EMERGING LEADERS

Registered charity 1139295 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Emerging Leaders exists to bring tangible hope to the worlds poorest communities through the very best leadership training. Currently operations exist in Kenya and South Africa with plans in motion to move into West Africa and to expand operations in the UK focusing on NEET (not in education, employment or training) youth.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND ARE RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(A) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED DUE TO AGE, SICKNESS, DISABILITY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP INCLUDING BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION THOSE INFECTED AND AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AND BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(B) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION GENERALLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF CHILDREN DISADVANTAGED OR MARGINALISED BY REASON OF THEIR ECONOMIC OR GEOGRAPHIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN SUB SAHARAN AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT;(C) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES AND THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS"

Area of benefit: SUB SAHARAN AFRICA

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £141,741, which the directors consider sufficient to support ongoing activities. The charity reported a net income of £41,373 for the year, with total income of £286,794 against expenditure of £245,421. The trustees confirmed a reasonable expectation of continuing in operation for at least twelve months from the date of signing.

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 4 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Emerging Leaders (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Glen Robinsonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ben Gardner
• Clare Tunbridge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Richard Hanrahan
• Stephen Miles
• Susanne Dodd LLB

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

Operates in: Bangladesh · Cambodia · Ghana · India · Ivory Coast · Kenya · Lesotho · Malawi · Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone · South Africa

Income and spending

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