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Mama Biashara

SC042262Registered charity from 19 April 2011
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Information about this charity:
Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Notes:
e) the provision of limited funding, where necessary, for emergency medical treatment for beneficiaries of the business grants (see supra) and, in limited circumstances other victims and survivors of rape, as specified above. (ii) the advancement of the sexual, general health, nutritional and human rights education of the poverty-bound public, and their carers and indigenous educators, with special consideration for vulnerable groups. To operate workshops, to write, film, photograph and publish and/or broadcast relevant materials to this end and to enter into working relationships with local health, education and governmental bodies as and where this is beneficial.
Charity Information:
Address 50 Starfield Road
Shepherds Bush
London
Postcode W12 9SW
Is the supplied address a principal office or a trustee address? Trustee - Charity Trustee
Website www.mamabiashara.com
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
The Charity's objects ("The Objects") are (i) the relief of poverty, sickness and distress amongst people, predominantly (but not exclusively) those victims and survivors of rape, child rape, intra-marital rape, domestic abuse, sexual abuse, enforced early marriage and/or sex trafficking, predominantly (but not exclusively) in the developing world, and the assistance of their carers and rescuers by (a) the provision of small, one-off grants, made, available as described in Appendix 1, to assist the said people in starting a small business and attaining financial independence for themselves and their dependants. Where necessary, these grants to include an allowance for relocation of the beneficiaries and their children/families. (b) the provision of such other grants to an eligible individual, group or project as can be shown to benefit the community, albeit not for a strictly 'business' purpose. For example, a home for abused children or a woman's refuge. Such grants will generally be given with a view to making the individual, group or project self-sufficient, but if this is impossible then ongoing grants can be agreed by trustees. ( c) the advancement of education of the above specified beneficiaries and similarly needy people and those working to support them and their indigenous educators with special reference to health and nutrition, and human and legal/constitutional rights. To operate workshops, to write, film, photograph and publish and/or broadcast relevant materials to this end and to enter into working relationships with local health, education and governmental bodies as and where this is beneficial. ( d) the provision of advice and assistance in maximising and maintaining the income from businesses established by the grants (supra) as well as assistance and advice to other craftspeople and artisans working in impoverished areas in the sales and marketing of their work. Such assistance to include the identifying of markets and customers worldwide, and the direct retailing and wholesaling of such items with the proviso that all prices paid to individuals / groups shall be agreed as fair by the craftspeople and that all profits* from such sales shall be placed directly back into the charity to be used for disbursement to beneficiaries. *Profits shall be net of basic expenses (as laid out in Appendix 2) Continued below...
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
To rescue and/or otherwise lift women out of poverty, physical and sexual abuse, set them up in businesses and bring them safety and independence.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: Unincorporated association
Constitutional Form Date: 19 Apr 2011
Main Operating Location: Outwith Scotland
Number of Staff: 0
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
Purposes: "the prevention or relief of poverty", "the advancement of education", "the advancement of health"
Beneficiaries: "Other defined groups"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Mar 2022 £59,761 £44,551 22 Dec 2022 Yes
31 Mar 2023 £82,694 £80,987 15 Dec 2023 Yes
31 Mar 2024 £62,717 £76,317 09 Dec 2024 Yes
31 Mar 2025 £69,849 £73,775 28 May 2025 Yes Download
31 Mar 2026 No Annual Information due by 31 Dec 2026
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Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
No charity trustee information available
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