Zimbabwe Newport Volunteering Association

The charity provides youth work provision in Newport, Wales and Mufakose, Zimbabwe which is supported by a Welsh government scheme through Hub Cymru Africa. We use the vehicle of sports and arts to empower young people and their communities. To provide opportunities for young people to be purposely active in pursuing the wellbeing benefits, career potential while promoting community cohesion.

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

Elsewhere

• Throughout England and Wales
• Zimbabwe

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £4,290 and spent £4,290.

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.

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Income over time

Down 46%, from £8,000 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £4,290 in the year to 31 December 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 100% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent less than its income in each 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 31 December 2024: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

Funders that publish to 360Giving list 6 grants to this charity since 2022, worth at least £34,848.

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.

• 9 November 2021

  Named by Jane Hutt in the Senedd

  …rty support for what we were doing in Wales and Africa. I'm pleased that you've mentioned Zimbabwe because I'm very aware of the Zimbabwe Newport Volunteering Association, and we were able to give some funding, as you know, out of the COVID-19 grant, buying food for community kitchens, sanitisers fo…

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4 trustees run the charity.

• Robert MuzaChairAppointed 1 January 2018
• Ezala BeniAppointed 10 October 2019
• Gemma SheehyAppointed 10 October 2019
• Samson MuputaAppointed 10 October 2019

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

1191931

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

21 October 2020

Governing document

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 16 NOV 2019AS AMENDED ON 17 OCT 2020

Website

www.zimnewport.orgAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Newport

• 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. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
• 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: Newport Council's meetings and decisions
• OpenEconomy: Newport's economy in figures
• OpenSenedd: the Members of the Senedd for Casnewydd Islwyn