Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CHILDREN OF AFRICA

Supporting a Children's Home for children orphaned through HIV/AIDSSupporting a Creche / Nursery for children affected by HIV/AIDS and poverty
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • 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

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
31/03/23£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£2£3£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£2£1£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£3£4£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£2£2£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11?*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/10*£2£3£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/09*£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/01/08?*£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£2£0£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 19 years

www.childrenofafrica.org.uk

childrenofafrica@hotmail.co.uk

07974161027

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International healthcare & famine relief
How it operates
  • Makes grants to individuals
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

  • LAURA LISA BOUCHER
  • LIEZL HESKETH (Chair)
  • TIMOTHY PAUL HERMOLLE
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 21/07/2005, number: 1110517
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR16: 1 days late, AR11: 337 days late, AR10: 13 days late, AR09: 55 days late, AR08: 58 days late,
Main office

Flat 1
Beech Wood
Cavendish Road
Bowdon
Altrincham
WA14 2NH

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG ORPHANED CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN AFRICA SUFFERING FROM OR ORPHANED AS A RESULT OF HIV/AIDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR ACCOMMODATION, TREATMENT AND CARE.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN MEETING THE COST OF PROGRESSING TO HIGHER EDUCATION, INCLUDING SCHOOL FEES, UNIFORMS, TRANSPORT COSTS AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS IS DEEMED NECESSARY.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KWAZULU-NATAL AREA OF SOUTH AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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