Malawi Relief Fund UK

Registered charity 1119600 · since 2007malawirelief.org·International, Malawi·Updated 30 October 2026

Key takeaways

Malawi Relief Fund UK works to alleviate poverty and deliver humanitarian relief in Malawi, with priorities in education, healthcare, clean water and sanitation, skills, and decent homes, so your work fits best if it is based in Malawi and falls within these areas.
The charity says it seeks working partnerships with Malawi-based NGOs that share its objectives, and it works with them to deliver projects or provides funds to further their work, so a Malawi-based organisation with a clear match to those aims is the most natural approach.
Its annual report, register entry and website publish no application process and no grant range, and the register shows no grants to institutions for its most recent reported year, so make contact first to learn whether it takes new applicants and what size of request it would consider.
Because its annual giving could not be read from the annual report, a modest, specific request is a safer starting point than a large one.

Overview

Malawi Relief Fund UK is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1119600).

Malawi Relief Fund UK is a charity registered in England and Wales that exists to relieve financial hardship and sickness, preserve good health and advance education through humanitarian work in Malawi, Africa. Its programmes cover humanitarian aid, access to education, healthcare and clean water, skills and economic development, and providing decent homes. Its reported work includes building 4,124 new houses, constructing 82 community hubs, and providing 1,685 water points, 50 hand pumps and 430 boreholes.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Malawi Relief Fund UK works to alleviate poverty and deliver humanitarian relief in Malawi, including responding to natural disasters. Its stated priorities include improving access to education, healthcare, clean water and sanitation, developing skills and promoting empowerment and economic development, and providing decent homes. The charity also describes programmes in humanitarian aid, sustainable development and support for vulnerable groups, particularly widows and orphans. It partners with organisations and NGOs based in Malawi that share its objectives, working with them to deliver projects or providing funds to further their work. Its approach combines humanitarian assistance with projects intended to improve access to essential services and support sustainable development.

Themes

Humanitarian aid
Clean water
Healthcare
Education
Economic development
Housing
Widows and orphans

Geographic Focus

Malawi; anywhere in the world.

How to apply

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

It seeks working partnerships with Malawi-based NGOs that have similar objectives.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Malawi
International

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Malawi Relief Fund UK.

Green Crescent Aid UKNo public processGave £1.4M MymalawiInvitation onlyGave £197k Hope4MalawiNo public processGave £200k Muslim AidNo public processGave £4.6M ThandizoNo public processGave £37,206 Save An OrphanNo public processGave £813k Benefit MankindNo public processGave £4.7M The Parklane FoundationNo public processGave £103k The Sai Ram TrustNo public processGave £36,632 Ahmadiyya Muslim Association United KingdomNo public process

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 December 2020	£3,320,924	£3,011,933	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2020
year to 31 December 2021	£3,413,190	£3,224,671	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2021
year to 31 December 2022	£3,657,401	£3,962,569	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2022
year to 31 December 2023	£3,630,572	£4,003,115	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2023
year to 31 December 2024	£2,875,272	£2,459,983	—	Accounts for year to 31 December 2024

— No grants figure for those years.

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.