UPENDO CHILDREN'S HOME

Charity number: 1142091
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Upendo provides ethical, sustainable and entrepreneurial support for disadvantaged youngsters in the Mwanza region of Tanzania. We seek to provide the best possible start in life for the kids we support through sponsorship of good education and healthcare. We strive to work with the local community of Mwanza to establish a degree of self-sustainability for Upendo.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 May 2024

Total income: £10,539
Total expenditure: £5,933

People

3 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Accommodation/housing
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Tanzania

Governance

Registration history:
  • 25 May 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • UPENDO (Working name)
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
CARLY TOWNSEND Chair
None on record
MATTHEW RIGBY Trustee 29 May 2011
None on record
JAMES QUAYLE Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/05/2020 01/05/2021 01/05/2022 01/05/2023 01/05/2024
Total gross income £4.68k £2.27k £3.46k £7.10k £10.54k
Total expenditure £4.74k £2.62k £3.17k £7.48k £5.93k
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 01 May 2024 28 February 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 May 2024 Not Required
Annual return 01 May 2023 27 February 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 May 2023 Not Required
Annual return 01 May 2022 27 February 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 May 2022 Not Required
Annual return 01 May 2021 27 February 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 May 2021 Not Required
Annual return 01 May 2020 01 March 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 May 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.

CONSTITUTION AS AMENDED ON 01/05/2010

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF ORPHANS, PRIMARILY THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CHILDREN'S HOME IN BUSWELU VILLAGE, MWANZA, TANZANIA.

Area of benefit

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

BUSWELU VILLAGE, MWANZA, TANZANIA

Contact information

Address:
Flat 2
Malswick Court
35 Tower Mill Road
LONDON
SE15 6FX
Phone:
07815843789
Email:
team@upendotanzania.com
Website:

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