01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 18 November 2015
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 March 2025 – 28 February 2026
- Latest income
- £20,416
- Latest expenditure
- £18,349
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 1 The Mynd, Norton-In-Hales, MARKET DRAYTON, Shropshire, TF9 4FF
Website recorded by the regulator: www.kwaku.org.uk (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
Our charity invites speakers of national and international standing to lecture on international politics, economics, and other global issues, aiming to encourage lifelong learning and improve public understanding.Attendance is restricted to course subscribers. Details, and archived proceedings of most lectures, are on the website kwaku.org.uk.
03 Official extract
Charity Annual Return History
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2026
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 December 2026
- Date Annual Return Received
- 21 October 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 21 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £20,416
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,349
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2025
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 December 2025
- Date Annual Return Received
- 12 September 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 12 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £19,738
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,447
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 29 February 2024
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Reporting Due Date
- 29 December 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 December 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £15,065
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,250
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 December 2023
- Date Annual Return Received
- 18 December 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 18 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £14,982
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,303
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2022
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Reporting Due Date
- 28 December 2022
- Date Annual Return Received
- 22 February 2023
- Date Accounts Received
- 22 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £3,889
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,138
04 Official extract
Charity Annual Return Parta
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- Yes
- Fin Period Order Number
- 1
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR26
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2025
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2026
- Ar Due Date
- 28 December 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 21 October 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £20,416
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £18,349
- Grant Making Is Main Activity
- No
- 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
- 46
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 2
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR25
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 28 December 2025
- Ar Received Date
- 12 September 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £19,738
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,447
- 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
- 48
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR24
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2023
- Fin Period End Date
- 29 February 2024
- Ar Due Date
- 29 December 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 22 December 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £15,065
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £15,250
- 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
- 40
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 4
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 28 December 2023
- Ar Received Date
- 18 December 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £14,982
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £14,303
- 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
- 34
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 5
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR22
- Fin Period Start Date
- 1 March 2021
- Fin Period End Date
- 28 February 2022
- Ar Due Date
- 28 December 2022
- Ar Received Date
- 22 February 2023
- Total Gross Income
- £3,889
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £5,138
- 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
- 20
05 Official extract
Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Local Authority
- Geographic Area Description
- Staffordshire
- Welsh Ind
- No
06 Official extract
Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 207
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- The General Public/mankind
- Classification Code
- 102
- Classification Type
- What
- Classification Description
- Education/training
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
07 Official extract
Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- KEELE WORLD AFFAIRS
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2015-11-18T00:00:00
08 Official extract
Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - Foundation Registered 18 Nov 2015 as amended on 25 Sept 2025
- Charitable Objects
- TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH LECTURES AND OTHER FORMS OF LEARNING IN THE FIELDS OF POLITICS, ECONOMICS AND GLOBAL ISSUES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:(I) CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT THAT ENCOURAGES LIFELONG LEARNING AT COURSES ORGANISED BY THE CIO; AND(II) SHARING THE KNOWLEDGE GAINED AT ITS COURSES WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.
09 Official extract
Charity Other Names
- Charity Name Id
- 562466
- Charity Name Type
- Working name
- Charity Name
- WORLD AFFAIRS SOCIETY
10 Official extract
Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Volunteer management
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Paying staff
- Policy Name
- Complaints policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Serious incident reporting policy and procedures