Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 6

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +3

Overall GiG Score: 11

AZUKO

Mission:

To build a fairer world for all

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
The charity has received modest backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

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

Established: 10 years

https://azuko.org/

info@azuko.org

07507642167

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Income & Spending ?

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

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	£90	£85	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	34
31/12/21	£68	£67	£1	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/12/20?	£39	£29	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	32
30/04/19	£28	£56	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	17
30/04/18	£79	£78	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/17	£35	£11	£24	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/16	£38	£4	£34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
30/04/15	£4	£1	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

AZUKO SEEKS TO IMPROVE LIVES IN AREAS WITH LIMITED ASSETS THROUGH COMMUNITY DRIVEN, RESEARCH BASED DESIGN INITIATIVES THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO LOCAL CONTEXTS.

Listed activities

Accommodation/Housing
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Bangladesh, Throughout London,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
34 volunteers

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
CareTech foundation - AzuKo
£534	04/08/2021	A grant of £534 awarded to AzuKo to ship football kits as well as additional clothing to be distributed to families living in extreme poverty in a village in Bangladesh.
The Fore - Grant to AzuKo
£13,380	12/04/2021 36	AzuKo, uses design as a tool for sustainable development in Northwest Bangladesh. AzuKo uses architecture, design and civil engineering skills to co-design, with local communities, the solutions to ....more AzuKo, uses design as a tool for sustainable development in Northwest Bangladesh. AzuKo uses architecture, design and civil engineering skills to co-design, with local communities, the solutions to climate change and poverty. AzuKo tackles these issues through a series of distinct projects, all developed with local people, mainly women. AzuKo champions co-design by involving many stakeholders in the design and delivery of projects. They build educational playspaces for disadvantaged children, double-storey bamboo houses in slums, toilets for families with no access to safe sanitation and infrastructure improvements to bring clean, fresh water to whole neighbourhoods in Bangladesh. AzuKo is using the Fore grant to introduce a new donor management system, develop and manage its relationship with donors and produce an impact report to support its messaging to donors.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - A Sense of Place / Predicting Homelessness
£13,887	16/11/2017 18	AzuKo are a small architecture charity, which seeks to improve lives in areas with limited assets through community driven, research-based design initiatives that are sensitive to local contexts. ....more AzuKo are a small architecture charity, which seeks to improve lives in areas with limited assets through community driven, research-based design initiatives that are sensitive to local contexts. With this grant it aims to address tenancy insecurity and homelessness. AzuKo will use predictive data analytics to understand the types of individuals at risk of tenancy failure. This information can then help organisations like housing associations and voluntary organisations to strengthen service design to prevent homelessness.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

DR DELJANA IOSSIFOVA (Chair) Appointed: 2022

EMMA FRANCES CRICHTON Appointed: 2023

JAKHYA RAHMAN-COREY Appointed: 2023

JEFFREY KENNETH FRANCIS FCA Appointed: 2023

RADWA MOHAMED ROSTOM Appointed: 2018

RAYMOND WALTER LOPINSKI Appointed: 2023

REENA AGARWAL Appointed: 2020

SHAMIRA HAIDER Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 25/03/2014, number: 1156354

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Collective Auction Rooms
5-7 Buck Street
London
NW1 8NJ

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE SUBJECTS OF PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.PUBLIC INTEREST DESIGN IS THE CROSS FERTILISATION OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN THAT TRANSCENDS THE MERE PRODUCTS, SYSTEMS AND SERVICES WHILST ACTIVELY ADDRESSING THE SOCIAL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS. THIS IS ACHIEVED THROUGH THE USE OF INNOVATIVE DESIGN SOLUTIONS THAT LEVERAGE LOCAL ASSETS AND OFFER DIGNITY FOR THOSE IN RESOURCE AND BUDGET LIMITED SETTINGS.2) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES WORLDWIDE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(I) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES; AND(III) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.4) THE PROMOTION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF URBAN OR RURAL REGENERATION IN AREAS OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEPRIVATION WORLDWIDE BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:I) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUCH WAYS AS MAY BE THOUGHT FIT;II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING OR RETRAINING; ANDIII) THE PROVISION OF HOUSING FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF HOUSING IN THE PUBLC SECTOR OR IN CHARITABLE OWNERSHIP PROVIDED THAT SUCH POWER SHALL NOT BE EXTENDED TO RELIEVING ANY LOCAL AUTHORITIES OR OTHER BODIES OF A STATUTORY DUTY TO PROVIDE OR IMPROVE HOUSING.

Defined Area of Benefit:

WORLDWIDE

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