Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 0

Support Score: 3

No PartB

Overall weighted support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 3

UNIKA

Our mission is to achieve positive change for elder people in the Uk,Malawi , Zimbabwe but not limited to ensuring that they enjoy their right to healthcare, social services, economic and physical security, promote social cohesion and reduce isolation. Promote diversity and interaction with the community and ease of information access to poor and less privileged ethinic groups.

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Positives:

A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

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
31/03/24		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/23		£22	£26	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/22		£4	£5	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/21		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/20?	*	£7	£0	£6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/18		£6	£6	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/17		£1	£1	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/16?		£11	£11	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
01/03/15?		£2	£2	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/03/14		£5	£6	£-1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 11 years

www.unika-uk.org

info@unika-uk.org

07863184124

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

General Community services

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Bedford, Botswana, Central Bedfordshire, Derby City, Derbyshire, Luton, Malawi, Northamptonshire, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
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.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
£9,955	20/01/2023	The funding will be used to hold an African music festival. This project aims to celebrate African culture and build better relationships.
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation - UNITED FRONT PROJECT
£3,000	20/01/2022	Workshops and radio talk shows addressing mental health and wellbeing. Signposting to charities that can support people and a community event with basketball, football and netball tournaments and music and entertainment at Lea Manor.
National Lottery Community Fund - AFRICAN MUSIC FESTIVAL
£6,190	27/06/2019 12	The project will use funding to hold an Africa Music Festival to celebrate the Black History Month and support the learning and understanding of African culture
National Lottery Community Fund - African Music Festival
£5,900	06/09/2017 12	The project will host an Africa Music Festival which will bring the community together to celebrate and learn about African culture, whilst reflecting diverse communities through music. This will bring the community together to create a sense of ....more The project will host an Africa Music Festival which will bring the community together to celebrate and learn about African culture, whilst reflecting diverse communities through music. This will bring the community together to create a sense of belonging.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

MUNYARADZI SAJANGA (Chair) Appointed: 2013

RUVIMBO MURINDAGOMO Appointed: 2019

SYLVIA DLAMINI Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/2013, number: 1153206

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR20: 63 days late,

Main office

55A PRINCESS STREET
LUTON
LU1 5AT

Objectives

1)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN MALAWI IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION AND OPERATION OF A CENTRE FOR THE HOMELESS ELDERLY.2)THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT IN THE PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN LUTON FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT.

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