SWAWOU SCHOOL FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1148588 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We raise funds in order to provide free quality education in a child friendly learning environment to disadvantaged girls from the Swawou community of Kenema town, eastern Sierra Leone. We provide a nurturing and safe place to learn, where the girls have the support and encouragement they need to stay in education.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£55k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
2012
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £161,145, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of nine months' running costs, with a cash balance of £96,791. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £12,047 for the year, funded primarily by voluntary donations. The trustees expressed confidence in the adequacy of future funding, though they noted reliance on the primary donor, Law Business Research Ltd.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: nine months running costs (held: £161k)
The policy being that the available cash balance should be at least nine months running costs. — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£55k£43k
31/12/2023£56k£54k
31/12/2022£56k£49k
31/12/2021£30k£57k
31/12/2020£52k£32k

Common questions

Is SWAWOU SCHOOL FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £161,145, exceeding the stated reserves policy target of nine months' running costs, with a cash balance of £96,791. The charity reported a net incoming resource of £12,047 for the year, funded primarily by voluntary donations. The trustees expressed confidence in the adequacy of future funding, though they noted reliance on the primary donor, Law Business Research Ltd. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.