OUT & PROUD AFRICAN LGBTI

Registered charity 1169497 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFRICAN LGBTI, OUT & PROUD DIAMOND GROUP

OUT AND PROUD AFRICAN LGBTI (OPAL) is a Charity formed by African LGBT activists in the UK. The charity was started to cater to the needs of those persecuted, going through persecution and the ones against the persecution of LGBTI people. OPAL now operates in the United Kingdom.

Objects

1. TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, TRANSGENDER AND INTERSEX PERSONS (“LGBTI PERSONS”) IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AFRICA BY (A) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS IN EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; (B) CONDUCTING OR COMMISSIONING RESEARCH ON EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY ISSUES AND PUBLISHING THE RESULTS TO THE PUBLIC; (C) CULTIVATING A SENTIMENT IN FAVOUR OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY; AND (D) THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION.2. TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF LGBTI PERSONS INCLUDING ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES WHO ARE IN DISTRESS OR VULNERABLE ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SEXUALITY, GENDER IDENTITY OR IMMIGRATION STATUS3. TO PRESERVE AND PROMOTE PHYSICAL, SEXUAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF LGBTI PERSONS.

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 · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £9,309.77 against a policy target of six months of core operations, which the document indicates is below the required level given the charity's heavy dependence on grant funding. Total incoming resources were £151,519.47 with total outgoing resources of £122,989.81, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Out and Proud African LGBTI (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abbey kiwanuka
• EDRISA KIYEMBA
• Joseph Atukunda
• Mable Naluwooza

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with LESBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL ANTI - VIOLENCE AND POLICING GROUP.

• LESBIAN, GAY AND BISEXUAL ANTI - VIOLENCE AND POLICING GROUP income £4.5m
• AFRICAN RAINBOW FAMILY income £336k
• EAST LONDON OUT PROJECT income £671k
• forum+ income £138k
• OLDER PEOPLE'S ACTION IN THE LOCALITY income £527k
• WARWICKSHIRE PRIDE income £118k

Side by side with its peers

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