Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: -13

Support Score: 0

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Strong growth: +2
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

2 Trustees: -2
Narrow trustee age band: -2
Very static board: -5
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3

Overall GiG Score: -12

THE SMART VILLAGES FOUNDATION

The charity promotes integrated rural development in developing countries - in particular to harness innovative technologies (such as off-grid sustainable energy and ICT) to act as catalysts to create local services and productive uses that generate sustainable social and economic impacts for local communities.

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Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 2 trustees
The Board is completely male
The Board composition appears to be very static and has little diversity in terms of age

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 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
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
31/03/23	*	£17	£11	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	5
31/03/22		£4	£4	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£15	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	4
31/03/20	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	*	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£0	£1	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£52	£50	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

07761375991

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Community services

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Ethiopia, Kenya, Lesotho, Oxfordshire, Tanzania, Uganda,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
Other Defined Groups
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
5 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 82-88

DR HOWARD ALPER Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Chair Government Of Canada'S

PROFESSOR SIR BRIAN HEAP Appointed: 2011, Occupation: None, Other trusteeship: THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST CAMBRIDGE,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 31/01/2012, number: 1145689
Registered at Companies House on 07/09/2011, number: 07766237

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Filing Record

11 returns made; AR23: 36 days late, AR20: 9 days late, AR16: 14 days late, AR15: 38 days late, AR14: 4 days late, AR13: 89 days late,

Main office

15 Lady Place
Sutton Courtenay
ABINGDON
OX14 4FB

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:- 1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN THE SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY:(A) PROMOTING RESEARCH IN THE SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH; AND(B) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 IN THE SCIENCES, TECHNOLOGY, EDUCATION AND MEDICINE. 2. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY:(A) PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; AND(B) UNDERTAKING AND SUPPORTING SCIENTIFIC, TECHNOLOGICAL, ENGINEERING AND MEDICAL RESEARCH INTO FACTORS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO POVERTY AND THE MOST APPROPRIATE WAYS TO MITIGATE THESE AND PUBLISHING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH.3. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.4. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH. 5. THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD THROUGH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY: (A) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF NATURAL RESOURCES; (B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND(C) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. 6.THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF THE PUBLIC ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING AND MEDICINE AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PROMOTION OF RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.

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