MBEDZA PROJECTS SUPPORT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 8 July 2015
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 6 April 2024 – 5 April 2025
Latest income: £162,966
Latest expenditure: £169,986
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 11 Bayswater Square, Stafford, ST18 0YH

Website recorded by the regulator: www.mbedza.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Mbedza Projects Support exists to prevent and relieve poverty in Malawi, in particular but not exclusively by: Providing resources to support HIV education, testing and counselling.Creating sustainable environments through tree planting and other projects.Providing more equitable access to education.Improving livelihoods through stove building.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 26 August 2025
Date Accounts Received: 26 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £162,966
Total Gross Expenditure: £169,986

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 29 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £169,172
Total Gross Expenditure: £162,586

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 14 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 14 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £104,404
Total Gross Expenditure: £108,243

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 8 December 2022
Date Accounts Received: 8 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £97,202
Total Gross Expenditure: £92,925

Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 5 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 18 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 18 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £82,472
Total Gross Expenditure: £78,503

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2025
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2026
Ar Received Date: 26 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £162,966
Total Gross Expenditure: £169,986
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 7

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2024
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2025
Ar Received Date: 29 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £169,172
Total Gross Expenditure: £162,586
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 4

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2023
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £104,404
Total Gross Expenditure: £108,243
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2022
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2023
Ar Received Date: 8 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £97,202
Total Gross Expenditure: £92,925
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Agreement Professional Fundraiser: Yes
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £2,541
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 6 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 5 April 2021
Ar Due Date: 5 February 2022
Ar Received Date: 18 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £82,472
Total Gross Expenditure: £78,503
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £2
Income From Government Grants: £32,892
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 10

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Malawi
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: MBEDZA PROJECTS SUPPORT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2015-07-08T00:00:00

Charity Name: MBEDZA PROJECTS SUPPORT
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2024-06-06T00:00:00
Reason: Transfer of funds
Assoc Organisation Number: 4019846
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1113826
Assoc Charity Name: MALAWIAN ORPHANS SPONSORED EDUCATION SCHEME

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 08/06/2015
Charitable Objects: THE OBJECT OF THE CHARITY IS THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN MALAWI, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:. PROVIDING ASSISTANCE TO GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS SUFFERING FROM HARDSHIP.. PROVIDING RESOURCES TO SUPPORT HIV EDUCATION, TESTING AND COUNSELLING.. PROVIDING INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS WITH EQUIPMENT, TRAINING AND OTHER RESOURCES IN ORDER TO LIVE MORE SUSTAINABLY.. PROVIDE RESOURCES SUCH AS STOVES, MOSQUITO NETS AND BOREHOLES IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE HEALTH AND WELLBEING OF MALAWIANS.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

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Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures