Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -4

Support Score: 2

Spending declining: -1
Volatile income: -3
No PartB

No conflicts policy: -1
All male board: -3

Overall weighted support: +2

Overall GiG Score: -6

MANCHESTER NILE VALLEY CONSERVATION AND EDUCATION NETWORK

1. Undertakes research on threatened and endangered plant species of the upper Nile Valley2. Provides, space and facilities for a conservation protection of threatened plant species.3. Promotes arts and culture4. Provides remedial and extra-curriculum education5. Promotes sustainable development

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

There have been no income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
The Board is completely 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
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Spending is declining
Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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	*	£2	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£20	£18	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21?		£10	£10	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/19		£20	£19	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/18		£4	£4	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/17		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/16		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/15		£14	£14	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/14		£14	£13	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/13		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/12		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/11		£18	£16	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/10		£20	£13	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/09		£3	£2	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/08		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
24/10/07		£18	£16	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Balance Sheet History

Established: 18 years

www.mancoen.org

tolpaito@aol.com

01612254410

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Ethiopia, India, Kenya, Manchester City, Sudan, Throughout London, Uganda,

Who it helps

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
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 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 Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Nile Valley Conservation and Education Network (Mancoen)
£9,999	27/08/2021	Kitara Tales Recovery Project
National Lottery Community Fund - Support in Sight for Longsight
£10,000	18/12/2020 11	The funding will be used to provide rehabilitation and counselling to families from BAME communities affected by Covid 19. The project aims to provide information on health issues such as diabetes ....more The funding will be used to provide rehabilitation and counselling to families from BAME communities affected by Covid 19. The project aims to provide information on health issues such as diabetes and obesity whilst dealing with language barriers in refugee and asylum seeker households around Covid restrictions and social distancing.
National Lottery Heritage Fund - Grant to Manchester Nile Valley Conservation and Education Network
£39,900	28/08/2019	Kitara Tales
National Lottery Community Fund - Language Barrier Alleviation Community Project
£10,000	29/08/2013 12	This is a project by a charity in Manchester, serving beneficiaries in Southwark. The group will use the funding to run a supplementary Saturday school for young people with the emphasis on teaching ....more This is a project by a charity in Manchester, serving beneficiaries in Southwark. The group will use the funding to run a supplementary Saturday school for young people with the emphasis on teaching English, Kiswahilli and Luo, as well as a drop in facility service for consultation, ICT and advocacy, for families from Nile Valley backgrounds in the UK. This will develop the communication and language skils of the beneficiaries encouraging intergenerational communication. This will also provide volunteering opportunities which will improve the employability chances of adults. computers, printers, fax machine, stationery, tutors, documentation, exhibition and achievement day

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

CHARLES KAKANYERA Appointed: 2013

CHARLES ORYEMA LABEJA

CHRISTOPHER OPIRA Appointed: 2018

DR TERENCE OKELLO PAITO BSC MA (Chair)

FILDER TOPACO Appointed: 2021

JOHN BAPTIST AYELA Appointed: 2015

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 17/07/2006, number: 1115386

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

16 returns made; AR23: 109 days late,

Main office

31 BIRCH HALL LANE
MANCHESTER
M13 0XJ

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF UGANDAN AND NILE VALLEY COMMUNITIES AND HUMANITY ELSEWHERE WITHOUT DISTINCTION OF POLITICAL, RELIGIOUS OR OTHER OPINIONS BY ASSOCIATING THE LOCAL AUTHORITIES, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS AND INHABITANTS IN A COMMON EFFORT TO:ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF MOTHER TONGUE LANGUAGES OF LUGANDA AND KISWAHILLI TO THE CHILDREN OF THE NILE VALLEY DESCENT.ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF THE NILE VALLEY DESCENT, IN BASIC SKILLS (NUMERACY, LITERACY AND INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY), AT MANCOEN SUPPLEMENTARY SCHOOL IN MANCHESTER.DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF VOLUNTEERS WILLING TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION EDUCATION IN THE NILE VALLEY.* PROMOTE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY, THE CONSERVATION PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF BIODIVERSITY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A BOTANICAL GARDEN, A SEED BANK AND REPATRIATION OF LOST PLANT SPECIES, TO PROTECT ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONVENTION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES). * ADVANCE FOR THE BENEFIT IF THE GENERAL PUBLIC, KNOWLEDGE OF NILE VALLEY PLANT SPECIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS