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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.

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Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that the charity made a small net loss of £1,285 for the year ended 31 December 2023, following total expenditure of £775,632 against incoming resources of £774,347. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds free unrestricted reserves of £73,838, which exceeds its stated policy target of retaining £75,000 in free reserves for event-related deposits. The auditor confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

Automated summary of the FY2023 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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (36% 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: 48.6% 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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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE DIFFERENCE EDUCATION LTD.

• THE DIFFERENCE EDUCATION LTD income £1.6m
• SOUTH AFRICANS IN NEED TRUST income £132k
• SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST income £103k
• HELPING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE LTD income £334k
• THE BARRY AND PEGGY HIGH FOUNDATION income £2.8m
• THE DONALD GORDON SECOND FOUNDATION income £3.2m

Side by side with its peers

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