Ripple Effect International

Registered charity 299717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Ripple Effect, SEND A COW, SEND A COW LIMITED, SEND A COW STOCKAID LTD, SENDACOW STOCKAID LTD · also registered in Scotland as SC049792 (OSCR)

Work in six countries in Africa to provide a package of on-going support and practical training over three to five years, including training in farming skills, gender equality, sanitation and money management . alongside the provision of livestock and tools - to ensure that some of Africa's most marginalised people have the confidence, knowledge and skills to help themselves.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net surplus of £308,233 for the year, with total income rising to £12.6 million. However, the trustees report that actual free reserves of £0.4 million were below the stated policy target of £0.7 million, though they plan to return to the target by June 2026.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by HaysMac LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Paul Stuart — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Jersey Overseas Aid — “Ripple Effect has been delivering dairy for development projects with the support of Jersey Overseas Aid since 2016.” (source page)
• Riverford Organic Farmers — “Our partnership with Riverford Organic Farmers began in 2010, grounded in a shared commitment to sustainable agriculture. Much of Riverford’…” (source page)

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 10.1% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (05/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Gillam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Elizabeth Sarah Brunwin · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lois Muraguri · trustee of 1 other charity
• Patricia Napier
• Peter Jeffries
• Prina Rasikbhai Patel
• SIMON ROBERT GILL
• Shallin Chikoto
• Timothy Passey

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

Operates in: Burundi · Ethiopia · Kenya · Rwanda · Uganda · Zambia

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• RIPPLE AFRICA income £2.8m
• RIFT VALLEY RESEARCH LIMITED income £4.6m
• WOMEN FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £4.8m
• REACHING THE UNREACHED income £773k
• TOOLS FOR SELF RELIANCE income £699k
• WELL GROUNDED LIMITED income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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