SOS SAHEL INTERNATIONAL UK

Charity number: 296311
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

SOS Sahel International UK exists to find meaningful solutions to the poverty experienced by millions of people across the semi-arid lands of the African Sahel. It aims to find innovative ways to help groups challenge marginalisation and secure their rights, bring the facts about poverty in the Sahel to the attention of those able to act and strengthen development practice in the Sahel.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2022

Total income: £20
Total expenditure: £129,442

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

No information available

Trustee payments

No information available

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Ethiopia
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 March 1987: Standard registration
  • 12 April 2023: Removed (Ceased to exist)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2018 31/03/2019 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022
Total gross income £936.99k £570.48k £139.51k £9.41k £20
Total expenditure £943.84k £667.96k £217.86k £19.06k £129.44k
Income from government contracts £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £0 N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £895.99k £561.60k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other trading activities £0 £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Endowments £0 £0 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Investment £518 £447 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £40.48k £8.44k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £0 £24.01k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £927.34k £641.59k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £16.50k £26.36k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £5.79k £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 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 2023 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2022 13 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 02 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2020 14 September 2021 226 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 14 September 2021 226 days late
Annual return 31 March 2019 17 December 2019 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 17 December 2019 On time

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 17TH FEBRUARY 1987 AND AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION MADE 27 NOVEMBER 1996 AND 5 DECEMBER 2000

Charitable objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH AND HYGIENE THROUGH ACTIVITIES FOCUSING ON NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT. THE ASSOCIATION WILL WORK WITHIN THE COUNTRIES FORMING THE CONTINENT OF AFRICA (MAINLAND AFRICA, MALAGASY AND OTHER OFFSHORE ISLANDS), PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY DRYLAND AREAS, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEOPLES OF THOSE COUNTRIES.

Area of benefit

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

SAHEL REGION OF AFRICA REGIONS ADJACENT NORTH OF THE EQUATOR