EDUCATING AFRICA

Charity number: 1187695
Charity reporting is up to date (32 days late)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

For the public benefit to advance the education (including social and physical training) of children under the age of 18 years, in particular of girls of Afro-Caribbean descent. We do this by providing bursaries or grants as financial assistance to disadvantaged children to help them gain education.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 01 April 2024

Total income: £400
Total expenditure: £661

People

2 Trustee(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:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Other Finance
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Benin
  • Ghana
  • Mali
  • Nigeria
  • The Gambia
  • Zambia

Governance

Registration history:
  • 03 February 2020: CIO registration
Organisation type:
CIO
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Not 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 handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • 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
  • 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

2 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Tessy Mosindi Chair 15 December 2019
None on record
Mary Akpeki Trustee 15 December 2019
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 01/04/2021 01/04/2022 01/04/2023 01/04/2024
Total gross income £3.00k £2.36k £512 £400
Total expenditure £1.84k £1.16k £860 £661
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants 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 01 April 2024 05 March 2025 32 days late
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2024 05 March 2025 32 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2023 20 May 2024 109 days late
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2023 20 May 2024 109 days late Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2022 23 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2022 31 January 2023 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 01 April 2021 24 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 01 April 2021 24 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 03 Feb 2020

Charitable objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 18 YEARS, IN PARTICULAR OF GIRLS OF AFRO-CARIBBEAN DESCENT IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY PRIMARY, SECONDARY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.

Contact information

Address:
1 Merton Close
OLDBURY
West Midlands
B68 8NG
Phone:
07535445774
Email:
helloworld@educatingafricafund.org
Website:

educatingafricafund.org