WHY COMICS?

Charity number: 1172791
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Uses interactive ethnographic literary comics, based on real-life testimony, alongside national curriculum relevant lesson plans to explore an array of relevant global social issues (such as migration, conflict, climate change, trafficking and refugees) and humanise the mass statistics we hear in the news. Assessed by teacher/student feedback. Promotes of positive social change worldwide.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 May 2019

Total income: £15,029
Total expenditure: £15,029

Fundraising

This charity does not raise funds from the public

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
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales

Governance

Registration history:
  • 27 April 2017: CIO registration
  • 26 April 2022: Removed (Removed by application)
  • 26 April 2022: Funds transferred to
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2018 31/05/2019
Total gross income £67.89k £15.03k
Total expenditure £52.87k £15.03k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 May 2021 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2021 Not submitted
Annual return 31 May 2020 Not submitted
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2020 Not submitted
Annual return 31 May 2019 19 November 2019 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 May 2019 19 November 2019 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2018 23 May 2019 112 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2018 23 May 2019 112 days late

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 - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 Apr 2017

Charitable objects

"1.1THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH WHY COMICS? IS ESTABLISHED (THE "OBJECTS") FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT ARE: (A)TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY YOUNG PEOPLE AND SCHOOL AGE CHILDREN) ON GLOBAL SOCIAL ISSUES BY PROVIDING LITERATURE IN THE FORM OF COMICS, WHICH HIGHLIGHTS SOCIAL ISSUES SUCH AS HUMAN TRAFFICKING, TO ENABLE THE CHILDREN TO LEARN AND UNDERSTAND THESE ISSUES, THAT WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO CHILDREN IN SCHOOLS; (B)TO PROMOTE AND RAISE AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY CREATING COMIC STRIPS WHICH WILL HIGHLIGHT HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES IN A MEDIUM SUITABLE FOR SCHOOL CHILDREN, THIS WILL BE ACCESSIBLE TO SCHOOLS AND THEREFORE AVAILABLE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN AND TEACHERS ALIKE; (C)TO PROMOTE RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND BENEFIT OF SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN BY DISTRIBUTING LITERATURE IN THE FORM OF COMIC STRIP TO SCHOOLS WHICH PROMOTE AND EDUCATE PEOPLE ON RELIGIOUS HARMONY AND RACIAL HARMONY THROUGH A COMBINATION OF ART AND LITERATURE; IN ALL CASES WORKING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. 1.2 IN THESE OBJECTS: (A)"GLOBAL SOCIAL ISSUES" MEANS: (I)ISSUES THAT RELATE TO PROTECTED HUMAN RIGHTS INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR EQUALITY, FREEDOM FROM SLAVERY, FREEDOM FROM TORTURE, ASYLUM FROM PERSECUTION AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION; AND (II)ISSUES OF GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE SUCH AS MIGRATION, ARMED CONFLICT AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION, THE EFFECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THE DISPLACEMENT OF REFUGEES, HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND OTHER RELATED HUMANITARIAN ISSUES; RELATED TO OR OCCURRING ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. (B)"HUMAN RIGHTS" MEANS THOSE RIGHTS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS; (C)"RACIAL HARMONY" MEANS AN AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS THAT PROMOTES GOOD RELATIONS AND REDUCES CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; (D)"RELIGIOUS HARMONY" MEANS AN AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS THAT PROMOTES GOOD RELATIONS AND REDUCES CONFLICT BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RELIGIOUS BACKGROUNDS. 1.3 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008."