HASTINGS SIERRA LEONE FRIENDSHIP LINK

Registered charity 1127137 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HSLFL

The Hastings Sierra Leone Friendship Link was founded in 2003 to help Hastings SL to recover from the devastation it suffered during the Rebel War, and to build a relationship between Hastings UK and Hastings SL. The Link carries out regeneration projects in the village; supports links between community groups and schools; and plans projects in the areas of health and economic regeneration.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF HASTINGS, SIERRA LEONE AND SURROUNDING AREA BY1 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS3 THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH4 THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE5 THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ON ALL ASPECTS OF LOCAL SIERRA LEONEAN HISTORY AND CULTURE

Area of benefit: HASTINGS, SIERRA LEONE AND SURROUNDING AREA

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£23k
Latest spending
£16k
Registered
2008

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Policies the charity declares

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Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 20

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: East Sussex · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£23k£16k
31/12/2024£14k£13k
31/12/2023£16k£9k
31/12/2022£13k£7k
31/12/2021£13k£31k