AWAMU

Registered charity 1174256 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The main activities were:1. Education (supporting orphaned and vulnerable children to go to school)2. Health (HIV, hunger and violence)3. Economic development (skills training for guardians, vulnerable women and children)4. Emergency response for destitute families in our communities5. Building the capacity of our Partners be self-sufficient and their grow impact in their community.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF AWAMU ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:TO RELIEVE POVERTY TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT; TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; ANDTO ADVANCE HEALTH;IN EACH CASE FOR THE BENEFIT OF ORPHANED AND/OR VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND WOMEN (IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, GUARDIANS OF ORPHANED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN) IN AFRICA.

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves at year-end were £77,251, with unrestricted general funds of £47,076, which the trustees consider broadly in line with their policy target of three months of operating costs. The charity reported a net income of £13,818 for the year, having generated £194,178 in total income against total expenditure of £180,360. The trustees confirmed adequate resources for going concern, noting no material uncertainties.

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
• 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 — Awamu (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Randall Charitable Foundation — “we’re welcoming the Randall Charitable Foundation as a new partner, alongside our ongoing work with the Conservation, Food & Health Foundati…” (source page)
• Conservation, Food & Health Foundation — “we’re welcoming the Randall Charitable Foundation as a new partner, alongside our ongoing work with the Conservation, Food & Health Foundati…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joyce Baker Nabwire
• Justus Rugambwa
• Mark Robert Dennis
• WILHEMINA TEUNA VAN RIJN

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

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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 INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF.

• INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN RELIEF income £406k
• STREET CHILD income £22.3m
• AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT income £292k
• ZAWIYA TRUST LIMITED income £254k
• REACHING THE UNREACHED income £773k
• PURPOSE OF LIFE income £2.6m

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.