MAKANI

Registered charity 1208842 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MAKANI CIC

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Latest income
£265k
Latest spending
£175k
Registered
2024
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £264,777.79 with total expenditure of £175,110.42, resulting in a surplus for the year. However, unrestricted reserves were extremely low at £615.67, which the trustees acknowledge is below their stated policy target of two months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Restricted grants from INGOs (77% of income)
“Restricted grants from INGOs constituted Makani’s most significant funding stream.” — page 41
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £616; policy: approximately two months of running costs)
“At the year end, unrestricted reserves were below the target level, reflecting the charity’s reliance on restricted funding”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lebanon · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£265k£175k

Common questions

Is MAKANI financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £264,777.79 with total expenditure of £175,110.42, resulting in a surplus for the year. However, unrestricted reserves were extremely low at £615.67, which the trustees acknowledge is below their stated policy target of two months of running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MAKANI?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAKANI as a grant recipient include DISRUPT FOUNDATION, MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
DISRUPT FOUNDATIONFY2024£60kMigrant Rights and Racial Justice
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2022£10k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2024£5k
MARIA BJORNSON MEMORIAL FUNDFY2023£5k