Registered charity · Shrewsbury
Omushana, Sunshine for Children
- 5 trustees
- Income £13k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Uganda
- Website
- www.omushana.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£13k£14k
- 2024£23k£28k
- 2023£20k£23k
Earlier years
- 2022£21k£25k
- 2021£17k£15k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE IN LIFE, ENCOURAGE AND HELP YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN THE VILLAGES AROUND THE MOUNTAIN GORILLA RESERVES OF SOUTH-WEST UGANDA (INCLUDING THOSE SITUATED AWAY FROM TOURIST CENTRES) THROUGH PROVISION OF, AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF, EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES WHICH WILL ENHANCE THEIR EDUCATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME OPPORTUNITIES AND THROUGH ASSISTANCE TO PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES WHICH WILL RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT AND THE CONTRIBUTION THAT LOCAL NATURE CONSERVATION PROJECTS (IN PARTICULAR THE MOUNTAIN GORILLA RESERVES) MAKE TO THE WELL-BEING OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES.
Grants received
1 grant · £7,050 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Educational Opportunity Foundation · £7,050
Most recent
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- Gill Castle Chair since 2012
- Dr Diane Scott since 2015
- Karen Leone Mellor since 2026
- Keira Mairi Joan Mcminn since 2026
- Susan Rennox since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Gill Castle Chair since 2012
- Dr Diane Scott since 2015
- Susan Rennox since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Gill Castle Chair since 2012
- Dr Diane Scott since 2015
- Karen Leone Mellor since 2026
- Keira Mairi Joan Mcminn since 2026
- Susan Rennox since 2019
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1150629
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 26/12/2012
- Contact on the register
- 01743366728 · gill@omushana.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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