# THE METHODIST RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 291691
- **Other names:** MRDF, THE METHODIST RELIEF AND DEVELOPMENT FUND, ALL WE CAN
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** June 17, 1985
- **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=291691


## Contact

- **Address:** Methodist Church House, 25 Tavistock Place, London
- **Postcode:** WC1H 9SF
- **Phone:** 020 3758 7700
- **Email:** info@allwecan.org.uk
- **Website:** www.allwecan.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PAY OR APPLY THE TRUST FUND TO OR FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR PURPOSES OR FOR THE BENEFIT OF SUCH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION OR FOUNDATIONS AND IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AS SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME BE DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES WITH SPECIAL REGARD FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD.

**Activities:** The Methodist Relief and Development Fund (operating as All We Can) is an international development and relief organisation, working to see every person's potential fulfilled. Focussed on serving the world's most marginalised communities, it is rooted in the Christian faith.

**Area of benefit:** ANY PART OF THE WORLD




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Bangladesh
- Ethiopia
- India
- Jordan
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
- Uganda
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2025 | £2805238 | £2920443 | £1862686 | 22 |
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £2542963 | £2970853 | £1977891 | 27 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £3211161 | £4012179 | £2376251 | 29 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £4349356 | £3987506 | £3190939 | 25 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £3649746 | £2742026 | £2883487 | 21 |



## Trustees

- **Christopher Miles Bridges Sutton** (Chair) — appointed April 30, 2019
- Alistair Martyn Johnson — appointed April 20, 2021
- Anne Mpendo — appointed April 20, 2021
- Atim Henshaw — appointed June 9, 2025
- Brian Murtagh — appointed Oct. 1, 2025
- Foday Sillah — appointed June 9, 2025
- Geoffrey Park — appointed May 8, 2019
- Holly Burton Wilkinson — appointed April 20, 2021
- Natalie Jane Newton — appointed May 31, 2019
- Rev Jongikaya Zihle DR — appointed July 23, 2020
- Rev Marcus Torchon — appointed April 25, 2023