# BUILDING SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1127661
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Trust
- **Registered:** Jan. 21, 2009
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1127661


## Contact

- **Address:** Westbrook Cottage, Pondwell Hill, RYDE
- **Postcode:** PO33 1PY
- **Phone:** 01983618500
- **Email:** hello@buildingschoolsforafrica.org
- **Website:** www.buildingschoolsforafrica.org



## Activities

**Objects:** A TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AFRICA BYI. FINANCING THE BUILDING AND REFURBISHMENT OF SCHOOLSII. EQUIPPING SCHOOLS WITH BASIC FURNITURE AND TEACHING MATERIALSIII. PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP CHILDREN WITHOUT FUNDS OF THEIROWN TO MEET EDUCATIONAL EXPENSESB TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH IN AFRICA BYI. FINANCING THE PROVISION OF SAFE DRINKING WATER, TOILETS AND BASICMEDICAL PROVISIONS IN SCHOOLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUPILS, TEACHERS AND THELOCAL COMMUNITYC TO FACILITATE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA BYI. FINANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCOME GENERATION SCHEMES WITHINSCHOOLSII. FINANCING SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS.ALL ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN OBJECTS A - C SHALL BE CARRIED OUT WITH OR WITHOUT THECOLLABORATIVE SUPPORT OF THE CHARITY'S CHOSEN PARTNER ORGANISATIONS, AN IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE TRUSTEES' DECISIONS, WHO IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

**Activities:** Fundraising in order to finance the building of schools, toilets and provision of clean water in collaboration with our partners Shumas, in Bamenda, North West Province, Cameroon.

**Area of benefit:** AFRICA




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Cameroon



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £222422 | £194295 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £209139 | £135214 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £104636 | £80146 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £146273 | £210612 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £272123 | £175662 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr IAN STIRLING JOHNSON MFCM** (Chair)
- Andrew Gerard Hindle — appointed April 10, 2022
- DR Judith Sarah Moore BM MRCGP — appointed Nov. 26, 2013
- MARIANNE JANET JOHNSON
- NICHOLAS WILLIAM TOMLISON HAYWARD
- Stuart Alexander Whitman — appointed Aug. 1, 2017