CCEW Charity Commission profile

OPPORTUNITY MICROFINANCE INVESTMENTS LIMITED

Registered charity 1098392 · organisation 3997844

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status
Registered
Reporting status
Submission Received
Charity type
Charitable company
Registered
7 July 2003
Removed
Not supplied
Company number supplied
04627098
Financial period
1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income
£0
Latest expenditure
£40,614
Gift Aid
No
Owns or uses land
No
In administration
No
Insolvent
No
CIO
No

Public contact address: ANGEL COURT, 81 ST. CLEMENTS STREET, OXFORD, OX4 1AW

Website recorded by the regulator: www.opportunity.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

OMIL is the investment vehicle of Opportunity International. OMIL was established to achieve the general objective of Opportunity International which is to relieve poverty abroad, in particular by assisting poor persons in the establishment of small businesses and trade.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference
AR25
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received
2 June 2026
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£40,614
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference
AR24
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received
7 July 2025
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£152,789
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference
AR23
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received
24 July 2024
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£117,491
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference
AR22
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received
3 August 2023
Total Gross Income
£0
Total Gross Expenditure
£1,066,244
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Reporting Due Date
31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received
26 September 2022
Date Accounts Received
26 September 2022
Total Gross Income
£455,919
Total Gross Expenditure
£42,916

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
No
Fin Period Order Number
5
Ar Cycle Reference
AR21
Fin Period Start Date
1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date
31 December 2021
Ar Due Date
31 October 2022
Ar Received Date
26 September 2022
Total Gross Income
£455,919
Total Gross Expenditure
£42,916
Charity Raises Funds From Public
No
Grant Making Is Main Activity
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts
No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants
No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary
No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit
No
Trustee Resigned Employment
No
Employees Salary Over 60k
No
Count Volunteers
0

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type
Region
Geographic Area Description
Throughout England And Wales
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Uganda
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Africa
Welsh Ind
No
Geographic Area Type
Country
Geographic Area Description
Ghana
Parent Geographic Area Type
Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description
Africa
Welsh Ind
No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code
105
Classification Type
What
Classification Description
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Classification Code
301
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Makes Grants To Individuals
Classification Code
303
Classification Type
How
Classification Description
Provides Other Finance
Classification Code
206
Classification Type
Who
Classification Description
Other Defined Groups

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name
OPPORTUNITY MICROFINANCE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Charity Event Order
1
Event Type
Standard registration
Date Of Event
2003-07-07T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 2 JANUARY 2003 as amended on 03 Oct 2025
Charitable Objects
THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD, IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION TO POOR PERSONS OF ASSISTANCE IN THE ESTABLISHMENT OF SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE PROVISION OF TEMPORARY SUPPORT FOR APPROPRIATE SMALL BUSINESSES. "APPROPRIATE" IN THIS CONTEXT SHALL MEAN SMALL BUSINESSES OWNED BY AND PRIMARILY EMPLOYING POOR PERSONS WHERE THERE IS OTHERWISE INSUFFICIENT ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT TO RELIEVE THEIR POVERTY
Area Of Benefit
UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name
Risk management
Policy Name
Investment