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Friends of St James Mission and School Nyamandhlovu

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1017217FerndownHealth and saving lives
Income£27k2025-12-31
Spending£22ksame year
Spent / received96%5-year average
Size in its cause43rd pctHealth and saving lives
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Friends of St James Mission and School Nyamandhlovu is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ferndown. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Friends of St James Mission and School Nyamandhlovu reported income of £27k and spending of £22k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £24k to £27k (+9.9%), an average of +2.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of St James Mission and School Nyamandhlovu sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Christoforos Charity Foundation (£27k), Public Welfare Trust (£27k) and Kettering and District Samaritans (£27k).

Income and spending

£0£7,962£16k£24k£32k2021 Income: £24,1892021 Spending: £8,71620212022 Income: £27,5082022 Spending: £31,84920222023 Income: £25,5222023 Spending: £30,20620232024 Income: £21,6532024 Spending: £27,56520242025 Income: £26,5852025 Spending: £21,9342025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Friends of St James Mission & School, Zimbabwe (FSJMS) funds a pre school teacher salary and bursaries for able girls from the primary into the boarding school 80 km northwest of Bulawayo. We also provide school lunch for 220 Preschool/Primary pupils who live in & around St James mission between Nymandhlovu & Tsholotsho. The trustees and some committee members were teachers at the school.

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