AFRICAN MOUNTAIN RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1194644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The objectives of African Mountain Research Foundation is the preservation, conservation and restoration of the environment, with regard to the protection of vulnerable mountain systems in Southern Africa (Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Zambia, Zimbabwe) and their ability to provide water catchment services to millions of people.

Objects

1. THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND RESTORATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, WITH PARTICULAR REGARD TO THE PROTECTION OF VULNERABLE MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS (>2,000M) IN SOUTHERN AFRICA (HERE REFERRING TO THE COUNTRIES OF ANGOLA, BOTSWANA, THE COMOROS, ESWATINI, LESOTHO, MADAGASCAR, MALAWI, MOZAMBIQUE, NAMIBIA, REUNION, SOUTH AFRICA, ZAMBIA, ZIMBABWE) AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE WATER CATCHMENT SERVICES TO MILLIONS OF PEOPLE;2. TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY IN ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BY MITIGATING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE HIGHLY INTENSIVE LAND-USES ON THE REGION’S MOUNTAIN SYSTEMS AND THEIR ABILITY TO PROVIDE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES; AND3. TO ADVANCE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME.

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total reserves were £52,013, with £17,228 held as free reserves. The trustees report that the charity's reserves policy is to maintain unrestricted funds at a level sufficient to continue activities in the event of a significant drop in funding, a level which has been maintained throughout the year.

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 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.

• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 12637530

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — African Mountain Research Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CLARK, Vincent Ralph, Dr — director, appointed 30/03/2023on trustee list
• MAGADZIRE, Tinomutenda Tamuka — director, appointed 19/01/2023on trustee list
• THOMAS, Graham Daniel Medley — director, appointed 15/11/2020on trustee list
• HICKMAN, Alexander James Edward — director, appointed 01/06/2020on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram · linkedin

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alexander Hickmanchair
• Dr Tinomutenda Tamuka Magadzire
• Dr Vincent Ralph Clark
• GRAHAM THOMAS · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Angola · Botswana · Comoros · Eswatini · Lesotho · Madagascar · Malawi · Mozambique · Namibia · Réunion · South Africa · Zambia

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