FRIENDS OF VAMIZI TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 21 May 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07558552
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 December 2024
Latest income: £61,943
Latest expenditure: £37,888
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Stirling House, 10 Viscount Way, Swindon, SN3 4TN

Website recorded by the regulator: http://www.vamizi.com/conservation/FriendsofVamiziTrust/ (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The charity's objects are for the benefit of the people of Mozambique with priority to the villagers on Vamizi Island.The charity aims to advance education to develop the inhabitants; to advance medical health and provide relief for those in need; to advance environmental protection and to promote equality and the status and rights of women disadvantaged by virtue of their sex.

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Charity Annual Return History

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: 20 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £61,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,888

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: 15 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £4,520
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,836

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: 11 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £433
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,788

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: 28 September 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,361

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2020
Ar Cycle Reference: AR20
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 20 September 2021
Total Gross Income: £5,111
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,095

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 20 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £61,943
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,888
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Mozambique
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 305
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space

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

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

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

Classification Code: 111
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Animals

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 115
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

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

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

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

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: FRIENDS OF VAMIZI TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-05-21T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 09/03/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 09/05/2012
Charitable Objects: FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE, THE OBJECTS FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) IN ANY DISCIPLINE;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH;(C) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH AND DISABILITY;(D) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY;(E) THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED INHABITANTS OF MOZAMBIQUE IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE BOTH TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT AND TO IDENTIFY, AND HELP MEET, THEIR NEEDS;(F) THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION BY THE PROMOTION OF BEST PRACTICE IN AGRICULTURE AND LIVESTOCK FARMING;(G) THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY (INCLUDING THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE STATUS AND RIGHTS OF WOMEN DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF THEIR SEX); AND(H) SUCH OTHER WHOLLY AND EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT.
Area Of Benefit: MOZAMBIQUE

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Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 505331
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: THE MOZAMBIQUE FOUNDATION LIMITED

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures