DROSAFRICA

Charity number: 1179756
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Training of scientists in Africa

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 06 April 2024

Total income: £676
Total expenditure: £214

People

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Kenya
  • Nigeria
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda

Governance

Registration history:
  • 31 August 2018: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Dr ISABEL PALACIOS Chair 27 December 2017
None on record
Dr MARIA DOLORES MARTIN-BERMUDO Trustee 27 December 2017
None on record
Dr SILVIA MUNOZ-DESCALZO Trustee 27 December 2017
None on record
Dr MARTA VICENTE-CRESPO Trustee 27 December 2017
None on record
Dr TIMOTHY THOMAS WEIL Trustee 27 December 2017
THE COLLEGE OR HALL OF VALENCE MARY COMMONLY PEMBROKE COLLEGE IN THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 06/04/2020 06/04/2021 06/04/2022 06/04/2023 06/04/2024
Total gross income £3.00k £61 £676 £2.26k £676
Total expenditure £1.12k £1.04k £0 £1.58k £214
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 06 April 2024 24 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 06 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 06 April 2023 10 August 2024 186 days late
Accounts and TAR 06 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 06 April 2022 10 August 2024 551 days late
Accounts and TAR 06 April 2022 Not Required
Annual return 06 April 2021 01 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 06 April 2021 Not Required
Annual return 06 April 2020 15 March 2021 37 days late
Accounts and TAR 06 April 2020 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 27 DEC 2017

Charitable objects

1. THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY: - SUPPORTING AND GROWING RESEARCH CAPACITY AND IN PARTICULAR USING THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A RESEARCH MODEL (WHERE DROSOPHILA HAS AN ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR AFRICAN BIOMEDICAL STUDIES AS A POWERFUL SYSTEM FOR MODELLING HUMAN DISEASES AND INSECT-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS WHICH ALSO ALLOWS FOR RAPID, CHEAP AND THOROUGH SCREEN OF DRUGS, PLANT EXTRACTS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS IN THE SEARCH FOR DISEASE TREATMENTS); - ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY SKILLED AND MOTIVATED COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS DOING BASIC RESEARCH AND MAINTAINING A WELL-CONNECTED COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS WORKING WITH DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER IN AFRICA; - CREATING AN INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS INTEGRATED IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS; - BUILDING CAPACITY IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS BY HELPING THESE INSTITUTIONS TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE INTELLECTUAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES; 2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST SCIENTISTS) IN THE TOPICS OF GENETICS AND HEALTH INCLUDING BY PROMOTING LOCAL RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF GENETICS AND HEALTH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH. 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF APPLIED SCIENCE USING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A MODEL TO STUDY LOCALLY RELEVANT DISEASES.

Contact information

Address:
University of Cambridge
Department of Zoology
Downing Street
CAMBRIDGE
CB2 3EJ
Phone:
01223767837
Email:
No information available
Website:

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