FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI

Registered charity 1140578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FOSCIM

Friends of Sick Children in Malawi aims to improve the healthcare and well being of children in Malawi. Donations pay for paediatric nurses, clinical officers and related staff who each year treat some 100,000 of the world's poorest children; contribute to training and education; buy medical equipment and supplies; provide wheelchairs and other orthotic devices for children with mobility issues.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£493k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £423,385 at the year end, a significant increase from the prior year's £29,098. The trustees' policy is to retain only minimum reserves necessary for known costs, spending the remainder on charitable activities, which resulted in a net income surplus of £394,287. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Fundraising cost ratio: 1.3% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“For 2024, 98.7p of every £1 raised and spent by FOSCiM delivered charitable benefit in Malawi”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: minimum reserves necessary to cover known and anticipated costs (held: £423k)

“It is the policy of Trustees to retain only the minimum reserves necessary to cover known and anticipated costs and to spend the remaining available resources to benefit the children of Malawi.” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

GORDON COWIE MBEchair
ALEXIS MARY COWIE
PROFESSOR ELIZABETH MARGARET MOLYNEUX OBE · trustee of 1 other charity
STUART JAMES REYNOLDS

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£493k	£99k
31/12/2023	£110k	£120k
31/12/2022	£92k	£208k
31/12/2021	£99k	£114k
31/12/2020	£230k	£115k

Common questions

Is FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £423,385 at the year end, a significant increase from the prior year's £29,098. The trustees' policy is to retain only minimum reserves necessary for known costs, spending the remainder on charitable activities, which resulted in a net income surplus of £394,287. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI?

Funders whose own accounts filings name FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI as a grant recipient include THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGE, The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGE	FY2024	£224	Missionary and charitable giving
The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust	FY2022	£200	Education/Training
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF EDENBRIDGE	FY2025	£160	Missionary and charitable giving

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 THOMAS J HORNE MEMORIAL TRUST	2	£85k
THE BAND TRUST	1	£470k
THE GEORG AND EMILY VON OPEL FOUNDATION	1	£200k
MICHAEL CRAWFORD CHILDRENS CHARITY	1	£193k
E B M CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£187k
THE RASCHE FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£113k
THE MARIE CELESTE SAMARITAN SOCIETY	1	£70k
THE SIR JAMES RECKITT CHARITY	1	£50k

Charities like this

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

MYMALAWI income £212k
FRIENDS OF PICU income £283k
Support Malawi income £1.4m
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF ORISSA income £129k
THE FRIENDS OF ST FRANCIS KATETE CHARITABLE TRUST income £288k
THE SICK CHILDREN'S TRUST income £2.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI	£493k	—	unclear	1.3%	no doubt
MYMALAWI FY2025	£212k	—	below	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF PICU FY2025	£283k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Support Malawi FY2025	£1.4m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF THE CHILDREN OF ORISSA FY2024	£129k	—	unclear	0.0%	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF ST FRANCIS KATETE CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024	£288k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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