BOKAMOSO EDUCATION TRUST

Registered charity 1149316 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOKAMOSO

Bokamoso is a charity a charity dedicated to providing world class education to South African children in need.Education is a fundamental right to all but it is not available to many.The collective contributions of Bokamoso donors provides the financial support necessary to educate children who desperately need assistance

Objects

THE PRINCIPLE OBJECTIVE OF THE TRUST IS TO FACILITATE THE EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN SOUTH AFRICA, THROUGH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THEIR EDUCATION. THE BENEFICIARIES OF THE TRUST ARE BOTH CHILDREN FROM LOWER SOCIO-ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS WHO MAY OTHERWISE BE EXCLUDED FROM A PROPER EDUCATION, AND THE QUALIFYING INSTITUTIONS WHO PROVIDE EDUCATION SERVICES. QUALIFYING INSTITUTIONS ARE: A)ANY SCHOOL OR HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION (AS DEFINED BY THE SOUTH AFRICAN SCHOOL ACT OF 1996, AND THE HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1997), PROVIDED THAT THESE INSTITUTIONS PROMOTE THE EDUCATION AND/OR DEVELOPMENT OF UNDER-PRIVILEGED CHILDREN;AND B)ANY NON-PROFIT INSTITUTION HAVING SIMILAR OBJECTIVES TO THE TRUST.

Area of benefit: SOUTH AFRICA

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is in a sound financial position with unrestricted reserves of £107,069.56. The trustees report that these reserves are sufficient to cover at least a year's commitment to beneficiaries in advance of making that commitment.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Complaints handling
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Bokamoso Education Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Grant Websterchair
• Craig David Newsam Risely
• Jarred Vock
• RICHARD ALAN KIRK
• Sean Steyn
• Tracey Douthwaite

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

Operates in: South Africa

Income and spending

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