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
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 |
Nearby
- The Jgw Patterson Foundation 0.1 mi
- Headway Tyneside 0.1 mi
- National Energy Action 0.1 mi
- Talkin Educational Charity 0.1 mi
- English Welsh and Scottish Railway Educational Trust Fund 0.1 mi