LALIBELA TRUST

Registered charity 1147147 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The advancement of education through:Construction of school classroomsProvision of classroom equipmentThe advancement of health or the saving of lives through:Construction of health buildings and provision of equipment Spring improvement projects resulting in safe waterFuture: Improved agricultural methodsWith all charitable activities taking place in the regional state of Amhara,

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGH IMPROVED AGRICULTURAL METHODS - AGRICULTURAL CROP DIVERSIFICATION, IMPROVED IRRIGATION, PLANTING OF FRUIT & VEGETABLE GARDENS. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGH CONSTRUCTION OF SCHOOL CLASSROOMS AND CLASSROOM EQUIPMENT. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH OR THE SAVING OF LIVES THROUGH A SAFE MOTHERHOOD PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION OF HEALTH BUILDINGS AND EQUIPMENT, SPRING IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS RESULTING IN SAFE WATER. ALL CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES TO TAKE PLACE IN THE REGIONAL STATE OF ARAHARA ETHIOPIA.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £934 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income decreasing to £76,915 from £170,696 in the prior year. Expenditure remained relatively constant at £75,981, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted reserves increasing slightly to £140,123. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention regarding compliance with accounting requirements or the true and fair view of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2022 (received 01/11/2023, 1 day after the 31/10/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil Johnsonchair
• Christopher Day
• Dr ANDREW MYLES SHARP · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Hugh Sharp
• Nicholas Wilson
• RACHEL GRAY
• Rosalind Johnson

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

Operates in: Ethiopia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TEHILA TRUST.

• TEHILA TRUST income £64k
• KHADIJATUL KUBRA (R.A) EDUCATION TRUST income £34k
• JALALABAD TRUST income £77k
• LACES TRUST income £105k
• BILAL EDUCATION TRUST income £76k
• THE RAHELI TRUST income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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