BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT

Registered charity 1198116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.2m

Registered

2022

We have not yet analysed this charity’s accounts. Register data shown below.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/04/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.2m

Cost of raising funds

£21k

Reserves (reported)

£649k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

Suzanne Shawchair · trustee of 1 other charity
Catherine Margaret Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
Gladstone Solomon
Loic Fossiez
Megan Denver
Michael Krefta · trustee of 1 other charity
Ole Hertz
PAUL BERNARD SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Ghana · India · Malawi · Peru · Sierra Leone · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£1.1m	£1.2m
30/04/2024	£1.8m	£1.0m
30/04/2023	£212k	£57k

Common questions

Who funds BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name BEES FOR DEVELOPMENT as a grant recipient include HANDSPARK CHARITABLE TRUST, THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, DIDYMUS, CHK Foundation.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
HANDSPARK CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£16k
THE TRAVERS COX CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	FY2025	£10k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	FY2024	£10k
DIDYMUS	FY2024	£10k
DIDYMUS	FY2023	£10k
CHK Foundation	FY2024	£5k
SUSANNA PEAKE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2025	£200