NORTHWOOD AFRICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1153346 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity's objective is to build, and entirely finance the running of a school in Ethiopia, for orphans and severely disadvantaged children. The school opened in March 2014, and currently (25.06.2018) has 301 children enrolled. We are in the third Phase of our building programme.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF THE FEDERAL DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF ETHIOPIA BY PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION AT ST GEORGE'S SCHOOL, AZEZO, ETHIOPIA OR PROVIDING FUNDING TO ANY OTHER EDUCATIONAL FACILITY IN AFRICA AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME ELECT TO DO SO.

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

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Latest income

£328k

Latest spending

£313k

Registered

2013

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £366,123 and cash of £239,262 at the year end, which is above its policy target of three months of operational costs. The charity reported a surplus for the year of £15,612, with total income of £328,482 and total expenditure of £312,870. The Trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of NAEF’s operational costs (reserves figure: £366k)

“The aim is to hold sufficient reserves to cover three months of NAEF’s operational costs, being the grants payable to St George’s School and the UK operating costs.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Arm in Arm Accounting. 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.

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Internal risk management policy and procedures
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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)

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Northwood African Education Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Patrick John Colquhounchair
Evrim Maitland
Georgia Dawson
Georgia Dawson
LADY KATHARINE ANNE COLQUHOUN
Lee Stuart Muller
Lucy Eleanor Wills
Nicholas Wilcock · trustee of 1 other charity
RUPERT JOHN ALEXANDER FANE · trustee of 1 other charity
SIR MALCOLM RORY COLQUHOUN

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

Operates in: Ethiopia

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£328k	£313k
31/12/2024	£460k	£419k
31/08/2023	£394k	£368k
31/08/2022	£340k	£285k
31/08/2021	£276k	£262k

Common questions

Is NORTHWOOD AFRICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £366,123 and cash of £239,262 at the year end, which is above its policy target of three months of operational costs. The charity reported a surplus for the year of £15,612, with total income of £328,482 and total expenditure of £312,870. The Trustees confirmed the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Arm in Arm Accounting.

Who funds NORTHWOOD AFRICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION?

Funders whose own accounts filings name NORTHWOOD AFRICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION as a grant recipient include THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST, THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£7k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£5k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£5k
THE BILLMEIR CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Donations
THE SIMON GIBSON CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	amount not stated

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
THE BAND AID CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£354k
THE GSR FOUNDATION	1	£191k
THE SPECTRIS FOUNDATION	1	£120k
THE FRANK JACKSON FOUNDATION	1	£76k
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£50k
LET YOURSELF TRUST	1	£30k
NORTH EAST THAMES QUAKER TRUST	1	£13k
THE EIFION TRUST	1	£13k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORWOOD SCHOOLS LTD.

NORWOOD SCHOOLS LTD income £32.7m
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £111k
NIA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION income £34k
EAST AFRICA CHILDREN'S PROJECT income £91k
Together We Learn income £360k
OPEN WAY income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NORTHWOOD AFRICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION	£328k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
NORWOOD SCHOOLS LTD FY2025	£32.7m	—	—	below	—	no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025	£111k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
NIA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION FY2025	£34k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
EAST AFRICA CHILDREN'S PROJECT FY2025	£91k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
Together We Learn FY2025	£360k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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