Overall GiG Score: -10 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -13
Support Score: 8
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • Submission defaults: -10
  • Static board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +5

KAALMO WELFARE TRUST 

KAALMO WELFARE TRUST (KWTRUST): A EAST AFRICAN HUMANITARIAN DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATIONPROVIDING FOOD, SHELTER, CLOTHING, EDUCATION & MEDICAL CARE FOR POOR COMMUNITIESEMPOWERING & CAMPAIGNING ON BEHALF OF POOR COMMUNITIES DEVELOPING A SOCIAL WELFARE SYSTEM FOR THE POOR & NEEDY WORKING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE & COMMUNITIES TO PROMOTE, ENHANCE & DEVELOP EDUCATION, YOUTH, BASED PROJECTS & FACILITIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There have been multiple defaults for filing returns
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years
Established: 11 years

www.kwtrust.org

info@kwtrust.org

01204395571

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?

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
31/03/21*£63£42£21n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/20*£19£17£2n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/19£9£8£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£8£8£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16?£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£5£5£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who works here?
  • 14 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/Mankind
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides other finance
Where it operates
  • Bolton, Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia,

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 Community Fund£20,000
Bolton CVS£11,670
Forever Manchester£9,976
DCMS£4,976
Barrow Cadbury Trust£4,720
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
National Lottery Community Fund - Moving On
£10,000 21/10/2022
The funding will be used to deliver a weekend activity club for young migrant and refugee children aged between 6 and 17 years. The project aims to create a sense of belonging increase confidence and ....more
Bolton CVS - Grant to Kaalmo Welfare Trust
£2,660 01/06/2021
Recruitment and training of Community Champions
Bolton CVS - Grant to Kaalmo Welfare Trust
£4,210 06/01/2021
Summer Holiday Activities
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - Kaalmo Welfare Trust
£4,720 30/09/2020
3
To enable KWT to continue and expand its education and advice services in response to COVID
Forever Manchester - To expand on Kwtrust service
£4,976 28/08/2020
Advice and welfare support
DCMS - VSCE CMC Fund
£4,976 28/08/2020
NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots ....more
Forever Manchester - OutRun Covid 19: Awareness/protection for elderly
£5,000 22/05/2020
Emergency supplies and welfare checks
Bolton CVS - Grant to Kaalmo Welfare Trust
£4,800 12/01/2020
To deliver Digital learning and English for 18 BAME immigrant women from Bolton
National Lottery Community Fund - Tough Cookies
£10,000 30/05/2019
12
The charity will provide additional learning support for teenagers from East African and Syrian communities who face significant cultural and linguistic barriers in school.
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 30/09/2013, number: 1154001
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
7 returns made; AR21: 41 days late, AR20: 8 days late, AR17: 3 days late,
Main office

Deane Centre
155-157 Deane Road
BOLTON
BL3 5AH

Objectives

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE HORN OF AFRICA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING OR PROVIDING PROJECTS THAT PROVIDE GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES, EMERGENCY AID IN THE WAKE OF NATURAL DISASTERS AND THE PROVISION OF SAFE WATER AND SANITATION.THE AREA OF BENEFIT OF THE CHARITY IS BOTH LOCAL AND OVERSEAS. THE PRIMARY AREA OF THE OPERATION WILL HOWEVER BE ETHIOPIA, KENYA, SOMALIA AND DJIBOUTI.

Defined Area of Benefit:

LOCAL AND OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great