MELLON EDUCATE (UK)

Registered charity 1175352 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We educate impoverished African children. Our mission is to provide education assistance for 100,000 children. To successfully achieve this: we build quality facilities if required and we provide in-depth training for the incumbent school managers/principals and teachers to empower them to deliver ongoing better results.

Objects

3. OBJECTSTHE INCOME AND PROPERTY OF THE CIO SHALL BE APPLIED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC WORLDWIDE FOR THE PURPOSES SET OUT BELOW IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNDERPRIVILEGED AND THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED IN SOUTH AFRICA:(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION BY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO (A) THE CONSTRUCTION OF, OR ASSISTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF, SCHOOLS AND (B) THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, EQUIPMENT, TEACHING AND LEARNING MATERIALS AND THE MENTORING AND TRAINING OF SCHOOL PRINCIPALS AND TEACHERS;(2) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF (A) HOUSING AND RELATED AMENITIES, (B) FOOD, CLOTHING (INCLUDING SCHOOL UNIFORMS) AND OTHER LIFE ESSENTIALS TO ENSURE THE WELLBEING OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS TO ENABLE THEM TO ENGAGE FULLY WITH THE EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND (C) SCHOOL TRANSPORT; (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH BY IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF SICKNESS, DISEASE OR HUMAN SUFFERING BY THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, MEDICAL SUPPLIES; AND(4) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY;IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITY MELLON TOWNSHIP LIMITED (ALSO KNOWN AS MELLON EDUCATE), A CHARITABLE COMPANY REGISTERED IN THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND, COMPANIES REGISTRATION OFFICE REGISTERED NUMBER 389423 AND CHARITIES REGULATORY AUTHORITY REGISTERED NUMBER 20058074.

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 · Disability · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus of £37,759 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £339,337. This exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of £30,000. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis, with auditors confirming no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by BDO Ireland LLP. Discloses 4 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.

• Complaints handling
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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 — Mellon Educate (UK) (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).

• National Lotteries Commission — “National Lotteries Commission” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~9.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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: 7.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Fiona Lindsay Langdale
• Niall Mellon
• Noel Elliot
• Sippora Veen

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

Operates in: Ireland · Kenya · South Africa · Throughout England And Wales · United States

Income and spending

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Known funders

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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 AFRICAN REVIVAL.

• AFRICAN REVIVAL income £651k
• ACTION WITH AWARENESS REGARDING EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £173k
• THE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION FOR EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT income £259k
• THE DIFFERENCE EDUCATION LTD income £1.6m
• A NEW DIRECTION LONDON LIMITED income £2.7m
• LONDON EDUCATION TRUST income £231k

Side by side with its peers

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