RHIZA UK
Rhiza UK raises funds to support the work of Rhiza, which operates in South Africa, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi, providing community-based education, health care, skills development and employment programmes for underprivileged people in the disadvantaged communities. Rhiza UK monitors and exercises control to make sure that grants are spent according to agreed charitable purposes.
Objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN LOW INCOME AREAS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO RELIEVE POVERTY FOR POOR PEOPLE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 0 AND 35.
Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts
The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, resulting in a clean report with no material matters identified. The examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records. No specific financial figures or reserves were disclosed in the provided text.
What the accounts disclose
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Conflicting interests
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 28/02/2026
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024
- Trustee benefits, answered Yes to: any trustee benefit
- Grant-making is its main activity
Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023
- Volunteers: 2
- Grant-making is its main activity
Trustees
- Tracey Pepplerchair
- Kelvin Ronald Glen
- Robbert Popken
- Ryan Stuart Harrison
- Susan Kwamboka Okioma
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 28/02/2026 | £106k | £100k |
| 31/12/2024 | £136k | £131k |
| 31/12/2023 | £36k | £36k |
| 31/12/2022 | £0 | £0 |
| 31/12/2021 | £847 | £0 |
Common questions
Is RHIZA UK financially healthy?
Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, resulting in a clean report with no material matters identified. The examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accorded with those records. No specific financial figures or reserves were disclosed in the provided text. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds RHIZA UK?
Funders whose own accounts filings name RHIZA UK as a grant recipient include H C D MEMORIAL FUND, MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST.
Known funders
| Funder | Year | Amount | Purpose (as stated by the funder) |
|---|---|---|---|
| H C D MEMORIAL FUND | FY2023 | £25k | Health |
| MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST | FY2025 | £6k | Kenya |
| MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST | FY2023 | £5k |
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST | 1 | £5k |
| COVENANT LIFE CHURCH LEICESTER | 1 | £3k |
| THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ALL SAINTS LIGHTWATER | 1 | £3k |
| THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUST | 1 | £1k |
| GILCHRIST EDUCATIONAL TRUST | 1 | £1k |
| MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST | 1 | £1k |
Charities like this
- RISE AFRICA UK
- THE KIMBUTA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UK)
- Sherwood Wellbeing Trust
- DOROTHEA MISSION (UK)
- RHINO ARK UK
- RAINBOW TRUST AFRICA
Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RHIZA UK | £106k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| RISE AFRICA UK | £96k | — | — | above | — | no doubt |
| THE KIMBUTA RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (UK) | £40k | — | 0 | unclear | — | noted |
| Sherwood Wellbeing Trust | £87k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| DOROTHEA MISSION (UK) | £31k | — | — | unclear | — | no doubt |
| RHINO ARK UK | £252k | — | 0 | unclear | 5.1% | no doubt |