TABORA LEAGUE FOR CHILDREN

Registered charity 1141239 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TABORA CLEAN WATER TRUST

To provide meals for hungry,vulnerable and orphaned children in Tabora, Tanzania. To provide education for these children including uniforms and educational supplies. To care for the health of these children.To assist guardians to care for these children.To particularly suport girls and women with the aforementioned activities.

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Latest income

£102k

Latest spending

£114k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £11,340 for the eleven-month period ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £132,092 to £121,377. The trustees consider that the available unrestricted reserves are above their stated policy target of approximately six months' running costs. The charity has no paid employees and relies on voluntary income and grants to fund its activities in Tanzania.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Voluntary income (72% of income)

“Voluntary income amounted to £73,747 (2024: £74,657).” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 16.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Voluntary income amounted to £73,747 (2024: £74,657). Fund raising activities amounted to £11,777 (2024: £37,611).” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: six months' running costs (held: £121k)

“The trustees consider that, ideally, unrestricted reserves should equate to approximately six months' running costs of the children’s charity in Tanzania, supported by this charity and budgeted to be £50,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 07580940

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.

ROLLINS, Philippa — director, appointed 28/03/2026on trustee list
HOLMES, Miranda — director, appointed 22/03/2025on trustee list
TOMKINSON, Elizabeth — director, appointed 04/08/2020on trustee list
RICHTER, Robina — director, appointed 20/11/2019on trustee list
HOWSON, James Robert — director, appointed 11/07/2018on trustee list
PATON, Margaret — director, appointed 28/03/2011not on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Elizabeth Tomkinson
JAMES HOWSON
MARGARET PATON MSC PGCE
Miranda Holmes
Philippa Rollins
Robina Richter

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

Operates in: Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/09/2025	£102k	£114k
31/10/2024	£129k	£117k
31/10/2023	£112k	£98k
31/10/2022	£113k	£109k
31/10/2021	£105k	£103k

Common questions

Is TABORA LEAGUE FOR CHILDREN financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a net outgoing of £11,340 for the eleven-month period ended 30 September 2025, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £132,092 to £121,377. The trustees consider that the available unrestricted reserves are above their stated policy target of approximately six months' running costs. The charity has no paid employees and relies on voluntary income and grants to fund its activities in Tanzania. 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
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	2	£38k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	2	£8k
MEETINGS INDUSTRY MEETING NEEDS	1	£76k
THE BEATRICE GILMORE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£64k
THE ANGUS LAWSON MEMORIAL TRUST	1	£35k
THE FYRISH FOUNDATION	1	£25k
RE-USE LITTLEBOROUGH	1	£23k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£18k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BETHANY PROJECT (TANZANIA) UK.

THE BETHANY PROJECT (TANZANIA) UK income £219k
GIVE TO ORPHANS income £177k
Mikuyu Tanzania income £240k
WATOTO CHILD CARE MINISTRIES income £1.4m
TEACHER AID income £119k
FOREVER ANGELS UK LTD income £262k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TABORA LEAGUE FOR CHILDREN	£102k	—	0	above	16.0%	no doubt
THE BETHANY PROJECT (TANZANIA) UK FY2025	£219k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
GIVE TO ORPHANS FY2024	£177k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
Mikuyu Tanzania FY2025	£240k	—	0	unclear	10.8%	no doubt
WATOTO CHILD CARE MINISTRIES FY2025	£1.4m	£80,001 - £90,000	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty
TEACHER AID FY2024	£119k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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