# TEARFUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 265464
- **Other names:** TEAR FUND, Bin Twinning, TEARFUND, TOILET TWINNING, Twinning Unlimited
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 6, 1973
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=265464


## Contact

- **Address:** 100 CHURCH ROAD, TEDDINGTON, MIDDLESEX
- **Postcode:** TW118QE
- **Phone:** 020 3906 3906
- **Email:** legal@tearfund.org
- **Website:** www.tearfund.org



## Activities

**Objects:** (A) THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE: (1) (A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS AND PREVENT DISEASE AND ILL HEALTH AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE WORLD; AND (B) TO PROMOTE CHRISTIAN EDUCATION AND FAITH AND AS TO BOTH THE OBJECTIVES SET OUT IN SUB-PARAGRAPH (A) AND (B) IN THIS SUB-CLAUSE BY WHEREVER POSSIBLE WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OR THROUGH FELLOW CHRISTIANS SUCH OBJECTIVES TO BE PURSUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING PRINCIPLES; (I) THE BIBLE IS THE AUTHORITATIVE WORD OF GOD AND IS THE GUIDING RULE OF ALL CHRISTIAN BELIEF AND BEHAVIOUR. (II) WHEREVER POSSIBLE THE SUPERVISION OF ANY PROJECT SUPPORTED BY THE COMPANY WILL BE IN THE HANDS OF CHRISTIANS WHO WHOLEHEARTEDLY SUPPORT THE ETHOS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE COMPANY; AND (III)THE STATEMENT OF FAITH SET OUT AT THE END OF THESE ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION.

**Activities:** TEARFUND IS A CHRISTIAN RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT AGENCY COMMITTED  TO ERADICATING POVERTY. OUR VISION IS TO SEE PEOPLE FREED FROM  POVERTY LIVING TRANSFORMED LIVES AND REACHING THEIR GOD-GIVEN POTENTIAL. OUR MISSION IS TO FOLLOW JESUS WHERE THE NEED IS GREATEST RESPONDING TO CRISES AND PARTNERING WITH LOCAL CHURCHES TO BRING RESTORATION TO PEOPLE LIVING IN POVERTY.

**Area of benefit:** WORLDWIDE




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Religious Activities
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Afghanistan
- Angola
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burma
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Iraq
- Ivory Coast
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Laos
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Scotland
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- Sudan
- Syria
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Uganda
- United States
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £80238000 | £77667000 | £29750000 | 893 |
| March 31, 2024 | £82587000 | £82727000 | £27179000 | 1078 |
| March 31, 2023 | £85382000 | £90292000 | £27319000 | 1057 |
| March 31, 2022 | £79474000 | £76914000 | £32229000 | 1088 |
| March 31, 2021 | £81367000 | £77756000 | £29669000 | 1237 |



## Trustees

- AKINYEMI OLUSESAN ODUSOLU — appointed Jan. 5, 2022
- ANNA LASZLO — appointed Sept. 27, 2018
- Alfred Weyers Biehler — appointed May 23, 2025
- Andrew Fraser Mackie — appointed May 23, 2025
- Catherine Alison De Souza — appointed Sept. 24, 2021
- David Wesson — appointed Dec. 4, 2019
- Jayakumar Kuruvilla Christian — appointed Sept. 15, 2020
- Jean Paul Ndagijimana — appointed March 24, 2021
- STEPHANIE CLARE BIDEN — appointed Sept. 1, 2017
- Tracy  Jane Cotterell — appointed June 10, 2025