DIRA FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Charitable company
Registered: 19 November 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Company number supplied: 07677125
Financial period: 1 July 2024 – 30 June 2025
Latest income: £1,355
Latest expenditure: £3,769
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, England, W1W 8DH

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Dira's activities involve providing funding, through the means of individual sponsorships, grants, bursaries or otherwise, to allow children in and from Tanzania to have access to and continue their education at primary, secondary or university level and providing text books and other equipment, travel and any other necessities to assist children in receiving an education.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2024
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 April 2026
Total Gross Income: £1,355
Total Gross Expenditure: £3,769

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2023
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 29 April 2025
Total Gross Income: £5,981
Total Gross Expenditure: £5,452

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2022
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 13 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £7,449
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,318

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 28 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,076
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,056

Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 30 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £12,881
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,978

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2021
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2022
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2023
Ar Received Date: 28 April 2023
Total Gross Income: £10,076
Total Gross Expenditure: £7,056
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 July 2020
Fin Period End Date: 30 June 2021
Ar Due Date: 30 April 2022
Ar Received Date: 29 April 2022
Total Gross Income: £12,881
Total Gross Expenditure: £13,978
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
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: Country
Geographic Area Description: Tanzania
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: 206
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Other Defined Groups

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DIRA FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2013-11-19T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 JUN 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/11/2013
Charitable Objects: THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN TANZANIA, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY(A)PROVIDING FUNDING, THROUGH THE MEANS OF INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS, GRANTS, BURSARIES OR OTHERWISE, TO ALLOW CHILDREN IN AND FROM TANZANIA TO HAVE ACCESS TO AND CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AT PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR UNIVERSITY LEVEL, AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE.(B)BY PROVIDING TEXT BOOKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL AND ANY OTHER NECESSITIES TO ASSIST CHILDREN IN RECEIVING AN EDUCATION, OR PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE SAME.(C)BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF EDUCATION IN TANZANIA AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EDUCATED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY; AND(D)RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, THE CURRENT LIMITED POSSIBILITIES FOR EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR FURTHER EDUCATION, FOR STUDENTS IN AND FROM TANZANIA AND THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT THESE STUDENTS CAN BE ASSISTED.

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries