PRACTICAL TOOLS INITIATIVE LIMITED

Registered charity 1152292 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PRACTICAL TOOLS INITIATIVE

The prevention or relief of poverty or financial hardship anywhere in the world by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient in particular by collecting, refurbishing and supplying used tools to those with a charitable need.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT IN PARTICULAR BY COLLECTING, REFURBISHING AND SUPPLYING USED TOOLS TO THOSE WITH A CHARITABLE NEED.

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

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Fareham, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported total income of £635,509 and charitable expenditure of £346,986 for the year ended 31 July 2026, resulting in a net movement in funds of £288,323. Unrestricted funds decreased from £52,885 to £3,999, while restricted funds increased significantly to £340,095. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of three to six months' expenditure, though the current unrestricted balance is below this target.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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 31/07/2023 (received 09/06/2024, 9 days after the 31/05/2024 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Practical Tools Initiative (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/07/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Archielia Barbara James
• Bockarie Musa
• Hawah Gamanga
• James Fallah-Williams

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

Operates in: Liberia · Philippines · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• PRACTICAL ACTION income £33.1m
• PRODIGAL ARTS income £72k
• TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE income £754k
• PEOPLE MATTER TRUST income £452k
• POWER FOR THE PEOPLE income £230k
• THINK CHARITABLE FOUNDATION income £50k

Side by side with its peers

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