OUR WORLD

Charity number: 1152074
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

'Our World' creates and presents a variety of Global Workshops and Children's Activities, principally to schools but also in the community, e.g. churches. These culturally-enriching resources have been produced from first-hand experience of other countries, and have been designed to invite children to explore the realities of daily life for many people who are living in poverty-stricken nations.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £11,566
Total expenditure: £14,086

People

3 Trustee(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

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

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
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Staffordshire
  • Warwickshire
  • Wolverhampton
  • Worcestershire
  • Peru
  • Uganda

Governance

Registration history:
  • 17 May 2013: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Trust
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • 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
JENNIFER ANN LEFORTE Chair 01 March 2013
None on record
Karen Elizabeth Underwood Trustee 05 July 2019
None on record
Ruth Ilsa Boys Trustee 19 October 2017
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 £13.98k £10.88k £10.78k £11.99k £11.57k
Total expenditure £15.49k £7.83k £11.23k £14.72k £14.09k
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 15 January 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2023 17 January 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2022 26 December 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 January 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not required
Annual return 31 March 2020 06 January 2021 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.

TRUST DEED DATED 15/05/2013

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN GLOBAL ISSUES TO CREATE A GREATER APPRECIATION AND UNDERSTANDING OF OTHER CULTURES AND HOW THIS IMPACTS THE DAILY LIVES OF PEOPLE IN THE DEVELOPING WORLD. SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Contact information

Address:
36 Robert Street
Lower Gornal
Dudley
DY3 2AY
Phone:
01384882960
Email:
enquiries@ourworld.org.uk
Website:

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