MOWATIN: GULF CENTRE FOR DEMOCRATIC DEVELOPMENT

Charity number: 1101451
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

GCDD is an independent public interest centre committed to promoting democratic governance in Arabia by educating citizens, empowering communities, and advocating social justice.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2016

Total income: £286,647
Total expenditure: £272,992

Fundraising

This charity does not raise funds from the public

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:
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Cambridgeshire
  • Bahrain
  • Kuwait
  • Oman
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • United Arab Emirates

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 January 2004: Standard registration
  • 17 July 2020: Removed (Ceased to exist)
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • GCDD (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Volunteer management
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2012 31/12/2013 31/12/2014 31/12/2015 31/12/2016
Total gross income £333.82k £333.95k £269.93k £252.96k £286.65k
Total expenditure £330.62k £334.00k £264.51k £252.31k £272.99k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A £0 £0
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A £0 £0

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 2019 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2019 Not submitted
Annual return 31 December 2018 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2018 Not submitted
Annual return 31 December 2017 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2017 Not submitted
Annual return 31 December 2016 11 April 2018 162 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2016

(These accounts
have been qualified)

11 April 2018 162 days late

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 OF ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 22 APRIL 2003 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22 NOVEMBER 2003

Charitable objects

TO PROVIDE AND ORGANISATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF STUDIED IN POLITICAL AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC SCIENCE AND OTHER EDUCATIONAL SUBJECTS AND FOR THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF EDUCATION AND DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN SUCH SCIENCES AND SUBJECTS WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY RELATED TO THE CONTEMPORARY MEMBERS OF THE GULF CO-OPERATION COUNCIL(I.E. KUWAIT, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, OMAN AND BAHRAIN) IN ENGLAND OR ELSEWHERE

Area of benefit

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

KUWAIT, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, OMAN AND BAHRAIN OR IN ENGLAND OR ELSEWHERE