SERVEDIRECT

Registered charity 1138282 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ServeDirect is a small, UK registered charity that partners with locally run, community- based projects, concentrating on supporting the areas of education and health. Our main focus is with the community of Lukomera, Central Uganda and within Gulu, Northern Uganda. Partner projects include; a secondary boarding school, a health centre and two primary resource & teacher training centres.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND OR HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME, BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO REACH THEIR POTENTIAL.

Area of benefit: THE WORLD

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£109k

Latest spending

£101k

Registered

2010

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £45,869, with the trustees maintaining a reserves policy of three months of costs. The charity reported no paid employees and minimal UK governance or support costs, resulting in a net movement in funds of £8,011 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of costs (held: £46k)

“the trustees have agreed that reserves should be held equivalent to 3 months of costs.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Payments to trustees: Payment for flights for trustees in the period of £1,098.

“There was a payment for flights for trustees in the period of £1,098.” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Trading subsidiary: Serve Direct Uganda Ltd

“Serve Direct Uganda Ltd (SDU), a charitable company registered in Uganda, is the current main beneficiary of the funds raised by ServeDirect in the UK.” — page 2

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
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Donovan Ibbottchair
JEREMY DUGDALE · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Neil Kirkland
Sarah Caroline Gay

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£109k	£101k
31/03/2024	£106k	£93k
31/03/2023	£121k	£138k
31/03/2022	£77k	£81k
31/03/2021	£91k	£87k

Common questions

Is SERVEDIRECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £45,869, with the trustees maintaining a reserves policy of three months of costs. The charity reported no paid employees and minimal UK governance or support costs, resulting in a net movement in funds of £8,011 for the year. 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
King Charles III Charitable Fund	1	—
POLDEN PUCKHAM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£450k
THE JOSEPH ROWNTREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£202k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£98k
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	1	£80k
FILEY FOUNDATION LTD	1	£66k
CHK Foundation	1	£40k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£35k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SERVE.

SERVE income £1.4m
DISABILITY DIRECT income £4.2m
GIVEDIRECTLY UK income £4.4m
IN KIND DIRECT income £37.1m
PEACE DIRECT income £5.3m
TALK DIRECT CHARITABLE TRUST income £160k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SERVEDIRECT	£109k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SERVE FY2025	£1.4m	—	0	below	—	material uncertainty
DISABILITY DIRECT FY2025	£4.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
GIVEDIRECTLY UK FY2025	£4.4m	—	0	above	—	no doubt
IN KIND DIRECT FY2024	£37.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
PEACE DIRECT FY2024	£5.3m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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