GULU MISSION INITIATIVE

Registered charity 1136683 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GMI UK

Gulu Mission Initiative is a not for profit charitable organisation working alongside the disadvantaged communities in Northern Uganda that have been affected by the long running war that continues now in Sudan and the DRC.Its principal objective is to advance education in the community of Gulu through the construction, maintenance and support of a school and associated educational activities.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN UGANDA IN PARTICULAR BY THE MAINTENANCE AND SUPPORT OF A SCHOOL AND ASSOCIATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES IN THE COMMUNITY.2) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE HEALTH IN UGANDA BY TEACHING PEOPLE LIFE SKILLS AND BY PROVIDING ITEMS OR GOODS THAT ENABLE PEOPLE TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

Area of benefit: UGANDA

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 · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of Glamorgan, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity received £35,967 in total receipts and incurred £28,932 in total payments for the year, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. The trustees maintain a reserves policy of holding a minimum of £2,000, which is currently held in a deposit account, while unrestricted cash funds stood at £13,064 at the year-end.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Volunteer management

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06812312

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LUTHER, Claire Louise — director, appointed 23/04/2024on trustee list
• LUTHER, Timothy John — director, appointed 23/04/2024on trustee list
• BRIND, Fiona Kathleen — director, appointed 19/11/2019on trustee list
• HORNSBY, Anthony John — director, appointed 17/09/2015on trustee list
• LOCK, Stephen John — director, appointed 01/10/2010not on trustee list
• LOCK, Helen — director, appointed 06/02/2009on trustee list

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HELEN LOCKchair
• Claire Louise Luther
• Fiona Kathleen Brind
• John Hornsby · trustee of 3 other charities
• STEVE LOCK
• Timothy John Luther

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

Operates in: Uganda · Vale Of Glamorgan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE WULUGU PROJECT.

• THE WULUGU PROJECT income £94k
• AFRICA GREATER LIFE MISSION UK income £80k
• AFRICAN VILLAGE SUPPORT income £26k
• GUA AFRICA income £80k
• BUMBA FOUNDATION income £67k
• Christian Development Uganda income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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