Registered charity (CIO) · Manchester
Zimano
Zimano is a registered charity (number 1214991) based in Manchester, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Thomas Date since 2025. Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Bolton, Bury, Cheshire East, Manchester City and more
- Registered
- 2025
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARETO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY AMONG THE ZIMBABWEAN COMMUNITY IN MANCHESTER WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY: - INCREASING OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE ZIMBABWEAN COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY. - BUILDING PEOPLE’S KNOWLEDGE AND CONFIDENCE IN THEIR OWN CULTURAL HERITAGE AND ITS POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTION TO A MULTICULTURAL SOCIETY.- PROMOTE AND ENCOURAGE THE SOCIAL INCLUSION AND SOCIAL INTERACTION FOR ITS MEMBERS, HELPING TO PREVENT SOCIAL ISOLATION, EXCLUSION, AND DISCRIMINATION BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SOCIAL EVENTS DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS TO PARTICIPATE, INTERACT AND BUILD/MAINTAIN POSITIVE SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS.- OFFER SUPPORT SERVICES, ADVICE, AND SIGNPOSTING IN RELATION TO HEALTH AND WELLBEING, EDUCATION, TRAINING, VOLUNTARY AND EMPLOYMENT TO OUR MEMBERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, AND ASSIST THEM TO ADAPT AND INTEGRATE WITHIN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITIES.- PROMOTE PHYSICAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING THROUGH VARIOUS SPORTING ACTIVITIESNOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].
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
- Thomas Date Chair since 2025
- Allen Lance Mhlanga since 2025
- Farai Chiteza
- Titus Chirowodza since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Thomas Date Chair since 2025
- Allen Lance Mhlanga since 2025
- Farai Chiteza
- Titus Chirowodza since 2026
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1214991
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 17 Sep 2025
- Contact on the register
- 07788677410 · zimano.org@gmail.com
- 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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