Together We Learn

Registered charity 1165953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LINK ETHIOPIA

We are a charity working with children, schools and communities in Ethiopia for the advancement of education and the relief of poverty. We do this by improving access to education through child sponsorship and school construction, improving the quality of education through teacher training, and improving wellbeing through extra-curricular activities.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£360k
Latest spending
£328k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £407,873, with unrestricted reserves standing at £283,221. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £32,587 for the year, indicating a surplus position. There are no stated reserves policy targets or material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations.

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 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Together We Learn - Ethiopia (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2022)

Total income
£506k
Total spending
£208k
Cost of raising funds
£14k
Reserves (reported)
£110k
Employees
2

Reported reserves equal ~6.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Other (74% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

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

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£360k£328k
31/08/2024£343k£309k
31/08/2023£401k£367k
31/03/2022£506k£208k
31/03/2021£10k£0

Common questions

Is Together We Learn financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £407,873, with unrestricted reserves standing at £283,221. The charity reported a net movement in funds of £32,587 for the year, indicating a surplus position. There are no stated reserves policy targets or material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds Together We Learn?

Funders whose own accounts filings name Together We Learn as a grant recipient include THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£20k
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£20k
THE HOSKING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£10k

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Together Collective.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
Together We Learn£360k—0unclear—no doubt
Together Collective FY2025£739k—0above—no doubt
TOGETHER FOR MENTAL WELLBEING FY2025£23.4m——above—no doubt
THE TOGETHER INITIATIVE FY2025£1.2mOver £70,0001below—no doubt
THE TOGETHER TRUST FY2025£41.2m——above—no doubt
THE TOGETHER PLAN LTD FY2025£264k—0below—no doubt

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