Registered charity · London
ACT 4 Africa
- 8 trustees
- Income £88k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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, Disability and 4 more
- Where
- Uganda
- Website
- www.act4africa.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- ACT 4 Africa
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£88k£73k
- 2024£79k£83k
- 2023£95k£130k
Earlier years
- 2022£127k£120k
- 2021£100k£68k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 17%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN THE DEVELOPMENT AND DELIVERY OF TEACHING CHRISTIAN FAITH PROGRAMMES WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO PROMOTE HIV / AIDS AWARENESS IN AFRICA, AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE DIRECTORS OF THE CHARITY (HEREIN CALLED "THE TRUSTEES") MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT, AND THROUGH THE MEDIUM OF THE PERFORMING ARTS AND SPORT, AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE CHARITY
Grants received
5 grants · £640,561 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £632,141 (3 grants)
- Essex Community Foundation · £8,420 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 trustees on the board
- Sue Underwood Chair since 2020
- Barbara Blaber since 2022
- Charis Baker since 2014
- Dr Lucy Coates since 2020
- Grace Boshoff since 2018
- Martin Smedley since 2020
- Stephanie Higgins since 2020
- Sarah Istephan since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Sue Underwood Chair since 2020
- Charis Baker since 2014
- Dr Lucy Coates since 2020
- Grace Boshoff since 2018
- Martin Smedley since 2020
- Stephanie Higgins since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Sue Underwood Chair since 2020
- Charis Baker since 2014
- Dr Lucy Coates since 2020
- Grace Boshoff since 2018
- Martin Smedley since 2020
- Stephanie Higgins since 2020
- Sarah Istephan since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- Barbara Blaber 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
- 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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1092074
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 24 AUGUST 2001 AS AMENDED BY WRITTEN RESOLUTION DATED 18 APRIL 2002 AND BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 12 JANUARY 2010 AS ACCEPTED BY COMPANIES HOUSE ON 29 MARCH 2010.
- Companies House
- Company number 04276635 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 07990336364 · admin@act4africa.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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