Registered charity · London
Social Action for Health
- 12 trustees
- Income £361k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Karin PappenheimChair · since 2021
- Abbas MirzaTrustee · since 2024
- Alex MurtoughTrustee · since 2021
- Alexa Carranza GallardoTrustee · since 2025
- Elaine Londesborough-van RooyenTrustee · since 2024
- Emma Alexis BackhouseTrustee · since 2020
- Hannah EmmettTrustee · since 2024
- Joseph CoulesTrustee · since 2024
- Mandip Lally-FrancisTrustee · since 2025
- Sayad AliTrustee · since 2025
- Somaya AbdiTrustee · since 2025
- Tatyana KarpinskayaTrustee · since 2023
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Barking And Dagenham, City Of London, Hackney, Newham and more
- Website
- www.safh.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Social Action for Health
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£361k£366k
- 2024£337k£574k
- 2023£684k£643k
Earlier years
- 2022£852k£643k
- 2021£960k£843k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 41% · Government grants 11%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
I) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND;(II) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; AND(C) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM BETTER TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.
Grants received
18 grants · £1,119,105 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 · £423,625 (6 grants)
- CAF · £350,545 (2 grants)
- Comic Relief · £106,142
- Mercers' Charitable Foundation · £98,000
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £64,659 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community 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.
12 trustees on the board
- Karin Pappenheim Chair since 2021
- Abbas Mirza since 2024
- Alex Murtough since 2021
- Alexa Carranza Gallardo since 2025
- Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen since 2024
- Emma Alexis Backhouse since 2020
- Hannah Emmett since 2024
- Joseph Coules since 2024
- Mandip Lally-Francis since 2025
- Sayad Ali since 2025
- Somaya Abdi since 2025
- Tatyana Karpinskaya since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Emma Alexis Backhouse since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (12)
- Karin Pappenheim Chair since 2021
- Abbas Mirza since 2024
- Alex Murtough since 2021
- Alexa Carranza Gallardo since 2025
- Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen since 2024
- Emma Alexis Backhouse since 2020
- Hannah Emmett since 2024
- Joseph Coules since 2024
- Mandip Lally-Francis since 2025
- Sayad Ali since 2025
- Somaya Abdi since 2025
- Tatyana Karpinskaya since 2023
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 1040496
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 02/08/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 20/02/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 02954744 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07944966141 · info@safh.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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