THE MISSION MOZAMBIQUE TRUST

Registered charity 1166091 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MIMO

MiMo is providing Family Homes for over 40 orphaned children (aged from a few months to late teenage) with the objective of reintegrating them with their families (if they can be found - not possible for the majority) or preparing them for a rewarding future as well educated and confident modern Mozambicans well integrated with their community.

Objects

OBJECT 1 – THE RELIEF OF NEED OF ORPHANS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE A SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH TO LIVE OR WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS EDUCATION BY SECURING THEIR REINTEGRATION WITH BIRTH AND FOSTER FAMILIES AND PROVIDING EXTRA-CURRICULAR EDUCATION AND SKILLS TRAINING AND EXPERIENTIAL ACTIVITIES. OBJECT 2 – THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FOOD AND BASIC LIVING ESSENTIALS FOR THOSE IN NEED (PARCELS, DOMESTIC EQUIPMENT AND HEALTH AND HYGIENE PRODUCTS) AND, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, ADVICE AND GUIDANCE.  OBJECT 3 – THE ADVANCEMENT OF ACCESSIBILITY TO EDUCATION OF PEOPLE LIVING IN KATEMBE, AND OTHER RURAL AREAS OF MOZAMBIQUE, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION AND OPERATION OF FACILITIES WHICH ENABLE THE DELIVERY OF ACADEMIC, VOCATIONAL AND CULTURAL LEARNING AND SUPPORT IN OVERCOMING PRACTICAL LIVING CHALLENGES.  NEW OBJECT 4 – THE ADVANCEMENT OF EQUALITY OF ACCESSIBILITY TO EDUCATIONAL AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND FEMALE EMPOWERMENT IN THE RURAL COMMUNITIES OF MOZAMBIQUE, PARTICULARLY IN KATEMBE AND THE WIDER MAPUTO AREA. NEW OBJECT 5 – TO HELP CONTROL AND STEM THE SPREAD AND IMPACT OF DISEASES SUCH AS, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, AIDS, HIV, MALARIA, TUBERCULOSIS AND COVID IN THE RURAL AREAS OF MOZAMBIQUE BY ENGAGING WITH LOCAL COMMUNITIES, HEALTH AUTHORITIES AND PEER ORGANISATIONS IN THE PLANNING AND EXECUTION OF COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND WORKSHOPS AND THE ADMINISTRATION OF TREATMENT.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Derbyshire Dales, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds carried forward were £4,130, which is below the charity's stated policy target of holding reserves equivalent to at least 6 months of resources expended. The charity reported a total funds surplus of £5,456 for the year, having secured two new funders at the end of the financial year to sustain its initiatives.

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

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Canada Fund for Local Initiatives — “January 2024 saw the start of an exciting new working partnership between MiMo and the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives.” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN ELIZABETH UNDERWOODchair
• Istvan Kis
• JOHN RICHARD CLAYTON SPOONER
• Lisa Marie Bartlett
• Peter Andrew Bartlett
• Sarah Louise McCann
• Sarah Vinecombe

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

Operates in: Mozambique · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with TUTELA AFRICA.

• TUTELA AFRICA income £34k
• CASA REOM TRUST income £37k
• REHOBOTH CHILDREN'S HOMES TRUST income £78k
• WELCOME HOME TRUST TANZANIA income £25k
• MOROCCAN CHILDREN'S TRUST income £41k
• MIMANSA FOUNDATION TRUST income £153k

Side by side with its peers

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