GEMFIELDS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1185658 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

(1) the prevention or relief of poverty by providing grants and awards tocharities and/or other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty; and(2) the advancement of animal welfare and the conservation and protection ofwildlife and natural habitats by providing grants and awards to charities and/orother organisations working in the field of wildlife protection.

Objects

TO ADVANCE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(1) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO CHARITIES AND/OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY; AND(2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANIMAL WELFARE AND THE CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF WILDLIFE AND NATURAL HABITATS BY PROVIDING GRANTS AND AWARDS TO CHARITIES AND/OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING IN THE FIELD OF WILDLIFE PROTECTION.

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity relies entirely on donations for financial support, with total income of USD68,738 and unrestricted reserves of USD27,533 at year-end. Overhead and administrative costs are borne by the corporate member, Gemfields Limited, meaning the charity incurred no direct staff or management costs. The trustees confirm adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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 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
• 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

• PHILIPPE EDOUARD BRUNO LAMBLINchair
• EDWARD JOHNSON
• Emily Dungey
• RICHA GOYAL
• Samora Machel
• Sixtus Mulenga

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

Operates in: Madagascar · Mozambique · Zambia

Income and spending

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