ACTION IN AFRICA

Registered charity 1072661 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sponsoring of education for those who otherwise would be unable to afford it. This ranges from kindergarten to university. Promotion of healthcare and economic development.

Objects

The relief of poverty, sickness and distress in Africa and the advancement of education through sponsorship, in particular, in the communities of Nyaishozi & Mtandika, regardless of faith, colour and ethnicity.

Area of benefit: AFRICA AND IN PARTICULAR IN THE NYAISHOZI CATHOLIC PARISH IN THE RULENGE DIOCESE OF TANZANIA.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Mole Valley, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £30,369 at the end of the financial year, with no liabilities reported. The filing indicates a stable financial position with a small net income surplus for the year, supported by diverse fundraising activities and donations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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 policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• 12 cities to accelerate clean air action in Africa, Asia and Latin America cleanairfund.org · 25/07/2022

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• tina rayburnchair
• CAROLYN JANE HIGGS
• Kay McGregor
• Michael Agius
• Michael Edward Andrews

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

Operates in: Surrey · Tanzania

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION.

• FUND FOR ACTION THROUGH EDUCATION income £30k
• ACTION WITH AWARENESS REGARDING EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £173k
• ANGLICAN MISSIONERS OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION TRUST income £37k
• AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE income £100k
• COMPASSION IN ACTION income £801k
• AFRICAN REVIVAL income £651k

Side by side with its peers

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