BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The Board continues to maintain strong oversight of the financial position of the Group through its Finance & Audit Committee (FAC). The FAC meets quarterly to review the financial results, budgetary variances, foreign exchange impact on currency levels and risk register to ensure that long term decisions are informed by a review of upcoming expenditure, expected donation income and upcoming financial requirements of the charity. A regular review is carried out of expected donation income and sustainability of restricted and unrestricted sources of donations and grants. As of February 2025, the unrestricted funds balance was £345,084, (2024: £433,044) and restricted funds were £950,866 (2024: £944,431), supported by a cash balance of £762,881(2024: £910,095).. The trustees believe that the current liquidity and income levels are sufficient for the charity to remain a Going Concern for at least 12 months from the date of these financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BUILD IT INTERNATIONAL · parent
   1. BII Zambia Ltd 100% · Zambia

Significant events

• “Introducing our new strategy 2025-2028”
• “In April 2024, we celebrated welcoming our 100th group of trainees!”
• “2024 marked a major step forward in gender representation”
• “On 4 July 2024, we celebrated the graduation of four 2023 cohorts”
• “Building Safer Futures: Health and Safety Training workshop on 30 October 2024”
• “Zambia's ongoing energy crisis, caused by drought, has severely reduced the country's production of hydropower leading to major power cuts.”
• “Completion of Chisamba Rural Health Centre project”
• “Completion of Mwachisompola Primary School project”
• “In February 2024, completed a six-month pilot with the Government of Ireland to strengthen women's participation in construction.”
• “In May 2024, launched a three-year partnership with the Government of Ireland to build a more gender diverse, skilled, and sustainable construction industry in Zambia.”
• “In 2024, Build It proudly affiliated with WorldSkills Zambia, joining the National Partners - Corporate Partners membership category.”
• “Build It graduate Dalitso Zulu clinched first place in the Tiling competition!”
• “ReHEATZ project: Build It is supporting by training graduates to fabricate and maintain systems locally.”
• “CIDRZ funding commitment for 10 young women withdrawn in February 2025 due to USAID global funding review.”
• “Working with the Swiss NGO, SolidarMed on the PEGISUS programme.”
• “In 2024, Build It joined the CSR Network Zambia.”
• “We secured £856,195 income in 2024 (2023 = £1.230M).”
• “The drop in income from the previous year is primarily due to a large one-off endowment received in 2023, as well as an expected reduction in an annual grant from a long-term donor.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

5

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -30.4%

  £1,230,323 → £856,195

• Cash

  -49.8%

  £1,010,508 → £507,437

• Net assets

  -5.4%

  £1,496,955 → £1,415,463

• Employees

  +9.1%

  22 → 24

• Profit before tax

  -136.9%

  £269,014 → -£99,356

• Wages

  -10.6%

  £430,360 → £384,595

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers