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Sakhya: Cambridge Friends of India
- 4 trustees
- Income £2k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
- Where
- India
- Website
- www.societies.cam.ac.uk/sakhya (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1998
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2k£3k
- 2024£3k£3k
- 2023£2k£2k
Earlier years
- 2022£3k£1k
- 2021£345£0
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE OR ASSIST IN RELIEVING PERSONS LIVING IN INDIA WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF SICKNESS, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR BY SUPPORTING ORGANISATIONS IMPLEMENTING AND ESTABLISHING DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WHICH RELIEVE NEED AND IMPROVE CONDITIONS OF NEED.D.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Dr Anasuya Chattopadhyay Chair since 2012
- Dr Kantimoy Dasgupta since 2009
- Dr Niladri Banerjee
- Dr Viji Draviam-Sastry since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Anasuya Chattopadhyay Chair since 2012
- Dr Kantimoy Dasgupta since 2009
- Dr Viji Draviam-Sastry since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Anasuya Chattopadhyay Chair since 2012
- Dr Kantimoy Dasgupta since 2009
- Dr Niladri Banerjee
- Dr Viji Draviam-Sastry since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1069983
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 5 APRIL 1998
- Contact on the register
- 07877825532 · ac288@cam.ac.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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