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Finance Score: -15
Governance Score: -16
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Volatile income: -3
  • Dormant: -10
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 1 Trustee: -5
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -28 ?

ACADEMY OF AFRICA ARTS

Educational exhibitions of art, including carvings, sculpture ad pottery, drawn from an African heritage. Advice on charity administration
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Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There is only 1 trustee

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 3 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Income has been volatile recently
  • This charity appears to be dormant
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/04/09£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/08*£10£7£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/07*£8£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 27 years

02076225884

Charity Commission for England and Wales
This Charity appears to be dormant
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Performing and visual arts
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Ghana, South Africa, Throughout England And Wales, United States,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (1)

  • SAMANTHA LEWIS
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/12/1997, number: 1066536
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
3 returns made; AR08: 52 days late, AR07: 418 days late,
Main office

ACADEMY OF AFRICA ARTS
407 WANDSWORTH ROAD
LONDON
SW8 2JP

Objectives

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC THROUGHOUT EUROPE IN THE VISUAL FINE ARTS AND LITERATURE DERIVED FROM THE HISTORY, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA, BY MEANS OF EDUCATIONAL EXHIBITIONS AND LECTURES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

EUROPE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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