IDA DAVIS FAMILY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1175286 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objects of the Foundation are to alleviate poverty, to advance education, to relieve sickness and to promote health and to preserve and protect the natural environment at home and abroad. As a grant making charity, the Constitution also provides for general charitable purposes for Public Benefit.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-(1) TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY;(2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION;(3) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND TO PROMOTE HEALTH;(4) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; AND(5) TO ADVANCE, PROMOTE OR CARRY OUT SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net expenditure of £2,117,300 against incoming resources of £25,985 and investment gains of £177,244, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £9,278,023 to £7,160,723. The accounts state that the charity is exempt from tax and holds investments managed by Cazenove Capital, with cash at bank of £1,060,174. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the preparation of the accounts.

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 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 policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• KENNETH DAVISchair
• ADRIAN CAMMIDGE
• ROBERT CAMMIDGE

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

Operates in: Botswana · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Eswatini · Ethiopia · India · Kenya · Lesotho · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa · Tanzania

Income and spending

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