Vale for Africa

The preservation and protection of good health by the provision of eye care and medical outreach services in the Tororo District of Uganda. To advance the education of the public in Tororo by the provision of library services. To advance the education of the public in the Vale of Glamorgan and surrounding areas regarding health and education in Uganda.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

In Wales

• Vale of Glamorgan

Elsewhere

• Uganda

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 30 June 2025, it had income of £4,347 and spent £5,737.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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

Down 74%, from £16,479 in the year to 31 March 2021 to £4,347 in the year to 30 June 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 132% of its income in the year to 30 June 2025. It spent more than its income in 1 of the 5 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 30 June 2024: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

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No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 13 October 2023

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Min for Social Justice

  Purpose: Vale for Africa Charity Dinner.

  Vale for Africa Charity Dinner

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• 23 November 2022

  Named by Jenny Rathbone in the Senedd

  …les. Not only are many of them playing absolutely crucial roles in our NHS, the purpose of the evening was in aid of an annual dinner for the Vale for Africa charity, to raise money for Tororo district, which is in the poorest part of Uganda. It's a really excellent example of a positive outcome fro…

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• 20 November 2022

  Named in a ministerial meeting or engagement: Min for Social Justice

  Purpose: Vale for Africa Charity Dinner.

  Vale for Africa Charity Dinner

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10 trustees run the charity.

• Annette DobbsAppointed 1 September 2021
• Canon Aled Edwards OBEAppointed 5 October 2023
• Christine Jane JamesAppointed 10 September 2020
• Dawn SavilleAppointed 18 January 2022
• Dr Hasmukhlal ShahAppointed 1 June 2019
• Gary Stephen DunsfordAppointed 28 September 2022
• Maureen MappAppointed 1 December 2009
• Mr Dan Morris BSc, MBChB, MRCOphth, MFSEMAppointed 25 September 2013
• Ms Sian TesniAppointed 10 June 2015
• Rhiannon Francine TrickeyAppointed 18 November 2024

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1155642

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

5 February 2014

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 12/11/2013

Website

vale4africa.co.ukAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Rhondda Cynon Taf

• 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.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

• OpenSenedd: Senedd records that name this charity
• OpenCouncil: Rhondda Cynon Taf Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Rhondda Cynon Taf's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Pontypridd Cynon Merthyr
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Afan Ogwr Rhondda