# BAREFOOT COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL UK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1171643
- **Other names:** BAREFOOT COLLEGE, BAREFOOT COLLEGE UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Feb. 16, 2017
- **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=1171643


## Contact

- **Address:** c/o Sayer Vincent Llp, 110 Golden Lane, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC1Y 0TG
- **Phone:** +447770607429
- **Email:** info-uk@barefootcollege.org
- **Website:** https://uk.barefootcollege.org/



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:TO PREVENT AND RELIEVE POVERTY AND TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN SOME OF THE LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY:(A) PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH, FOR EXAMPLE BY TRAINING WOMEN FROM THOSE COMMUNITIES AS SOLAR ENGINEERS, DOCTORS, INNOVATORS AND EDUCATORS WHO CAN THEN RETURN TO THEIR VILLAGES TO TEACH THEIR COMMUNITY;(B) PROVIDING EDUCATION TO COMMUNITIES TO MAKE LEARNING ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO ALL;(C) PROVIDING ACCESS TO ADVOCATES TO HELP COMMUNITIES TAKE CONTROL OF THEIR LIVES AND THEIR WELLBEING; (D) MAKING GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES TO IMPROVE THEIR ACCESS TO ENERGY, CLEAN WATER, HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES; (E) MAKING GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES TO PROVIDE MEMBERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN A NEW SKILL AND ESTABLISH A VIABLE PROFESSION; AND(F) RAISING AWARENESS OF ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES AND PROVIDING INFORMATION TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITIES AND CLEAN JOBS. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE, "LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES" MEANS THE UNITED NATIONS LIST OF COUNTRIES CATEGORISED AS SUCH AND "SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT" MEANS "DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS".

**Activities:** To prevent and relieve poverty and to promote sustainable development, in socially and economically disadvantaged communities, in some of the least developed countries in the world.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, 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, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- East Timor
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Ghana
- Guatemala
- India
- Ivory Coast
- Kenya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nigeria
- Papua New Guinea
- Peru
- Puerto Rico
- Rwanda
- Samoa
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- South Africa
- Tanzania
- Uganda
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £300504 | £325145 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £351558 | £215391 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £72307 | £86235 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £101206 | £156421 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £114172 | £175800 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **TRACEY MARGARET BALCH** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 5, 2017
- Ashanti Suvendrini Dickson — appointed Feb. 15, 2024
- Marion Gluck — appointed May 21, 2019
- Michael Bayley — appointed June 9, 2023
- Natalie Binnie — appointed Sept. 25, 2020
- Shevaun Haviland — appointed July 18, 2018