CONGOLESE DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

Registered charity 1189677 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To promote social inclusion for the public benefit by working with people in wales and its surrounding areas who are socially excluded on the grounds of their ethnic origin, religion, belief or creed (in particular members of the Congolese community) to relieve the needs of such people and assist them to integrate into society.

Objects

“TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN SWANSEA AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:1/ PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.2/ INCREASING OR CO-ORDINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.”

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £976.40 for the year ended 31 May 2025, with total income of £175,717.15 and total expenses of £174,740.75. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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 4 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

Funders the charity credits

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

• JT MORGAN — “Congolese Development Project is very grateful to all its funders who fund or have funded the charity’s core work and projects. JT MORGAN” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kokisa Bukachair
• Jean Paul Otis Bolamu Basiki
• Thierry Konde
• WILLY MAKUALA

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

Operates in: Congo (Democratic Republic) · Throughout Wales

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CHINESE IN WALES ASSOCIATION.

• CHINESE IN WALES ASSOCIATION income £492k
• COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £253k
• THE ROMANIAN AND EASTERN EUROPEAN HUB income £264k
• CONGO CHURCH ASSOCIATION income £233k
• COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SUPPORT CONWY income £3.0m
• INCLUSION VENTURES LIMITED income £328k

Side by side with its peers

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