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Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits and declines: -5
  • No PartB
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -6 ?

ACTION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA 

Campaigning & Advocacy work this lies at the core of what we do. We support local actors in southern Africa and lobby key stakeholders in the UK to push for change and secure rights, equality and development for the region.Advancing education of the public on Southern Africa, by highlighting the causes of underdevelopment, poverty and conflict and exposing the destructive legacies of apartheid
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Positives:

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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile and on several occasions in recent years less than spending
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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
31/12/22£111£125£-14n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/21£120£121£-1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/20£158£161£-3n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/19£156£195£-39n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/12/18£202£101£102£0£0£0n/a05
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 7 years

www.actsa.org

info@actsa.org

020 7832 5812

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Angola, Botswana, Congo (Democratic Republic), Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Throughout England And Wales, Zambia, Zimbabwe,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 10 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 20/09/2017, number: 1174757
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
5 returns made; all on time
Main office

Action for Southern Africa
200A Pentonville Road
LONDON
N1 9JP

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BY:MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS;COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICATO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, ON A RANGE OF ISSUES WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO THE RELIEF AND ERADICATION OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS, EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, PARTICULARLY WITH RESPECT TO THE NATURE, CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF POVERTY, SOCIAL INEQUITY, HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AND ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION.

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