The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Camfed International

Registered charity 1029161 Registered since 1993

Operates: Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Australia, Canada

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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.

8 trustees on the board

2.2y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
5.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 8

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Dormant 8Professional services 3Health and social care 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£84.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 13.0 in 2020

468 from 297 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.camfed.org
Emailinfo@camfed.org
Phone01223362648
AddressCAMFED International, Fora Building, 20 Station Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire

Finances

£84,638,714 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£61,655,929£31,739,328
2021£50,363,204£40,941,789
2022£47,717,513£44,396,913
2023£91,348,022£40,549,470
2024£84,638,714£61,671,461

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:(a) to provide financial and other assistance for the education and advancement of disadvantaged young people, with a focus on girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa;(b) to enable young people to transition from school into independent adulthood and take on positions of leadership in their communities, with a focus on girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa;(c) to conduct research and to advance the education of the public in subjects relating to:(i) the lives of girls and women and how these are affected by education and the lack of education; and(ii) the opportunity for young people to successfully transition from education into independent adulthood and leadership.Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes, which are not charitable in accordance with section 2 of the Charities Act 2011.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 18TH NOVEMBER 1993 as amended on 26 May 2021 as amended on 09 Jun 2021

Trustees (8)

8trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Camfed International · 02874653 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 18/11/1993

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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