Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 13

No PartB

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +10

Overall GiG Score: 13

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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
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

Established: 20 years

www.kongochild.com

info@kongochild.com

02083736377

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

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

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 works here?

Unknown number of employees
22 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.

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 ....more "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 services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."
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, ....more 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 that project.
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 ....more 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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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.

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