OSCR Scottish charity profile

Classrooms For Malawi SCIO

Known as Classrooms for Malawi, CfM

ActiveCharity number SC048091
Registered23 January 2018
Main locationSouth Lanarkshire
Legal formSCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)

01 Identity

Scottish charity record

Snapshot 25 August 2026
OSCR charity number
SC048091
Status
Active
Regulatory type
Standard
Designated religious body
No
Geographical spread
UK and overseas
Volunteers
1-50 volunteers
Staff
0
Postcode
G73 2SL
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OSCR note: This charity was established to replace Classrooms for Malawi SC043390 Classrooms for Malawi SC043390 has now wound up and passed its assets and liabilities to Classrooms For Malawi SCIO SC048091 which is a SCIO

02 Purpose and work

What the charity exists to do

The charity builds classrooms in Malawi. That's why It's called Classrooms for Malawi

Charitable purposes

  • the prevention or relief of poverty
  • the advancement of education
  • the advancement of citizenship or community development

Beneficiaries

  • Children or young people

Activities

  • It carries out activities or services itself

Constitutional objectives

The SCIO believes that Education offers a sustainable route out of poverty in Malawi. As such, it will endeavour to undertake steps to carry out the following: (a) Contribute to the advancement of education in Malawi by building, refurbishing or renovating buildings necessary to improve the learning environment of Malawian children. (b) Through the work carried out, Classrooms for Malawi hope to improve education in areas which are most in need, contributing to the sustainable prevention of poverty (c) The SCIO believes that development is not only about providing buildings, money or other tangibles. Classrooms for Malawi believe that through friendship and fun with local communities in Malawi we can forge a lasting relationship which will encourage community development and citizenship for all involved in our projects overseas. (d) The achievement of friendship and fun outlined in section 2(c) may be achieved through, though not limited to, the interaction of Malawian pupils with travelling partners from Scotland and elsewhere, in a cultural exchange and local community voluntary participation in the development of the project work being undertaken.

03 Annual returns

Income and expenditure history

5 periods
Year endIncomeExpenditureStaffReturn received
30 September 2025£128,901£109,105024 June 2026
30 September 2024£105,517£111,156023 June 2025
30 September 2023£92,795£64,376028 June 2024
30 September 2022£54,740£86,100021 February 2024
30 September 2021£75,188£98,682027 June 2022

Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.

04 Contact record

Principal office or trustees address

Address supplied to OSCR
2 Kirkwood Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow
Website supplied to OSCR
www.classroomsformalawi.org
Parent charity
Not supplied

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05 Provenance

Source for this profile

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