MICROLOAN FOUNDATION
Activities
As described by the charity on the register
We are a not-for-profit microfinace institution focussing on sub-saharan africa. Our mission is to significantly reduce the depth and breadth of poverty in the communities within which we operate. We do this by lending money to groups of rural women to help them build sustainable businesses, and by providing meaningful training and ongoing mentoring support.
Latest income
£5.6m
Expenditure
£5.1m
Financial year end
2024-12-31
Income & spending history
As reported to the Charity Commission, by financial year end
| Year end | Income | Expenditure | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-12-31 | £3.0m | £2.8m | |
| 2021-12-31 | £3.8m | £3.2m | |
| 2022-12-31 | £5.3m | £4.8m | |
| 2023-12-31 | £6.1m | £5.6m | |
| 2024-12-31 | £5.6m | £5.1m |
Latest detailed return
Year end 2024-12-31 · consolidated (group) figures
Income mix
| Donations & legacies | £1.1m |
| Charitable activities | £4.4m |
| Trading | £0 |
| Investment income | £107k |
| Total income | £5.6m |
Spending
| Charitable spend | £4.8m |
| Raising funds | £369k |
| Grants to institutions | £0 |
| Governance | £0 |
| Total expenditure | £5.1m |
Balance sheet
| Reserves | £456k |
| Total funds | £2.2m |
| — restricted | £109k |
| — unrestricted | £2.1m |
| — endowment | £0 |
| Total assets | £2.2m |
| Cash | £399k |
People
| Employees | 327 |
Classification
The charity's own register classification
What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who it helps
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How it works
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Other Finance
Source: Charity Commission for England and Wales register, 2026-07-28. Detailed figures as filed in the charity's annual return. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.