KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE

Registered charity 1146911 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as K4C

We aim to improve the standard of healthcare provision in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and the UK through the training of staff and students in both regions. We run undergraduate student exchange programmes between SSA and UK, and also place professional UK volunteers within healthcare facilities in SSA on long and short-term basis in order to provide training and facilitate knowledge exchange.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£511k

Latest spending

£502k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £511,059 against total expenditure of £501,823, resulting in a surplus of £9,236. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £187,506, which the trustees describe as providing a high level of sustainability despite cuts to government aid budgets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income

£511k

Total spending

£502k

Reserves (reported)

£188k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (67% 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 — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/11/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Professor Louise Ackerschair
Allan Ndawula
Dr Chris Coey
Dr James Ackers-Johnson
Dr Melanie Stephens
Dr Robert Ssekitoleko
Jamie Edward Bettles

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

Operates in: India · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£511k	£502k
31/12/2023	£434k	£410k
31/12/2022	£254k	£295k
31/12/2021	£82k	£79k
31/12/2020	£124k	£164k

Common questions

Is KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £511,059 against total expenditure of £501,823, resulting in a surplus of £9,236. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £187,506, which the trustees describe as providing a high level of sustainability despite cuts to government aid budgets. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE as a grant recipient include THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BURDETT TRUST FOR NURSING	FY2023	£59k	Creating a model for nurse leadership in the multi-disciplinary management of diabetic foot complications in Uganda and Tanzania.