RURAL AFRICA CHILDRENS EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1127759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To break the cycle of rural poverty through education in Nigeria, in particular but not exclusively, by:1. Granting scholarships and bursaries to secondary school students;2. Managing libraries and computer centres;3. Employing qualified teachers;4. Providing general infrastructure at secondary schools such as water;5. Funding tertiary education for graduating secondary school students

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN NIGERIA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ASSISTING WITH SCHOOL FEES AND BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO IMPROVE SCHOOL FACILITIES.2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY IN NIGERIA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF AN ORPHANAGE FOR HOMELESS OR ORPHANED CHILDREN.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£76k

Latest spending

£23k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £96,735, which the trustees consider to be at a level higher or equivalent to their stated policy target of two years' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £53,029 for the year, driven by increased donations, and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two year's expenditure (reserves figure: £97k)

“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level higher or equivalent to two year's expenditure.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 1

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rural Africa Children's Education Trust (RACET) (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

DEIRDRE FRANCES TRAPPchair
Adetunji B ADELEYE
ELIZABETH MAIA CLIFFORD
MARY ANN PERASSO

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

Operates in: Nigeria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£76k	£23k
31/08/2024	£29k	£31k
31/08/2023	£30k	£58k
31/08/2022	£38k	£16k
31/08/2021	£36k	£20k

Common questions

Is RURAL AFRICA CHILDRENS EDUCATION TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £96,735, which the trustees consider to be at a level higher or equivalent to their stated policy target of two years' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £53,029 for the year, driven by increased donations, and confirmed it has adequate resources to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE GSR FOUNDATION	1	£191k
THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	1	£76k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£45k
THE E C SOSNOW CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£26k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£10k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£9k
THE COSARAF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £111k
AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.7m
THE AFRICA TRUST income £1.5m
THE EDUCATIONAL FRONTIER TRUST income £253k
SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST income £103k
TERTIARY EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP TRUST FOR AFRICA income £77k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RURAL AFRICA CHILDRENS EDUCATION TRUST	£76k	—	above	—	no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£1.7m	—	below	—	no doubt
THE AFRICA TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE EDUCATIONAL FRONTIER TRUST FY2025	£253k	—	above	—	no doubt
SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST FY2025	£103k	—	below	—	no doubt

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