APE ACTION AFRICA

Registered charity 1057061 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAMEROON WILDLIFE AID FUND

Ape Action Africa (formerly Cameroon Wildlife Aid Fund, CWAF) operates a sanctuary for gorillas, chimps and monkeys that have been orphaned, largely as a result of the bushmeat trade. Ape Action Africa has a growing education programme and works with the Cameroon government and the public to advance the conservation of primates in Cameroon.

Objects

1) TO RELIEVE THE SUFFERING OF NON-HUMAN PRIMATES IN CAMEROON WHO ARE IN NEED OF CARE AND ATTENTION AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROVIDE AND MAINTAIN A PRIMATE RESCUE CENTRE,HOSPITAL AND OTHER FACILITIES FOR THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH SICK OR ILL TREATED ANIMALS. 2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC INTO THE CONSERVATION,CARE AND TREATMENT OF SUCH ANIMALS

Area of benefit: REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON

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

Causes: Education/training · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £36,648 for the year, funded from reserves, resulting in net assets of £93,157. Per the trustees' report, while the balance sheet shows a net asset position with £116k in cash, the trustees acknowledge that difficult global economic climates significantly impact the charity's fundraising capacity.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Ape Action Africa (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE MCLANEY
• Ian Bickerstaff
• Victoria Luke

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

Operates in: Cameroon

Income and spending

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Known funders

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• THE POLE POLE FOUNDATION UK income £225k
• CHEETAH CONSERVATION FUND - UK income £202k
• AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION income £894k

Side by side with its peers

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