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Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

AZUKO

Mission:

To build a fairer world for all
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
31/12/23£110£97£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£90£85£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£68£67£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20?£39£29£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/18£79£78£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/17£35£11£24n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/16£38£4£34n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/04/15£4£1£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 11 years

https://azuko.org/

info@azuko.org

07507642167

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What it does
AZUKO SEEKS TO IMPROVE LIVES IN AREAS WITH LIMITED ASSETS THROUGH COMMUNITY DRIVEN, RESEARCH BASED DESIGN INITIATIVES THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO LOCAL CONTEXTS.
Listed activities
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Construction of housing and infrastructure
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Bangladesh, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years
The Fore£13,380
The Clothworkers Foundation£5,000
CareTech foundation£534
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
The Clothworkers Foundation - Grant to Azuko
£5,000 02/06/2023
12
Towards core costs
CareTech foundation - AzuKo
£534 04/08/2021
A grant of £534 awarded to AzuKo to ship football kits as well as additional clothing to be distributed to families living in extreme poverty in a village in Bangladesh.
The Fore - Grant to AzuKo
£13,380 12/04/2021
36
AzuKo, uses design as a tool for sustainable development in Northwest Bangladesh. AzuKo uses architecture, design and civil engineering skills to co-design, with local communities, the solutions to climate change and poverty. AzuKo tackles these ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - A Sense of Place / Predicting Homelessness
£13,887 16/11/2017
18
AzuKo are a small architecture charity, which seeks to improve lives in areas with limited assets through community driven, research-based design initiatives that are sensitive to local contexts. With this grant it aims to address tenancy insecurity ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • DR DELJANA IOSSIFOVA (Chair) Appointed: 2022
  • EMMA FRANCES CRICHTON Appointed: 2023
  • JAKHYA RAHMAN-COREY Appointed: 2023
  • JEFFREY KENNETH FRANCIS FCA Appointed: 2023
  • RAYMOND WALTER LOPINSKI Appointed: 2023
  • REENA AGARWAL Appointed: 2020
  • SHAMIRA HAIDER Appointed: 2022
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2014, number: 1156354
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Collective Auction Rooms
5-7 Buck Street
London
NW1 8NJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN IS THE CROSS FERTILISATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN THAT TRANSCENDS THE MERE PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES WHILST ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE USE OF INNOVATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT LEVERAGE LOCAL ASSETS AND OFFER DIGNITY FOR THOSE IN RESOURCE AND BUDGET LIMITED SETTINGS.2) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(I) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND(III) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.4) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION WORLDWIDE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING; ANDIII) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT BE EXTENDED TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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