About us
Governance & legal status
How we are constituted, what we are permitted to do, and the safeguards that bind us.
- Legal name
- Bata Sentinel Initiatives Ltd/Gte
- Legal form
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Governing law
- Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020
- Date of incorporation
- 23 July 2026
- Registration number
- RC [placeholder]
- Registered office
- 10 Ilamoji Street, Basiri, Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti State, Nigeria [placeholder]
- Guarantee
- Each member guarantees ₦100,000 on winding up
- Distribution
- None — income and property applied solely to objects
— — Objects
Our sixteen objects (A–P), in plain language.
- ATechnology systems for public safety, emergency response, early warning and data management
- BResearch and development of public-benefit software and IT infrastructure
- CCommunity wellbeing, security awareness, disaster preparedness and civic engagement
- DHumanitarian action: poverty alleviation, feeding, relief, shelter and health
- ETraining, capacity building and empowerment for youth, communities and agencies
- FCollaboration with government, development agencies, international bodies and NGOs
- GFundraising through grants, donations, partnerships, endowments and sponsorship
- HPublic education, advocacy and digital literacy
- IInnovation hubs, digital laboratories and training centres
- JFacilities, equipment and digital infrastructure for our work
- KMonitoring, evaluation, research and impact assessment
- LPublication of research, guidelines and digital tools
- MPeaceful, safe, resilient and sustainable communities
- NOther lawful activities, with all revenue applied to non-profit purposes
- OOwnership and licensing of software, data, AI and IP for our non-profit objects
- PNo dividend, bonus or profit to any member
— — Safeguards
Non-profit commitments
Our Memorandum of Association requires that the income and property of the company be applied solely to its objects. No portion may be paid to members by way of dividend, bonus or profit; only reasonable remuneration for services and properly incurred expenses may be paid.
If the company is ever wound up, any remaining property must be transferred to an organisation with similar objects — never distributed among members.
See our transparency commitments and leadership.