SALESIAN HEARTS ADVOCATING THE RELIEF OF POVERTY BY EDUCATION (KNOWN BY THE ACRONYM SHARE)

Registered charity 1197901 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charity is within the Salesian family having a Catholic identity. The Charity focuses on the needs of vulnerable young people in Zambia. The Charity aims to enable development through the means of education by raising money for charitable projects, administered by Salesian sisters and local diocesan partners. Projects include a Porridge club and scholarship program.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE: 1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ZAMBIA, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS, SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES FOR:* PROVIDING NUTRITION AND CREATING A SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF FOOD PRODUCTION (SUCH AS CROPS).* PROVIDING HOUSING TO YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, FOR REASONS OF RECENTLY LEAVING THE CARE SETTING, YOUTH AND PARENTAL BEREAVEMENT, ARE CURRENTLY UNABLE TO PROVIDE FOR THEIR OWN NEEDS IN THIS RESPECT.2. FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, PRIMARILY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS (UNDER THE AGE OF 25) IN AFRICA WHO ARE UNABLE TO ACCESS EDUCATION DUE TO POVERTY OR GENDER DISCRIMINATION, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:* AWARDING SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS FOR USE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION. * ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. * PROVIDING GRANTS TO SCHOOLS AND RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS FOR BUILDING, EXTENDING AND REPAIRING SCHOOLS.* TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF: ADVANCING IN LIFE AND SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS.* PROVIDING GRANTS TO THOSE OVER THE AGE OF 25 IF IT PERTAINS TO SUPPORTING YOUNG PEOPLE.3. TO ADVANCE THE RELIGION AND TEACHING OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN YOUNG PEOPLE BY CREATING PRACTICAL OPPORTUNITIES TO DEVELOP THEIR UNDERSTANDING OF RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES.

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 · Religious Activities · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted cash reserves of £56,047 at the end of the period, with no formally agreed reserves policy in place. Total income for the year was £78,573, primarily from individual donors and Gift Aid, while total expenditure amounted to £42,653. The trustees declare that they have approved the report, indicating no admitted filing delays or serious governance failures in this document.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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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.

• Conflicting interests
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• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Williams MAchair
• Angelo Aitken
• Gerard Owens
• Maria Morrison
• Philomena DSa
• Rev JAMES ROBERT GARDNER SDB
• Richard Maher MA
• Sarah Noble

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

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