Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: 1

Support Score: 0

Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

Only 3 Trustees: -2
Gender balanced board: +3

No supporters identified

Overall GiG Score: -3

AFRICAN PROMISE

The promotion and provision for the advancement of education in primary schools in Kenya in particular by supporting the development of schools in the Kasigau region.

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Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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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		£227	£176	£51	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1
31/03/22	*	£212	£192	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21	*	£166	£193	£-26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/20		£156	£179	£-24	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19		£210	£180	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£198	£191	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£145	£219	£-73	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£183	£186	£-3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£206	£94	£112	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£117	£116	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£99	£130	£-31	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£103	£103	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	*	£116	£71	£46	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£91	£126	£-35	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£102	£43	£60	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 16 years

www.africanpromise.org.uk

hello@africanpromise.org.uk

02071932137

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Education/Training

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Kenya,

Who it helps

Children/Young People

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

CHRISTOPHER DUNCAN OTT (Chair) Appointed: 2016

GARY SHAUN LEONARD SHIELS Appointed: 2018

NICOLA ANNE COLDMAN, Other trusteeship: THE JOHN COLDMAN CHARITABLE TRUST,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 13/01/2008, number: 1122285

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

Filing Record

15 returns made; AR22: 168 days late, AR21: 30 days late, AR11: 126 days late, AR10: 1 days late,

Main office

97A STORMONT ROAD
LONDON
SW11 5EJ

Objectives

3.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME OF THE TRUST FUND UPON TRUST AS TO THE INCOME, AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AS THE FOUNDER MAY BY NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE, FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND TO MAKE DONATIONS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE FOUNDER MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BY A LIKE NOTICE DIRECT. WHERE THE FOUNDER HAS NOT, BY 5 APRIL IN THE INCOME TAX YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH THE INCOME ARISES, GIVEN A DIRECTION WHICH FULLY DISPOSES OF THE INCOME, THEN SUCH INCOME SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUB-CLAUSES 3.2 AND 3.3.3.2 SUBJECT TO, AND IN DEFAULT OF ANY DIRECTION UNDER SUB-CLAUSE 3.1, AND INSOFAR AS ANY SUCH DIRECTION IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE CAPITAL AND INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ALL OR SUCH PART OR PARTS OF THE CAPITAL, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN HEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT TO PROMOTE AND PROVIDE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN IN KENYA IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPLYING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE SCHOOLS OF THE KASIGAU REGION.3.3 THE TRUSTEES MAY, IN THEIR DISCRETION, FOR THE PERIOD OF 21 YEARS FROM THE DATE OF THIS DEED, INSTEAD OF APPLYING THE INCOME OF THE CHARITY IN ANY YEAR, ACCUMULATE ALL OR ANY PART OF SUCH INCOME BY INVESTING THE SAME AND THE RESULTING INCOME IN ANY INVESTMENTS AUTHORISED BY THIS DEED OR BY LAW AS AN ACCRETION TO AND AS PART OF THE CAPITAL OF THE CHARITY, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE RIGHT OF THE TRUSTEES TO APPLY THE WHOLE OR ANY PART OF SUCH ACCUMULATED INCOME IN ANY SUBSEQUENT YEAR AS IF THE SAME WERE INCOME OF THE CHARITY ARISING IN THE THEN CURRENT YEAR.

Defined Area of Benefit:

KENYA

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