EAST AFRICAN EDUCATION FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1096912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Supporting and providing educational activities for ethnic minorities mainly but not exclusively from East African countries living in the London Boroughs of Newham, Barking & Dagenham, Tower Hamlets and Redbridge.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AMONGST PEOPLE OF EAST AFRICAN DESCENT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION BY THE PROVISION OF LANGUAGE COURSES, HOMEWORK CLASSES AND ASSISTANCE WITH ASSESSING SOURCES OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON EAST AFRICAN CULTURE, INCLUDING ITS LITERATURE, DRAMA AND MUSIC.3. TO RELIEVE NEED AMONGST PEOPLE OF EAST AFRICAN DESCENT IN PARTICULAR BY ASSISTING IN TRANSLATION AND INTERPRETATION SERVICES; AND4. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH BY THE PROVISION OF SEMINARS AND CONFERENCES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN THE GI

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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £823,958, while the charity has a stated reserves policy to define goals and ensure funds are available when needed. The independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention, and the trustees confirmed the accounts were prepared on a going concern basis.

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 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 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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• NASSOR HAROUBchair
• ABDALLA ALI
• ABDALLAH OMAR JAFAR
• ABUBAKAR HAMAD
• HAFIDH KARAMA
• MOHAMMED SALIM · trustee of 1 other charity
• SALIM JUMBE MWAWEGU · trustee of 1 other charity
• TAHIR MOHAMMED

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Newham · Redbridge · Tower Hamlets · Waltham Forest

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Government & lottery funding

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