Management Report
Malawi Student Foundation For the period ended 31 December 2025
Prepared on
01 March 2026
Malawi Student Foundation, 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS. Registered in England and Wales as Charity No 1179232
Table of Contents
Objectives and Activities ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Achievements and Performance ...................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Financial Review ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3 Structure, Governance and Management..................................................................................................................................................... 4 Reference and Administrative Details ........................................................................................................................................................... 4 Declaration ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Malawi Student Foundation, 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS. Registered in England and Wales as Charity No 1179232
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For the Period Ended 31 December 2025
Objectives and Activities
Malawi Student Foundation was established to support education projects in Malawi and to provide scholarships and grants to university students in the country. The Foundation targets students who are either at risk of dropping out of university due to financial difficulties or, despite having been selected, are unable to enrol because of poverty. In addition, the Foundation provides limited assistance to pupils at primary and secondary school level.
We confirm that the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. This guidance has been consulted when reviewing the Foundation’s aims and objectives, planning future activities, and setting scholarship policy for the period.
Achievements and Performance
During the reporting period ended 31 December 2025, the Foundation awarded one new university scholarship and has provided support to a transformative primary school project aimed at improving Standard 8 results in the Ntonda area of Ntcheu District, Malawi.
This Standard 8 school performance support, in this instance, has been channelled through Abwenzi a Ntonda Ntcheu, an association of development-minded people who come from the Ntonda area of Ntcheu district in Malawi.
A total of eight university students from our first cohort successfully completed their degree programmes. The single scholarship awarded this year represents a tentative start to a new cohort, guided by available funding. Efforts are underway to encourage our graduates to become donors to the Foundation’s education programmes, with a view to ensuring long-term sustainability.
The Foundation continues to meet its objectives, although more work is needed to raise funds for future cohorts.
Financial Review
The Foundation’s work is entirely reliant on donations. During this reporting period, the Foundation raised £7,200. To maintain and sustain all project activities at an adequate level, the Foundation needs to raise at least £500 annually.
We are confident that the organisation will carry out its full functions during the next reporting period.
Malawi Student Foundation, 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS. Registered in England and Wales as Charity No 1179232
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It is the Foundation’s policy to maintain unrestricted funds, wherever possible, at a level of at least £500. The trustees consider that reserves at this level will enable the Foundation to continue its key basic activities while exploring ways to raise additional funds. At the year end, the Foundation held unrestricted funds of £807.
In 2026, the Foundation will continue to seek further funding from private donations. This will allow the Foundation to provide a respectable number of scholarships in Malawi and maintain its key project activities. The Foundation also plans to fund the Standard 8 Primary School Improvement project in Ntonda, Ntcheu, Malawi, which is regarded as transformative.
Structure, Governance and Management
Malawi Student Foundation is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), charity number 1179232, and is governed by a Constitution dated 26 March 2018.
Every appointed trustee must be appointed for a term of three years by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. When selecting individuals for appointment, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge, and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. All trustees were reappointed in 2024.
All trustees give their time freely, and no trustee remuneration was paid in the reporting period. Trustees are required to disclose all relevant interests and withdraw from decisions where a conflict of interest arises. Trustee Dr Manila Wisten is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Charity.
Reference and Administrative Details
Charity name: Malawi Student Foundation Other name the charity uses: N/A Registered charity number: 1179232 Country of Registration: England & Wales Charity’s principal address: 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS Trustees: Angela Wisten (Chair) Yakosa Wisten Manila Wisten Email: manila.wisten@gmail.com
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Malawi Student Foundation, 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS. Registered in England and Wales as Charity No 1179232
For the Period Ended 31 December 2025
Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees:
Full name: Angela Wisten Position: Trustee (Chair) Date: 01 March 2026 Signature:
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Full name: Dr Manila Wisten Position: Trustee Date: 01 March 2026 Signature:
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Malawi Student Foundation, 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS. Registered in England and Wales as Charity No 1179232
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| Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | Charity Name | No (if any) | No (if any) | CC16a | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi Student Foundation | 1179232 | ||||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | ||||||
| 01/01/2025 | 31/12/2025 | ||||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
| to the nearest £ |
to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Donations 2025 | 7,200 | - | - | 7,200 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
7,200 | - | - | 7,200 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts | 7,200 | - | - | 7,200 | - | ||||
| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| University fees (Tuition fees and maintenance)-Isabel Hola |
500 | - | - | 500 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Std 8 Improvement Project | 6,500 | - | - | 6,500 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 7,000 | - | - | 7,000 | - | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Totalpayments | 7,000 | - | - | 7,000 | - | ||||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | 200 | - | - | 200 | - | ||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 607 | - | - | 607 | - | ||||
| Cash funds thisyear end | 807 | - | - | 807 | - |
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Malawi Student Foundation, 24 Manshaw Road, Manchester, M11 1HS. Registered in England and Wales as Charity No 1179232
For the Period Ended 31 December 2025
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Categories Details funds funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds 807 - -
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- - -
Total cash funds 807 - -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
funds funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
- - -
Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B3 Investment assets - -
- -
- -
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Fund to which Current value
Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the - -
charity’s own use - -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
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Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
B5 Liabilities -
-
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Signed by one or two trustees on Date of
behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name approval
Dr Manila Bechar Wisten 01/03/2026
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