MEMUSI FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1133371 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAASAI HERITAGE PRESERVATION FOUNDATION UK

Overriding objective of the charity is for the benefit of young people in Africa to advance education in particular by the development, support and management of educational institutions. Further objectives extend to ensure that the school and communities have sufficient support to excel. Food, clothing and employment opportunities are all invested in to help communities where we work to thrive.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£220k

Latest spending

£216k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small net surplus of £117 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £26,432. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a prudent amount in reserves each year (held: £26k)

“Aside from retaining a prudent amount in reserves each year (which will be reviewed by the trustees on an annual basis), most of the charities funds are to be spent in the short term” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06884556

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Memusi Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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.

MARLAND, Matthew Craig — director, appointed 29/05/2026on trustee list
TIGHE, Karen Ann — director, appointed 29/05/2026on trustee list
WEBB, Steven John Cook — director, appointed 07/06/2019on trustee list
ALEXANDER, Jon Stuart — director, appointed 11/03/2016on trustee list
COLLEY-FRANCIS, Angela — director, appointed 30/06/2015on trustee list
NORTON, Matthew — director, appointed 22/04/2009on trustee list
CLAYTON, Lee Michael — director, appointed 22/04/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (14/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

MATTHEW NORTONchair
Angela Colley-Francis
Jon Stuart Alexander
Karen -Anne Tighe
Lee Clayton
Matthew Marland
Steven John Cook Webb

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

Operates in: Kenya · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£220k	£216k
31/03/2024	£222k	£222k
31/03/2023	£220k	£276k
31/03/2022	£222k	£178k
31/03/2021	£188k	£220k

Common questions

Is MEMUSI FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a small net surplus of £117 for the year ended 31 March 2024, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £26,432. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, adopting the going concern basis of accounting.

Who funds MEMUSI FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MEMUSI FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include PERSONAL ASSURANCE CHARITABLE TRUST, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
PERSONAL ASSURANCE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£66k
PERSONAL ASSURANCE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£57k
PERSONAL ASSURANCE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£52k
PERSONAL ASSURANCE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£51k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2024	£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2025	£3k
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST	FY2022	£1k

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 BLOOM FOUNDATION	1	£60k
THE PA FOUNDATION	1	£57k
THE PERMIRA FOUNDATION	1	£53k
GANDYS FOUNDATION	1	£47k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEWS, SURBITON	1	£643

Charities like this

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

THE RUMI FOUNDATION income £8.0m
SAO FOUNDATION income £812k
THE POINT FOUNDATION income £102k
gold-youth Africa Foundation UK income £304k
THE WORLD MEMON ORGANISATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £1.1m
HA MEEM FOUNDATION income £496k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MEMUSI FOUNDATION	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE RUMI FOUNDATION FY2025	£8.0m	—	above	—	no doubt
SAO FOUNDATION FY2025	£812k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE POINT FOUNDATION FY2025	£102k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
gold-youth Africa Foundation UK FY2025	£304k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE WORLD MEMON ORGANISATION CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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