LASTING ACTION FOR INCLUSION IN BURKINA FASO

Charity number: 1164093
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

LAFI Burkina is a UK charity that works to strengthen, promote and protect the rights of people with disabilities in Burkina Faso to live in a fully inclusive society.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2024

Total income: £2,127
Total expenditure: £4,955

People

5 Trustee(s)

1 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
  • Disability
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • People With Disabilities
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Burkina Faso

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 October 2015: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:
  • LAFI BURKINA (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • 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
  • Trustee conflicts of interest 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
MELISSA MILLER Chair 12 January 2014
None on record
Victor Benjamin Oshodi Trustee 13 May 2025
None on record
Yifei Zheng Trustee 01 February 2025
None on record
Zarina Douglas-Sori Trustee 11 February 2020
None on record
DANA EL-HILU Trustee 12 January 2014
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2020 31/12/2021 31/12/2022 31/12/2023 31/12/2024
Total gross income £4.59k £5.92k £1.61k £2.95k £2.13k
Total expenditure £1.93k £3.28k £5.40k £1.04k £4.96k
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 December 2024 25 October 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2024 25 October 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2023 27 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 27 October 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2022 28 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 28 October 2023 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2021 29 October 2022 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2021 29 October 2022 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 December 2020 30 October 2021 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2020 30 October 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.

CIO - Foundation Registered 23 Oct 2015

Charitable objects

1) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS, IN PARTICULAR THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES) THROUGHOUT BURKINA FASO BY THE FOLLOWING MEANS: - RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE; - EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS; - RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES; - PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS; - PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS; - INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS. IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWER TO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIES OUT ITS OBJECTS. 2) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN BURKINA FASO BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. 3) THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION AMONG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN BURKINA FASO WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING DISABLED BY: - PROVIDING EDUCATION AND INFORMATION TO SUPPORT AND ENABLE PARENTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES TO MAXIMISE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEIR CHILDREN; - RAISING PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, BOTH GENERALLY AND IN RELATION TO THEIR SOCIAL EXCLUSION; - PROVIDING WORKSHOPS, FORUMS, ADVOCACY AND GENERAL SUPPORT; - PROVIDING RECREATIONAL FACILITIES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES.

Contact information

Address:
263 St. Barnabas Road
WOODFORD GREEN
IG8 7DW
Phone:
07766463731
Email:
info@lafiburkina.org
Website:

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