OPERATION IMPREZZA

Registered charity 1148240 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Operation Imprezza raises money from donors and fund raising activities to support the establishment of an All-age Academy in Western Province, Kenya which provides education to those who would not otherwise be able to go to school. The students include HIV/AIDS victims and orphans. Girls are given equal access and the school accepts students from all religious and ethnic groups.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS ATTENDING (OR WHO HAVE ATTENDED) AN OPERATION IMPREZZA SCHOOL IN AFRICA AND TO RELIEVE THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES WHO ARE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP BY SUCH CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) PROVIDING SUPPORT (FINANCIAL OR OTHERWISE) TO STUDENTS SO THAT THEY CAN ATTEND IN PARTICULAR SECONDARY EDUCATION;(B) ASSISTING STUDENTS WHO REQUIRE SUPPORT WHEN LEAVING SCHOOL ATTEND UNIVERSITY, RECEIVE VOCATIONAL TRAINING OR SET UP A SMALL BUSINESS; AND (C) ASSISTING WITH MEDICAL, FOOD AND OTHER APPROPRIATE AID WITH THE AIM OF HELPING THEM HELP THEMSELVES.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Teignbridge, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £64,485 in incoming resources and incurred £66,360 in total resources expended, resulting in a net movement in funds of £(4,462). Consequently, total funds carried forward decreased from £53,943 to £49,481 (calculated as £66,360 total funds brought forward minus £4,462 net movement, or sum of closing balances: £35,595 + £32,140 + £1,203 + £2,578 = £71,516? No, let's look at the reconciliation. Total funds brought forward: £53,943 (Unrestricted) + £32,140 (Restricted) + £1,203 (Endowment) = £87,286? No, the table shows Total Funds Brought Forward as £53,943 in the 'Total' column for F05? Let's re-read the table carefully. Table Structure: Columns: Unrestricted (F01), Restricted (F02), Endowment (F03), Prior Year (F04), Total (F05). Row 'Total funds brought forward' (S21): F01: 29,562 F02: 29,562 (Wait, this looks like a copy-paste error in my reading or the text. Let's look at the numbers again.) Actually, looking at the 'Total' column (F05): Incoming Resources Total: 64,485 Resources Expended Total: 66,360 Net movement: (4,462) Total funds brought forward: 53,943 Total funds carried forward: 49,481 (53,943 - 4,462). The text states:

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Operation Imprezza (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Riviera Concert Brass — “We are very grateful to the band for their ongoing support of Operation Imprezza. This was a wondeful night and over £700 was raised for the…” (source page)
• Torquay Girls’ Grammar School — “Torquay Girls’ Grammar School have supported Imprezza since its inception 21 years ago! They have raised and continue to raise many thousand…” (source page)
• Newton Abbot Rotary — “Newton Abbot Rotary have been long standing supporters of Imprezza. They gave Catherine a lovely welcome during her brief visit to the UK in…” (source page)
• The Souter Charitable Trust — “A huge thank you to The Souter Charitable Trust for their wonderful donation of £3,000 in January 2025. This was used to help complete the s…” (source page)
• Torquay United — “Many thanks to Torquay United who have donated lots of kit over the years. As a result they now have many supporters in Western Kenya!” (source page)
• Combe Pafford — “Combe Pafford have come on board in last two years and have made major contributions to the development of our agriculture programme.” (source page)
• Dawlish Water Rotary Club — “Dawlish Water Rotary Club have actively supported us with donations for projects.” (source page)
• Benefact Group — “Benefact Group. A charity that donates 1 million pounds a year to good causes. Following a successful nomination we were awarded £1000.” (source page)
• C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust — “C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust. Founded by Christopher and Hannah Taylor in 1964. They kindly donated £1000 to the school which we used to in…” (source page)
• Bridge Books Exeter — “Many thanks to Bridge Books Exeter for their donation of £300 of books for the students of Imprezza Academy.” (source page)
• Teignmouth Baptist Church — “Our thanks also to the congregations of Teignmouth Baptist Church and St James the Lesser Teignmouth for their support” (source page)
• St James the Lesser Teignmouth — “Our thanks also to the congregations of Teignmouth Baptist Church and St James the Lesser Teignmouth for their support” (source page)

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRISTOPHER HULMEchair
• Bhumika Sinha
• David Jeremy Dupont
• EMMA ROSS-MCNAIRN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Michael Anthony
• Michael Ernest Charles Locke
• Phoebe Isabelle Montagu Scott

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

Operates in: Kenya · Torbay

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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