AFRICA'S GIFT LIMITED

Registered charity 1149830 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Community-led initiatives to improve the quality of life for people in economically disadvantaged communities around the world; raising awareness, and developing solutions to the social, environmental and economic concerns of these communities; seeking out funding for sustainable projects that will improve their quality of life, whilst advancing the appreciation of different cultures globally

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS (“OBJECTS”) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:4.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GLOBAL CITIZENSHIP IN ANY MANNER WHICH THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE;4.2 TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MALEALEA VALLEY, LESOTHO BY:4.2.1 THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;4.2.2 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;4.2.3 THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.4.3 TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN SOCIO-ECONOMIC ISSUES AFFECTING PEOPLE IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MALEALEA VALLEY, LESOTHO;4.4 TO ENABLE ATTENDANCE AND ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MALEALEA VALLEY, LESOTHO BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND FUNDING FOR EDUCATION;4.5 THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVING IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE MALEALEA VALLEY BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS/SERVICES OR FACILITIES.

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that charitable expenditure of £49,449 exceeded charitable income of £46,641, resulting in a decrease in the charity funds balance from £5,125 to £2,317. The trustees note that the remaining balance includes funds ring-fenced for specific planned developments and that they expect to raise further balances through fundraising initiatives to cover insufficient amounts.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 08263480

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Africa's Gift (matched by registered charity number).

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.

• BAILEY, Helen — director, appointed 17/11/2020on trustee list
• PENYCATE, Valerie Mary — director, appointed 12/10/2018on trustee list
• KEEN, Paul Hamilton — director, appointed 24/02/2016on trustee list
• FLETCHER, Michael Robert — director, appointed 02/12/2015on trustee list
• DUNN, Kenneth Ronald — director, appointed 22/10/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (21/10/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kenneth Ronald Dunnchair
• Helen Bailey
• Michael Robert Fletcher · trustee of 2 other charities
• Paul Hamilton Keen
• Valerie Mary Penycate

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Canada · Doncaster · Essex · Lesotho · Malawi · Namibia · North Lincolnshire · Northumberland · Rotherham · Sheffield City · South Africa

Income and spending

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