OSUN ARTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1039875 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OSUN FOUNDATION

Work in schools, community centres & theatres introducing, demonstrating and teaching all aspects of African culture - the music, drama, story telling and dance; produces and perform innovative, powerful traditional and contemporary African theatre for rural, mid and large scale touring nationally; promotes cultural exchanges between Britain and Africa; delivering employable skills for unemployed.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT CONCERNING AFRICA AND ITS ART ANTHROPOLOGY AND CULTURE

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Liverpool, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted net assets of £2,664, a significant improvement from the previous year's deficit of £334. The trustees report that reserves are held as current assets to meet future activity requirements, and the independent examiner confirmed that proper accounting records were kept and the statements comply with the Charities Act 2011.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• MICHELE ROSSchair
• Charles Williams
• Olajumoke Oyenuga
• PRINCE GBADEBO ARAOYE
• STANLEY IFAMENE LLB

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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