The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Microloan Foundation

Registered charity 1104287 Registered since 2004

Operates: Malawi, United States, Zambia, Australia, Zimbabwe, South Africa

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

4 trustees on the board

5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

4
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4Education/training 1Other Charitable Purposes 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 6Health and social care 2Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

327 from 216 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.microloanfoundation.org.uk
Emailcontact@mlf.org.uk
Phone02088271688
Address1 -2 Paris Garden, LONDON, SE1 8ND

Finances

£5,609,337 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£3,045,207£2,817,845
2021£3,787,887£3,152,739
2022£5,327,658£4,763,323
2023£6,140,987£5,621,792
2024£5,609,337£5,130,882

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeopleThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIPTHE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONTHE RELIEF OF SICKNESS BY THE PROVISION WORLDWIDE OF MICROFINANCE SERVICES

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 10 JUL 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19 SEP 2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 28 JUL 2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10 DEC 2018

Trustees (4)

4trustees
57median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Microloan Foundation · 04828558 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 10/07/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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