Independent profile · Charity Commission for England and Wales data
Open Arms Malawi is a registered charity in England & Wales. Its register classifications include education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty.
Open Arms Malawi (number 1171686) is listed as registered in the Charity Commission snapshot used here. Check the live register for its current position. Registration does not authenticate a particular fundraising appeal or establish the impact of a donation.
What does Open Arms Malawi do?
Open Arms Malawi is a charity that funds the relief of children in need in Malawi suffering from hardship, distress by reason of their social and economic circumstances by the provision of accommodation, support, education and love from birth to adulthood.
Activities reported on the official register · extract 2026-10-04.
From the annual return
Pay, income, Gift Aid and registration details for Open Arms Malawi
Answers Open Arms Malawi gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 30 June 2025, plus its register entry. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.
How much are Open Arms Malawi's highest-paid staff paid?
Open Arms Malawi's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000.
The register reports headcounts in salary bands, not names. Individual pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report.
Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?
The register records Open Arms Malawi as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid
Open Arms Malawi's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
Registration details
Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Malawi
Who it supports and how it works
Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People; Elderly/old People; People With Disabilities.
Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. These broad categories do not establish eligibility or current capacity. Use the official contact details to ask about access, referrals and service area.
What causes is Open Arms Malawi registered for?
Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Why is there no Clarity Score for Open Arms Malawi yet?
Our dataset does not yet contain the detailed filing history needed to score Open Arms Malawi.
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The register facts and available annual-return disclosures above remain useful. Payment never influences a rating.
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The register data used for this profile lists Open Arms Malawi as a registered charity (number 1171686) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Check the current register entry. A real charity number does not verify a fundraiser or appeal, and registration is not an impact rating.
What is Open Arms Malawi's charity number?
Open Arms Malawi's charity number is 1171686. Check that number on the Charity Commission register or this CharityCompare profile before you donate.
How do I check charity number 1171686?
Search 1171686 on the Charity Commission for England and Wales register or on CharityCompare. Confirm the registered name matches the organisation asking for money — scammers sometimes reuse real charity numbers.
What does Open Arms Malawi do?
Open Arms Malawi is a charity that funds the relief of children in need in Malawi suffering from hardship, distress by reason of their social and economic circumstances by the provision of accommodation, support, education and love from birth to adulthood.
Does Open Arms Malawi have reviews and complaints?
CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for Open Arms Malawi. This basic profile confirms registration and register facts. Rated charities also show a filing-based Clarity Score. For formal complaints, contact the Charity Commission for England and Wales or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.
How can I donate to Open Arms Malawi?
Open Arms Malawi's website listed in our register data is http://www.openarmsmalawi.org. Verify it against the current register before donating. CharityCompare does not process donations or take a commission; the charity's payment provider may charge fees.
How much is Open Arms Malawi's chief executive paid?
The Charity Commission register does not name individual salaries. Open Arms Malawi's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports no employees paid more than £60,000. Charities normally disclose the chief executive's pay, or the pay of their highest-paid staff, in the remuneration note of the trustees' annual report and accounts.
Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to Open Arms Malawi?
The register records Open Arms Malawi as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.
Are Open Arms Malawi's trustees paid?
Open Arms Malawi's annual return for the year ending 30 June 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.
When was Open Arms Malawi registered as a charity?
Open Arms Malawi was entered on the register on 20 February 2017.