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tools for self reliance

The charity supports children and young people, elderly people, people with disabilities, other defined groups, and the general public. Tools For Self Reliance is a registered charity whose purpose is education and training. It delivers its work by providing services. The charity is based in Southampton and operates in Ghana, Malawi, and various other locations.


This page summarises publicly available information about the charity, including its activities, beneficiaries, and registration details, based on official records.

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Activities & Mission

Our overall mission is to contribute to poverty reduction in Africa by working with partner organisations and our supporters in the UK to empower people to build viable and sustainable livelihoods through the delivery of skills training and through the provision of tools for their trades.We have a network of over 800 UK volunteers who contribute by refurbishing tools.

Fundraising

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Financial Information

Latest Income
£698,770
Latest Expenditure
£767,421

Financial Efficiency

Program Ratio 91.0%
% of income going directly to charitable activities
Overall Efficiency 82.9%
% of expenditure going to programs (vs overhead)
Administrative Ratio 17.9%
Overhead (fundraising + governance) as % of total expenditure

Latest Financial Breakdown

Income Sources

Donations & Legacies £288,621
Charitable Activities £264,811
Other Trading £73,146
Investments £72,192
Other Income £0

Expenditure Categories

Charitable Expenditure £636,085
Raising Funds £131,336
Governance £6,376
Grants to Institutions £0
Other Expenditure £0

Financial Trend

Annual Returns

Financial YearIncomeExpenditureCharitable SpendingNet AssetsReservesStaff
2024£698,770£767,421£636,085£1,260,153£140,06910 / 350
2023£758,796£802,492£640,307£878,804£153,67911 / 400
2022£778,872£916,132£729,258£922,500£111,69711 / 449
2021£764,313£712,334£556,637£1,059,760£114,83110 / 640
2020£680,260£632,643£514,292£952,781£129,88910 / 640

Staff column shows: Employees / Volunteers