ZAMBIA ORPHANS AID UK

Registered charity 1145721 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · Wikidata: Q132471861 · also known as ZAMBIA ORPHANS OF AIDS UNITED KINGDOM, ZOA UK

Partners with community-based organisations in Zambia that support orphans and other vulnerable children in reaching their full potential, with a strong focus on education. All projects are carefully selected and monitored by sister organisation, Zambia Orphans Aid Zambia. Maintains minimal overhead costs and places a strong emphasis on sustainable projects.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE YOUNG PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE PEOPLE IN ZAMBIA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported a 9% drop in total income to £227,583, primarily due to the absence of a large infrastructure project, while expenditure decreased by 30% to £226,033. Unrestricted reserves stood at £75,330, which is below the stated policy target of three to six months of running costs. The trustees noted that the fundraising environment remains challenging due to geopolitical shifts and the closure of USAID.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07863487 · Financial health read from its filings

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Zambia Orphans Aid UK (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Savannah Charitable Trust — “Generous support from The Savannah Charitable Trust has funded the development of the school buildings as well as ongoing running costs of t…” (source page)
• Fondation Eagle — “This project has been generously supported by Fondation Eagle and Jephcott Charitable Trust.” (source page)
• Jephcott Charitable Trust — “This project has been generously supported by Fondation Eagle and Jephcott Charitable Trust.” (source page)

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.

• ARAB, Jerome — director, appointed 24/10/2025on trustee list
• CHAMBERLAIN, Lilith — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
• MBULO, Thandi — director, appointed 05/03/2024on trustee list
• MUKWASHI, Mwelwa Rumbidzai — director, appointed 07/12/2021on trustee list
• KABWE, Venansio Mwansa — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
• BROOKE, Peter Timothy Francis, Dr — director, appointed 06/10/2020on trustee list
• MULOMO, Garnet Mansi — director, appointed 19/03/2018on trustee list
• QUINE, Rachel Clare — director, appointed 16/12/2011on trustee list
• MUNTEMBA, Shimwaayi, Dr — director, appointed 28/11/2011on trustee list
• MUKWASHI, Mwelwa Rumbidzai — secretary, appointed 30/12/2025
• MBULO, Thandi, Dr — secretary, appointed 05/03/2024

Official officers record.

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (24/02/2014) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GARNET MANSI MULOMOchair
• Dr Peter Timothy Francis Brooke
• Dr SHIMWAAYI MUNTEMBA
• Mwelwa Rumbidzai Mukwashi
• RACHEL QUINE
• THANDI MBULO
• Venansio Mwansa Kabwe

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

Operates in: Zambia

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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.

Charities like this

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

• LIFE SUPPORT income £381k
• HEAL PROJECT income £52k
• FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION FOR CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA income £29k
• BRIGHTER FUTURES ZAMBIA income £40k
• GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE AND LEARN FOR THE GAMBIA income £75k
• TEACHER AID income £84k

Side by side with its peers

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