Finance Score: -9
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -9 ?

THE BOO CHARITY 

Boo Charity is established to raise funds for the support of under privilaged and poverty stricken children in Africa. We have established a working project called "Seed of Hope" with Vision Africa. This is a college which has places for upto 120 young girls who are taught life skills to enable them to sustain life once they have been through a two year program of learning.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy
  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
30/06/22*£82£52£29n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/21£22£37£-15n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/20*£81£68£13n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/06/19£22£60£-38n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/18£53£82£-29£0£0£0n/a010
30/06/17£67£62£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£57£53£4£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£72£42£29£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£41£9£32£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£6£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12*£2£0£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11*£3£9£-6£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£3£12£-10£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09?*£3£0£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07*£12£0£12£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/06*£18£11£7£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/05*£21£20£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/04*£23£13£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 21 years
Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Kenya,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/11/2003, number: 1100519
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
There are no Policies registered with the Charities Commission
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR22: 221 days late, AR20: 53 days late, AR12: 156 days late, AR11: 177 days late, AR09: 907 days late, AR07: 195 days late, AR06: 8 days late, AR05: 58 days late, AR04: 87 days late,
Main office

C/O ORIGINAL GAUGE CO (BOO)
UNIT 4, NOVA BUSINESS PARK
GORE ROAD IND EST
NEW MILTON
HAMPSHIRE
BH25 6SA

Objectives

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA;2. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONGST CHILDREN IN AFRICA;3. TO PROTECT AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN IN AFRICA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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