Teach a Man to Fish UK Limited
Analysis
Teach a Man to Fish UK Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05533946). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.
In the financial year ending December 2025, Teach a Man to Fish UK Limited reported income of £729k and spending of £666k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £1.1m to £729k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.
Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Teach a Man to Fish UK Limited sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Oratory of St Philip Neri at Birmingham (£692k), Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara Sikh Temple Derby (£729k) and King James's School Fund (£677k).
In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 82% and charitable activities 18%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £305k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.
Income and spending
Where the income comes from
- Donations 82%
- Charitable activities 18%
- Investments 0.1%
- Other 0.1%
In the charity's own words
Teach A Man To Fish supports schools to provide a more relevant education, through enterprise, empowering young people to succeed in work and in life. Our core programme, the School Enterprise Challenge, guides schools in how to set up a profitable business as an education platform for teaching young people key work & life skills.. NOTE: We do not provide grant funding to other organisations.
Similar-sized charities, same cause
| Charity | Location | Income |
|---|---|---|
| The Oratory of St Philip Neri at Birmingham | Birmingham | £692k |
| Guru Arjan Dev Gurdwara Sikh Temple Derby | Derby | £729k |
| King James's School Fund | Knaresborough | £677k |
| Ground Level Ministry Team | Lincoln | £733k |