2021-10-19-accounts - Equipafrica Chartiable Trust

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Section A		Reference and administration details

		Charity name			EquipAfrica Charitable Trust

	Other names charity is known by					EquipAfrica

	Registered charity number(if any)			1157689

	Charity's principal address 12 Strode Road
				Forest Gate
				London
				Postcode					E7 0DU


Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
		Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for	Name of person (or body)
				whole year	entitled to appoint trustee	(if
					any)
	1	Ogagaoghene		September 2018
		Sim-Ifere		onwards
	2	Robyn Drew		September 2018
				onwards
	3	Juwon Layiwola		September 2018
				Onwards
	4	Cassandra		September 2018
		Asare		onwards
	5	Daniella Ashaju		September 2018
				onwards
	6	Oriyomi		September 2018
		Adebowale		onwards
	7	Ely Enwerem		September 2018
				onwards
	8	Kanoyin Falayi		September 2018
				onwards
	9	Tolu		September 2018
		Ojo-Williams		onwards
		Names of the
		trustees for the
		charity, if any,
		(for example,
		any custodian
		trustees)

1 March 2012

TAR

		Name	Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
Adviser on Non communicable diseases	Professor John Walley	Clinical Professor of International Public Health, Nuffield Centre of International Health & Development, LIHS, University of Leeds
Adviser	Dr Emmanuel Okpetu	Doctor, Kuje Primary Healthcare Center, Abuja, Lagos

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)	Constitution
	Trust
	All current trustees have been acting in their position since September 2018. No new trustees elected this year

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

2 March 2012

TAR

None
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about: • policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document	Objectives and activities
	To provide medical equipment to hospitals in Africa and train healthcare professionals for the benefit of the locals. We expanded our mission and vision this year which are still in line with our governing document Our Mission To improve access to healthcare and health education in SubSaharan Africa. Our Vision To eliminate the disparity in healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa and the developed world
	To provide medical equipment to hospitals in Africa and train healthcare professionals for the benefit of the locals. We expanded our mission and vision this year which are still in line with our governing document Our Mission To improve access to healthcare and health education in SubSaharan Africa. Our Vision To eliminate the disparity in healthcare in Sub-Saharan Africa and the developed world

March 2012

TAR

All events and activities carried out this year were in association with our constitution and the guidance issued by the charities commission. No fundraising events were carried out this year. Following our restructure in 2018, we contacted a variety of hospitals in Nigeria to help start work on developing guidelines till November 2018. In November 2018, we made contact with a primary healthcare center in Kuje, Abuja, Nigeria. They were very receptive and we proceeded to begin groundwork. Meetings were held with key players in the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) in Nigeria in the non communicable Summary of the main activities diseases sector to help tailor our guidelines to local and national needs. undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these We completed our pilot project at Kuje Primary Healthcare Center in objects (include within this March, 2020. Two members of the team visited the primary health section the statutory center and provided training on the hypertension guideline. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance We also obtained ethical approval and carried out survey of both staff issued by the Charity and patients to understand the needs of the community and lay Commission on public benefit) groundwork for our future work to improve access to primary health care within Kuje. We met with the FMOH in Abuja, Nigeria regarding rolling out the hypertension project within Nigeria. We attempted registration of the Charity within Nigeria to allow ease of work for future projects- however, due to the COVID pandemic, we were unable to complete this registration. Work was halted for the latter half of 2020 due to the COVID pandemic.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

4 March 2012

TAR

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.

Section D

Achievements and performance

March 2012

TAR

Section D Achievements and performance We visited the primary healthcare center in Nigeria and delivered the Summary of the main training on managing a raised blood pressure achievements of the charity during the year Following ethical approval, we carried out surveys of staff and patients to identify key issues regarding access to primary healthcare, thereby laying down the foundation for our future work with Kuje.

March 2012

TAR

Section E Financial review n/a
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves Details of any funds materially n/a
in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about: • the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
• investment policy and objectives including any /ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)

March 2012

TAR

Full name(s) Ogagaoghene Sim-Ifere

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)

Chair

Robyn Drew

Treasurer

Date 01/10/2023

8 March 2012

TAR

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