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Makomborero

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1122176SidcupHealth and saving lives
Income£154k2025-03-31
Spending£203ksame year
Spent / received101%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2008Trust
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Makomborero is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sidcup. It was registered in January 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Makomborero reported income of £154k and spending of £203k, spending 132% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £132k to £154k (+17%), an average of +4.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 33%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Makomborero sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Northampton Diocesan Priest's Fund (£154k), British Friends of Mishan L'choleh (£154k) and Zion City Tabernacle (£154k).

Income and spending

£0£51k£102k£152k£203k2021 Income: £131,7352021 Spending: £141,35420212022 Income: £147,8802022 Spending: £157,46920222023 Income: £196,9412023 Spending: £192,43520232024 Income: £184,4012024 Spending: £129,98720242025 Income: £154,1352025 Spending: £203,1012025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

Makomborero (which means "blessings" in the local Zimbabwean language, Shona) is a UK registered charity that helps relieve poverty in Africa through the education of its children. Makomborero achieves this by investing time and money in disadvantaged communities in Zimbabwe, enabling talented students to fulfil their potential and providing them with hope and a future.

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The Northampton Diocesan Priest's FundNorthampton£154k
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