CHANGING STARS, MALAWI

Registered charity 1183883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity of Changing Stars, Malawi exists to facilitate the advancement of education of children in Malawi. By engaging with local communities in Malawi, facilitating sponsorship of nursery and school fees and by providing and facilitating training of teachers/assistants and welfare organisations as well as providing education, resources and supplies.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN MALAWI. THIS WILL BE DONE BY ENGAGING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN MALAWI, FACILITATING SPONSORSHIP OF SCHOOL FEES AND BY PROVIDING AND FACILITATING TRAINING OF TEACHERS, CLASS ROOM ASSISTANTS AND WELFARE ORGANISATIONS AS WELL AS PROVIDING EDUCATION, RESOURCES AND SUPPLIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£122k

Latest spending

£122k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £143 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £105,891. This represents a slight decrease from the previous year's total funds of £106,034. The charity remains solvent with no current liabilities disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations and legacies

“The charity received donations of £120,979 in the year (2024: £149,468) and investment income of £890 (2024: £1,015).” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2025

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

Volunteers: 12

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Changing Stars Malawi (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/04/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (03/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Lesley Anne Dawsonchair
ALLAN DAWSON
Charles Allan Dawson
Joseph Edward Dawson
Kristin Ransome
Matthew William Dawson
NICOLA STANWORTH
Nicola Julie Frampton
Victoria Mayer
Zach Louw

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£122k	£122k
31/08/2024	£150k	£100k
31/08/2023	£130k	£84k
31/08/2022	£68k	£84k
31/08/2021	£61k	£38k

Common questions

Is CHANGING STARS, MALAWI financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £143 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £105,891. This represents a slight decrease from the previous year's total funds of £106,034. The charity remains solvent with no current liabilities disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
THE MILK AND HONEY TRUST	1	£62k
BROMLEY BAPTIST CHURCH	1	£27k
E3 INITIATIVE	1	£27k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	1	£25k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£20k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF SAINT JOHN WITH SAINT JAMES, WEST EALING	1	£14k
THE ORR MACKINTOSH FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k
THE DEO GLORIA TRUST	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with STARFISH MALAWI.

STARFISH MALAWI income £220k
FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI income £145k
BWENGU PROJECTS MALAWI income £33k
MALAWI SCHOOLS TRUST income £43k
TILINANU EDUCATION income £35k
MASAMBIRO UK income £59k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHANGING STARS, MALAWI	£122k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STARFISH MALAWI FY2025	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF SICK CHILDREN IN MALAWI FY2025	£145k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BWENGU PROJECTS MALAWI FY2025	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MALAWI SCHOOLS TRUST FY2025	£43k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TILINANU EDUCATION FY2025	£35k	—	within	—	no doubt

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