IFA YORUBA CONTEMPORARY ARTS TRUST

Registered charity 1055632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as I-YCAT, YCAT, YORUBA CONTEMPORARY ARTS TRUST

Ifa - Yoruba Contemporary Arts Trust is a charitable trust, committed to fostering the development of African arts and culture through a wide range of educational and arts activities and promoting an awareness of the impact of African people on the wider African Diaspora.

Objects

TO ADVANCE PUBLIC EDUCATION IN YORUBA ART AND CULTURE BY THE PROVISION OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMES AND ACTIVITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED, IN PRACTICE CENTRED IN LONDON

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an operating deficit of £2,923 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £33,905 against charitable expenditure of £36,827. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £2,123 at year-end, and the charity does not currently have a stated investment or reserve policy.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Prince Tai Fadipe-Davidschair
• ANGELA MAY ANDERSON
• Majemite Jaboro MSc

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

Operates in: Benin · Brazil · Burkina Faso · Canada · Cuba · Germany · Haiti · India · Italy · Jamaica · Japan · Netherlands

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).