DORCAS FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 28 June 2007
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 15 July 2024 – 14 July 2025
Latest income: £685
Latest expenditure: £597
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 28 Stuart Mantle Way, ERITH, DA8 3LQ

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Childcare, Education, training. Awareness on child protection, domestic violence and Female Genital Mutilation. All our activities and workshops are in French and English

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 15 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 14 July 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 14 May 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 25 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £685
Total Gross Expenditure: £597

Fin Period Start Date: 15 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 14 July 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 14 May 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 September 2025
Total Gross Income: £1,076
Total Gross Expenditure: £688

Fin Period Start Date: 15 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 14 July 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 14 May 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 11 March 2025
Total Gross Income: £4,655
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,317

Fin Period Start Date: 15 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 14 July 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 14 May 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 23 May 2023
Total Gross Income: £1,177
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,296

Fin Period Start Date: 15 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 14 July 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 14 May 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 16 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £19,034
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,814

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: 15 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 14 July 2021
Ar Due Date: 14 May 2022
Ar Received Date: 16 December 2022
Total Gross Income: £19,034
Total Gross Expenditure: £18,814
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: Yes
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £9,720
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 15

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: Ivory Coast
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

Classification Code: 307
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Advocacy/advice/information

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

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

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

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DORCAS FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2007-06-28T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15 NOVEMBER 2006 AS AMENDED AT AN EXTRAORDINARY MEETING DATED 10 MAY 2007.AS AMENDED ON 07 OCT 2017
Charitable Objects: 3. OBJECTIVES:THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY DEVELOPING PROGRAMMES IN THE COMMUNITY TO IMPROVE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF THE INHABITANTS: (2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR RECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OF OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE. (3) TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AND SICKNESS AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND SUPPORT. (4) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL DETERMINE. (5) THE ASSOCIATION SHALL BE NON-PARTY IN POLITICS, NOT-SECTARIAN IN RELIGION AND WILL BE OPEN TO ANY INDIVIDUAL WHO ADHERES TO ITS OBJECTIVE. (6) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF PEOPLE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD WHO ARE VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY PROVISION OF HEALTH SUPPORT, WATER, SANITATION, EMERGENCY RELIEF, ADVANCEMENT OF DEMOCRACY, HUMAN RIGHTS, CONFLICT RESOLUTION, PEACE, RECONCILIATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT THEREIN.
Area Of Benefit: NOT DEFINED.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 461611
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: DORCAS CHILDCARE AND EDUCATION

10 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Complaints handling