BUSKAID

Charity number: 1015089
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Buskaid runs a Music School in Soweto, teaching violin, viola, cello and double bass to more than eighty young musicians aged between 4 and 25. Funds for the School are raised through charitable trusts in South Africa, the USA and the UK. In addition, Buskaid has supported students from the Music School who have been successful in gaining places for tertiary study at music college in the UK.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £19,918
Total expenditure: £9,566

People

3 Trustee(s)

3 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • South Africa

Governance

Registration history:
  • 06 November 1992: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:
  • BUSKAID UK (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PAUL BOUCHER Trustee 02 July 2015
None on record
HENRIETTA WAYNE Trustee
None on record
ROSEMARY NALDEN MBE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £19.78k £12.25k £29.48k £13.82k £19.92k
Total expenditure £29.66k £11.61k £37.47k £8.14k £9.57k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A 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 31 December 2023 30 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2022 24 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 31 October 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 21 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 Not Required
Annual return 31 December 2019 30 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 Not Required
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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.

TRUST DEED DATED 7 OCTOBER 1992

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC BY PROMOTING THE PERFORMANCE AND APPRECIATION OF EUROPEAN CLASSICAL MUSIC SYMPHONIC CHORAL AND CHAMBER PARTICULARLY IN THE TOWNSHIPS OF SOUTH AFRICA BY RESIDENTS OF SUCH TOWNSHIPS AND THE WORLDWIDE PUBLIC APPRECIATION OF SUCH PERFORMANCES AND GENERALLY TO PROMOTE CLASSICAL MUSICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL TRAINING TOGETHER WITH TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRAFTSMEN AND OTHERS TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN CLASSICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS OF RESIDENTS OF SUCH TOWNSHIPS; AND TO PROMOTE LIKE ACTIVITIES IN OTHER IMPOVERISHED REGIONS OF THE WORLD

Area of benefit

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

THE TOWNSHIPS OF SOUTH AFRICA

Contact information

Address:
10 Dryden Court
Parkleys
RICHMOND
Surrey
TW10 5LJ
Phone:
07895110469
Email:
administrator@buskaid.co.uk
Website:

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