RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT
Registered charity 1127488 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as STUDENTS' PARTNERSHIP WORLDWIDE
RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT is an INGO with a mission to "harness the collective power of young leaders to create a better world"- working across 4 impact priority areas. It has been operating since 1985 under charity no. 292492. On 1 October 2009 it incorporated as a company limited by guarantee and therefore began operating under the charity no. above. Pl refer charity no. 292492 for accounting history
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The charity reported total income of £8,056,000 and unrestricted fundraising income of £1,736,000 for the year ended 30 September 2024. Free reserves stood at £556,000, which the trustees noted represents 84% of their calculated benchmark target. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Accounts audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.
In the news
Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).
Corporate structure
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Restless Development (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Alex Kent — Co-CEO (source)
- Lesley Garura — Sierra Leone Director and Zimbabwe Co-Director (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- OWAKO, Winnie Achieng — director, appointed 05/02/2025on trustee list
- BOWEN, Francesca — director, appointed 02/08/2023on trustee list
- DERBYSHIRE, Justin — director, appointed 02/08/2023on trustee list
- DEAN, Nicola — director, appointed 02/08/2023on trustee list
- KWESIGA, Eshban — director, appointed 02/08/2023on trustee list
- SINGH, Pooja — director, appointed 02/08/2023on trustee list
- CHUNGA, Mafipe — director, appointed 24/05/2022on trustee list
- JOHN, Edleen Olatunde — director, appointed 28/07/2020on trustee list
- MUNDY, Lucinda — director, appointed 23/07/2019on trustee list
- ALLEN, Tom William Chandler — director, appointed 20/11/2018on trustee list
- WILSON, Jennifer — director, appointed 24/07/2018on trustee list
- MOSSELMANS, Isabella — director, appointed 24/04/2018on trustee list
- MAHAWAR, Sunil — secretary, appointed 07/06/2022
Official officers record.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£977k
Reported reserves equal ~0.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (81% 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: 11.7% of total income — above the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Edleen John
- Eshban Kwesiga
- Francesca Bowen
- Isabella Mosselmans
- Jennifer Wilson
- Justin Derbyshire
- Lucinda Mundy
- Mafipe Chunga
- Nicola Dean
- Pooja Singh
- Tom William Chandler Allen
- Winnie Achieng Owako
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: India · Nepal · Sierra Leone · Tanzania · Throughout England · Uganda · United States · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Income and spending
Common questions
Is RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported total income of £8,056,000 and unrestricted fundraising income of £1,736,000 for the year ended 30 September 2024. Free reserves stood at £556,000, which the trustees noted represents 84% of their calculated benchmark target. The accounts state there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Buzzacott Audit LLP.
Who funds RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT?
Funders whose own accounts filings name RESTLESS DEVELOPMENT as a grant recipient include THE GLOBAL FUND FOR CHILDREN UK TRUST, CO-OPERATIVE COMMUNITY INVESTMENT FOUNDATION, MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST, THE CHRISTOPHER AND HENRY OLDFIELD TRUST, THE BLAGRAVE TRUST.
Known funders
Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.
Government & lottery funding
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