THE COMMUNITY ACTION TRUST FOR THOSE SUFFERING POVERTY IN ZIMBABWE

Registered charity 1183951 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Community Action TrustUk/Zim

Assisting vulnerable elederly and children with special needs in all communities and provinces of Zimbabwe

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (‘THE OBJECTS’) ARE: THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST THE ELDERLY IN ZIMBABWE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:A. THE PROVISION OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER, FOOD, HEALTHCARE PRODUCTS, CLOTHING AND OTHER ESSENTIALS FOR SURVIVAL B. IDENTIFYING AND SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS ACTIVE IN THE AREA OF POVERTY ALLEVIATION

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Forest of Dean, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net ordinary income loss of £2,086.52 for the year ended 31 December 2025. Per the balance sheet, unrestricted net assets stood at £341.57, derived from previous profits and the current year's loss. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/12/2021 (received 28/11/2022, 28 days after the 31/10/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Community Action Trust UK (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tracey Jane Bell mschair
• Edgar Rogers
• George Galloway
• Makanyara Gunduza ms
• Mohammed Ebrahim Patel
• Sumayya Tahera Peterson

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

Operates in: Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with UNSEEN PURSUIT.

• UNSEEN PURSUIT income £149k
• ZEBRAS CHILDREN AND ADULTS CHARITY income £43k
• TEACHER AID income £84k
• ACCESS COMMUNITY TRUST income £5.9m
• THE ZAMBIA SOCIETY TRUST income £83k
• IKHEWA COMMUNITY ORGANISATION LIMITED income £71k

Side by side with its peers

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