WITS FOUNDATION UK

Registered charity 1087539 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WITS UNIVERSITY (SOUTH AFRICA) CHARITABLE COMPANY, UK

General charitable activities and in particular the advancement of education for the benefit of the public and in particular the advancement of education at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa.

Objects

SUCH GENERAL OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE AT LAW AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Area of benefit: SOUTH 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 · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £14,230 for the year, with total funds increasing to £411,287. The trustees consider the reserves position satisfactory, noting sufficient funds to cover minimal overhead commitments. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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.

• 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
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04217424

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• VALODIA, Imraan Abdul Kader, Professor — director, appointed 13/06/2025on trustee list
• VILAKAZI, Zeblon Zenzele, Professor — director, appointed 03/12/2020on trustee list
• HABIB, Adam Mahomed — director, appointed 04/10/2013on trustee list
• KING, David Anthony, Sir — director, appointed 25/06/2003on trustee list
• FRANKEL, William Henry — director, appointed 15/05/2001not on trustee list
• BUNDY, Colin James, Professor — director, appointed 15/05/2001on trustee list
• FRANKEL, William Henry — secretary, appointed 16/05/2013

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/10/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• WILLIAM HENRY FRANKEL OBE FRSSAchair · trustee of 6 other charities
• Adam Mahomed Habib
• PROFESSOR COLIN JAMES BUNDY
• Professor Imraan Abdul Kader Valodia · trustee of 1 other charity
• Professor Zeblon Zenzele Vilakazi
• SIR DAVID ANTHONY KING

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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