SOPHOS AFRICA UK

Registered charity 1197557 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SOPHOS AFRICA aims to prevent or relieve poverty in Africa through supporting income generation schemes amongst disadvantaged communities as well as working to address the causes of poverty, such as corruption, religious extremism and enthno-centrism. SOPHOS AFRICA in the UK exists to support and fund the work of Africans to address these issues.

Objects

FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN LINE WITH JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES: 1. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: A. SUPPORTING INCOME GENERATION SCHEMES AMONGST SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND B. RESEARCHING AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CAUSES OF POVERTY AND DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING MECHANISMS TO RELIEVE THE CAUSES; 2. TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Three Rivers, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £14,177 as of March 31, 2025, which the trustees confirm is compliant with their stated policy of maintaining a minimum of three months' expenditure (£11,500). The charity received an independent examination with no material matters requiring attention, indicating stable administrative and financial reporting for the period.

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.

• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher William Reveleychair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alastair Guy Michell-Baker
• BRIAN ROBERT MITCHELL
• Louise Anne Smith
• NICOLA MHAIRI HUNT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rahel Admasu

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

Operates in: Eritrea · Ethiopia · Kenya · Nigeria · Sudan · Uganda

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE AFRICA TRUST.

• THE AFRICA TRUST income £1.5m
• AFRICAN SOLUTIONS UK income £26k
• SELF HELP AFRICA (UK) income £3.2m
• ACTION FOR SOUTHERN AFRICA income £186k
• SUUBI AFRICA (UK) income £125k
• RURAL EXTENSION WITH AFRICA'S POOR income £43k

Side by side with its peers

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