Wits Foundation UK

Registered charity 1087539 Registered since 2001

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.

trustees on the board

6.7y median 6y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

11.7y

average years in governance

4 vs 1 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 5Economic/community Development/employment 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Professional services 9Education 1Health and social care 1

Boards that share trustees

Edwin FOX Foundation 1 shared trustee
Ubuntu Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee
SA Constitutional Court Trust UK 1 shared trustee
Stellenbosch University SA Foundation UK 1 shared trustee
Opera Australia Capital Fund UK 1 shared trustee

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Stellenbosch University SA Foundation UK 1 shared trustee
SA Constitutional Court Trust UK 1 shared trustee
SOL Plaatje Educational Project 1 shared trustee
Edwin FOX Foundation 1 shared trustee
Opera Australia Capital Fund UK 1 shared trustee
Ubuntu Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Email	billfrankel@kayacomm.com
Phone	02074355657
Address	25A FROGNAL, LONDON, NW3 6AR

Finances

£58,633 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£123,546	£96,250
2022	£301,545	£264,235
2023	£148,414	£158,423
2024	£73,991	£77,762
2025	£58,633	£44,403

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/training

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

SUCH GENERAL OBJECTS AS ARE CHARITABLE AT LAW AND IN PARTICULAR (BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING WORDS) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC AND IN PARTICULAR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WITWATERSRAND IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON 15 MAY, 2001.

Trustees (6)

6trustees

61median age

2aged 70+

Succession outlook: 2 of 6 trustees are aged 70 or over.

William Henry Frankel OBE Frssa Chair
Adam Mahomed Habibage 60 since 2013
Professor Colin James Bundyage 81
Professor Imraan Abdul Kader Valodiaage 61 since 2025
Professor Zeblon Zenzele Vilakaziage 57 since 2020
SIR David Anthony Kingage 86

Linked company (Companies House)

Wits Foundation UK · 04217424 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 15/05/2001

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

Ubuntu Charitable Foundation 1 shared trustee
SA Constitutional Court Trust UK 1 shared trustee
Stellenbosch University SA Foundation UK 1 shared trustee
Opera Australia Capital Fund UK 1 shared trustee
SOL Plaatje Educational Project 1 shared trustee
Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (Wiego) Limited 1 shared trustee
Edwin FOX Foundation 1 shared trustee

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