Able Child Africa

Charity number: 326859
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Able Child Africa works toward a world in which no child with a disability is left behind, bringing together a network of organisations that protect, educate and amplify the voices of children and young people with disabilities. We work across Africa, breaking down barriers to inclusion so that children with disabilities are able to thrive.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income:
£947,412

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Donations and legacies £390.45k
Charitable activities £518.00k
Other trading activities £28.70k
Investments £10.27k
Other £0

Total expenditure:
£960,282

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Raising funds £184.97k
Charitable activities £775.31k
Other £0

£0 investments gains (losses)

Total income includes £68,825 from 1 government grant(s)

Charitable expenditure

Charitable expenditure

Some charities generate all, or a substantial part, of their income from investments which may have been donated to the charity as endowment or set aside by the charity from its own resources in the past. Such investments usually take the form of stocks and shares but may include other assets, such as property, that are capable of generating income and/or capital growth.

In managing their spending and investments charities need to strike a balance between the needs of future and current beneficiaries. They also need to take account of spending commitments that may stretch over a number of future years. To do this, charities will normally adopt an investment strategy designed to generate both income and capital growth. To maximise returns trustees may commit to investment strategies for several years.

Investments can experience large swings in value so trustees may, in a particular year, decide to realise and spend part of their charity’s capital or to invest part of its income.

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Raising funds and other expenditure £184.97k
Charitable expenditure £775.31k

People

10 Employee(s)

10 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

Number of employees
£60k to £70k 1

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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Kenya
  • Malawi
  • Rwanda
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 14 May 1985: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • U S D C (Working name)
  • ABLECHILDAFRICA (Previous name)
  • UGANDA SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN LIMITED (Previous name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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 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

10 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Thomas George Edwards Trustee 15 October 2024
None on record
Dhiran Tanna Trustee 19 September 2024
MAESTRO & HUNTER FOOTBALL CLUB
Received: On time
Hannah Loryman Trustee 03 February 2024
THE UNITED KINGDOM FORUM FOR INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Received: On time
Abigail Viljoen Trustee 15 July 2023
None on record
Bharat Mehta Trustee 17 September 2022
None on record
Maria Omare Trustee 18 September 2021
None on record
Miiro Michael Trustee 18 September 2021
None on record
Mitul Shah Trustee 19 September 2020
None on record
Martin Hill Trustee 23 March 2019
None on record
James Sellars Trustee 29 January 2018
BREADLINE AFRICA
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 £987.33k £957.43k £688.77k £1.04m £947.41k
Total expenditure £774.94k £909.71k £737.65k £909.02k £960.28k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants £158.20k £112.05k £18.49k N/A £68.83k
Income - Donations and legacies £410.65k £271.22k £233.62k £349.61k £390.45k
Income - Other trading activities £3.36k £738 £18.25k £19.08k £28.70k
Income - Charitable activities £573.01k £685.31k £436.83k £663.11k £518.00k
Income - Endowments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Investment £321 £167 £67 £3.29k £10.27k
Income - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Income - Legacies £183.50k £85.03k £0 £0 £10.00k
Expenditure - Charitable activities £685.68k £826.65k £612.43k £748.66k £775.31k
Expenditure - Raising funds £89.26k £83.06k £125.22k £160.36k £184.97k
Expenditure - Governance £6.52k £5.59k £6.55k £14.72k £8.88k
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 £0 £0 £373.36k £262.16k
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Expenditure - Other £0 £0 £0 £0 £0

Assets and liabilities

Definitions for assets and liabilities
Own use assets

These are assets, other than investments, which are held for more than 12 months and used to run and administer the charity such as buildings, offices, exhibits and fixtures and fittings.

Long term Investments

Investments are assets held by the charity with the sole aim of generating income which will be used for their charitable purposes such as deposit accounts, shares, rental property and unit trusts.
Investment assets are re-valued every year and included in the balance sheet at their current market value.
Long term investments are held for more than 12 months.

Other assets

These are assets held generally for less than 12 months such as cash and bank balances, debtors, investments to be sold within the coming year and trading stock.

Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability

This is a surplus or deficit in any defined benefit pension scheme operated and represents a potential long-term asset or liability.

Total liabilities

These are all the amounts owed by the charity at the balance sheet date to third parties such as bills due but not yet paid, bank overdrafts and loans and mortgages.

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Asset / Liability 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Own use assets £7.19k £1.87k £0 £3.97k £3.30k
Long-term investments £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Other assets £588.40k £510.07k £461.20k £582.87k £588.21k
Defined benefit pension scheme asset or liability £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total liabilities £16.89k £18.21k £16.34k £15.93k £33.46k

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 19 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 19 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 24 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 24 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 12 December 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 12 December 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 08 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 08 December 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 02 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 02 October 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 INCORPORATED 06/11/1984 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/1985 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/1991 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/05/2007 AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/05/2007 as amended on 14 Apr 2020

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE CHARITABLE NEED, PROMOTE HEALTH, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH A FOCUS ON (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) PROMOTING SUCH DISABLED CHILDREN ACHIEVING THEIR HUMAN, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN ("UNCRC"), UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ("UDHR") AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATION AND IN REGIONAL CODES OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATE THE RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE UNCRC, THE UDHR AND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CHOOSE AND IN PARTICULAR BY RAISING AWARENESS AS TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND ADVOCACY AS TO HOW THOSE NEEDS CAN BEST BE MET.

Area of benefit

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

UNDEFINED

Contact information

Address:
34 Ponton Road
Nine Elms
LONDON
SW11 7BA
Phone:
02077336006
Email:
info@ablechildafrica.org.uk
Website:

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