Registered charity (CIO) · West Glamorgan
Congolese Development Project
Congolese Development Project is a registered charity (number 1189677) based in West Glamorgan, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Kokisa Buka since 2018. Latest income £176k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £176k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Congo (Democratic Republic), Throughout Wales
- Website
- www.cdpwales.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£176k£175k
- 2024£156k£155k
- 2023£108k£108k
Earlier years
- 2022£56k£56k
- 2021£121k£120k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
“TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH PEOPLE IN SWANSEA AND ITS SURROUNDING AREAS WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR MEMBERS OF THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY) TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:1/ PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY.2/ INCREASING OR CO-ORDINATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE CONGOLESE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY.”
Grants received
14 grants · £471,751 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £259,045 (7 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £127,250 (3 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £74,456 (2 grants)
- Community Foundation in Wales · £6,000
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £5,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Kokisa Buka Chair since 2018
- Jean Paul Otis Bolamu Basiki since 2019
- Thierry Konde since 2018
- Willy Makuala since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Kokisa Buka Chair since 2018
- Jean Paul Otis Bolamu Basiki since 2019
- Thierry Konde since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Kokisa Buka Chair since 2018
- Jean Paul Otis Bolamu Basiki since 2019
- Thierry Konde since 2018
- Willy Makuala since 2022
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.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189677
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 27 May 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07985667745 · info@cdpwales.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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