FRUGAL EMPOWERMENT FOUNDATION

Charity number: 1185459
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

Frugal Empowerment Foundation delivers projects in the UK and Nigeria, including Youth Music Empowerment, the Greenwich Youth Music Performance and Award Ceremony (GYMPAC), Greenwich Festive Aid, Caring Saturdays for older people, Small Business Empowerment for vulnerable women traders, Crisis Relief for Children, and wider community support initiatives

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 28 February 2025

Total income: £261,710
Total expenditure: £98,370

People

3 Trustee(s)

4 Volunteer(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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Bexley
  • Greenwich
  • Lambeth
  • Lewisham
  • Nigeria

Governance

Registration history:
  • 23 September 2019: 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
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • 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

3 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
PEISENSIGIERE TZAVELAKOU Chair 09 April 2020
None on record
Tubosun Philip Ogungbamigbe Trustee 29 September 2022
None on record
Chinedum Bill Akas Trustee 18 July 2022
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 28/02/2021 28/02/2022 28/02/2023 29/02/2024 28/02/2025
Total gross income £64.46k £87.98k £151.81k £153.54k £261.71k
Total expenditure £63.36k £54.26k £83.58k £90.72k £98.37k
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 28 February 2025 21 November 2025 On time
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2025 21 November 2025 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 29 February 2024 06 November 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 29 February 2024 06 November 2024 On time Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2023 10 January 2024 13 days late
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2023 10 January 2024 13 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2022 08 February 2023 42 days late
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2022 08 February 2023 42 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 28 February 2021 06 January 2022 9 days late
Accounts and TAR 28 February 2021 06 January 2022 9 days late 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 Sep 2019

Charitable objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT PARTICULARLY IN THE UK, BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, BUT PARTICULARLY IN NIGERIA, BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY.

Contact information

Address:
4th Floor
18 St. Cross Street
London
EC1N 8UN
Phone:
02083160704
Email:
info@frugalempowermentfoundation.org
Website:

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