Registered charity 1085470

"Zisize" the Heaton Lee Memorial Trust

What it does

Educational resource centre and feeding programme in Ingwavuma, Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Its charitable purposes

1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF LEVELS OF EDUCATION BY: -A) THE ESTABLISHMENT OF RESOURCE CENTRES, WHICH WILL ACT AS ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING: - I) A LENDING LIBRARY WHERE BOOKS, TOYS AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS CAN BE BORROWED FOR USE BY CHILDREN OR ADULTS WORKING WITH CHILDREN.II) A REFERENCE LIBRARY WHERE TEACHERS CAN ACCESS MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT TO CREATE THEIR OWN RESOURCESIII) A PLACE WHERE CHILDREN WHO HAVE MISSED A LOT OF SCHOOLING CAN BE GIVEN INDIVIDUAL HELPIV) A PLACE WHERE ADULTS WISHING TO FURTHER THEIR EDUCATION CAN ACCESS LIBRARY FACILITIES AND CAN RECEIVE HELP IF REQUIREDOR V) WILL FULFIL ANY OTHER FUNCTION WHICH THE TRUSTEES DEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE MAIN OBJECTB) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO ASSIST COMMUNITIES TO BUILD OR RENT NECESSARY CLASSROOMS, WHEN FUNDS ARE NOT AVAILABLE FROM ANY OTHER SOURCEC) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO BUILD RESOURCE CENTRES, WHERE NO ALTERNATIVE ACCOMMODATION IS AVAILABLE AND TO MAINTAIN BUILDINGS PROVIDED BY THE COMMUNITY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A RESOURCE CENTRE.D) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO PAY SUBSISTENCE ALLOWANCES AND TRAVEL/HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS, WHERE NECESSARY AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, TO ENABLE VOLUNTEERS FROM BRITAIN AND PARTICULARLY SOUTH WALES AND LANCASHIRE, TO INITIATE PROJECTS OR ASSIST COMMUNITIES IN ANY EXISTING EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT OR PROJECT.E) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO INDIVIDUAL SCHOOLS WHERE THERE IS A SPECIAL NEED OR WHERE A DONOR HAS REQUESTED THAT THEIR MONEY BE USED IN THAT WAY.F) THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES, TO ENABLE YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS WITHOUT FINANCIAL MEANS, WHO LIVE IN RURAL COMMUNITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA TO ACCESS FURTHER EDUCATION.G) THE FORGING OF LINKS BETWEEN SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM. 2) TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN RURAL AREAS BY: -A) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS (DONATION OR INTEREST FREE LOAN) OR PERSONNEL, TO INITIATE SMALL SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS WHICH WILL GENERATE INCOME IN POOR COMMUNITIES WITH FEW EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.B) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO RECEIVE TRAINING WHICH WILL BENEFIT A PROJECT IN THEIR COMMUNITY OR IN GENERAL.C) THE PROVISION OF FUNDS TO ATTRACT PROJECTS WHICH WILL BRING WATER, ELECTRICITY OR TOILET FACILITIES TO A COMMUNITY.D) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION REGARDING WELFARE BENEFITS AND THE LOAN OF FUNDS TO ENABLE THOSE ENTITLED TO BENEFIT, TO PURCHASE THE LEGAL EVIDENCE NECESSARY TO OBTAIN THEIR ENTITLEMENT.E) ANY MEANS WHICH THE TRUSTEES DEEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS AND ETHOS OF THE CHARITY.

From its governing document, as recorded on the register.

Causes

What it works on: Education and training
Overseas aid and famine relief
Who it helps: Children and young people
How it works: Makes grants to organisations
Provides staff or volunteers
Provides buildings, facilities or open space

The charity chose these from the Charity Commission's list.

Where it works

Elsewhere

South Africa

Area of benefit in its governing document: Rural Communities in South Africa

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

Income and spending

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £16,193 and spent £20,515.

Income, spending, staff and volunteers by financial year
Year ending	Income	Spending	Paid staff	Volunteers
31 March 2025	£16,193	£20,515	Not reported	1
31 March 2024	£22,794	£15,070	Not reported	1
31 March 2023	£24,968	£17,787	Not reported	1
31 March 2022	£19,975	£26,194	Not reported	1
31 March 2021	£24,819	£15,706	Not reported	1

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

Financial position

Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.

Income over time: Down 35%, from £24,819 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £16,193 in the year to 31 March 2025.
Spending against income: It spent 127% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government funding, as the charity reported it

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

Income from government grants and contracts by financial year
Year ending	Government grants	Government contracts
31 March 2025	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2024	Not reported	Not reported
31 March 2023	Not reported	Not reported

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Trustees

4 trustees run the charity.

David Cooper
David Neil Watkins
Karyl Marie Mann
Menna Jenkins

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Filing record

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

When each year's annual return and accounts were due and received
Year ending	Due	Annual return	Accounts
31 March 2025	31 January 2026	Received 9 January 2026, 22 days early	Not required
31 March 2024	31 January 2025	Received 13 November 2024, 79 days early	Not required
31 March 2023	31 January 2024	Received 24 January 2024, 7 days early	Not required
31 March 2022	31 January 2023	Received 9 October 2022, 114 days early	Not required
31 March 2021	31 January 2022	Received 8 December 2021, 54 days early	Not required

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

About this charity

Charity number: 1085470
Status: Registered
Registered with the Commission: 9 March 2001
Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 29 MARCH 1999
Website: www.zisize.org.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.
Council area of its contact address: Monmouthshire

Sources

Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.

Elsewhere in the Edau family

Year ending

Income

Spending

Paid staff

Volunteers

31 March 2025

£16,193

£20,515

Not reported

31 March 2024

£22,794

£15,070

Not reported

31 March 2023

£24,968

£17,787

Not reported

31 March 2022

£19,975

£26,194

Not reported

31 March 2021

£24,819

£15,706

Not reported

Year ending

Government grants

Government contracts

31 March 2025

Not reported

31 March 2024

Not reported

31 March 2023

Not reported

Year ending

Due

Annual return

Accounts

31 March 2025

31 January 2026

Received 9 January 2026, 22 days early

Not required

31 March 2024

31 January 2025

Received 13 November 2024, 79 days early

Not required

31 March 2023

31 January 2024

Received 24 January 2024, 7 days early

Not required

31 March 2022

31 January 2023

Received 9 October 2022, 114 days early

Not required

31 March 2021

31 January 2022

Received 8 December 2021, 54 days early

Not required