STANDING VOICE

Registered charity 1151250 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Standing Voice's objective is to end human rights violations against marginalised groups through its Education, Health, Advocacy and Community Programmes. We currently focus on promoting the social inclusion of people with albinism in Africa, who commonly face extreme social exclusion leading to marginalisation from health and education services, social support, and witchcraft-fuelled murder.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.4m

Latest spending

£1.3m

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The charity reported total income of £1,427,928 against expenditure of £1,269,270, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves stood at £114,690, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £182,485 (six months of administration overheads). The trustees deemed the current reserve levels sufficient given committed funding of over £1,150,000 due for disbursement in 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (92% of income)

“Of the total income, £1,320,521 (2023: £1,110,711) was restricted and £107,407 (2023: £82,039) was unrestricted.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Fundraising cost ratio: 4.0% of fundraised income, as disclosed

“Expenditure amounted to £1,269,270 (2023: £1,070,753) of which £1,207,693 (2023: £1,008,458) was project expenditure, £57,301 (2023: £47,505) was fundraising expenditure and £4,276 (2023: £14,790,) was governance costs.” — page 51

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £115k; policy: six months of administration overheads)

“The charity free reserves at the year were £114,690.”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Knox Cropper LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Standing Voice (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Alex Magaga — Operations Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

European Commission — “The European Commission supports projects and initiatives that address social challenges through its social innovation programs. Since Janua…” (source page)
United Nations Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture — “Since 2019 Standing Voice has been proud to be a recipient of long term financial support from UNVFVT, enabling us to offer essential psycho…” (source page)
International Foundation for Dermatology — “As a longstanding funder and partner of Standing Voice, ILDS and the IFD have supported Standing Voice to develop educational resources and …” (source page)
Croda Foundation — “Standing Voice is proud to partner with the Croda Foundation on three year project to strengthen provision of skin cancer prevention service…” (source page)

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

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

Total income

£1.4m

Total spending

£1.3m

Cost of raising funds

£57k

Reserves (reported)

£115k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 4.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sabine Zettelerchair
Gurmeet Kaur
HARRY FREELAND
Innocentia Nobuhle Mgijima-Konopi
JONATHAN BEALE

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

Operates in: Malawi · Tanzania

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.4m	£1.3m
31/12/2023	£1.2m	£1.1m
31/12/2022	£912k	£778k
31/12/2021	£447k	£563k
31/12/2020	£498k	£488k

Common questions

Is STANDING VOICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The charity reported total income of £1,427,928 against expenditure of £1,269,270, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Free reserves stood at £114,690, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £182,485 (six months of administration overheads). The trustees deemed the current reserve levels sufficient given committed funding of over £1,150,000 due for disbursement in 2025. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Knox Cropper LLP.

Who funds STANDING VOICE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name STANDING VOICE as a grant recipient include CRODA FOUNDATION, THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST, H C D MEMORIAL FUND, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
CRODA FOUNDATION	FY2024	£398k	Reduce mortality from skin cancer among people with albinism in Tanzania.
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	FY2022	£70k
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£45k	Education
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2024	£25k	Community
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2022	£25k	Community
H C D MEMORIAL FUND	FY2023	£25k	Community
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£20k	Other
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£20k	Other
THE REED FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k	Christmas Challenge
THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k	Overseas July 2023
THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE OF DERMATOLOGICAL SOCIETIES	FY2024	£4k
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY FOUNDATION	FY2022	£4k	International
THE JOHN ARMITAGE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£2k

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MOTABILITY	1	£1.6m
Point North Community Foundation	1	£183k
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON	1	£105k
THE NISBET TRUST	1	£30k
UNITED ST SAVIOUR'S CHARITY	1	£25k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE DASHLIGHT FOUNDATION	1	£25k
The Leathersellers' Foundation	1	£12k

Charities like this

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

STAND income £1.9m
YOUR VOICE COUNTS income £1.8m
AFRICA'S VOICES FOUNDATION LIMITED income £559k
YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE income £1.2m
VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY income £15.9m
AUTISM VOICE LTD income £194k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STANDING VOICE	£1.4m	—	0	below	4.0%	no doubt
STAND FY2025	£1.9m	—	0	unclear	8.0%	no doubt
YOUR VOICE COUNTS FY2025	£1.8m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AFRICA'S VOICES FOUNDATION LIMITED FY2025	£559k	$120,000 - $130,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
YOUR VOICE IN HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE FY2025	£1.2m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VOICEABILITY ADVOCACY FY2025	£15.9m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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