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Registered charity 1126008 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DEVRA

DEVRA is a charitable organisation that provides technical assistance to community-based initiatives and NGOs working on civil society development, poverty reduction, healthcare, human rights, education and related social development projects in the developing world

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE SUBJECT OF INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND IN THE THEORIES, METHODS AND PRACTICE OF EVALUATION IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND EXPAND THE CAPACITY FOR UNDERSTANDING AND STANDARDS OF EVALUATION PREDOMINANTLY IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES. EVALUATION MEANS THE SYSTEMATIC AND OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF AN ONGOING OR COMPLETED PROJECT, PROGRAMME OR POLICY; ITS DESIGN, IMPLEMENTATION AND RESULTS TO DETERMINE THE RELEVANCE AND FULFILMENT OF OBJECTIVES, DEVELOPMENT EFFICIENCY, EFFECTIVENESS, IMPACT AND SUSTAINABILITY.2) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA AND OCEANIA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.3) THE RELIEF OF THE SICK-POOR LIVING IN AFRICA, ASIA, EUROPE, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA OR OCEANIA EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, GOODS OR SERVICES.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL, AFRICA, ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, NORTH AMERICA, ASIA, EUROPE AND OCEANIA

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

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

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, 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, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 14/05/2024, 104 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 27/03/2022, 55 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Brad Blitz
• George Goldstein · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Nepal

Income and spending