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.

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

Latest income

£535k

Latest spending

£521k

Registered

2017

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,210 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £302,654. The trustees consider the charity to be in a sound financial position with adequate resources to continue operations, noting that unrestricted reserves of £302,654 significantly exceed the stated minimum policy target of £30,000.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)

“In the band £60,000 - £70,000 1” — page 23

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £30,000 (held: £303k)

“The Directors have set the required reserves policy at £30,000 of unrestricted funds” — page 18

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Grants to Mellon Educate (South Africa) / Mellon Housing Initiative

“During the year the Charity awarded grants of £390,972 (2023 - £374,857) to Mellon Educate (South Africa). There is balance owed to Mellon Housing Initiative of £80,000 at year end (2023 - £NIL).”

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by BDO. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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 31/12/2024)

Total income

£535k

Total spending

£521k

Cost of raising funds

£130k

Reserves (reported)

£30k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (77% 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: 24.4% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

ANDREW BRENNAN
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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£535k	£521k
31/12/2023	£608k	£523k
31/12/2022	£1.0m	£964k
31/12/2021	£659k	£585k
31/12/2020	£116k	£239k

Common questions

Is MELLON EDUCATE (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £13,210 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with unrestricted funds carried forward totaling £302,654. The trustees consider the charity to be in a sound financial position with adequate resources to continue operations, noting that unrestricted reserves of £302,654 significantly exceed the stated minimum policy target of £30,000. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by BDO.

What does the highest-paid employee of MELLON EDUCATE (UK) earn?

Per its FY2024 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Who funds MELLON EDUCATE (UK)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MELLON EDUCATE (UK) as a grant recipient include THE EQUINOXE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EQUINOXE TRUST	FY2024	£39k
THE EQUINOXE TRUST	FY2023	£0

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
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	1	£12k
INTO GIVING LIMITED	1	£10k
DAVID LISTER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£7k
ROTARY CLUB OF STURMINSTER NEWTON TRUST FUND	1	£2k
THE AUSTIN BAILEY FOUNDATION	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST.

ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST income £3.1m
SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST income £103k
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £185k
EDUCATE A CHILD - INTERNATIONAL income £153k
SOS AFRICA income £992k
PROJECT MALA CHARITABLE TRUST income £218k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MELLON EDUCATE (UK)	£535k	£60,001 - £70,000	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ERMINE EDUCATION TRUST FY2024	£3.1m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST FY2025	£103k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION FY2025	£185k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
EDUCATE A CHILD - INTERNATIONAL FY2025	£153k	£80,000 - £90,000	1	unclear	—	no doubt
SOS AFRICA FY2026	£992k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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