MAKE A DIFFERENCE LEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1126724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE MAD BUNCH UK LIMITED

The charity is engaged in the provision of funding for the education of academically talented but economically disadvantaged young people from South Africa. In order to achieve this objective the charity hosts an annual golf day and two charity auctions. During the period the charity made substantial donations towards the education of a number of students from impoverished backgrounds.

Objects

= TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH THE PROVISION OF:(A) RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; AND(B) SUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.= TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY. = TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 LIVING IN SOUTH AFRICA BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: (A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT; AND(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE-TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

Area of benefit: SOUTH AFRICA

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £146,091 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in free reserves of £306,626, which significantly exceed the trustees' stated target of £75,000. The charity holds adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore (South) LLP. 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (69% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 44.5% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID WARD HACKETTchair
• DAVID JOHN GRISLEY
• JEREMY THOMPSON

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

Operates in: South Africa · Surrey

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AFRICAN GIFTED FOUNDATION.

• AFRICAN GIFTED FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• THE DIFFERENCE EDUCATION LTD income £1.6m
• AFRICAN LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE income £319k
• MELLON EDUCATE (UK) income £529k
• ACTION IN AFRICA income £63k
• EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION income £639k

Side by side with its peers

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