CREATING BETTER FUTURES

Charity number: 1148929
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Creating Better Futures provides access to education for orphans and vulnerable children in rural communities near Harare and Mutare in Zimbabwe. Creating Better Futures also provide basic nutritional meals daily to over 3,000 children via three Primary School feeding programmes, as well as initiating projects that benefit the children, schools and/or local community.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £42,957
Total expenditure: £81,438

People

2 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No employees have total benefits over £60k for this charity

One or more of the employees were formerly trustees

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
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Reading
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 September 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • CREATING BETTER FUTURES, CBF OR CBFUK (Working name)
Company number:
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Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Samantha Bramwell Trustee 12 August 2019
None on record
MICHAEL JOHN DIX Trustee 19 August 2012
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 £136.92k £138.24k £116.19k £72.32k £42.96k
Total expenditure £137.41k £126.73k £88.04k £73.88k £81.44k
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 30 January 2025 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 30 January 2025 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 08 March 2024 37 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 08 March 2024 37 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 08 March 2024 402 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 08 March 2024 402 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 29 January 2023 363 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 29 January 2023 363 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 30 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 30 January 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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 NOV 2011

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. TO RELIEVE POVERTY THROUGH THE IMPROVEMENT OF BASIC WELFARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN ZIMBABWE AND THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Contact information

Address:
First Floor Unit 4 Beacontree Plaza
Gillette Way
Reading
Berkshire
RG2 0BS
Phone:
01183271154
Email:
info@creatingbetterfutures.org.uk
Website:

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