CHILDREN OF AFRICA

Charity Number: 1110517
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Supporting a Children's Home for children orphaned through HIV/AIDS Supporting a Creche / Nursery for children affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £4,052
Total expenditure: £5,019

People

3 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:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Accommodation/housing
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
Where the charity operates:
  • Botswana
  • Eswatini
  • Lesotho
  • Mozambique
  • South Africa
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 21 July 2005: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • COFA (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
LIEZL HESKETH Chair
None on record
LAURA LISA BOUCHER Trustee
None on record
TIMOTHY PAUL HERMOLLE Trustee
None on record

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 £1.11k £1.81k £1.78k £4.50k £4.05k
Total expenditure £10 £3.44k £1.00k £4.34k £5.02k
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 2024 24 September 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 22 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 23 May 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 11 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 23 November 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 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 JANUARY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 19 JUNE 2005 as amended on 27 Oct 2022

Charitable objects

1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG ORPHANED CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN AFRICA SUFFERING FROM OR ORPHANED AS A RESULT OF HIV/AIDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR ACCOMMODATION, TREATMENT AND CARE. 2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN MEETING THE COST OF PROGRESSING TO HIGHER EDUCATION, INCLUDING SCHOOL FEES, UNIFORMS, TRANSPORT COSTS AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

Area of benefit

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

KWAZULU-NATAL AREA OF SOUTH AFRICA

Contact information

Address:
Flat 1
Beech Wood
Cavendish Road
Bowdon
Altrincham
WA14 2NH
Phone:
07974161027
Email:
childrenofafrica@hotmail.co.uk
Website:

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