SIERRA FOUNDATION FOR LIFE SKILLS (SFFLS)

Registered charity 1157293 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing resources for the advancement of education and training in Sierra Leone, particularly females facing social exclusion. Supporting the relief of poverty in Sierra Leone, and providing relief to families suffering from the aftermath of the Ebola crisis. The Charity built a bakery to provide affordable nutritious food for a local community near Freetown during this period.

Objects

1. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN SIERRA LEONE, IN PARTICULAR FOR FEMALES WHO FACE SOCIAL EXCLUSION AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE; AND FOR REFUGEES AND YOUNG OFFENDERS.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SIERRA LEONE, IN PARTICULAR BY PROVIDING THE ABOVE MENTIONED PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ALL NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SIERRA LEONE 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.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total cash funds of £9,854.15 at the period end, having incurred a net outgoing of £107.18 for the year. The trustees report that reserves of £500 are maintained, with a stated policy target of £3,000 representing three months of staff salaries. The auditor confirms the accounts are a true and fair record of the charity's financial affairs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by R. Harper. Discloses 5 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Sierra Foundation for Life Skills (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Caroline Wilson Monro
• Janet Verity Lowe
• Jeremy Nuttall
• Rev Clive Wayne Devonish
• SANDRA ANN LLOYD NNEB
• Sarah Jane Wolton · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Sierra Leone

Income and spending

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