Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

AMA CARES 

We undertake community based activities which bring together parents, guardians, children and our consultants to educate them on issues pertaining child sexual abuse and offer techniques and guidelines on how to stop and or prevent such abuses. Professionals that support our activities include police, doctors, mental health personnel, social workers and self defence experts.
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Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/01/23£0£0£02
31/01/22£0£116£-1163
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 3 years

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Other Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Throughout England, Togo,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 2 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Child Protection during COVID 19
£9,210 07/05/2020
7
The funding will be used to deliver an online and telephone support service for young people who have experienced or are at risk of sexual abuse.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/12/2020, number: 1192918
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
2 returns made; all on time
Main office

175 Harrow Road
WARLINGHAM
CR6 9EZ

Objectives

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 6-18 YEARS OLD, WITH A FOCUS ON THE BAME COMMUNITY IN THE UK AND CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE IN AFRICA EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF EXPERIENCING CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE OR TO PREVENT CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE THROUGH: A QUALIFIED PROFESSIONALS PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS, ACTIVITIES, COUNSELLING AND MENTORINGB RAISING AWARENESS TO HELP PREVENT CHILDHOOD SEXUAL ABUSE;C)PROVIDING HEALTH EDUCATION;D REFERRING BENEFICIARIES IN AFRICA TO THE APPROPRIATE HOSPITALS AND SEXUAL HEALTH TREATMENT CENTRES FOR TREATMENT AND SUPPORT;E)PROVIDING SUPPORT TO SOCIAL SERVICES AND APPROPRIATE BODIES IN AFRICA TO SUPPORT BENEFICIARIES.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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