THE AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES - NEXT EINSTEIN INITIATIVE FOUNDATION (UK)

Registered charity 1138466 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AIMS-NEI (UK)

The AIMS-Next Einstein Initiative (NEI) seeks to unlock and nurture scientific and technical talent across Africa and specifically involves the establishment and operation of a network of fifteen centres of excellence across Africa that are focused on the teaching of mathematical sciences to African university graduates.

Objects

1. THE FURTHERANCE OF EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE ESTABLISHMENT AND SUPPORT OF A NETWORK OF INSTITUTES FOR THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES THROUGHOUT AFRICA.2. THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIP FUNDING TO ENABLE STUDENTS IN FINANCIAL HARDSHIP TO PURSUE THEIR MATHEMATICAL AND SCIENTIFIC EDUCATION AT THESE INSTITUTES.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a negative unrestricted reserve of $14,251 as of 30 June 2025, having received no charitable activity income during the year. The trustees note that the charity does not have a primary source of funding and is supported by the AIMS Rwanda Centre, which has agreed to continue providing necessary funding to ensure operations continue without disruption.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. 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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07265648

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.

• BOAMAH, Charles — director, appointed 14/09/2020on trustee list
• NDIAYE, Abdel Kader — director, appointed 05/07/2019on trustee list
• MADONSELA, Thuli, Professor — director, appointed 04/09/2018on trustee list
• GHARBI, Mohammed Jouade — director, appointed 24/04/2012on trustee list
• TUROK, Neil Geoffrey, Professor — director, appointed 26/05/2010on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2023)

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (04/10/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• PROFESSOR NEIL GEOFFREY TUROKchair
• Abdel Kader Ndiaye
• Charles Boamah
• MOHAMMED JOUADE GHARBI
• Professor Thuli Madonsela

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

Operates in: Camden · Cameroon · Canada · Germany · Ghana · Rwanda · Senegal · South Africa · Tanzania

Income and spending

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