POOLE AFRICA LINK — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 23 August 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £77,238
Latest expenditure: £96,401
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 2 Spencer Road, POOLE, Dorset, BH13 7EU

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Humanitarian and medical teaching link between Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and nominated hospitals/training institutes in Africa.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 14 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 14 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £77,238
Total Gross Expenditure: £96,401

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 6 January 2025
Date Accounts Received: 6 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £70,359
Total Gross Expenditure: £57,118

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 4 December 2023
Date Accounts Received: 4 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £27,097
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,178

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 5 February 2023
Date Accounts Received: 5 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £34,446
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,350

Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 31 December 2021
Date Accounts Received: 31 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £18,878
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,511

04 Official extract

Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 14 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £77,238
Total Gross Expenditure: £96,401
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £49,372
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 35

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2025
Ar Received Date: 6 January 2025
Total Gross Income: £70,359
Total Gross Expenditure: £57,118
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 35

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2024
Ar Received Date: 4 December 2023
Total Gross Income: £27,097
Total Gross Expenditure: £37,178
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £1
Income From Government Grants: £6,424
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
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 12

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 February 2023
Total Gross Income: £34,446
Total Gross Expenditure: £26,350
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: £17,836
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 20

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2022
Ar Received Date: 31 December 2021
Total Gross Income: £18,878
Total Gross Expenditure: £11,511
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: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 30

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: POOLE AFRICA LINK
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2013-08-23T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - Foundation Registered 23 Aug 2013 as amended on 13 Aug 2019
Charitable Objects: Objects• To advance and sustain an education and training programme based at Lira University, Lira regional referral hospital and Lira University hospital designed to improve the health care of the people of, Uganda and in particular Lira • To sustain an ongoing programme to bring healthcare professionals from Uganda to the UK for observation and training placements• To work closely with other agencies and organisations such as THET, Bournemouth University and other Wessex Links to promote improvements in healthcare, education and research at Lira University, Lira regional referral hospital and Lira University hospital • To support the development of healthcare facilities including the provision of medical equipment to enhance healthcare facilities at Lira University, Lira regional referral hospital and lira University hospital • To advance and sustain education and training programmes and the development of health care facilities (including the provision of medical equipment) at such places as the Trustees may decide in other African countries• Following our long term involvement with Wau teaching hospital and schools of nursing in Wau, this link is now on standby due to the political instability of the country and the resulting potential dangers to visiting staff. We are committed to retain a close contact with our medical colleagues and the ministry of Health in South Sudan.• To continue to support the work of Sister Gracy though the Mary Help School of nursing and her feeding programme in Wau.
Area Of Benefit: IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOUTH SUDAN

09 Official extract

Charity Policy

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Social media policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal risk management policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investing charity funds policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints handling

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Bullying and harassment policy and procedures

Policy Name: Complaints policy and procedures