Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

FRIENDS OF AMASANGO 

To enable the education of extrinsically disabled children through financial support and the facilitation of volunteers.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

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
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing

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£44£35£10n/an/an/an/an/a10
30/06/21£45£32£13n/an/an/an/an/a5
30/06/20*£59£46£13n/an/an/an/an/a8
30/06/19£52£43£9n/an/an/an/an/a20
30/06/18£37£48£-11£0£0£0n/a012
30/06/17£46£64£-18£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/16£87£47£40£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/15£47£66£-19£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/14£65£52£13£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/13£65£65£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/12£54£37£17£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/11£62£59£3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/10£44£41£2£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/09£33£35£-1£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/08£27£30£-3£0£0£0n/a00
30/06/07£25£16£8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 18 years

www.amasango.org.uk

donations@amasango.org.uk

01392 436416

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Services for people with disabilities
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • South Africa, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
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 (9)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 04/10/2006, number: 1116268
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR20: 21 days late,
Main office

Flat 2 Dean Clarke House
2 Southernhay East
EXETER
EX11AP

Objectives

AS A CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS WHO ARE STREET CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE ATTACHED TO THE AMASANGO CAREER SCHOOLS IN EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE BY FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH BURSARIES OR OTHERWISE AND THROUGH ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES NOT PROVIDED BY THE PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT AND BY FACILITATING THE AVAILABILITY TO THE AMASANGO CAREER SCHOOLS OF VOLUNTEER TEACHERS AND ASSISTANTS.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SOUTHE AFRICA, PARTICULARLY AT THE AMASANGO CAREER SCHOOLS IN EASTERN CAPE PROVINCE.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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