Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

THE INTERNATIONAL CHRISTIAN SERVICE FOR AFRICA 

Gives small grants in two instalments to registered charities in Africa who are seeking to improve the quality of life of their community for work such as rice farming, poultry or livestock farming, skills for orphans or street children etc. Small grants can also be given for any project which will enhance the life chances of group members such as IT training, furniture making, baking, sewing etc.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
30/09/22*£1£2£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/21*£1£1£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/20£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/19£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
30/09/18£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/17£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/16£0£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/15£0£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/14£1£0£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/13*£1£0£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£2£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£1£1£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£2£2£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/07£1£3£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/06*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 35 years

iodada2006@gmail.com

07803304931

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • Community services
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Ghana, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 31/03/1989, number: 801269
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 4 days late, AR21: 1 days late, AR13: 81 days late, AR06: 34 days late,
Main office

Flat 12
502 Caledonian Road
LONDON
N7 9GB

Objectives

THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFRICA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
CharityBase
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