MIDWIVES AT MATERNITY AZUR (MAMA)

Registered charity 1173745 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a midwifery organisation offering support & training to midwives and other clinicians involved in maternity services, neonatal & women's health in the Hoima & Kikuube Districts of Uganda. We manage two rural clinics providing 24/7 maternity services; have a vehicle for emergency referrals; & work closely with our partners at Azur Health Centre, a non-governmental, not for profit hospital.

Objects

TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THE GOOD HEALTH OF PEOPLE IN HOIMA, UGANDA IN RELATION TO MATERNITY CARE, WOMEN’S HEALTH AND SEXUAL HEALTH IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A) PROVIDING SUPPORT TO THE AZUR CHRISTIAN CLINIC IN HOIMA AND THE SURROUNDING AREA;B) PROVIDING TRAINING, MENTORING, KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER AND SUPPORT TO HEALTHCARE WORKERS AT CLINIC AND AT HEALTH CENTRES IN THE SURROUNDING AREA;C) PROMOTING GOOD HEALTHCARE PRACTICES AT THE CLINIC AND IN THE SURROUNDING AREA;D) PROVIDING SUCH ITEMS, EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES AND MATERIALS FOR USE BY STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS AT THE CLINIC AND IN THE COMMUNITY;E) TO RAISE AWARENESS AND PROMOTE UNDERSTANDING IN THE UK, PARTICULARLY AMONGST HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS OF THE UNIQUE CHALLENGES FACED BY HEALTHCARE WORKERS, AND WOMEN AT THE AZUR CHRISTIAN CLINIC AND IN THE COMMUNITY IN THE SURROUNDING AREA IN RELATION TO MATERNITY CARE, WOMAN'S HEALTH, AND SEXUAL HEALTH.

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

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity finished the year with unrestricted reserves of £2,255, which is below its stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a deficit for the year of £8,155 against total income of £63,483. The trustees confirmed there are no uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

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

• UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund — “Thank you to the UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund, The Vardy Foundation, The Northwood Charitable Trust , the Kitchen Table Char…” (source page)
• The Vardy Foundation — “Thank you to the UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund, The Vardy Foundation, The Northwood Charitable Trust , the Kitchen Table Char…” (source page)
• The Northwood Charitable Trust — “Thank you to the UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund, The Vardy Foundation, The Northwood Charitable Trust , the Kitchen Table Char…” (source page)
• Kitchen Table Charities Trust — “Thank you to the UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund, The Vardy Foundation, The Northwood Charitable Trust , the Kitchen Table Char…” (source page)
• Abingdon School — “Thank you to the UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund, The Vardy Foundation, The Northwood Charitable Trust , the Kitchen Table Char…” (source page)
• Spratley and Partners — “Thank you to the UK Aid Direct Small Charities Challenge Fund, The Vardy Foundation, The Northwood Charitable Trust , the Kitchen Table Char…” (source page)
• The Kitchen Table Charities Trust — “All of us at MAMA are delighted to have received a grant from the Kitchen Table Charities Trust towards the new clinic building in Kyarushes…” (source page)
• Shalimar Trust — “The Shalimar Trust makes a generous regular donation to MAMA, which pays for a significant proportion of the Runga Clinic running costs ever…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• RHIANNON GRINDLEchair
• Dr Alexandra Kennedy
• Sofia Giannopoulou

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

Operates in: Uganda

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