KIZAZI

Registered charity 1187749 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Kizazi builds enduring capacity in local education organizations to launch and scale breakthrough school models. We work with teams of committed and talented local education leaders from the earliest stages of designing and launching great new school networks. We also provide support to established organizations to strengthen and codify their models so they can be effectively scaled.

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Latest income

£501k

Latest spending

£554k

Registered

2020

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £52,811 and negative unrestricted reserves of £81,214. The trustees attribute this to delays in securing sufficient unrestricted income and note that the deficit was covered by surplus released from restricted grants in early 2025. The charity maintains a reserves policy to cover short-term liabilities but acknowledges the need to expand unrestricted revenue sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-81k; policy: sufficient unrestricted and restricted reserves to cover the charity's short-term liabilities)

“The trustees recognise the deficit in net unrestricted reserves which was caused by delays in securing sufficient unrestricted income.” — page 14

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£501k

Total spending

£554k

Reserves (reported)

£0

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 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 (90% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Nicholas Anthony Canningchair
Folasade Adefisayo
Larisa Hovannisian
Veda Sunassee

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

Operates in: Armenia · India · Nigeria · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£501k	£554k
31/12/2023	£589k	£604k
31/12/2022	£371k	£446k
31/12/2021	£338k	£288k
31/12/2020	£236k	£206k

Common questions

Is KIZAZI financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the financial year with a net deficit of £52,811 and negative unrestricted reserves of £81,214. The trustees attribute this to delays in securing sufficient unrestricted income and note that the deficit was covered by surplus released from restricted grants in early 2025. The charity maintains a reserves policy to cover short-term liabilities but acknowledges the need to expand unrestricted revenue sources. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KIZAZI?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KIZAZI as a grant recipient include ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, GLOBAL SCHOOLS FORUM.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£20k	Overseas education
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£10k
GLOBAL SCHOOLS FORUM	FY2025	£5k	Grants payable

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
GILMOOR BENEVOLENT FUND LIMITED	2	£456k
CMZ LTD	2	£302k
FRIENDS OF WMSBG-KOLEL DAMESEK ELIEZER	2	£297k
E AND E KERNKRAUT CHARITIES LIMITED	2	£100k
UOHC SUPERVISION LTD	2	£72k
SHAAREI RACHAMIM LIMITED	2	£49k
HOPEGROVE	2	£40k
STARVIEW CHARITY	2	£26k

Charities like this

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

CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD income £772k
EDUCATION FOR LIFE income £231k
ABLAZE A BUSINESS LEARNING ACTION ZONE FOR EDUCATION income £267k
VIZNITZ LIMITED income £702k
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST income £1.5m
LIVE AND LEARN income £984k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KIZAZI	£501k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
CAUSEWAY EDUCATION LTD FY2025	£772k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
EDUCATION FOR LIFE FY2025	£231k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
ABLAZE A BUSINESS LEARNING ACTION ZONE FOR EDUCATION FY2025	£267k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
VIZNITZ LIMITED FY2025	£702k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
AL RISALAH EDUCATION TRUST FY2025	£1.5m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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