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The ITSA Digital Trust

Registered charity 1146157 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as IT SCHOOLS AFRICA, ITSA

THE CHARITY RUNS ITS PROGRAMME UNDER ITS MAXIM OF TRANSFORMING LIVES THROUGH ACCESS TO E-LEARNING BY PROVIDING COMPUTERS AND DIGITAL SKILLS TO SCHOOLS AND COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA AND THE UK.

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£346k
Latest spending
£314k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £141,521, while the charity reported a bank overdraft of £31,306 and reliance on trustee-associated business support. The trustees consider the current level of accumulated reserves and funding streams to be adequate to support the charity's principal activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Trading subsidiary: ITSA Education Limited
“The charity has a trading subsidiary, ITSA Education Limited, which was formed in 2008 to provide funds in support of the activities carried on by this charity.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ITSA Digital Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Cardiff · Gloucestershire · Hampshire · Kenya · Malawi · Staffordshire · Worcestershire · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/05/2025£346k£314k
31/05/2024£422k£435k
31/05/2023£316k£415k
31/05/2022£442k£494k
31/05/2021£385k£276k

Common questions

Is The ITSA Digital Trust financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £141,521, while the charity reported a bank overdraft of £31,306 and reliance on trustee-associated business support. The trustees consider the current level of accumulated reserves and funding streams to be adequate to support the charity's principal activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds The ITSA Digital Trust?

Funders whose own accounts filings name The ITSA Digital Trust as a grant recipient include BARNWOOD TRUST, THE ACCESS FOUNDATION, THE MAGENI TRUST, THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
BARNWOOD TRUSTFY2023£25kFunded Partner Programme
THE ACCESS FOUNDATIONFY2022£25kDigital inclusion project – the Digibus
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2024£11k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£5kEducation and Training
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2023£5k
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2022£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITYFY2022£5k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2024£5kPeople with disabilities and health difficulties
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£5kEducation and Training
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£3kEducation and Training
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2024£3k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2023£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATIONFY2022£3k
THE NOTGROVE TRUSTFY2022£3k
THE S M B TRUSTFY2023£2k
THE SAINTBURY TRUSTFY2025£2kAdvancement of Environmental Protection or Improvement
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2024£2kInternational
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2024£2kInternational
THE TULA TRUST LIMITEDFY2024£2k
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£2k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£2kPeople with disabilities and health difficulties
R G HILLS CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTSFY2023£2kInternational
THE SCOTT BADER COMMONWEALTH LIMITEDFY2021£2kSupporting students in Malawi in gaining vocational and entrepreneurial experience
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2025£1kGrant to organisation
THE S M B TRUSTFY2025£1k
COUNTY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATIONFY2023£1kDisadvantaged communities
GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2022£1k
THE MAGENI TRUSTFY2025£750
MAKERS OF PLAYING CARDS CHARITYFY2022£380Educational purposes
THE GLOUCESTERSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR DISABILITYFY2022—Organisation grant

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2021£50kDigibus Gloucestershire
The National Lottery Community Fund12/02/2020£10kGloucestershire Community IT Outreach Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2019£10kGlos. Community IT Outreach Programme
Cheltenham Borough Council—£841To support the TECH Connect Community Programme which is bringing technology, digital participation and digital skills to those who need it most .
Cheltenham Borough Council—£2kTECH connect community programme