AFRICAID

Registered charity 1045461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Africaid was set up in response to the challenge of HIV & AIDS in Africa. In 2005 Africaid launched Whizzkids United which provides health, education and empowerment services for disadvantaged youth. Activities include:Life Skills training through football, Peer Education & Health Academies which provide sexual and reproductive health services including HIV testing & ARV treatment.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, AND ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH WITHIN AFRICA SO THAT THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF AFRICANS MAY BE IMPROVED, ANDTO PROMOTE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL, FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE, WITHOUT ANY FORM OF DISCRIMINATION E.G. GENDER, RELIGION, RACE ETC.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE, AFRICA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operates on a receipts and payments basis with closing bank balances of £13,076.68 in its current account and £14.12 in its savings account. The independent examiner confirmed that proper book-keeping is maintained and that financial records are reconciled to bank statements. No material uncertainties or going concern issues were identified in the filing.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — AFRICAID (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Africaid — “Africaid’s WhizzKids United (WKU) is a community-based NGO that has used football to drive positive youth outcomes for over 20 years in Nort…” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• DR TOMAS CAMPBELL
• Dominique Tatibouet
• GARY PAGE
• Kevin Miles

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

Operates in: Ghana · South Africa · Uganda

Income and spending

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