COMBATING POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION

Registered charity 1143658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as COPTE

There were no activities carried out during the year 2018

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£5k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £630,998 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future commitments. The charity received a one-off donation of £600,000 from a related party, resulting in no expenditure and a strong financial position. The trustees maintain that the charity is financially sustainable and in line with its reserves policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations (100% of income)

“The total income for the year amounted to £600,000 (2023: £ Nil), of which £600,000 was received as a one-off donation from a related party company.” — page 4

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 Months and more of normal operating expenditure (held: £631k)

“The charity aims to maintain unrestricted reserves sufficient to cover approximately 12 Months and more of normal operating expenditure.” — page 5

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Donation from St.Piran’s (GB) Ltd, a company wholly owned by the two trustees.

“During the year, the charity received a donation of £600,000 from St.Piran’s (GB) Ltd , a company wholly owned by the two trustees.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 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 07573635

The charity’s company — latest Companies House iXBRL filing (balance sheet 31 December 2025)

Equity: £548k

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.

ANDRADI, Timothy Marius Ashanta — director, appointed 10/05/2017on trustee list
ANDRADI, Kirtida — director, appointed 22/03/2011on trustee list
ANDRADI, Kirtida — secretary, appointed 22/03/2011

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£600k

Total spending

£0

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Trustees · trustee networks

KIRTIDA ANDRADIchair
TIMOTHY MARIUS ASHANTA ANDRADI

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Cameroon · India · Kenya · Sri Lanka · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£5k	£88k
31/12/2024	£600k	£0
31/12/2023	£0	£0
31/12/2022	£0	£0
31/12/2021	£31k	£2

Common questions

Is COMBATING POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £630,998 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future commitments. The charity received a one-off donation of £600,000 from a related party, resulting in no expenditure and a strong financial position. The trustees maintain that the charity is financially sustainable and in line with its reserves policy. Its FY2024 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
THE JORDAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£1.4m
THE LORD MAYOR'S APPEAL	1	£1.1m
THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS	1	£143k
THE DISTILLERS' CHARITY	1	£15k
THE JOHN HORSEMAN TRUST	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD.

CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD income £133k
CREATED: CHURCH income £315k
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST income £2.6m
NATIONAL NUMERACY income £2.2m
NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR TRUST income £812k
ENGINEERS AGAINST POVERTY income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
COMBATING POVERTY THROUGH EDUCATION	£5k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CAREDUCATION TRUST LTD FY2025	£133k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025	£315k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
BATH CHRISTIAN TRUST FY2025	£2.6m	£60,001 - £70,000	—	above	—	no doubt
NATIONAL NUMERACY FY2024	£2.2m	—	—	above	—	no doubt
NANAKSAR THATH ISHER DARBAR TRUST FY2025	£812k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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