ACTION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA

Registered charity 1174757 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTSA

Campaigning & Advocacy work this lies at the core of what we do. We support local actors in southern Africa and lobby key stakeholders in the UK to push for change and secure rights, equality and development for the region.Advancing education of the public on Southern Africa, by highlighting the causes of underdevelopment, poverty and conflict and exposing the destructive legacies of apartheid

Objects

3. Objects The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit:3.1 to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) in southern Africa by:3.1.1 monitoring abuses of human rights;3.1.2 obtaining redress for the victims of human rights abuse;3.1.3 relieving need among the victims of human rights abuse;3.1.4 research into human rights issues;3.1.5 educating the public about human rights;3.1.6 commenting on proposed human rights legislation;3.1.7 raising awareness of human rights issues;3.1.8 promoting public support for human rights;3.1.9 promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations;3.1.10 international advocacy of human rights, through international protocols such as the UN declaration and treaty and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979);3.1.11 eliminating infringements of human rights.3.2 the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged groups in southern Africa; particularly addressing the specific disadvantages faced by African women in the region or those from the region in the UK.3.3 to promote public education and research on the range of issues which contribute to the relief and eradication of poverty and the advancement of human rights, equality for women and diversity in southern Africa, particularly with respect to the nature, causes and effects of poverty, social inequity, legal or human rights violations, conflict and environmental degradation.3.4 to promote cultural exchange and development between people from and in the region and people in the UK, including closer co-operation between organisations and the formation of new alliances.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted funds stood at £10,500,000 at the year end, representing a net increase from the previous year. The Trustees confirm that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its going concern status.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Grant Thornton UK LLP. Discloses 3 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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 — ACTSA (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• CHITRA KARVEchair
• BENJAMIN JAMES WHITTAKER
• DAVID BOWEN KENVYN
• John Vass Muir
• Marc Patrick Green
• Sarvothum Seetharam Kamath · trustee of 1 other charity
• Zita Ingrid Holbourne

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

Operates in: Angola · Botswana · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Eswatini · Lesotho · Madagascar · Malawi · Mauritius · Mozambique · Namibia · Seychelles · South Africa

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• AFRICA ADVOCACY FOUNDATION income £1.4m
• ADVANTAGE AFRICA income £359k
• AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.7m
• HOPE THROUGH ACTION income £203k
• THE AFRICA COLLEGE FOUNDATION (UK) income £234k
• SOS AFRICA income £992k

Side by side with its peers

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