Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

THE UK FRIENDS OF SUMBANDILA SCHOLARSHIP TRUST 

Sumbandila aims to find intelligent and determined children from extremely deprived rural backgrounds and take them on an eight-year educational journey, with the long-term goal of creating leaders and entrepreneurs who can effect much-needed change in our society and economy. Sumbandila places a high emphasis on much-needed skills like mathematics, science, and technology.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity only provides its support via other charities

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 Spending Surplus/
Deficit
Volun-
teers
31/01/23£44,925£402£44,5230
31/01/22*£0£0£00
Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 4 years

www.sumbandila.org

lbristow@sumbandila.org

0155160251

Charity Commission for England and Wales
Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Grant-making foundations
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • South Africa,
Who it helps
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

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 19/08/2020, number: 1190936
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds 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
2 returns made; AR22: 39 days late,
Main office

28 Epple Road
LONDON
SW6 4DH

Objectives

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME ON TRUST TO APPLY THEM IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING), THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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