Hippo Pools Trust

Registered charity 1141004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AMBUYA FOUNDATION

'People & Wildlife in Harmony'We work in partnership with subsistence farmers in the Umfurudzi area of Zimbabwe, creating wildlife reserves on leased communal land. At the same time we lift their standards of living through education, health, infrastructure and employment.

Objects

(A) FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS LIVING IN RURAL AREAS OF SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY:(I) THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH GOODS/SERVICES WHICH THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS IN THE AREA AND PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF SKILLS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY,(II) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY IMPROVING THE CAPACITY OF EXISTING SCHOOLS AND PROMOTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW SCHOOLS AND EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES.(III) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SPONSORING SPECIFIC PROJECTS TO IMPROVE PUBLIC HEALTH, PROVIDING RELIEF TO AIDS ORPHANS AND DISABLED CHILDREN.(IV) THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION OF WILDLIFE HABITANTS IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.(B) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £157,299 for the year, reducing unrestricted funds from £185,199 to £27,900. The trustees' reserves policy is to maintain enough reserves to enable operating activities to be maintained, with a fallback provision for trustee Sally Plummer to fund the charity if reserves are insufficient. Per the trustees' report, the charity faced operational challenges including the closure of its wilderness camp and reduced local involvement due to security concerns.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• THE HON SALLY JANE PLUMMERchair
• David Vladimir Rockingham-Gill
• HEATHER SUZANNE KINGSLEY-HEATH
• RICHARD FOX LOWE
• TANA TIPPING
• VICTORIA TRINETTE MCHUGH

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

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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