FRIENDS OF CONAKRY REFUGEE SCHOOL

Registered charity 1124736 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support better futures though education by engaging with our partner school in Conakry Guinea, managing programmes aligned with our vision. We improve the lives of marginalised and vulnerable young people through the provision of high quality education in a sustainable and environmentally responsible way. We promote gender equality by supporting girls' access to and experience in education.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OF THOSE REFUGEE CHILDREN AND CHILDREN OF REFUGEES WHO REQUIRE SCHOOLING AND ATTEND CONAKRY REFUGEE SCHOOL GUINEA, WHICH IS CURRENTLY NOT SUPPORTED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF GUINEA OR ANY OTHER AGENCY.

Area of benefit: GUINEA

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

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has no paid staff or UK overheads, with all raised funds directed to programmes in Guinea. The filing notes a strategic challenge in raising sufficient money from traditional funding bases to cover the costs of the partner school's high-quality education.

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 5 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Conakry Refugee School (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Merck Family Fund — “The provision of a science lab by The Merck Family Fund and training of two science teachers to run it and teach practical science means sci…” (source page)
• The Wazni Foundation — “A further visit by The Wazni Foundation followed and resulted in the gifting of four singer...” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel John Watkinschair
• Carol Jowitt
• Dan Walmsley
• Jackie Watkins
• Jeanette Therese Whitford
• Nigel Hankin · trustee of 2 other charities
• RUTH DIANE WALMSLEY
• TANYA CHRISTINE WALMSLEY

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

Operates in: Guinea · Shropshire · Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

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