TUTELA AFRICA

Registered charity 1160207 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TUTELA

TUTELA IS DEDICATED TO VALUING FAMILY AND PROVIDING LONG TERM FOSTER HOMES FOR ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN MOZAMBIQUE. OUR VISION IS FOR EVERY CHILD TO BELONG IN A FAMILY HOME, A PLACE THAT IS SAFE AND HAPPY, IN THE CARE OF PARENTS WHO CAN RAISE THEM IN A LOVING WAY.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN MOZAMBIQUE AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE; AND4.2. THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BY ALLEVIATING THE SUFFERING AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY THE BREAKUP OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY IN AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£52k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,232, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure (£14,000). However, the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £17,507 for the year, resulting in a significant drop in total funds from £43,739 to £26,232. The trustees acknowledge the risk of insufficient cash reserves and note that significant time will be invested in raising awareness and funds in the coming year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income)

“Donations and legacies 34,330”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months’ operating expenditure (reserves figure: £26k)

“The trustees have agreed that the level of reserves which it would be prudent to maintain is three months’ operating expenditure.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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

Volunteers: 5

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

Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 11

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

Funders the charity credits

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

Iris Ministries Zimpeto — “With grateful thanks to those who invest in Tutela’s work: Iris Ministries Zimpeto” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

MARK GAVIN ANDERSON BARRELLchair
Martin Hawkins
Peter Richard Vivian Houston FCA MSC
RUTH ELIZABETH MARTIN · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Devon · Mozambique

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£34k	£52k
31/12/2024	£72k	£56k
31/12/2023	£56k	£61k
31/12/2022	£67k	£49k
31/12/2021	£52k	£55k

Common questions

Is TUTELA AFRICA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £26,232, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure (£14,000). However, the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £17,507 for the year, resulting in a significant drop in total funds from £43,739 to £26,232. The trustees acknowledge the risk of insufficient cash reserves and note that significant time will be invested in raising awareness and funds in the coming year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds TUTELA AFRICA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name TUTELA AFRICA as a grant recipient include The PCC of the Ecclesiastical parish of Peasedown St John and Foxcote with Shoscombe, KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES, THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical parish of Peasedown St John and Foxcote with Shoscombe	FY2025	£12k	Mission partners
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical parish of Peasedown St John and Foxcote with Shoscombe	FY2022	£9k	Mission partners
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical parish of Peasedown St John and Foxcote with Shoscombe	FY2023	£9k	Mission partners
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2024	£4k
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2023	£4k
KENNETH COPELAND MINISTRIES	FY2022	£4k
THE BISHOP RADFORD TRUST	FY2023	£1k	A learning recovery programme for 10 children in family-based care to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in Mozambique. Providing home tutoring s
The PCC of the Ecclesiastical parish of Peasedown St John and Foxcote with Shoscombe	FY2021	amount not stated	Mission partners

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 SCURRAH WAINWRIGHT CHARITY	2	£7k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£8k
THE GOSHEN TRUST	1	£8k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHRIST CHURCH, CHISLEHURST	1	£7k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	1	£3k
GREEN STREET GREEN BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£2k
THE GIBBS CHARITABLE TRUSTS	1	£2k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

TEHILA TRUST income £64k
SETHULE ORPHANS' TRUST (UK) income £89k
AMANDLA TRUST income £74k
ZALALA FOUNDATION income £104k
THE M T SUTERWALLA FAMILY FOUNDATION income £52k
NSUMBI TRUST income £79k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TUTELA AFRICA	£34k	—	above	—	no doubt
TEHILA TRUST FY2025	£64k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SETHULE ORPHANS' TRUST (UK) FY2025	£89k	—	above	—	no doubt
AMANDLA TRUST FY2025	£74k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ZALALA FOUNDATION FY2025	£104k	—	below	—	no doubt
THE M T SUTERWALLA FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025	£52k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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