JACARANDA UK FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1163114 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Our mission is to give orphans in Malawi a chance at a better life. We help give them access to quality, free primary and secondary education and help stimulate social development for some of the most disadvantaged communities in the world.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS IN MALAWI IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING CHARITABLE ASSISTANCE TO AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THOSE WHO ARE THE VICTIMS OF AIDS, WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER OR CATASTROPHE BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY AND BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF OTHER CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS FURTHERING SIMILAR CHARITABLE PURPOSES IN THIS COUNTRY.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Registered contact address: West Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that gross income increased to £86,219.08, with unrestricted reserves rising to £17,043.04. The charity incurred total expenses of £17,859.43 and made grants totaling £53,852.57, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees report that bank balances stood at £54,732.20 at year-end, with all deposits covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme.

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
• Complaints handling
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Jacaranda UK Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust — “Allan & Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Carmella and Ronnie Pignatelli Foundation — “Carmella and Ronnie Pignatelli Foundation” (source page)
• CB & HH Taylor Trust — “CB & HH Taylor Trust” (source page)
• Green Hall Foundation — “Green Hall Foundation” (source page)
• Kitchen Table Charities Trust — “Kitchen Table Charities Trust” (source page)
• Lujenna Educational Trust — “Lujenna Educational Trust” (source page)
• Monica Rabagliati Charitable Trust — “Monica Rabagliati Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Souter Charitable Trust — “Souter Charitable Trust” (source page)
• Wallace Bell Charitable Trust — “Wallace Bell Charitable Trust” (source page)
• William Leech (Lady Leech) Trust — “William Leech (Lady Leech) Trust” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DUNCAN DARROCH-THOMPSONchair
• CLAIRE DARROCH-THOMPSON
• Daisy Belfield Santos
• MATTHEW DARROCH-THOMPSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maria Antonia Amanda Toone
• RICHARD HUGHES

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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 NETWORK FOR A BETTER WORLD.

• NETWORK FOR A BETTER WORLD income £42k
• MASAMBIRO UK income £59k
• MYMALAWI income £212k
• MALAWI RELIEF FUND UK income £2.8m
• TILINANU EDUCATION income £35k
• KARIS KIDS income £227k

Side by side with its peers

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