BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS

Registered charity 1130756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCP

Baraka Community Partnerships pbjectives are to promote sustainable development for the benefit of Disadvantaged Communities and to advance the education, healthcare and community life of the people in Disadvantage Communities.The charity is currently working with Disadvanataged Communities in Morocco, Zambia and Laos.

Objects

3.1 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF DISADVANTAGEDCOMMUNITIES BY:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH ANDREGENERATION; AND3.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE AND COMMUNITY LIFE OF THE PEOPLEIN DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FORTHE EDUCATION AND HEALTHCARE OF THE DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES,"SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS."DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES" MEANS THE COMMUNITIES OF TIJZHA AND IGRISS, MOROCCO,AND CHIKUMBI AND LUSAKA, ZAMBIA AND ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITEDKINGDOM HEREINAFTER IDENTIFIED BY THE CHARITY.

Area of benefit: TIJZHA AND IGRISS, MOROCCO,TIJZHA AND IGRISS, MOROCCO, CHIKUMBI AND LUSAKA, ZAMBIA AND ANY OTHER COMMUNITIES OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£554k
Latest spending
£546k
Registered
2009
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,508 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £553,955 against total expenditure of £546,447. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £137,019, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £100,000. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and fundraising (99% of income)
“Donations and fundraising 2 33,005 514,157 547,162 535,970” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a target level of unrestricted reserves in the order of £100,000 is currently appropriate for the charity (reserves figure: £137k)
“The Trustees consider that a target level of unrestricted reserves in the order of £100,000 is currently appropriate for the charity. The amount of unrestricted reserves at 31 December 2025 is £137,019.” — page 8
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.

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 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 30
  • Grant-making is its main activity

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

Corporate structure

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.

Official officers record.

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

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

Total income
£554k
Total spending
£546k
Cost of raising funds
£260
Reserves (reported)
£137k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~3.0 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Laos · Morocco · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£554k£546k
31/12/2024£541k£477k
31/12/2023£452k£388k
31/12/2022£267k£286k
31/12/2021£215k£228k

Common questions

Is BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £7,508 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total incoming resources of £553,955 against total expenditure of £546,447. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £137,019, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £100,000. The trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS as a grant recipient include HALCROW FOUNDATION, THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2021Unverified read£165k190 Solar power installation
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2024£22kImprove access to education, Zambia
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2025£15kNew learning centre at Maamba
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2022£10kUpgrading a community learning centre, Zambia
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2021Unverified read£3k169 The Baraka Learning Centre, Kapiri-Mposhi District
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE LEACH FOURTEENTH TRUSTFY2025£2k
HALCROW FOUNDATIONFY2025amount not statedConstruct classroom in Baraka Learning Centre

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BARAKA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BARAKA COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS£554k—0above—no doubt
BARAKA COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION FY2025£283k——unclear—no doubt
AL-BARAKA WELFARE TRUST INTERNATIONAL FY2025£181k—0unclear—no doubt
MARKAZ QUBA FY2025£49k—0above—no doubt
BARAKAH AID FY2025£217k—0unclear—no doubt
BARKA UK FY2025£179k—0unclear—no doubt

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