DOMINICA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER FUND

Charity Number: 1001492
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

The principal objects of the FUND are: i) To relieve persons in Dominica/Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local natural disasters. ii) To relieve persons in the United Kingdom and elsewhere who have suffered in a similar way. Activities are primarily the organisation of the Dominica Independence Cenebrations in the UK.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £1,681
Total expenditure: £1,968

People

8 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
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout London

Governance

Registration history:
  • 10 January 1991: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • DNDF (Working name)
  • DOMINICA FIRST (Working name)
  • Dominica National Development & Disaster Fund (DNDDF/Dominica Diaspora Fund) (Working name)
  • DOMINICA NATURAL DISASTER FUND (Previous name)
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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
VINCENT Michael JOHN BA MA MBA Chair 01 January 1990
None on record
Kathleen MacLean Trustee 06 March 2020
None on record
Ingrid Grant Trustee 16 September 2019
THE DOMINICA (UK) ASSOCIATION
Received: On time
Rochdale Alexis Trustee 06 July 2018
None on record
George Henry Joseph Trustee 06 July 2018
None on record
MARVLYN GREENAWAY Trustee 19 May 2016
None on record
JOSEPH VIDAL Trustee 07 December 2011
DOMINICA OVERSEA NATIONALS ASSOCIATION AID - DOMINICA DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Received: On time
ETHELCA BRAND OBE, MBE Trustee
DOMINICA OVERSEA NATIONALS ASSOCIATION AID - DOMINICA DEVELOPMENT TRUST
Received: On time
UNITED ANGLO CARIBBEAN SOCIETY
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £6.59k £154 £402 £2.86k £1.68k
Total expenditure £3.72k £633 £583 £4.06k £1.97k
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 March 2024 22 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 26 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 30 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 30 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 15 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 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.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20/07/1990 AS AMENDED ON 16/09/2011

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, WEST INDIES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATURAL DISASTERS (2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN A SIMILAR WAY. (3) TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS CONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING AS MAY BE ADOPTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE MANAGEMENT BOARD.

Area of benefit

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

DOMINICA/COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA,UK & ELSEWHERE.

Contact information

Address:
1 Collingham Gardens
Earls Court
LONDON
SW5 0HW
Phone:
07712894518
Email:
dominica2df@gmail.com
Website:

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