GIAKONDA SOLAR SCHOOLS

Charity number: 1169138
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

We work in an area of Zambia where some schools don't have mains power for lighting or electronic devices. With aid of District Education Board Secretary, we have identified 26 schools and begun to provide solar power involving local community hands-on approach -they install solar panels under supervision.Computer resources are Raspberry Pi computer pre-loaded with offline resource called RACHEL

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 15 August 2024

Total income: £10,318
Total expenditure: £29,286

Total income includes £7,980 from 1 government grant(s)

People

5 Trustee(s)

4 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
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 12 September 2016: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
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
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • 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
  • 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

5 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
WENDY Rosalind KIRKMAN Chair 15 August 2016
None on record
Liza Leibowitz Trustee 22 September 2022
None on record
Andrew Jon Saines Trustee 10 December 2021
None on record
Susan Saines Trustee 10 December 2021
None on record
Malcolm Boorer Trustee 13 November 2017
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 15/08/2020 15/08/2021 15/08/2022 15/08/2023 15/08/2024
Total gross income £10.76k £13.16k £9.60k £23.50k £10.32k
Total expenditure £11.26k £12.75k £8.02k £5.73k £29.29k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £5.18k £8.88k N/A £7.98k

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 15 August 2024 07 November 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 15 August 2024 07 November 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 15 August 2023 06 October 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 15 August 2023 06 October 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 15 August 2022 01 September 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 15 August 2022 19 September 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 15 August 2021 17 November 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 15 August 2021 17 November 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 15 August 2020 20 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 15 August 2020 20 October 2020 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 12 Sep 2016

Charitable objects

TO FURTHER THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS, PARTICULARLY IN THE FIELD OF COMPUTERS, COMPUTER SCIENCE AND RELATED SUBJECTS INCLUDING THE PROVISION OF SOLAR POWER EQUIPMENT TO PROVIDE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE FOR COMPUTER SYSTEMS. THE CHARITY WILL CARRY OUT THIS WORK IN ZAMBIA, NEPAL AND OTHER COUNTRIES AS AGREED BY TRUSTEES.

Contact information

Address:
290 Llantarnam Road
Llantarnam
CWMBRAN
NP44 3BW
Phone:
07849469470
Email:
info@giakonda.org.uk
Website:

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