SUUBI AFRICA (UK)

Registered charity 1129595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KWAGALA TRUST

Working with an organisation in Uganda called Suubi-Africa to provide a home for orphaned, abandoned, deprived children and their supporting families, also other disadvantaged members of the community where operating.

Objects

TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN, THEIR SUPPORTING FAMILY AND OTHER DISADVANTAGED MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY LIVING IN AFRICA WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR ARE ORPHANED OR ABANDONED AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: AFRICA

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £37,297 at 31 March 2025, which is below the trustees' stated reserves policy target of 2-3 months of normal expected household expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase of £12,600 for the year, having successfully obtained funds without borrowing, though it relies heavily on public goodwill and donor contributions.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Suubi Africa UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• NEVILLE STEPTOEchair
• Anne Jenkins
• CHRISTINE STEPTOE
• Carol Watson
• DAVID JOSEPH LOW
• KEITH JOHNSON
• Kathleen Hill
• MICHAEL HOGAN
• MIchelle Marie Bellamy
• Marie Elizabeth McQuaid Mrs
• REBECCA SALLY POWELL

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ALONGSIDE AFRICA.

• ALONGSIDE AFRICA income £99k
• URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) income £209k
• ESUUBI TRUST income £81k
• SOPHOS AFRICA UK income £42k
• MY CHILD income £26k
• GIVE A CHILD A HOPE income £77k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.