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Wasafiri
Wasafiri is a registered charity (number 1059778) based in London, governed by 7 trustees and chaired by Dr Florian Stadtler since 2022. Latest income £177k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 7 trustees
- Income £177k (2025)
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.wasafiri.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Wasafiri Limited
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£177k£186k
- 2024£168k£157k
- 2023£157k£149k
Earlier years
- 2022£195k£155k
- 2021£169k£145k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 34%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF LITERATURE, PRIMARILY AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, ASIAN AND BLACK BRITISH LITERATURE.
Grants received
2 grants · £121,012 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £121,012 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Dr Florian Stadtler Chair since 2022
- Anjali Ramachandran since 2024
- Dr Kavita Bhanot since 2022
- Dr Rachael Gilmour since 2024
- Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton since 2022
- Michael Alexander Hammer since 2025
- Rishi Dastidar since 2022
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Dr Florian Stadtler Chair since 2022
- Anjali Ramachandran since 2024
- Dr Kavita Bhanot since 2022
- Dr Rachael Gilmour since 2024
- Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton since 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Michael Alexander Hammer since 2025
- Rishi Dastidar since 2022
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.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1059778
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 03236021 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 020 7882 2686 · wasafiri-manager@qmul.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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