Team Lewis Foundation

Registered charity 1148962 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KUPAMBANA

To provide grants to beneficiaries to enable them to undertake a course of study in the creative arts.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROMOTE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE CREATIVE ARTS THROUGH ANY OR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS: A) GIVING GRANTS, BURSARIES, OTHER PAYMENTS OR OTHER FORMS OF ASSISTANCE TO INDIVIDUALS IN FULL OR PART TIME EDUCATION OR TO EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS ATTENDED BY SUCH BENEFICIARIES TO ENABLE THEM TO CONTINUE OR UNDERTAKE A COURSE OF STUDY OR TRAINING RELATING TO THE CREATIVE ARTS; OR TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL ABROAD TO PURSUE THEIR EDUCATION IN THE CREATIVE ARTS;B) GIVING GRANTS OR OTHER PAYMENTS TO INDIVIDUALS, INSTITUTIONS OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS TO ENABLE THEM TO UNDERTAKE ALL FORMS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT INTO THE CREATIVE ARTS, CREATE PIECES OF WORK AND / OR TO DISPLAY PIECES OF CREATIVE ART;C) ANY OTHER LAWFUL ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE THE CREATIVE ARTS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

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 relies entirely on donations from Lewis Communications Limited and has no employees. Per the trustees' report, it is not considered necessary for the charity to accumulate reserves, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £3,615 at year-end.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08117765

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHAW, Devan Nathan — director, appointed 04/08/2025not on trustee list
• LEWIS, Christopher Nigal — director, appointed 25/06/2012not on trustee list
• WITTERMANN, Ernst Andres — director, appointed 25/06/2012on trustee list
• AITCHISON, Sarah Louise — secretary, appointed 25/06/2012

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHRIS LEWISchair
• ANDRES WITTERMANN
• JAMES MATTHEW OEHLCKE

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

Operates in: City Of Westminster

Income and spending

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