ONE WORLD MEDIA TRUST

Registered charity 1163630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

ONE WORLD MEDIA'S MISSION IS TO SUPPORT STRONG VIBRANT AND INDEPENDENT MEDIA THAT EMPOWERS CITIZENS, PROMOTES JUSTICE AND CONTRIBUTES TO INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT. WE EDUCATE THE NEXT GENERATION OF MEDIA PROFESSIONALS, SHOWCASE THE BEST COVERAGE OF THE GLOBAL SOUTH, SUPPORT MEDIA DEVELOPMENT IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND INFLUENCE DECISION-MAKERS BY RUNNING THOUGHT-PROVOKING AND INSPIRING EVENTS.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (OBJECTS) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:TO ADVANCE DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION PARTICULARLY AS REGARDS THE PUBLIC AT LARGE AND PARTICULARLY BY MEANS OF BROADCASTING, AND TO PROMOTE RESEARCH CONCERNING ANY ASPECT OF THE SAME, MAKING THE USEFUL RESULTS AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE “DEVELOPMENT EDUCATION” SHALL MEAN EDUCATION IN WORLD PROBLEMS OF HUNGER DISEASE POVERTY AND IGNORANCE AND THE SOLUTION THEREOF AND THE ECONOMIC SOCIAL POLITICAL AND OTHER PROBLEMS OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER MORE DEVELOPED COUNTRIES.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Tower Hamlets, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of ONE WORLD MEDIA (charity 296335) — merger registered 03/05/2016.

Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).

Latest income

£223k

Latest spending

£301k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £78,361 for the year ended December 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £45,921. This level of reserves is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months of operating costs, which amounted to £69,319 for four months' core costs. The trustees have decided to wind down the charity's operations by 2026 due to a challenging funding environment and financial position.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy

“At 31 December 2025, four months’ core costs amounted to £69,319, and there is no balance of unrestricted funds to transfer to the Opportunity Reserve.” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: accounts NOT prepared on a going-concern basis (closing, merging or winding up)

“As a result, these accounts are not prepared on a going concern basis, albeit no adjustments have been required to the accounts in this regard.” — page 19

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: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → not a going concern (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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
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
Paying staff
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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: 6
Grant-making is its main activity

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

Volunteers: 4

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

Volunteers: 10

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Peter Horrockschair
Catherine McCarthy
Charlotte Alfred
Jelia Sane
Jess Crombie
Mai Noman
Mauricio Sada-Paz
Nevine Mabro
Shelley Thakral
Tracy Manners

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£223k	£301k
31/12/2024	£309k	£324k
31/12/2023	£212k	£329k
31/12/2022	£386k	£301k
31/12/2021	£272k	£251k

Common questions

Is ONE WORLD MEDIA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net deficit of £78,361 for the year ended December 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves falling to £45,921. This level of reserves is below the trustees' stated policy target of three to six months of operating costs, which amounted to £69,319 for four months' core costs. The trustees have decided to wind down the charity's operations by 2026 due to a challenging funding environment and financial position. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ONE WORLD MEDIA TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ONE WORLD MEDIA TRUST as a grant recipient include THE OAKDALE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE OAKDALE TRUST	FY2026	£2k

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
This Day Foundation	1	£1.9m
UBS OPTIMUS FOUNDATION UK	1	£722k
THE SENECA TRUST	1	£459k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£264k
THE MERCERS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£197k
SCREENSKILLS LIMITED	1	£157k
PRISM THE GIFT FUND	1	£137k
THE CHARTERED INSTITUTE OF MARKETING CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£112k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WORLD OUTREACH.

WORLD OUTREACH income £103k
WORLD COMPASSION TRUST income £75k
ONE FOR THE WORLD (OFTW) income £206k
ONE LIFE INTERNATIONAL income £76k
THE MEDIA TRUST income £1.9m
ONE TO ONE CHILDREN'S FUND income £2.0m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ONE WORLD MEDIA TRUST	£223k	—	0	below	—	not going concern
WORLD OUTREACH FY2025	£103k	£22,500	0	unclear	—	no doubt
WORLD COMPASSION TRUST FY2025	£75k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ONE FOR THE WORLD (OFTW) FY2025	£206k	—	0	unclear	—	noted
ONE LIFE INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£76k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE MEDIA TRUST FY2025	£1.9m	—	—	above	—	no doubt

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