THE MLAMBE PROJECT

Registered charity 1160518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE MLAMBE PROJECT COMBINES SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION WITH EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ONCE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS ASSEMBLED. THE CHARITY IS BASED IN THE UK AND IS RUN BY UK VOLUNTEERS BUT OPERATES IN MALAWI.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE:1.THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AT MLAMBE SCHOOL AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS IN MALAWI, AND ELSEWHERE IN MALAWI, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING PROJECTS AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT. THIS SPECIFICALLY INCLUDES PROMOTING THE USE OF THE "EARTHBAG" BUILDING TECHNIQUE. 2.TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY AROUND MLAMBE SCHOOL, MALAWI, SO THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS AND PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£87k

Latest spending

£55k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income for the year was £87,322 against total expenditure of £55,427, resulting in a net surplus of £31,895. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £59,889, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' spending commitments. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: The Gift of Hope Trust (57% of income)

“The Gift of Hope Trust has provided around half of our funds.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (reserves figure: £60k)

“Reflecting the modest size of the charity, the reserves policy is to ensure we have sufficient funds to meet the next three months spending commitments.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 6
Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 6
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 9
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Mlambe Project (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jon Hassainchair
Andrew May-Miller
Jonathan Keith Ifould
Lucy Charlotte Ifould

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£87k	£55k
31/08/2024	£84k	£75k
31/08/2023	£52k	£42k
31/08/2022	£52k	£72k
31/08/2021	£65k	£75k

Common questions

Is THE MLAMBE PROJECT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income for the year was £87,322 against total expenditure of £55,427, resulting in a net surplus of £31,895. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £59,889, which exceeds its stated policy target of three months' spending commitments. The filing confirms the charity is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE MLAMBE PROJECT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE MLAMBE PROJECT as a grant recipient include THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ASHWORTH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£3k	International

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 BLOOM FOUNDATION	1	£58k
THE BATCHWORTH TRUST	1	£35k
Wild Life Foundation	1	£30k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE KAJATAWA FOUNDATION	1	£11k
YORK BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£9k
THE GENERATIONS FOUNDATION	1	£7k
WEST ROW BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BWENGU PROJECTS MALAWI.

BWENGU PROJECTS MALAWI income £33k
PROJECT LUANGWA income £524k
MASAMBIRO UK income £59k
ZAMBESI MISSION income £428k
MUMBA CHILDREN'S PROJECT income £37k
RIPPLE AFRICA income £2.8m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE MLAMBE PROJECT	£87k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
BWENGU PROJECTS MALAWI FY2025	£33k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
PROJECT LUANGWA FY2025	£524k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MASAMBIRO UK FY2025	£59k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ZAMBESI MISSION FY2025	£428k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MUMBA CHILDREN'S PROJECT FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	noted

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