Amanaka
The Amanaka Foundation works in Uganda to prevent family separation and protect vulnerable children through citizen led pooling of local leadership, resources and shared responsibility. We support family preservation, kinship care, free education, skills training for girls, womens cooperatives, community agriculture and health awareness.
Objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONG ORPHAN, HOMELESS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN KAMPALA, UGANDA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY (I) OPERATING AN ORPHANAGE; AND (II) PROMOTING THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WHO ATTEND THE ORPHANAGE.
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £36, which is below the trustees' adopted zero-level reserves policy target. The charity reported a net expenditure exceeding income for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash reserves.
What the accounts disclose
“All income was received as private donations.” — page 14
“The Trustees have adopted a Zero level reserve policy. It was agreed to adopt such policy as funds are not generally raised in advance of need and therefore a reserve is not needed to be held.” — page 16
“Donations totalling £96,208 were received from the Trustees. There were no other related party transactions to disclose.” — page 14
Policies the charity declares
- Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
- Complaints handling
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Conflicting interests
- 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
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Volunteer management
Trustees
- Maya Ariburnuchair
- Dalinc Ariburnu
- Edward Akrout
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/12/2024 | £107k | £107k |
| 31/12/2023 | £99k | £89k |
| 31/12/2022 | £0 | £0 |
| 31/12/2021 | £0 | £0 |
Common questions
Is Amanaka financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves at year-end were £36, which is below the trustees' adopted zero-level reserves policy target. The charity reported a net expenditure exceeding income for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash reserves. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.
Funders of similar charities
| Funder | Similar charities funded | Amount to them |
|---|---|---|
| ZOUQ FOUNDATION | 1 | — |
| KIDASHA | 1 | £239k |
| BAIG WELFARE FOUNDATION | 1 | £35k |
| THE PWC FOUNDATION | 1 | £23k |
| MERCURY PHOENIX TRUST | 1 | £15k |
| GLOBAL REACH | 1 | £6k |
| Evelyn Partners Charitable Trust | 1 | £0 |
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Side by side with its peers
| Charity | Income | Top pay band | Staff >£60k | Reserves vs policy | Fundraising cost | Going concern |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amanaka | £107k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AMANI UK | £168k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AMANAH GLOBAL RELIEF | £640k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AMT FOUNDATION LIMITED | £152k | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |
| AWAMU | £194k | — | 0 | below | — | no doubt |
| AMANAT CHARITY TRUST | £71.9m | — | 0 | unclear | — | no doubt |