AFRICA CONNECTION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 28 March 2012
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07898103
Financial period: 1 February 2024 – 31 January 2025
Latest income: £8,026
Latest expenditure: £2,135
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 14 West Royd, Wilsden, BRADFORD, BD15 0HU

02 Activities

What the charity does

Main activities are Healthcare, Business start ups and meeting basic needs. Within our first accounting period we have held eye/medical camps in association with Kenyan professionals and dispensed spectacles and eye drops. We have started a Sewing School and a computer school to offer basic instruction. With basic needs we have helped fund a toilet block, given out seed and supported a blind group

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 1 July 2025
Total Gross Income: £8,026
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,135

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 9 September 2024
Total Gross Income: £1,464
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,099

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 31 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £7,135
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,870

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 12 August 2022
Total Gross Income: £2,804
Total Gross Expenditure: £623

Fin Period Start Date: 1 February 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 January 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 November 2021
Date Annual Return Received: 9 August 2021
Total Gross Income: £1,143
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,205

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

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

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

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

Classification Code: 108
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Religious Activities

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

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

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

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

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06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: AFRICA CONNECTION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2012-03-28T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 05 JAN 2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 23/03/2012
Charitable Objects: RELIEF OF NEED AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED BY PROVIDING SPECIALISTS & SUPPLIES AND ENABLING LOCAL PEOPLE TO USE THEIR SPECIFIC TALENTS TO:-A) PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO THOSE IN NEED; B) ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THE START UP OF BUSINESSES AND C) TACKLE AREAS OF BASIC NEED SUCH AS THE PROVISION OF CLEAN WATER, FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSING AND EDUCATION