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The Mlambe Project

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1160518HampshirePoverty relief
Income£87k2025-08-31
Spending£55ksame year
Spent / received94%5-year average
Size in its cause64th pctPoverty relief
Registered2015CIO
Employees–latest return

Analysis

The Mlambe Project is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in February 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending August 2025, The Mlambe Project reported income of £87k and spending of £55k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £65k to £87k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Mlambe Project sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Green Lane Community Centre (GLCC) (£87k), Shree Aden Depala Mitramandal - UK (£87k) and Gospel Community Church Newcastle (£87k).

Income and spending

£0£22k£44k£65k£87k2021 Income: £64,7252021 Spending: £74,85720212022 Income: £51,6572022 Spending: £71,88020222023 Income: £52,2102023 Spending: £41,69720232024 Income: £83,5272024 Spending: £74,67820242025 Income: £87,3222025 Spending: £55,4272025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

THE MLAMBE PROJECT COMBINES SUSTAINABLE BUILDING TECHNIQUES FOR EDUCATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE CONSTRUCTION WITH EDUCATIONAL INITIATIVES ONCE THIS INFRASTRUCTURE IS ASSEMBLED. THE CHARITY IS BASED IN THE UK AND IS RUN BY UK VOLUNTEERS BUT OPERATES IN MALAWI.

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CharityLocationIncome
Green Lane Community Centre (GLCC)Dagenham£87k
Shree Aden Depala Mitramandal - UKLondon£87k
Gospel Community Church NewcastleNewcastle Upon Tyne£87k
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Mid-Wyedean ChurchesColeford£87k