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Comrades Of Children Overseas

Also known as: Coco

Country
Scotland
Charity number
SC030428
Status
Active
Registered
Aug. 9, 2000
Legal form
Company (the charity is registered with Companies House)

Address

Address
c/o Newcastle University Business School
5 Barrack Road
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4SE

Contact

Website
coco.org.uk
Website screenshot

Activities

'It makes grants, donations or gifts to organisations','It carries out activities or services itself'

'the prevention or relief of poverty','the advancement of education','the advancement of health','the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage'

We provide sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalized communities. Key to our to our business model is COCO mission as a children’s charity that provides sustainable sources of quality education to children living in poor and marginalised communities in East Africa, informed by the belief that education provides children with the best possible chance of breaking the cycle of poverty. COCO focus on vulnerable groups including women, girls and orphans, in hard-to-reach areas, often in extremely rural locations. COCO envisions a world where every child everywhere has access to quality education, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, or economic circumstance. This vision is at the core of COCO’s current work in Kenya and Tanzania. Through their Schools for Life, sustainable agriculture training and small loans programmes, COCO works with the whole community to systematically remove the barriers to education so that no child is left behind.

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Employees
Aug. 31, 2024 £145,643 £136,659 3
Aug. 31, 2023 £231,699 £277,370 3
Aug. 31, 2022 £255,775 £316,548 4
Aug. 31, 2021 £341,413 £216,874 6
Aug. 31, 2020 £289,728 £314,204 6