RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 15 January 2021
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2024 – 31 March 2025
Latest income: £382,954
Latest expenditure: £505,079
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: 10 The Grange, Kingham, CHIPPING NORTON, Oxfordshire, OX7 6XY

Website recorded by the regulator: rafiki-foundation.org.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

The charity supports education and disability projects in Kenya, Uganda and Lesotho. We support individuals and their communities in those countries through education that embraces their differing abilities, by providing scholarships, school meals, support to partner schools' infrastructure, and projects to remove the barriers to education facing children with disabilities.

03 Official extract

Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 January 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 13 November 2025
Date Accounts Received: 13 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £382,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £505,079

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 13 August 2024
Date Accounts Received: 13 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £363,242
Total Gross Expenditure: £378,506

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 20 July 2023
Date Accounts Received: 20 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £358,538
Total Gross Expenditure: £327,649

Fin Period Start Date: 15 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 20 October 2022
Date Accounts Received: 20 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £255,812
Total Gross Expenditure: £164,358

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 March 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 January 2026
Ar Received Date: 13 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £382,954
Total Gross Expenditure: £505,079
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 105

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 13 August 2024
Total Gross Income: £363,242
Total Gross Expenditure: £378,506
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 10

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 20 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £358,538
Total Gross Expenditure: £327,649
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: Yes
Charity Agreement Commerical Participator: Yes
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: Yes
Trustee Also Director Of Subsidiary: Yes
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: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 15 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 20 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £255,812
Total Gross Expenditure: £164,358
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

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Charity Area Of Operation

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

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 203
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People With Disabilities

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

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

Classification Code: 104
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Disability

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

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

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

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 2
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-02-03T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 1060894
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1060894
Assoc Charity Name: AFPIC INTERNATIONAL IN THE UK LIMITED

Charity Name: RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 3
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-02-03T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 1060894
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1060894
Assoc Charity Name: AFPIC INTERNATIONAL IN THE UK LIMITED

Charity Name: RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 4
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2022-06-10T00:00:00
Reason: Amalgamated
Assoc Organisation Number: 1060894
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1060894
Assoc Charity Name: AFPIC INTERNATIONAL IN THE UK LIMITED

Charity Name: RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2021-01-15T00:00:00

Charity Name: RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION
Charity Event Order: 5
Event Type: Asset transfer in
Date Of Event: 2024-05-01T00:00:00
Reason: Funds transferred (incor)
Assoc Organisation Number: 4026859
Assoc Registered Charity Number: 1118430
Assoc Charity Name: RAFIKI THABO FOUNDATION

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 15 Jan 2021
Charitable Objects: 1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN AFRICA2) TO ALLEVIATE POVERTY AND HARDSHIP; AND3) THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH, PHYSICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND MENTAL HEALTH CHALLENGES INCLUDING THROUGH EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

Policy Name: Investment

Policy Name: Safeguarding policy and procedures

Policy Name: Risk management

Policy Name: Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries