Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -1 ?

CHALLENGE MINISTRIES SWAZILAND UK 

The charity is promoting and protecting the physical and mental health of children and young people disadvantaged or marginalised by the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Swaziland. Relieving poverty, financial hardship and advancing education in local communities, through the construction of orphan homes, the provision of educational facilities, apprenticeship training centres and business development.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

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
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23£429£438£-9n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£372£375£-3n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21£525£510£15£39£110£882.131
31/03/20£354£347£7n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/19£276£248£28n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/18£354£342£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£307£287£20£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£236£245£-8£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 9 years

www.cmswazi.org

info@cmswazi.org.uk

07554671676

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Technical, vocational and continuing education
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Eswatini, Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees:
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 15/06/2015, number: 1162211
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
8 returns made; all on time
Main office

Crendon House
Westfield Road
Long Crendon
Aylesbury
HP18 9EW

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH, AND FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-4.1. THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SWAZILAND AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE BY (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOMES IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES;4.2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR (BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY) FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DISADVANTAGED OR MARGINALISED BY REASON OF ECONOMIC, GEOGRAPHIC OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCE IN SWAZILAND AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO) THE PROVISION OF SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING CENTRES; AND4.3. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF THOSE INFECTED AND AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN SWAZILAND AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF AFRICA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, SUPPORT, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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