The Friends of Malawi Association Charitable Trust Fund

Analysis

The Friends of Malawi Association Charitable Trust Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending June 2025, The Friends of Malawi Association Charitable Trust Fund reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £10k to £20k (+92%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2022, when income rose by 73%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Friends of Malawi Association Charitable Trust Fund sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include York Dispensary Sick Poor Fund (£20k), Wellesbourne and District Lions Club (£20k) and Handicapped Children's Aid Committee (£20k).