Finance Score: -4

Governance Score: -3

Support Score: 3

Poor Liquidity: -1
Deficit on unrestricted reserves: -2
Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Mainly male board: -1

Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: -4

CAMARA EDUCATION UK LTD

Camara Education's mission is to provide sustainable technology to educate students in Africa. We set up computer labs in schools across Africa and train teachers and local staff to use and maintain them. We also create locally relevant content for students and teachers. We achieve this in part by working with companies to recycle surplus or end-of-life computers and other IT equipment.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is predominantly male
The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
There was a deficit on unrestricted reserves of £43,598 at the last year end after deducting the value of own use assets
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

Established: 14 years

http://camara.org

ukcomputers@camara.org

020 8670 1225

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/12/22	£501	£518	£-17	£0	£4	£-44	-1	3	0
31/12/21	£147	£192	£-44	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/20	£66	£161	£-96	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	11
31/12/19	£407	£291	£115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	115
31/12/18	£244	£301	£-57	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	107
31/12/17	£335	£196	£139	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/16	£200	£188	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/15	£101	£72	£29	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/14	£232	£265	£-33	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/13	£223	£147	£76	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/12	£226	£234	£-8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/11	£23	£1	£22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/10	£1	£5	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 98%
Liabilities/Income: 46%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: -1031%
Reserves/Spending: -1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 0 months
Quick Ratio: 0.4

Asset Split ?

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides other finance
Provides services

Where it operates

Ethiopia, Ireland, Kenya, Lesotho, Tanzania, Throughout England, Zambia,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

3 employees

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
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£20,000	26/10/2022	for core funding
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£3,760	06/09/2022	to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Discretionary Grant
£5,000	24/08/2021	to support specified work
HM Revenue & Customs - SME Brexit Support Fund
£2,000	16/07/2021	Training Grant provided for Customs training purposes

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 10/11 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 53-70

RUSHI MILLNS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Executive Director

CHARLES HENRY MARK ELLINGHAM Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Publisher

FRANK OLIVER LEHMANN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Financial Manager

JESSICA ELIZABETH WREN Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Director

ANDREW PETER SINGER Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired

CORMAC EUGENE LYNCH (Chair) Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

OLIVIA LICHTENSTEIN Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

RORY KINGSLEY WARDROPER Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director

ANDREW JARVIS Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Entrepreneur, Other trusteeship: FACE EQUALITY INTERNATIONAL,

JOHN DOMINIC WEARE BROWN Appointed: 2010, Occupation: Consultant, Other trusteeship: SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS,

RICHARD JOHN BASHAM Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Banker, Other trusteeship: GREENWICH WINTER NIGHT SHELTER,

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/04/2010, number: 1135540
Registered at Companies House on 08/08/2009, number: 06985729

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

13 returns made; all on time

Main office

241A PORTOBELLO ROAD
LONDON
W11 1LT

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OF PEOPLE IN LESS DEVELOPED AREAS OF THE WORLD THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY(I) THE REFURBISHMENT AND DISTRIBUTION OF COMPUTERS AND ASSOCIATED EQUIPMENT TO THESE AREAS FOR THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS,(2) THE PROMOTION OF E LEARNING, THROUGH THE TRAINING OF TEACHERS AND OTHER ASSOCIATED STAFF IN THE USEOF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICT) TO ENHANCE THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IN THESECOUNTRIES, AND (3) THE DEVELOPMENT OF DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL CONTENT FOR USE ON COMPUTERS

Defined Area of Benefit:

THE WORLD

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