TEARFUND

Charity number: 265464
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

TEARFUND IS A CHRISTIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMMITTED TO ERADICATING POVERTY. OUR VISION IS TO SEE PEOPLE FREED FROM POVERTY LIVING TRANSFORMED LIVES AND REACHING THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. OUR MISSION IS TO FOLLOW JESUS WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST RESPONDING TO CRISES AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO BRING RESTORATION TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£82,587,000

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Donations and legacies £81.40m
Charitable activities £613.00k
Other trading activities £2.00k
Investments £574.00k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£82,727,000

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Raising funds £13.28m
Charitable activities £69.45m
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £36,000 from 1 government contract(s) and £4,105,000 from 22 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

By clicking the investment gains checkbox the charitable spending bar is adjusted to take account of capital growth as well as income. This shows the balance the charity is striking, between spending on current beneficiaries and retaining resources for future beneficiaries.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £13.28m
Charitable expenditure £69.45m

People

1078 Employee(s)

9 Trustee(s)

1300 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 36
£70k to £80k 7
£80k to £90k 4
£90k to £100k 3
£100k to £110k 2
£110k to £120k 1

One or more of the employees were formerly trustees

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity has one or more trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Afghanistan
  • Angola
  • Bangladesh
  • Bolivia
  • Brazil
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burma
  • Burundi
  • Cambodia
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • China
  • Colombia
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Ethiopia
  • Guatemala
  • Haiti
  • Honduras
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Ivory Coast
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Laos
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mozambique
  • Nepal
  • Nicaragua
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Northern Ireland
  • Pakistan
  • Peru
  • Philippines
  • Russia
  • Rwanda
  • Scotland
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Sudan
  • Syria
  • Tanzania
  • Thailand
  • Uganda
  • United States
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 March 1973: Standard registration
  • 31 October 2018: Funds received from 1101003 SOUTH INDIAN COMMUNITY TRUST
  • 03 October 2019: Funds received from 1057238 REACH FOR RWANDA
  • 30 June 2021: Funds received from 1139724 AHAVA LOVE MINISTRIES
  • 19 November 2021: Funds received from 256318 PROSTESTANT DISSENTING CHAPEL
  • 10 July 2023: Funds received from 1006152 THE CALEB CHARITABLE TRUST
  • 12 January 2024: Funds received from 1165779 RUSHMERE CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
  • 02 April 2024: Funds received from 1048762 THE SALT COMMUNITY
  • 07 June 2024: Funds received from 1065750 NORTHERN MOOR COMMUNITY CHURCH
  • 23 December 2024: Funds received from 1180294 THE K. R. J. CHARITABLE TRUST
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • Bin Twinning (Working name)
  • TEARFUND (Working name)
  • TOILET TWINNING (Working name)
  • Twinning Unlimited (Working name)
  • TEAR FUND (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
  • Financial Conduct Authority
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

9 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Stanley Arumugam Trustee 01 January 2024
None on record
AKINYEMI OLUSESAN ODUSOLU Trustee 05 January 2022
None on record
Catherine Alison De Souza Trustee 24 September 2021
None on record
Jean Paul Ndagijimana Trustee 24 March 2021
None on record
Jayakumar Kuruvilla Christian Trustee 15 September 2020
None on record
David Wesson Trustee 04 December 2019
None on record
ANNA LASZLO Trustee 27 September 2018
None on record
STEPHANIE CLARE BIDEN Trustee 01 September 2017
None on record
JOHN DAVIDSON Trustee 01 September 2017
THE TISBURY TELEGRAPH TRUST
Received: On time
THE MACDAIBHIDH CHARITABLE TRUST
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £85.06m £81.37m £79.47m £85.38m £82.59m
Total expenditure £85.21m £77.76m £76.91m £90.29m £82.73m
Income from government contracts £675.00k £800.00k £165.00k N/A £36.00k
Income from government grants £2.52m £4.13m £2.87m £3.98m £4.11m
Income - Donations and legacies £83.62m £80.42m £79.15m £84.54m £81.40m
Income - Other trading activities £105.00k £54.00k £27.00k £18.00k £2.00k
Income - Charitable activities £1.19m £837.00k £268.00k £578.00k £613.00k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £145.00k £60.00k £32.00k £244.00k £574.00k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £5.66m £5.46m £5.81m £6.66m £5.60m
Expenditure - Charitable activities £73.03m £66.54m £64.29m £75.45m £69.45m
Expenditure - Raising funds £12.18m £11.22m £12.63m £14.85m £13.28m
Expenditure - Governance £443.00k £340.00k £354.00k £487.00k £385.00k
Expenditure - Grants institution £17.87m £18.79m £20.72m £24.11m £19.14m
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £2.48m £1.58m £1.16m £1.57m £1.47m
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £29.00m £32.00m £36.12m £31.43m £31.35m
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £5.42m £3.91m £5.05m £5.68m £5.64m

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 29 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 30 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 28 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 24 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 31 January 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 27 January 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13 NOV 1970 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23 MAR 1988 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 NOV 1993 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 NOV 1999 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 05 MAY 2004 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 SEP 2007 NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 17 JAN 2010 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 28 SEP 2016 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 31 JUL 2024 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 OCT 2024

Charitable objects

(A) THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: (1) (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AND PREVENT DISEASE AND ILL HEALTH AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD; AND (B) TO PROMOTE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND FAITH AND AS TO BOTH THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) AND (B) IN THIS SUB-CLAUSE BY WHEREVER POSSIBLE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OR THROUGH FELLOW CHRISTIANS SUCH OBJECTIVES TO BE PURSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES; (I) THE BIBLE IS THE AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD AND IS THE GUIDING RULE OF ALL CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR. (II) WHEREVER POSSIBLE THE SUPERVISION OF ANY PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE COMPANY WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF CHRISTIANS WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ETHOS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY; AND (III)THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT AT THE END OF THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WORLDWIDE

Contact information

Address:
100 CHURCH ROAD
TEDDINGTON
MIDDLESEX
TW118QE
Phone:
020 3906 3906
Email:
legal@tearfund.org
Website:

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