DROSAFRICA — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 31 August 2018
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 7 April 2024 – 6 April 2025
Latest income: £531
Latest expenditure: £160
Gift Aid: No
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: DrosAfrica, c/o Prof Tim Weil, Zoology, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE, CB2 3EJ

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

02 Activities

What the charity does

Training of scientists in Africa

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 7 April 2024
Fin Period End Date: 6 April 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 6 February 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 3 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £531
Total Gross Expenditure: £160

Fin Period Start Date: 7 April 2023
Fin Period End Date: 6 April 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 6 February 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 24 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £676
Total Gross Expenditure: £214

Fin Period Start Date: 7 April 2022
Fin Period End Date: 6 April 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 6 February 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 10 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £2,256
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,580

Fin Period Start Date: 7 April 2021
Fin Period End Date: 6 April 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 6 February 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 10 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £676
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

Fin Period Start Date: 7 April 2020
Fin Period End Date: 6 April 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 6 February 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 1 February 2022
Total Gross Income: £61
Total Gross Expenditure: £1,040

04 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

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

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

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

Geographic Area Type: Local Authority
Geographic Area Description: Cambridgeshire
Welsh Ind: No

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

05 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Classification Code: 308
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Sponsors Or Undertakes Research

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

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

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

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

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

06 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: DROSAFRICA
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2018-08-31T00:00:00

07 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 27 DEC 2017
Charitable Objects: 1. THE PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND ADVANCEMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY:- SUPPORTING AND GROWING RESEARCH CAPACITY AND IN PARTICULAR USING THE FRUIT FLY DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A RESEARCH MODEL (WHERE DROSOPHILA HAS AN ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR AFRICAN BIOMEDICAL STUDIES AS A POWERFUL SYSTEM FOR MODELLING HUMAN DISEASES AND INSECT-TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS WHICH ALSO ALLOWS FOR RAPID, CHEAP AND THOROUGH SCREEN OF DRUGS, PLANT EXTRACTS AND OTHER COMPOUNDS IN THE SEARCH FOR DISEASE TREATMENTS);- ESTABLISHING A HIGHLY SKILLED AND MOTIVATED COMMUNITY OF SCIENTISTS DOING BASIC RESEARCH AND MAINTAINING A WELL-CONNECTED COMMUNITY OF RESEARCHERS WORKING WITH DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER IN AFRICA;- CREATING AN INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN NETWORK OF RESEARCHERS AND TEACHERS INTEGRATED IN THE GLOBAL COMMUNITY OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENTISTS; - BUILDING CAPACITY IN AFRICAN UNIVERSITIES AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTIONS BY HELPING THESE INSTITUTIONS TO ACCESS AFFORDABLE INTELLECTUAL AND MATERIAL RESOURCES;2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN GENERAL (AND PARTICULARLY AMONGST SCIENTISTS) IN THE TOPICS OF GENETICS AND HEALTH INCLUDING BY PROMOTING LOCAL RESEARCH IN ALL ASPECTS OF GENETICS AND HEALTH AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF THAT RESEARCH.3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND RELIEF OF SICKNESS IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROMOTION OF APPLIED SCIENCE USING DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER AS A MODEL TO STUDY LOCALLY RELEVANT DISEASES.