THANDIZO

Registered charity 1150152 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

1. The promotion of sustainable development in Malawi.2. The relief (in any part of the world) of financial need and suffering among victims of natural or other kinds of disaster.3. The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship (in any part of the world) by providing grants, items and services.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN MALAWI,ZAMBIA,ZIMBABWE,BOTSWANA AND TANZANIA FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY 1 THE PRESERVATION,CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT BY PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;3 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.THE RELIEF(IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD)OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN THE FORM OF MONEY(OR OTHER MEANS DEEMED SUITABLE)FOR PERSONS,BODIES,ORGANISATIONS AND/OR COUNTRIES AFFECTED.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP(IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD)BY PROVIDING GRANTS,ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity's total funds are £2,527,273, which are held almost entirely in an investment portfolio and remain above the stated reserves target of approximately £2,000,000. The trustees describe the financial position as very stable, noting that net assets are held in readily realisable investments with no material liabilities. The charity is subject to global financial risks, but these are mitigated by a medium-risk balanced investment approach.

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 5 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN LAPISHchair
• ALISON KAY MORTON LAPISH
• JENNIFER JANE LAPISH
• SIMON OLIVER LAPISH

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

Operates in: Malawi · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MASAMBIRO UK.

• MASAMBIRO UK income £59k
• SALTMALAWI TRUST income £31k
• MYMALAWI income £212k
• PADWA CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £485k
• MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK income £2.8m
• MBEDZA PROJECTS SUPPORT income £163k

Side by side with its peers

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