MALAWI ASSOCIATION FOR CHRISTIAN SUPPORT CIO

Registered charity 1188309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MACS

to promote any charitable purpose in Malawi including the advancement of education, the relief of poverty, sickness and distress, the preservation and protection of health and the advancement of the Christian religion particularly by supporting the pastoral work of the churches and the support of charitable Christian institutions in that country. and such other charitable purposes

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE IN MALAWI INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION PARTICULARLY BY SUPPORTING THE PASTORAL WORK OF THE CHURCHES AND THE SUPPORT OF CHARITABLE CHRISTIAN INSTITUTIONS IN THAT COUNTRY.SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE.

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

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Registered contact address: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £8,986 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. Total income decreased significantly to £109,523 from £258,593, while total expenditure fell to £118,509 from £207,548. Despite the deficit, unrestricted reserves stood at £33,169, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of £6,533.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 16/02/2023, 16 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Adrian Brown · trustee of 1 other charity
• Colin Gardner
• Eileen Eggington
• Felicity Shoesmith · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gillian Barber
• Jonathan Cheal · trustee of 1 other charity
• Julie Lupton
• Margaret Campbell
• Martin Herrick
• Sally Dow

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster · Malawi

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• SALTMALAWI TRUST income £31k
• MEDIC MALAWI income £53k
• The Malawi Scholarship Programme income £99k
• MYMALAWI income £212k
• MALAWI COMMUNITY HUBS income £203k
• MICAH CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES income £217k

Side by side with its peers

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