TRANSVAAL ZIMBABWE AND BOTSWANA ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 238146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as T Z A B A, TRANSVAAL AND SOUTHERN RHODESIA MISSIONS, TRANSVAAL, RHODESIA AND BOTSWANA ASSOCIATION, TZABA

Supporting Dioceses within our mandate through prayer, finance, and communication

Objects

TO FORM A CENTRE OF FELLOWSHIP AND INFORMATION FOR PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE WORKERS IN THE ANGLICAN DIOCESES OF JOHANNESBURG PRETORIA MASHONALAND AND MATABELELAND AND ANY OTHER DIOCESE(S) WHICH MAY BE FORMED WITHIN THE TERRITORIES NAMED IN THE TITLE OF THE ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: TRANSVAAL, RHODESIA AND BOTSWANA

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£69k

Latest spending

£89k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total assets declined by £64,044 to £103,602, with unrestricted funds remaining over £100,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £20,398 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding receipts. The trustees confirmed the charity can meet its liabilities as they fall due.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Investment Income (73% of income)

“Investment Income 1 50,333” — page 7

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to meet on-going operating expenditure and obligations in the event of a significant fall in income (held: £104k)

“It is the policy of the Trustees to maintain unrestricted funds, which include the free reserves of the Trust, at a level, which, in the event of a significant fall in income, would provide sufficient funds to meet the on-going operating expenditure and obligations.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — TZABA (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

REVD CANON CARL GARNERchair
ANDREW JOHN ELSWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
JOANNA BARTON
Rachel Campbell
Right Rev. Alastair Murray Cutting · trustee of 3 other charities
VEN LIONEL WHATLEY · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Botswana · South Africa · Throughout England · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£69k	£89k
31/12/2024	£12k	£50k
31/12/2023	£17k	£79k
31/12/2022	£16k	£67k
31/12/2021	£148k	£13k

Common questions

Is TRANSVAAL ZIMBABWE AND BOTSWANA ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total assets declined by £64,044 to £103,602, with unrestricted funds remaining over £100,000. The charity reported a net deficit of £20,398 for the year, driven by charitable expenditure exceeding receipts. The trustees confirmed the charity can meet its liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.