Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 13
  • Future income +5
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteer base +3
    • Overall weighted support: +10
    Overall GiG Score: 18 ?

    KONGOLESE CHILDREN'S ASSOCIATION

    - Supplementary School- Award ceremony- Liaison between schools and parents- Theatre production- Cultural events- Play and sport sessions- Advice, Information and Advocacy - Outings, Trips- Interpreting and Translation- Health Projects
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period, despite a decline more recently
    • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government and there are significant future grants due to be received

    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
    31/03/23£41£34£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/22£22£19£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/21£30£35£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/20£38£38£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/19£28£23£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/18£6£22£-16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/17£37£26£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/16£36£31£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/15£29£34£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/14£21£27£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/13£42£34£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/12£36£36£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/11£24£24£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/10£18£6£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/09*£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/08£0£8£-8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/07£18£12£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/06£4£4£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/03/05£32£29£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 20 years

    www.kongochild.com

    info@kongochild.com

    02083736377

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Accommodation/Housing
    • Amateur Sport
    • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
    • Economic/Community Development/Employment
    • Education/Training
    • General Charitable Purposes
    • Recreation
    • Religious Activities
    • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
    • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
    GiG Classification
    • Community sports activities
    How it operates
    • Other charitable activities
    • Provides advocacy/advice/information
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Angola, Congo, Congo (Democratic Republic), Throughout England,
    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 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
    National Lottery Heritage Fund£73,839
    Trust for London£72,600
    City Bridge Trust£45,000
    DCMS£9,888
    Specific Donations
    Amount When
    Months
    To be used for
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kongolese'S Children Association
    £73,839 19/04/2023
    History of Congolese Rumba Music
    Trust for London - Kongolese Children's Association
    £5,600 29/09/2022
    This is a cost of living uplift for grant reference 360G-trustforlondon-MAIN-S2-02.02.2022-9483
    City Bridge Trust - Grant to Kongolese Children's Association
    £45,000 10/08/2022
    36
    £45,000 over three years (3 x £15,000) to help refugees, asylum seekers and migrants integrate within society and prosper economically through educational courses.
    Trust for London - Kongolese Children's Association
    £67,000 15/06/2022
    The funding is for the sustainability of the KCA Advice service, which is soon to reach formal external AQS accreditation.
    DCMS - Coronavirus Community Support Fund
    £9,888 08/09/2020
    "The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public ....more
    National Lottery Community Fund - STOP Youth crime in Congolese community
    £9,985 05/04/2019
    12
    The project will run an interactive programme of activities and events which aims to address and raise awareness of the issues faced by different generations of the Congolese community.
    Trust for London - Kongolese Children's Association
    £45,000 06/06/2018
    36
    The funding is for continuing advice for the Welfare of our clients.  We have also received people from diverse other backgrounds who joined the project.  The demand has become higher and higher, so we want to get another 3 years fund to sustain ....more
    National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Kongolese Children's Association
    £9,800 02/02/2017
    We made it, let share it!
    Lloyds Bank Foundation - Grant to Kongolese Childrens Association
    £29,400 29/05/2014
    The charity supports families from Kongolese and other BME communities. The support enables them to gain increased confidence and improved social contact and young people will achieve more at school and families will benefit from learning together.
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    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (8)
    Current Trustees appointed

    • EUGENE KHONDE Appointed: 2014
    • HOLGA VITA ZOLA Appointed: 2011
    • MBI KIPHANZU Appointed: 2019
    • MONGAY LEK-LEK BAPINDIKWA Appointed: 2011
    • MUANDA MALONDA (Chair)
    • PASITO TOLA Appointed: 2023
    • PHEMBA NGOMA Appointed: 2017
    • YILA MASIALA
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/06/2004, number: 1104079
    Gift Aid
    • NOT 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
    19 returns made; AR09: 18 days late,
    Main office

    9 ELSTREE GARDENS
    LONDON
    N9 8QY

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FROM THE KONGO, BYA) THE PROVISION OF AND ASSISTANCE IN FINDING ACCESS TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING;B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;C) THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION ADVICE AND ADVOCACY IN MATTERS SUCH AS WELFARE, HOUSING, HEALTH, IMMIGRATION, ASYLUM, TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION AS WELL AS OTHER SUPPORT AS DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE TRUSTEES;D) THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THOSE PERSONS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABLEMENT, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONALLY.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving

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