MYRA'S WELLS

Charity number: 1143345
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

DRILLING OF WELLS IN RURAL VILLAGES PROVIDING AID TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOLS AND ORPHANAGES IN BURKINA FASO

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 August 2024

Total income: £159,717
Total expenditure: £124,411

People

8 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
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
Where the charity operates:
  • Burkina Faso

Governance

Registration history:
  • 15 August 2011: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
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
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media 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

8 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
EDDIE MARTIN Chair 01 June 2011
None on record
Jeremy Edward Nash Trustee 25 September 2019
None on record
Christopher Jones Trustee 25 September 2019
None on record
John Scott Pusey Trustee 04 February 2016
None on record
Mark Francis Anness Trustee 04 February 2016
None on record
TRUDI CARTER Trustee 01 June 2011
None on record
LOIS KRISTINA PARTRIDGE Trustee 01 June 2011
None on record
PAUL ROSS MARTIN Trustee 01 June 2011
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/08/2020 31/08/2021 31/08/2022 31/08/2023 31/08/2024
Total gross income £130.87k £227.54k £294.69k £152.99k £159.72k
Total expenditure £139.37k £231.48k £275.36k £180.53k £124.41k
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 August 2024 07 May 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2024 07 May 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2023 02 April 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2023 02 April 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2022 10 May 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2022 10 May 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2021 17 March 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2021 17 March 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 August 2020 12 April 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 August 2020 12 April 2021 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.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 08/08/2011 as amended on 31 Jul 2019

Charitable objects

3 Application of income The Trustees must apply the income of the Charity in furthering the following objects (“the objects”) which shall be for the public bene?t in the Burkina Faso area of West Africa:- (i) to preserve and protect good health by providing finance for the drilling of wells and the provision of clean water and to ensure wells are maintained and in working order; (ii) to advance education by providing assistance to schools, in particular but not exclusively through the provision of equipment and supplies for schools; and (iii) to relieve ?nancial hardship by supporting small agricultural/horticultural projects; and (iv) to advance religion by passing on gifts for the purchase of Christian literature, including bibles, to churches where poverty makes it impossible for local people to buy them; and (v) to prevent and relieve poverty and further other charitable purposes (specifically, the social relief, resettlement and rehabilitation of persons under a disability or deprivation) by passing on gifts for the relief of suffering caused by terrorist activity (and consequent population migration), drought or other natural disaster.

Contact information

Address:
72 Oakhurst Road
West Moors
FERNDOWN
BH22 0DR
Phone:
01202892548
Email:
info@myraswells.org
Website:

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