SEED COMMUNITY

Registered charity 1142651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote the education of women in developing countries, largely by providing or assisting in the provision of loans, scholarships, maintenance allowances or grants to enable women to participate in further or higher education that they could not otherwise afford and providing incidental and ancillary support to enable them to make full use of such education.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF WOMEN IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF LOANS, SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TO ENABLE SUCH WOMEN TO PARTICIPATE IN FURTHER OR HIGHER EDUCATION THAT THEY COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD AND PROVIDING INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY SUPPORT TO ENABLE THEM TO MAKE FULL USE OF SUCH EDUCATION,AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS),NO OTHER PURPOSES.

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 net expenditure for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £4,741 to £2,193. The trustees consider the current level of free reserves to be adequate for the charity’s current and future requirements. The financial statements were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Hilti Foundation — “The Hilti Foundation was founded in 1996 by the Martin Hilti Family Trust as a charitable foundation. The Foundation supports projects focus…” (source page)
• Bookbridge — “Bookbridge Investors for Social Enterprises Building next-generation leaders Time has come for you as a next-generation leader to step up an…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTINA VESTEY
• DIRK EULER
• LINE HADSBJERG

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

Operates in: South Africa

Income and spending

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