RISE AFRICA UK

Registered charity 1148744 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GOLDEN ACTION

Rise Africa UK supports projects in Tanzania that:a) develop young people?s skills to enable them to participate in society as independent and responsible individuals; making them more employable and increase their standard of livingb) advance education through sponsorship, free education, after-school classes, training programs and the offering of recourses to ill-equipped schools.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARETO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE IN TANZANIA THROUGH SUPPORTING PROJECTS IN TANZANIA THAT:(A) DEVELOP YOUNG PEOPLES SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; MAKING THEM MORE EMPLOYABLE AND INCREASE THEIR STANDARD OF LIVING IN THE FUTURE.(B) ADVANCE EDUCATION THROUGH SPONSORSHIP, FREE EDUCATION, AFTER-SCHOOL CLASSES, TRAINING PROGRAMS AND THE OFFERING OF RESOURSES TO ILL-EQUIPPED SCHOOLS.(C) RELIEVE POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN TANZANIA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.(D) PROVIDE RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Bedford, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a healthy financial position with unrestricted reserves of £119,035, which exceeds its stated policy target of holding £70,000 to cover 12 months of forward costs. The accounts state that the charity has achieved a position with two years of future funds in the account, supported by a surplus of £6,800 for the year. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue operations and support beneficiaries.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/10/2023 (received 03/09/2024, 3 days after the 31/08/2024 due date); year ending 31/10/2022 (received 14/11/2023, 75 days after the 31/08/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rise Africa UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• OLIVIA de Villierschair
• ANGELA KENYON
• CHRISTOPHER FAULKNER
• Dr Kenneth Williamson
• Kelly Phillips

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

Operates in: Bedford · Lambeth · Tanzania

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ACE AFRICA (UK).

• ACE AFRICA (UK) income £508k
• RAISING FUTURES KENYA income £193k
• VILLAGE AFRICA income £98k
• THE AFRICA TRUST income £1.5m
• TZ RISING income £26k
• AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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