AID AFRICA (OPEN HAND PROJECTS)

Registered charity 1116336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Emergency maize distributedCommunity agri-gardens maintained Goat herd established and bred for milk feeding programmeHouses and roofs repaired for the most vulnerableWater bore holes repaired Land purchased and erection of offices, living quarters, storerooms, training hall, livestock houses and security wall started.Training in agriculture

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND SICKNESS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN MALAWI BY SUPPLYING RESOURCES AND ADVICE FOR AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS

Area of benefit: MALAWI

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, with the trustees confirming that resources are adequate for the charity to continue in operation. An independent examiner has reviewed the accounts and reported that no matters have come to their attention regarding compliance with accounting records or statutory requirements.

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 handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID MILLSchair
• Hilda Stoker
• JENNIFER PALMER
• LYNDA MILLS

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

Operates in: Malawi

Income and spending

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