# AFRICA CONNECTION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1146628
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 28, 2012
- **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=1146628


## Contact

- **Address:** 14 West Royd, Wilsden, BRADFORD
- **Postcode:** BD15 0HU
- **Phone:** 07817628412
- **Email:** africaconnection@btinternet.com



## Activities

**Objects:** RELIEF OF NEED AND THE PROMOTION OF HEALTH IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, FOR THE BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED BY PROVIDING SPECIALISTS & SUPPLIES AND ENABLING LOCAL PEOPLE TO USE THEIR SPECIFIC TALENTS TO:-A) PROVIDE HEALTHCARE TO THOSE IN NEED; B) ENCOURAGE AND ENABLE THE START UP OF BUSINESSES AND C) TACKLE AREAS OF BASIC NEED SUCH AS THE PROVISION OF CLEAN WATER, FOOD, CLOTHING, HOUSING AND EDUCATION

**Activities:** Main activities are Healthcare, Business start ups and meeting basic needs. Within our first accounting period we have held eye/medical camps in association with Kenyan professionals and dispensed spectacles and eye drops. We have started a Sewing School and a computer school to offer basic instruction. With basic needs we have helped fund a toilet block, given out seed and supported a blind group




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Other Finance, Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kenya
- Uganda
- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. 31, 2025 | £8026 | £2135 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2024 | £1464 | £5099 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2023 | £7135 | £4870 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2022 | £2804 | £623 | — | — |
| Jan. 31, 2021 | £1143 | £1205 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **DAVID BASS** (Chair) — appointed Jan. 15, 2012
- JOHN LESLIE WOOD — appointed Jan. 24, 2024
- RICHARD MALCOLM WATERS RMN RGN GC — appointed Sept. 1, 2024