01 Identity
Registration and reporting
- Registration status
- Registered
- Reporting status
- Submission Received
- Charity type
- CIO
- Registered
- 25 July 2022
- Removed
- Not supplied
- Financial period
- 1 April 2024 – 31 March 2025
- Latest income
- £810
- Latest expenditure
- £749
- Gift Aid
- No
- Owns or uses land
- No
- In administration
- No
- Insolvent
- No
- CIO
- Yes
Public contact address: 24 Burwood Gardens, RAINHAM, Essex, RM13 8JS
Website recorded by the regulator: congress4ibusa.org (displayed as text)
02 Activities
What the charity does
1. the prevention or relief of poverty in Ibusa town in Nigeria by providing grants, items, and services to individuals in need. 2. To advance education in Ibusa town in Nigeria by providing or assisting in the advancement of education, training, trade skills, apprenticeship and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.
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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
- 26 January 2026
- Date Accounts Received
- 26 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £810
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £749
- 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
- 29 January 2025
- Date Accounts Received
- 29 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £867
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £473
- Fin Period Start Date
- 25 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Reporting Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Date Annual Return Received
- 31 January 2024
- Date Accounts Received
- 9 June 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £770
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £532
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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 April 2024
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2025
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2026
- Ar Received Date
- 26 January 2026
- Total Gross Income
- £810
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £749
- 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
- 0
- 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
- 29 January 2025
- Total Gross Income
- £867
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £473
- 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
- 12
- Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind
- No
- Fin Period Order Number
- 3
- Ar Cycle Reference
- AR23
- Fin Period Start Date
- 25 July 2022
- Fin Period End Date
- 31 March 2023
- Ar Due Date
- 31 January 2024
- Ar Received Date
- 31 January 2024
- Total Gross Income
- £770
- Total Gross Expenditure
- £532
- 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
- 10
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Charity Area Of Operation
- Geographic Area Type
- Region
- Geographic Area Description
- Throughout London
- Welsh Ind
- No
- Geographic Area Type
- Country
- Geographic Area Description
- Nigeria
- Parent Geographic Area Type
- Continent
- Parent Geographic Area Description
- Africa
- Welsh Ind
- No
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Charity Classification
- Classification Code
- 301
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Classification Code
- 306
- Classification Type
- How
- Classification Description
- Provides Services
- 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
- 201
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- Children/young People
- Classification Code
- 204
- Classification Type
- Who
- Classification Description
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
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Charity Event History
- Charity Name
- CONGRESS 4 IBUSA ADVANCEMENT
- Charity Event Order
- 1
- Event Type
- CIO registration
- Date Of Event
- 2022-07-25T00:00:00
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Charity Governing Document
- Governing Document Description
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 25 Jul 2022
- Charitable Objects
- INTRODUCTION IGBUZO (ALSO IGBO-?Z? OR IBUSA) IS ONE OF THE PROMINENT IGBO COMMUNITIES IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA, FOUNDED C. 1450. IT HAS AN ESTIMATED POPULATION OF 566,310 PEOPLE IN 2009. THE PEOPLE SPEAK THE ENUAN? DIALECT OF THE IGBO LANGUAGE FAMILY. THE NAME OF THE COMMUNITY IS MORE COMMONLY AND OFFICIALLY KNOWN AND WRITTEN AS IBUSA BUT PRONOUNCED IGBUZO. GEOGRAPHICALLY IT IS LOCATED ON THE WEST BANK OF THE RIVER NIGER CLOSE TO THE DELTA STATE CAPITAL, ASABA, NIGERIA.THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: -1. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN IBUSA TOWN IN NIGERIA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS, AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED.2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN IBUSA TOWN IN NIGERIA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, TRADE SKILLS, APPRENTICESHIP AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.3. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH IN IBUSA TOWN IN NIGERIA BY SUPPORTING HEALTHCARE PROJECTS.4. TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.”5. TO PROMOTE IBUSA ARTS, CULTURE, LANGUAGE, AND HERITAGE.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].
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Charity Policy
- Policy Name
- Financial reserves policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
- Policy Name
- Risk management
- Policy Name
- Trustee expenses policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Social media policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Internal risk management policy and procedures
- Policy Name
- Complaints handling
- Policy Name
- Conflicting interests
- Policy Name
- Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures