WORKAID

Charity number: 1041574
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We are a charity based in Chesham, Buckinghamshire empowering young people in Africa (and the UK) to help themselves by developing the skills and knowledge needed to find gainful employment or start their own business. We refurbish donated tools to a high standard and ship them to training centres and self-help organisations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £411,881
Total expenditure: £540,227

People

8 Trustee(s)

176 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How the charity helps:
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 22 October 1994: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WORKAID (Working name)
Company number:
02576450 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Jane Vellacott Trustee 16 January 2025
None on record
Geoff Bellingham Trustee 16 January 2025
None on record
Martha Ware Trustee 22 July 2024
CHESHAM GRAMMAR SCHOOL FUND
Received: On time
ALL THINGS SMALL AND GREEN
Received: On time
Robert James Levine Trustee 01 August 2022
None on record
Peter Charles Joseph Chidgey Trustee 08 June 2021
None on record
Derek Stephen Moores Trustee 08 June 2021
None on record
Richard Peter Quentin Canham Trustee 27 January 2017
None on record
Kenneth George Wilcock Trustee 17 August 2015
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £438.90k £405.28k £496.36k £483.46k £411.88k
Total expenditure £455.76k £363.39k £467.00k £556.54k £540.23k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £2.60k £56.35k £15.52k £3.26k N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 05 April 2024 07 August 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 07 August 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2023 10 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 10 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2022 07 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 07 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 20 September 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 20 September 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2020 27 April 2021 81 days late
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2020 12 November 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 24 JAN 1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 21 JULY 1994, 5 MARCH 1998, 8 JUNE 2010 AND 27 JULY 2010. as amended on 24 Sep 2020

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DESTITUTION AND THE PROVISION OF PRACTICAL AID TO THOSE SUFFERING AS A RESULT OF DROUGHT, FAMINE AND DISEASE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD AND TO THIS END TO PROVIDE TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT WHICH MAY BE NEEDED TO COMBAT ANY OF THE FOREGOING

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NOT DEFINED

Contact information

Address:
Workaid
The Old Boot Factory
71 Townsend Road
Chesham
HP5 2AA
Phone:
01494775220
Email:
admin@workaid.org
Website:

workaid.org