AFRICAN SWAHILI COMMUNITY PROJECT IN THE U.K

Charity number: 1064874
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Advice on welfare rights, supporting and counselling on immigration, housing, employment and training, health, education, participating in activities in conjunction with other agencies and organisations dealing with asylum seekers & refugees, organising events such as health promotion, party for the community.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2012

Total income: £10,933
Total expenditure: £12,556

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
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 October 1997: Standard registration
  • 13 May 2020: Removed (Does not operate)
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • A.S.C.O.P. (Working name)
  • UNDUGU (Working name)
  • AFRICAN SWAHILIPHONE REFUGEE PROJECT IN THE U.K (Previous name)
Gift aid:
No information available
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
No policies declared
Land and property:
No information available

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2008 31/03/2009 31/03/2010 31/03/2011 31/03/2012
Total gross income £34.69k £21.57k £29.90k £13.98k £10.93k
Total expenditure £34.91k £22.77k £26.18k £16.59k £12.56k
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 2020 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2019 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2019 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2018 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2018 Not submitted
Annual return 31 March 2017 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2017 Not submitted

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 21ST SEPTEMBER 1997 AS AMENDED 28 APRIL 2007

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, AMONGST IMMIGRANTS OF AFRICAN DESCENT FROM SWAHILI SPEAKING REGIONS, INCLUDING GREAT LAKES REGION AND EAST AFRICA, WHO ARE RESIDENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FREE AND CONFIDENTIAL ADVICE, ADVOCACY, ASSISTANCE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES IN MATTERS SUCH AS EDUCATION, EMPLOYMENT, HEALTH, HOUSING, IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, SOCIAL SECURITY, TRAINING, WELFARE AND WORKFARE. (B) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH A VIEW OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES. (C) TO RELIEVE UNEMPLOYMENT AND TO ADVANCE TRAINING, HEALTH AND CULTURE WITHIN AND AMONG THE AFRICAN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (D) TO PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF CULTURE, EDUCATION AND HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE GREAT LAKES REGION AND EAST AFRICA. (E) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN REASON OF NEED BY REASON OF YOUTH OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROTECT THE YOUTH TEMPORARILY OR DEFINITELY DEPRIVED OF HIS FAMILY ENVIRONMENT AND TO ENCOURAGE WOMEN TO ASSUME MORE RESPONSIBILITIES IN SOCIAL LIFE AS A TRUE DEVELOPMENT AGENT. (F) TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR THE SWAHILI SPEAKING COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM. (C) TO ESTABLISH A COMMUNITY CENTRE.

Area of benefit

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

GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.