LOVE SUPPORT UNITE AFRICA FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1162406 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LSU

LSU partners with organizations in Malawi to create sustainable solutions to poverty to bring about lasting change. Through connection and love, we offer support, hope and the opportunity for transformation.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION,TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF SUFFICIENT.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £152,047, which exceeds the stated policy target of the higher of £50,000 or annual project costs. The charity reported a net surplus for the year, with total income of £201,251 against total expenditure of £167,361.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• 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)

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.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Love Support Unite (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• James Colvinchair
• Ben Kitching
• Gayle Berry · trustee of 1 other charity
• Glyn Jelley
• Sophie Houghton
• THOMAS COOMBES

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

Operates in: Malawi · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS income £203k
• TILINANU EDUCATION income £35k
• MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK income £2.8m
• BWENGU PROJECTS MALAWI income £33k
• MYMALAWI income £212k
• NETWORK FOR A BETTER WORLD income £42k

Side by side with its peers

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