ISERVE AFRICA UK TRUST

Registered charity 1144995 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the Christian faith in accordance with the Statement of Belief (see Sch. 2 of Articles of Association) with particular focus on training and equipping people for bible-teaching and pastoral ministry and to relieve poverty, advance health and education as an expression of Christian faith. In the period the Trust has supported iServe Africa in Kenya, training bible preachers and leaders.

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Latest income

£83k

Latest spending

£83k

Registered

2011

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £195 for the year ended 31st August 2025, following a significant decrease in total incoming resources to £83,348 from £155,950 in the prior year. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £1,626, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of running expenses. The charity is exempt from audit and relies on an independent examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of the running expenses of the charity apart from grants made to iServe Africa in Kenya (held: £2k)

“The Trustees have determined that the appropriate level of free reserves should be sufficient to meet three months of the running expenses of the charity apart from grants made to iServe Africa in Kenya.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (26/01/2017) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Gregory Harkerchair
Alastair Guy Craufurd Hayward
Dr Michael Forward
Hilary Frances Nicholls
Jecolia Zihua Horn
Mark Lewis Vernon · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kenya · Merton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£83k	£83k
31/08/2024	£156k	£165k
31/08/2023	£131k	£122k
31/08/2022	£93k	£95k
31/08/2021	£106k	£106k

Common questions

Is ISERVE AFRICA UK TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £195 for the year ended 31st August 2025, following a significant decrease in total incoming resources to £83,348 from £155,950 in the prior year. Free/unrestricted reserves stood at £1,626, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of three months of running expenses. The charity is exempt from audit and relies on an independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ISERVE AFRICA UK TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ISERVE AFRICA UK TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE	FY2023	£15k	Gift Day 2023
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF HOLY SEPULCHRE CAMBRIDGE	FY2022	£15k	Gift Day 2022