Anno's Africa
The latest figures on the register are for the year ending 31 December 2024, 22 months ago. Charities must report within 10 months of their year end, so its report for the following year looks overdue.
What it does
To offer an alternative arts education to orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya's most deprived city slums. We link up with charity schools and orphanages to provide workshops in Music, Dance (inluding Ballet), Art, Drama and Circus. We now also provide the aforementioned workshops in Malawi in addition to Kenya.
Its charitable purposes
THE DIRECTORS SHALL HOLD THE TRUST FUND AND ITS INCOME UPON TRUST TO APPLY THEM FOR THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN AFRICA, NAMELY:-TO ADVANCE IN LIFE AND RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE (WHO REQUIREBY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES) THROUGH: ATHE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL ARTISTIC AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES PROVIDED IN THEINTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE, DESIGNED TO IMPROVE THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE; B) PROVIDINGSUPPORT AND ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE INDEPENDENT AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS; C) THROUGH ADVANCING EDUCATION. ( 3 ) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT: BYPREVENTING THEM FROM 'BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSEYOUNG PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Arts, culture, heritage and science
- Amateur sport
- Economic and community development, and employment
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- Other charities and voluntary bodies
- The general public
- How it works
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Kenya
- Malawi
Area of benefit in its governing document: Africa,
Income and spending
The register has no income or spending figures for this charity.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | £37,645 | £33,814 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 December 2023 | £44,699 | £42,502 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 December 2022 | £36,699 | £40,553 | Not reported | 10 |
| 31 December 2021 | £30,049 | £35,485 | Not reported | 10 |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 25%, from £30,049 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £37,645 in the year to 31 December 2024.
- Spending against income
- It spent 90% of its income in the year to 31 December 2024. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 4 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2024: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
4 trustees run the charity.
- Andrew Timothy BirkinChair
- Catherine Ann Nygh
- Lia Craig
- Susan Frederica Chandler
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 3 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Not received | No record |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 28 October 2025, 3 days early | Received 28 October 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 31 October 2024 | Received 31 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 30 October 2023, 1 day early | Received 30 October 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 3 November 2022, 3 days late | Received 3 November 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1131645
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 16 September 2009
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 JULY 2009
- Company number
- 06966878This company on OpenEconomyThis company on Companies House
- Website
- www.annosafrica.org.uk
- Council area of its contact address
- Gwynedd
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.