COULTHARD CONTINENTAL

Registered charity 1144815 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PARTNER AFRICA

We work across Africa and the Near East providing ethical audits, training, trade development projects and consulting services for international brands and retailers, local suppliers, producers and smallholder farmers, as well as governments, NGOs and Trade Organisations. We are driven by a social mission to improve the livelihoods of workers and producers across Africa and the Near East.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA OR ANY PART OF THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS AND COMMUNITIES TO GENERATE SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.

Area of benefit: AFRICA/WORLDWIDE

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £69,244 for the year, resulting in a decrease in unrestricted reserves from £124,147 to £54,903. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirmed the organization has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least 12 months, supported by current cash resources and a commitment for financial support from its parent body, Gorta Self Help Africa.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by RBK Audit UK Limited. 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.

• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~0.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (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 — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Fitzgibbon · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Chinyere Almona
• Martin Ryan
• Winifred Johansen

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

Operates in: Egypt · Kenya · Madagascar · Nigeria · South Africa

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED.

• THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED income £643k
• CHASE AFRICA (COMMUNITY HEALTH AND SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT) income £832k
• THE AFRICA TRUST income £1.5m
• THE AFRICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION (UK) income £234k
• HANDS @ WORK IN AFRICA UK income £341k
• SIM INTERNATIONAL (UK) income £4.6m

Side by side with its peers

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