# WORLD CONNECT INTERNATIONAL, UK

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1194944
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 24, 2021
- **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=1194944


## Contact

- **Address:** 24 OLD BOND STREET, c/o Price Bailey, LONDON
- **Postcode:** W1S 4AP
- **Phone:** +447464248644
- **Email:** phigdon@worldconnect-us.org
- **Website:** www.worldconnect.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO:(A) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;(B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS, CHARITIES, COMMUNITIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO ADVANCE EDUCATION; AND(C) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING GRANTS TO ORGANISATIONS, CHARITIES, COMMUNITIES AND/OR INDIVIDUALS WORKING TO RELIEVE SICKNESS AND PRESERVE HEALTH

**Activities:** World Connect International, UK invests directly in the ideas of local leaders who are best positioned to drive self-sustaining development in their communities. Their ideas have lifted the lives of over 1 million people in 1,600 communities worldwide. The CIO provides grants directly to communities in the Global South to launch their own project ideas.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, 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, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Albania
- Belize
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- Costa Rica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Ghana
- Haiti
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Nicaragua
- Nigeria
- Paraguay
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Uganda
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £310077 | £256507 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £135032 | £194066 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £76930 | £10877 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £0 | £0 | — | — |



## Trustees

- Andrew Bedford — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- Christopher Cabot — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- Emmanuelle Lepic — appointed Sept. 25, 2023
- Esme Lovell Smith — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- Hafsat Abiola — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- Ilia Tchelikidi — appointed Aug. 24, 2020
- Kemal Ahmed — appointed Sept. 22, 2024
- Kristina Kenworthy — appointed Sept. 22, 2024
- Sara Boillot — appointed Feb. 14, 2025
- Stephanie Cabot — appointed Oct. 28, 2024