PROSPECT BURMA CIO

Registered charity 1167686 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Prospect Burma strives to build a better future for Myanmar, through the promotion of, and investment in, education. We create access opportunities, to bridge the gap between state education and higher study. We support individuals to undertake education abroad to gain skills and qualifications unavailable in Myanmar. We provide networking and community development support when they return home.

Objects

(A) PROMOTE AND ENABLE THE EDUCATION AND/OR TRAINING OF ANY TYPE OF PEOPLE IN OR FROM BURMA IN ANY WAY THAT THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION OR TRAINING; AND (B) IN FURTHERANCE OF ENABLING SUCH EDUCATION OR TRAINING, MAKE SUCH GRANTS OR PROVIDE SUCH OTHER SUPPORT TO SUCH EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY THINK FIT; AND (C) IN ORDER TO ENCOURAGE RETURNING SCHOLARS TO IMPACT THEIR COMMUNITIES POSITIVELY UPON RETURN TO MYANMAR, SUPPORT AND PROVIDE GRANTS TO ALUMNI LED TRAINING, NETWORKING, COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

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

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 48% to £696,204, while total expenditure rose to £696,739, resulting in a net loss of £535. The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £115,399, which it states is consistent with its stated reserves policy target of £170,000. The trustees conclude that the charity remains a going concern, citing sufficient reserves to meet commitments and a secured budget for the 2025 calendar year.

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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 — Prospect Burma (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~2.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (98% 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: 6.2% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (29/06/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Michael Marett-Crosbychair
• Anthony Philip Hulse
• Dr Kathleen Mathea Falco
• Mai Ni Ni Aung
• Martin Timothy Smith
• Michael Jonathan Gregson
• RICHARD WILLIAM ATTERBURY
• Stephanie O'Connell

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

Operates in: Burma · City Of Westminster

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE BURMA STAR MEMORIAL FUND.

• THE BURMA STAR MEMORIAL FUND income £107k
• MOBILE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS income £66k
• BURMA SKINCARE INITIATIVE income £332k
• THE PROSPECTS FOUNDATION income £358k
• GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE AND LEARN FOR THE GAMBIA income £75k
• BRITISH FUTURE income £662k

Side by side with its peers

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