PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA

Registered charity 297391 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARTNERS FOR CHANGE, THE ST MATTHEW'S CHILDRENS FUND

Raising funds and awareness in the UK to promote the well-being of children in their communities in Ethiopia, regardless of race or religion.

Objects

SUCH EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE OBJECTS AND PURPOSES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM OR IN ANY OTHER PART OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM AND WORLDWIDE

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Islington, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£92k
Latest spending
£93k
Registered
1987
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,235 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £35,891 to £34,656. Unrestricted reserves stood at £9,979, which is above the stated policy target of £5,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £5,000 (reserves figure: £10k)
“The trustees have agreed to hold a minimum of £5,000 as unrestricted reserves.” — page 6
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.

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 1
  • Grant-making is its main activity

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 5
  • 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

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Partners for Change Ethiopia (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Somalia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£92k£93k
31/12/2024£97k£70k
31/12/2023£81k£84k
31/12/2022£50k£60k
31/12/2021£109k£129k

Common questions

Is PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £1,235 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £35,891 to £34,656. Unrestricted reserves stood at £9,979, which is above the stated policy target of £5,000. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA as a grant recipient include ETHIOPIAID, THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUST, ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
ETHIOPIAIDFY2025£56k
THE MAURICE AND HILDA LAING CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2021£44kPromotion of Livelihood Alternatives in Debre Sino & Bishoftu - last of 3 grants
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENTFY2025£6k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£2kInternational

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
PARTNERS FOR CHANGE ETHIOPIA£92k—0unclear—no doubt
ETHIOPIAID FY2025£3.1m—0above—no doubt
PARTNERSHIP FOR GROWTH FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
THE MISSION OF HOPE FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt
AIM FOR CHANGE FY2025£51k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP (UK) FY2026£368k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.