FRIENDS OF THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA

Registered charity 1139834 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FACE

The Friends of the Anglican Church in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa (FACE) supports the development and ecclesiastical work of the Anglican Church in Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa by:- raising awareness of this work amongst people in the UK;- providing grants to support these ministries; and- facilitating opportunities for people in the UK to volunteer to work in Ethiopia.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN THE ANGLICAN EPISCOPAL AREA OF THE HORN OF AFRICA (THE "AREA"), BY PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA.2) IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ANGLICAN CHURCH IN ETHIOPIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA, TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND ILL HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND DISPLACED PEOPLE.

Area of benefit: ETHOPIA AND THE HORN OF AFRICA

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity held unrestricted reserves of £17,732 at the end of the financial year, which is below the stated upper limit policy of £20,000. The accounts state that the charity has adequate cash resources to continue its activities and respond to emergency requests.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr William Poole · trustee of 2 other charities
• Girma Moges Tadele
• Rev Andrew John Proud · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rev SALLY MARGARET LYNCH
• Rev Sheila Ann Crowther
• Revd. Dr. Darrell Dale Hannah · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Djibouti · Eritrea · Ethiopia · Somalia

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FELLOWSHIP AND AID TO THE CHRISTIANS OF THE EAST.

• FELLOWSHIP AND AID TO THE CHRISTIANS OF THE EAST income £123k
• AFRICA CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (UK AND EIRE) income £47k
• PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA income £92k
• THE EVANGELICAL FELLOWSHIP IN THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION income £32k
• THE BAND AID CHARITABLE TRUST income £3.5m
• MIDDLE EAST REFORMED FELLOWSHIP (ENGLAND) income £276k

Side by side with its peers

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