GUINEA-BISSAU BRITISH TRUST FOR DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION AND SUPPORT(GBXO/UK-TRUST)

Charity number: 1078487
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Provision of information, advice and guidance to newly arrived refugees and migrants from Guinea-Bissau and other Portuguese spaeking communities and other communities on matters such as welfare rights, education, employment and training, housing, health and community resetlement and integration.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 March 2024

Total income: £0
Total expenditure: £0

People

2 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
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
  • Recreation
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Angola
  • Brazil
  • Cape Verde
  • East Timor
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • France
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-bissau
  • Mozambique
  • Portugal
  • São Tomé And Principe
  • Scotland
  • Senegal
  • The Gambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 December 1999: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • GUINEA-BISSAU BRITISH TRUST (Working name)
  • GUINEA-BISSAU BRTISH TRUST FOR DEVELOPMENT PROMOTION AND SUPPORT ( GBXO/UK-TRUST) (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Fiona Kofisam Trustee 15 January 2015
None on record
CLAUDIA PONTES NETO Trustee 08 May 2012
None on record

Financial history

Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 30/03/2020 30/03/2021 30/03/2022 30/03/2023 30/03/2024
Total gross income £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
Total expenditure £0 £0 £0 £0 £0
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 30 March 2024 19 August 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 30 March 2023 19 August 2024 202 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 30 March 2022 12 February 2023 13 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 30 March 2021 18 March 2022 47 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 March 2021 Not required
Annual return 30 March 2020 29 March 2021 58 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1 AUGUST 1999 AS AMENDED BY A SUPPLEMENTAL DEED OF 3 MAY 2004

Charitable objects

(1) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS PARTICULARLY AMONGST PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM GUINEA-BISSSAU AND ELSEWHERE WHO ARE RESIDENT OR WHO ARE INTENDING TO RESIDE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH ADVICE, REPRESENTATION, COUNSELLING, TRANSLATING AND INTERPRETING SERVICES AND OTHER ASSISTANCE IN THE MATTERS SUCH AS ASYLUM, IMMIGRATION, MONEY, DEBTS, WELFARE BENEFITS, HOUSING, HEALTH, EDUCATION, TRAINING AND EMPLOYMENT (2) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO ARE PORTUGUESE-SPEAKING REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM GUINEA-BISSAU AND ELSEWHERE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND FOR THE RECREATION AND OTHER LEISURE-TIME OCCUPATION OF PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR AGE, INFIRMITY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE (3) FOR THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND FOR SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE IN GUINEA BISSAU AND ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit

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

GUINEA BISSAU AND ELSEWHERE

Contact information

Address:
10C PORCHESTER SQUARE
LONDON
W2 6AN
Phone:
07508700907
Email:
carmen.gbbt@gmail.com
Website:

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