The Brazzaville Foundation

Registered charity 1160693 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE BRAZZAVILLE FOUNDATION FOR PEACE AND CONSERVATION

The charity fosters peace and stability through dialogue and understanding. It aims to relieve suffering and poverty, promote human rights and religious and racial harmony by mediating with the parties engaged in conflict and with other appropriate parties to discuss appropriate solutions.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE RESTRICTED SPECIFICALLY TO THE FOLLOWING:1) THE PROMOTION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH A VIEW TO RELIEVING SUFFERING AND POVERTY AND PROMOTING HUMAN RIGHTS AND RELIGIOUS AND RACIAL HARMONY BY MEDIATING WITH PARTIES TO THE CONFLICT AND OTHERS TOGETHER TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS; AND2) THE SAVING OF LIVES, THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF NEED, AND THE PRESERVATION AND CONSERVATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT INCLUDING LANDSCAPES, FLORA AND FAUNA AND THE FURTHERANCE OF OTHER PURPOSES RECOGNISED AS CHARITABLE UNDER ENGLISH LAW, IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) IN AREAS AFFECTED BY CONFLICT AROUND THE WORLD, PROVIDED THAT ALL ACTIVITIES SHALL MAINTAIN OR ENHANCE THE CHARITY'S COMMITMENT TO REMAINING INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £222,645, representing a surplus of £200,320 for the period. The trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence and that the accounts are prepared on a going concern basis. The charity's reserves policy aims to maintain at least four months' future operating costs, which the current balance exceeds.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hicks and Company. 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~4.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JEAN-YVES OLLIVIERchair
• Kishore K Sakhrani
• Martine Chayrigues
• Olivier Abel Jerome Marie Joseph Armand
• Philippe Pierre Marie Jonnart
• Prof Francois Olivier Tron

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

Operates in: Congo · Congo (Democratic Republic) · France · Ghana · Guinea-bissau · Libya · Niger · Senegal · Switzerland · The Gambia · Throughout England And Wales · Togo

Income and spending

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