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Afghanaid

Registered charity 1045348 Registered since 1995

Operates: Afghanistan

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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.

8.5y median 9.5y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

9
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 11The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 10Overseas Aid/famine Relief 8General Charitable Purposes 2Religious Activities 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

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 9Health and social care 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£15.9m latest income · spending exceeded income 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.

1.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

421 from 345 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.

Related organisations

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.afghanaid.org.uk
Emailinfo@afghanaid.org.uk
Phone02079169883
AddressThe Busworks, Omnibus Business Centre, 39-41 North Road, London, N7 9DP

Finances

£15,895,649 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£10,849,511£10,622,170
2021£7,964,169£6,606,746
2022£16,580,862£16,318,602
2023£19,424,545£19,494,540
2024£15,895,649£16,210,334

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefAnimalsEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN.(B) TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR TORWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY THROUGH ITS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 20 MAR 1995AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 26 APR 2007AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24 MAR 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17 DEC 2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03 AUG 2016 as amended on 04 Apr 2025

Trustees (11)

11trustees
69median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Afghanaid · 03034888 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/03/1995

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (6)

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