PARKINSON'S AFRICA

Registered charity 1196226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support and empower Africans impacted by Parkinson's. As the first, and only, pan-African Parkinson's support charity, we have a unique opportunity to significantly impact the lives and experiences of those affected by PD across the continent. We do this through programs and initiatives that bring about a paradigm shift in the way the disease is perceived and managed across Africa.

Objects

4 THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS (‘OBJECTS’) ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING:(1) RELIEVING SICKNESS CAUSED BY PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND PROMOTING THE HEALTH OF AFRICANS IMPACTED BY PARKINSON’S DISEASE, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(A) RAISING AWARENESS AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC ABOUT PARKINSON’S DISEASE, ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA;(B) PROMOTING AND SUPPORTING PARKINSON’S DISEASE RESEARCH (INCLUDING AFRICAN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT IN RESEARCH) INTO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, TREATMENT AND CURE OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH, ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA;(C) INCREASING UNDERSTANDING OF AND IMPROVING PARKINSON’S DISEASE HEALTHCARE AND TREATMENT OPTIONS ACROSS AFRICA;(D) PROVIDING SOCIAL SUPPORT TO AFRICANS WHO SUFFER FROM PARKINSON’S DISEASE INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS, FRIENDS AND CARERS; AND(E) PROMOTING ANY OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF AFRICANS IMPACTED BY PARKINSON’S DISEASE, INCLUDING THEIR FAMILIES, DEPENDANTS, FRIENDS AND CARERS.

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 unrestricted reserves stood at £36,463 at year-end, which is within the charity's target range of £22,600-£52,600. The trustees report no anticipated financial challenges for 2025 and confirm the charity is operating on a going concern basis with adequate resources.

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
• 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
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Parkinson's Africa (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

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

• Janet Owens Legacy Fund — “Janet Owens (1930-2016) worked as a doctor across four continents, including four African countries. She loved Africa, where she had also sp…” (source page)
• The Farah Foundation — “The Farah Foundation Provides free medication to low-income patients in developing countries suffering from Parkinson's disease and other ne…” (source page)
• UCL and Grand Challenges — “Sponsors the S.E.E. Parkinson's Health Literacy Initiative . The goal of the initiative is to increase the knowledge of Parkinson's across A…” (source page)
• Vitol Foundation — “The Vitol Foundation supports programmes that have the potential to generate a social and economic return in a sustainable and scalable mann…” (source page)
• National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) — “Transforming Parkinson’s Care in Africa ( TraPCAf ) is a multi-site grant funded by National Institute for Health and Care Research ( NIHR )…” (source page)
• Laura Russell Photography — “The book's gross proceeds were donated to Parkinson's Africa to fund one of our projects, "Women with Parkinson's Disease." This is a projec…” (source page)

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Omotola Thomaschair
• Dugald Young
• FERDINARD ODEY OKWOR
• Pamela Gutmann
• Piers Mudd

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

Operates in: Cameroon · Egypt · Ethiopia · Ghana · Kenya · Nigeria · South Africa · Tanzania · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda · Zambia

Income and spending

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