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BUMBA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1145624 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Bumba Foundation is a small UK registered charity which provides sustainable education opportunities for children, young people and communities in vulnerable areas of Uganda through innovative projects with community ownership. The projects focus on providing access to quality education, improving health & sanitation, reducing poverty, whilst increasing individual and community sustainability.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£67k
Latest spending
£65k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £14,748, which exceeds the trustees' stated prudent minimum cash balance of £2,000. Net incoming resources were positive at £1,841, resulting in a net movement in funds that increased the total reserves from £12,907 to £14,748.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: no less than £2,000 (held: £15k)
“The trustees consider that it is prudent to retain a cash balance of no less than £2,000”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£67k£65k
31/03/2025£72k£71k
31/03/2024£72k£67k
31/03/2023£52k£58k
31/03/2022£56k£54k

Common questions

Is BUMBA FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £14,748, which exceeds the trustees' stated prudent minimum cash balance of £2,000. Net incoming resources were positive at £1,841, resulting in a net movement in funds that increased the total reserves from £12,907 to £14,748. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds BUMBA FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BUMBA FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE ARCHER TRUST, W F SOUTHALL TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2024£4k
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2022£3kEnvironmental Action and Sustainability
W F SOUTHALL TRUSTFY2024£3kEnvironmental Action and Sustainability
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£1k