KRIO DESCENDANTS UNION LONDON

Charity number: 1197694
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

1) To advance the education of the public in the arts, culture, language and heritage of the Krio people of Sierra Leone. 2) To prevent or relieve poverty in the United Kingdom and Sierra Leone by providing: grants, items, and services to individuals in need and/or charities, or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 December 2023

Total income: £17,597
Total expenditure: £12,174

People

7 Trustee(s)

20 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

Main way of carrying out purposes is grant making
What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Other Charitable Purposes
Who the charity helps:
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Services
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Other Charitable Activities
Where the charity operates:
  • Throughout England And Wales
  • Sierra Leone

Governance

Registration history:
  • 28 January 2022: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Charitable company
Other names:
  • KDU LONDON (Working name)
Company number:
12105302 Open in new window
Gift aid:
Not recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • 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

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Bankole Jones Chair 24 November 2018
None on record
Sheila Barber Trustee 26 August 2024
None on record
David Dravie - John Trustee 29 June 2024
None on record
Doreen Conteh Trustee 29 June 2024
None on record
Henry Decker Trustee 29 June 2024
None on record
MURIEL LAWSON Trustee 26 March 2022
None on record
GLORIA PRINCESS WILLIAMS Trustee 24 November 2018
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/12/2022 31/12/2023
Total gross income £22.70k £17.60k
Total expenditure £20.85k £12.17k
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 December 2023 31 October 2024 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2023 Not required
Annual return 31 December 2022 17 October 2023 On time
Accounts and TAR 31 December 2022 Not required
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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.

MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 16 JUL 2019 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 13 MAR 2021

Charitable objects

(1) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN KRIO HISTORY, HERITAGE, CULTURE AND LANGUAGE, INCLUDING MUSIC, ARTS AND CRAFTS, COSTUME AND CUISINE. (2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG SIERRA LEONEANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SIERRA LEONE BY PROVIDING, INTER ALIA, GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. (3)THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG SIERRA LEONEANS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IN SIERRA LEONE BY RAISING AWARENESS OF AND PROMOTING HEALTHY LIFESTYLES, AND BY SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES DEEM FIT.

Contact information

Address:
4 GALWAY ROAD
SHEERNESS
ME12 2QL
Phone:
07951 765533
Email:
latiem32@yahoo.com
Website:

https://www.kdulondon.org Open in new window