THE DOROTHY SPRINGER TRUST

Registered charity 1120537 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of disabled people in Sierra Leone in particular, but not exclusively, through vocational and educational training;To develop the capacity and skills of the disabled members of the socially and economically disadvantaged community of Sierra Leone in such a way that they are better able to identify and help meet their needs and to participate more fully in society.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF DISABLED PEOPLE IN SIERRA LEONE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH VOCATIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL TRAINING.2. TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE DISABLED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITY OF SIERRA LEONE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: SIERRA LEONE

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bracknell Forest, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 05/04/2023 (received 08/04/2024, 63 days after the 05/02/2024 due date).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• ROBERT LEAchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ANDREW BROWN
• Dr ABS DUMBUYA
• MARGARET ATKINS
• MARK O'KELLY · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARY HEATHER CALVERT · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Bracknell Forest · Sierra Leone

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• ROBERT LEA — trustee here and at EASTHAMPSTEAD BAPTIST CHURCH

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