The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Wasafiri

Registered charity 1059778 Registered since 1996

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

7 trustees on the board

3y median 4y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

7
company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 7Education/training 7

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

Tech and media 7Arts and leisure 3Professional services 2

Gaps to watch

  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£177k latest income

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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.wasafiri.org
Emailwasafiri-manager@qmul.ac.uk
Phone020 7882 2686
AddressWasafiri, Queen Mary University Of London, 327 Mile End Road, LONDON, E1 4NS

Finances

£176,794 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£168,949£144,842
2022£194,960£154,689
2023£156,704£148,866
2024£168,067£157,363
2025£176,794£186,363

What it does

What

Education/trainingArts/culture/heritage/science

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Sponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF LITERATURE, PRIMARILY AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, ASIAN AND BLACK BRITISH LITERATURE.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 9 AUGUST 1996 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 6 DECEMBER 1996. as amended on 08 Apr 2021

Trustees (7)

7trustees
48median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Wasafiri Limited · 03236021 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 09/08/1996

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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