DOMINICA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER FUND — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 10 January 1991
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £3,074
Latest expenditure: £4,107
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 1 Collingham Gardens, Earls Court, LONDON, SW5 0HW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.dominicafirst.com (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The principal objects of the FUND are: i) To relieve persons in Dominica/Commonwealth of Dominica, West Indies who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress as a result of local natural disasters. ii) To relieve persons in the United Kingdom and elsewhere who have suffered in a similar way. Activities are primarily the organisation of the Dominica Independence Cenebrations in the UK.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 29 January 2026
Total Gross Income: £3,074
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,107

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 22 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,681
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,968

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 26 January 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,863
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,062

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2023
Total Gross Income: £402
Total Gross Expenditure: £583

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 30 January 2022
Total Gross Income: £154
Total Gross Expenditure: £633

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout London
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Classification Code: 101
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: General Charitable Purposes

Classification Code: 109
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Arts/culture/heritage/science

Classification Code: 103
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

Classification Code: 202
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Elderly/old People

Classification Code: 205
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Classification Code: 106
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Overseas Aid/famine Relief

Classification Code: 309
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 112
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Environment/conservation/heritage

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 113
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Economic/community Development/employment

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DOMINICA NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND DISASTER FUND
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 1991-01-10T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 20/07/1990AS AMENDED ON 16/09/2011
Charitable Objects: (1) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, WEST INDIES WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF LOCAL NATURAL DISASTERS (2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ELSEWHERE WHO HAVE SUFFERED IN A SIMILAR WAY.(3) TO PURSUE SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS CONSISTENT WITH THE FOREGOING AS MAY BE ADOPTED FROM TIME TO TIME BY THE MANAGEMENT BOARD.
Area Of Benefit: DOMINICA/COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA,UK & ELSEWHERE.

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 620971
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: DOMINICA FIRST

Charity Name Id: 56856
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: DOMINICA NATURAL DISASTER FUND

Charity Name Id: 56849
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: DNDF

Charity Name Id: 694519
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Dominica National Development & Disaster Fund (DNDDF/Dominica Diaspora Fund)