CHALLENGE AFRICA

Charity number: 1121563
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Our goal is to help people help themselves out of poverty. We build successful social enterprises to sustainably fund; care, food and education for orphans, community centres, installation of water, sanitation and electricity systems, support for teachers and healthcare workers, HIV prevention projects, AIDS counselling and physiotherapy and the provision of family grants and enterprise support.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 05 April 2024

Total income: £22,201
Total expenditure: £20,613

People

7 Trustee(s)

3 Volunteer(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

What the charity does:
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Somerset
  • Kenya

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 November 2007: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
RAPHAEL BRUNEAU Chair 10 July 2013
None on record
Sarah Skeels Trustee 05 March 2017
None on record
ROSE MARY PARKER Trustee 20 October 2015
None on record
BETHANY DAVIES Trustee 01 February 2014
None on record
ELEANORE DICKSON Mrs Trustee 09 November 2007
None on record
MICHAEL OGBORNE Trustee
None on record
CAROLINE FREY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 05/04/2020 05/04/2021 05/04/2022 05/04/2023 05/04/2024
Total gross income £7.00k £13.21k £31.50k £9.09k £22.20k
Total expenditure £13.91k £4.35k £10.13k £19.59k £20.61k
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 05 April 2024 03 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2024 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2023 19 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2023 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2022 30 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2022 30 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 05 April 2021 12 January 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 2021 Not Required
Annual return 05 April 2020 12 May 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 05 April 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.

TRUST DEED 22 JANUARY 2007.

Charitable objects

* THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN WAGUSU VILLAGE AND ABIMBO VILLAGE, IN NYANG'OMA SUB LOCATION OF CENTRAL SAKWA IN BONDO DISTRICT, NYANZA PROVINCE, WESTERN KENYA, BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS. * THE RELIEF OF ORPHANS, VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND THE SICK-POOR LIVING IN WAGUSU VILLAGE AND ABIMBO VILLAGE, KENYA, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS GOODS AND SERVICES. * TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF WAGUSU AND ABIMBO, KENYA, IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY. * TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE MEMBERS OF WAGUSU AND ABIMBO COMMUNITY, BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND BY THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. (SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS 'DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS'.)

Area of benefit

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

WAGUSU VILLAGE AND ABIMBO VILLAGE, IN NYANG'OMA SUB LOCATION OF CENTRAL SAKWA, BONDO DISTRICT, NYANZA ROVINCE, WESTERN KENYA.

Contact information

Address:
Challenge Africa Office
The Retreat
Forester Road
Bath
BA2 6QG
Phone:
07900392345
Email:
raphael@challengeafrica.org.uk
Website:

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