THE UK FRIENDS OF SUMBANDILA SCHOLARSHIP TRUST

Registered charity 1190936 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sumbandila aims to find intelligent and determined children from extremely deprived rural backgrounds and take them on an eight-year educational journey, with the long-term goal of creating leaders and entrepreneurs who can effect much-needed change in our society and economy. Sumbandila places a high emphasis on much-needed skills like mathematics, science, and technology.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME ON TRUST TO APPLY THEM IN SUCH PROPORTIONS AND IN SUCH MANNER IN ALL RESPECTS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND, IN PARTICULAR (WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING), THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN RESPECT OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA.

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £86,631, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £43,570. Per the trustees' report, the charity maintains a policy to utilize all income arising, with any surplus or deficit varying according to grant payment timing. The trustees confirm that the sister charity will provide financial support if a deficit arises, ensuring the trust can continue as a going concern.

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 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
• Investment
• 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 — Sumbandila (UK) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• LEIGH BRISTOWchair
• Antoinette Vanderpuije
• Douglas Richard Hoernle
• Emma Vernetti
• Kathleen Tara Cranswick

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

Operates in: 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 MASAMBIRO UK.

• MASAMBIRO UK income £124k
• SHANTI BHAVAN CHILDRENS PROJECT: U.K. CHAPTER income £246k
• THE SUNRISE EDUCATION TRUST income £466k
• SUUBI AFRICA (UK) income £125k
• LIGHTHOUSE EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY income £722k
• THE MILLENNIUM OAK TRUST income £287k

Side by side with its peers

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