Finance Score: 2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 2

Strong growth: +2
No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 10

RARE CHARITY

Our mission is to fund education where opportunities are rare but talent is not.We provide talented young people, within tea producing communities, with access to education. Our ambition is to equip young people with the agency to implement long-term and sustainable social change.

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Positives:

The charity has received backing from a grant maker 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 well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Established: 8 years

www.rarecharity.com

tom@rarecharity.com

07546798836

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
31/01/23	£94	£75	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
31/01/22	£75	£60	£15	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/01/21	£56	£60	£-4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	6
31/01/20?	£81	£61	£20	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/12/18	£21	£20	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/12/17	£12	£8	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

Education/Training

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations

Where it operates

India, Malawi, Nepal, Scotland, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Throughout England,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
10 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
The Fore - Grant to Rare Charity
£15,000	01/12/2020 36	Rare Charity provides tertiary scholarships to talented students from tea communities to pursue their education. It currently operates in the Satemwa tea community in Malawi, a country which has one ....more Rare Charity provides tertiary scholarships to talented students from tea communities to pursue their education. It currently operates in the Satemwa tea community in Malawi, a country which has one of the world's lowest enrolment rate for tertiary education. The charity's aim is to give ambitious young people the ability to uplift themselves, their households and their communities. Rare Charity is using funding from The Fore to start a scholarship programme specifically for girls, who face additional cultural and economic barriers to education in the communities where Rare Charity works.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 39-66

CECILLIA MAKONYOLA Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Governance Advisor

ADAM JAMES SADDLER HICKIE Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Certified Chartered Accountant

GEMMA BELL Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Public Relations

HENRIETTA MARGARET LOVELL (Chair) Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Tea Blender

ROBERT SCOTT ANDERSON Appointed: 2018, Occupation: Director

WILL LE FLEMING Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Director Of Senior School

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 19/10/2016, number: 1169767
Registered at Companies House on 05/01/2016, number: 09936276

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

6 returns made; all on time

Main office

Rare Tea Co Ltd
35 Eyre Street Hill
LONDON
EC1R 5ET

Objectives

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ('OBJECTS') ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THAT, THE COMPANY MAY SEEK TO FULFIL ITS OBJECTS BY PREDOMINANT BEING ACTIVE IN AREAS SURROUNDING FARMS IN AFRICA, NEPAL, INDIA AND SRI LANKA BY;1) AWARDING STUDENTS SCHOLARSHIPS TO ENTER UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.2) SUPPORTING EDUCATION INITIATIVES TO PREPARE FOR ENTRY TO ANY OCCUPATION, TRADE OR PROFESSION ON LEAVING ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT.3) SUPPORTING EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AND/OR INITIATIVES.

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