THE RELAY TRUST

Registered charity 1170596 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Relay Trust provides training, infrastructure, technology and advice for the development of leadership in churches in challenged areas of Africa, with a focus on Sierra Leone, Guinea, Ethiopia and the Democratic Republic of Congo. Relay Trust also supports the training of African leaders through the Bishops Training Institute conducted in Kenya.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £3,012,027 as of 31 March 2025, with no stated reserves policy target. The charity reports no significant fundraising activities, relying instead on donations from trustees and related parties to cover expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Lubbock Fine LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Top pay band moved from £80,001 - £90,000 (FY2023) to £140,001 - £150,000 (FY2025).
• Going concern: not a going concern (FY2023) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2023 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Doug Ingram — Chief Executive Officer (source)
• Daniel Magagnin — Chief Relationship Officer (source)
• Shumi Kupara — Chief Administrative Officer (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

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

• Relay Foundation — “Relay Foundation's Congalese Church Partnership” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEIL ESPIE SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROGERIA MULRINE

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Ethiopia · Guinea · Kenya · Sierra Leone · Sudan · Tanzania

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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