DUKES FOUNDATION, THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST, THE CHALK CLIFF TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2022	£24k	Education
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2023	£20k	International projects
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£20k	Community
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£16k	International
DUKES FOUNDATION	FY2025	£15k	International inclusive education
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2022	£13k	Apprenticeships for young people with disabilities
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUST	FY2025	£10k
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUST	FY2023	£10k
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUST	FY2022	£10k
THE CHALK CLIFF TRUST	FY2024	£10k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST	FY2024	£10k	Skills and Employment for young people with disabilities - Rwanda
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2023	£3k	Social Action
W F SOUTHALL TRUST	FY2022	£3k	Social Action

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
TRUST FOR LONDON	1	£99k
PARACLETOS	1	£50k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£40k
THE BEATRICE GILMORE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£27k
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£25k
THE WATCHES OF SWITZERLAND GROUP FOUNDATION	1	£25k
STREETS OF LONDON	1	£15k
Richmond Foundation	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WAFA RELIEF.

WAFA RELIEF income £560k
KARUNA ACTION income £359k
REFUGEE ACTION KINGSTON income £580k
SERVE AFGHANISTAN income £1.9m
WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE income £203k
HOMELESS ACTION income £3.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RWANDA ACTION	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WAFA RELIEF FY2025	£560k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KARUNA ACTION FY2025	£359k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt
REFUGEE ACTION KINGSTON FY2025	£580k	—	above	—	no doubt
SERVE AFGHANISTAN FY2025	£1.9m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WATERLOO ACTION CENTRE FY2025	£203k	Under £60,000	unclear	—	no doubt

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