LOTUS PROJECT — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Other
Registered: 5 February 2019
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 2 June 2024 – 1 June 2025
Latest income: £9,977
Latest expenditure: £9,977
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: Yes
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Lytchett House, Unit 13, Freeland Park, Wareham Road, Lytchett Matravers, POOLE, BH16 6FA

Website recorded by the regulator: lotus-project.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The Lotus Project is a Charitable Incorporated Organization (CIO) operating in Vietnam created to alleviate poverty and set the foundation of economic development in rural areas. The aim is to implement renewable energy usage and education within ethnic minority groups, while alleviating poverty by creating jobs, in the more remote unattended regions.

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 2 June 2024
Fin Period End Date: 1 June 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 1 April 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 3 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £9,977
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,977

Fin Period Start Date: 2 June 2023
Fin Period End Date: 1 June 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 1 April 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 3 March 2026
Total Gross Income: £9,787
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,787

Fin Period Start Date: 2 June 2022
Fin Period End Date: 1 June 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 1 April 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 27 March 2024
Total Gross Income: £8,760
Total Gross Expenditure: £8,760

Fin Period Start Date: 2 June 2021
Fin Period End Date: 1 June 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 1 April 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 19 September 2023
Total Gross Income: £9,850
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,750

Fin Period Start Date: 2 June 2020
Fin Period End Date: 1 June 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 1 April 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 3 May 2022
Total Gross Income: £9,750
Total Gross Expenditure: £9,750

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Vietnam
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Asia
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: LOTUS PROJECT
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2019-02-05T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 05 APR 2018
Charitable Objects: 1. TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A)THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND THE PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE PRUDENT USE OF RESOURCES;(B)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(C)THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.2. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND THE PROTECTION, ENHANCEMENT AND REHABILITATION OF THE ENVIRONMENT, IN PARTICULAR BY RESEARCHING THE APPLICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY MICROGRID PROJECTS IN RURAL AREAS DEFINED BY A HIGH POVERTY INDEX, AND DISSEMINATING THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS “DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Volunteer management

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Policy Name: Paying staff

Policy Name: Complaints handling