WITS FOUNDATION UK

Charity number: 1087539
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

General charitable activities and in particular the advancement of education for the benefit of the public and in particular the advancement of education at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £148,414
Total expenditure: £158,423

People

5 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 13 July 2001: Standard registration
  • 18 October 2022: Funds received from 210710 UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND APPEAL FUND
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • WITS UNIVERSITY (SOUTH AFRICA) CHARITABLE COMPANY, UK (Previous name)
Company number:
04217424 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
WILLIAM HENRY FRANKEL OBE FRSSA Chair
SOL PLAATJE EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
Received: On time
SA CONSTITUTIONAL COURT TRUST UK
Received: On time
EDWIN FOX FOUNDATION
Received: On time
UBUNTU CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
Received: On time
OPERA AUSTRALIA CAPITAL FUND UK
Received: On time
STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY SA FOUNDATION UK
Received: On time
Professor Zeblon Zenzele Vilakazi Trustee 03 December 2020
None on record
Adam Mahomed Habib Trustee 04 October 2013
None on record
PROFESSOR COLIN JAMES BUNDY Trustee
None on record
SIR DAVID ANTHONY KING Trustee
RISING SEAS
Received: On time

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2019 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £696.31k £1.28m £123.55k £301.55k £148.41k
Total expenditure £700.42k £1.06m £96.25k £264.24k £158.42k
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
Income - Donations and legacies £696.31k £1.27m 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 £0 £5.07k N/A N/A N/A
Income - Other £0 £65 N/A N/A N/A
Income - Legacies £600.00k £930.71k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £700.42k £1.06m N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £0 £1.85k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Governance £1.36k £1.74k N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £699.06k £1.05m N/A N/A N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 £1.85k 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 December 2023 25 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 25 September 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 15 June 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 15 June 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 22 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 22 August 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 09 August 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 09 August 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2019 04 May 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 04 May 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 OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 15 MAY, 2001.

Charitable objects

SUCH GENERAL OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE AT LAW AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Area of benefit

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

SOUTH AFRICA

Contact information

Address:
25A FROGNAL
LONDON
NW3 6AR
Phone:
02074355657
Email:
billfrankel@kayacomm.com
Website:

No information available