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Registered charity · Great London

Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice

Kongolese Centre for Information and Advice is a registered charity (number 1090079) based in Great London, governed by 8 trustees and chaired by Kanwar Bhan. Latest income £169k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Kcia (Charity Commission)

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £169k (2025)
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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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Where
Throughout London
Website
www.kcia.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2002

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£169k£166k
  • 2024£158k£139k
  • 2023£136k£121k
Earlier years
  • 2022£146k£118k
  • 2021£99k£94k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 9% · Government grants 9%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE FRENCH AND LINGALA SPEAKING ETHNIC MINORITY IN THE BOROUGH OF WESTMINSTER, (A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS, AND (B) THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, BY THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION AND A TRANSLATION SERVICE.

Grants received

17 grants · £637,783 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

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.

9.2y median 8y
average tenure
15y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

0
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 8General Charitable Purposes 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8

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.

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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£169k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
18%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1090079
Status
Registered
Governing document
CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 27TH MAY 2001, AS AMENDED 25TH NOVEMBER 2001
Contact on the register
02079981647 · kongolesecentre@hotmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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