Registered charity · Oxfordshire
Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa (Befsa)
- 8 trustees
- Income £30k (2026)
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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, South Africa, Gateshead
- Website
- www.befsa.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2004
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2026£30k£33k
- 2025£38k£96k
- 2024£16k£42k
Earlier years
- 2023£292k£16k
- 2022£13k£12k
Income trend, 2022 to 2026.
Charitable objects
3.1 FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES, AND TO MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS, AT SUCH TIME OR TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER AS THE FOUNDER MAY FROM TIME TO TIME BY A LIKE NOTICE DIRECT. WHERE THE FOUNDER HAS NOT, BY 5 APRIL IN THE INCOME TAX YEAR FOLLOWING THAT IN WHICH THE INCOME ARISES, GIVEN A DIRECTION WHICH FULLY DISPOSES OF THE INCOME, THEN SUCH INCOME SHALL BE DISPOSED OF IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUB-CLAUSE 3.2.3.2. SUBJECT TO ANY DIRECTION UNDER CLAUSE 3.1 THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME FOR OR TOWARDS THE ERADICATION OF POVERTY AND THE EDUCATION, TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEOPLES OF SOUTHERN AFRICA, AND PARTICULARLY OF THE PEOPLE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA PARTICULARLY THOSE DIS-ADVANTAGED BY THE POLICY OF APARTHEID AND THE AFTER EFFECTS OF THAT POLICY.3.3 SUBJECT TO, AND IN DEFAULT OF ANY DIRECTION UNDER SUB-CLAUSE 3.1, AND INSOFAR AS ANY SUCH DIRECTION IS NOT EXHAUSTIVE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE INCOME FOR OR TOWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AND SHALL MAKE DONATIONS TO SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTIONS, AT SUCH TIMES AND IN SUCH MANNER, AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR DISCRETION THINK FIT.
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
- Jonathan David Wragg Chair since 2016
- Anna Francesca KAY Borien
- Catherine Borien MBE since 2004
- Clive Peters since 2013
- Denesh Ramjee since 2026
- Robin Peter Barrs since 2023
- Sara Bailey since 2016
- Sarah Louise Borien
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan David Wragg Chair since 2016
- Catherine Borien MBE since 2004
- Clive Peters since 2013
- Sara Bailey since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Jonathan David Wragg Chair since 2016
- Anna Francesca KAY Borien
- Catherine Borien MBE since 2004
- Clive Peters since 2013
- Denesh Ramjee since 2026
- Robin Peter Barrs since 2023
- Sara Bailey since 2016
- Sarah Louise Borien
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
- 1106964
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED ADOPTED 19 OCTOBER 2004AS AMENDED ON 03 AUG 2018
- Contact on the register
- 01993 670601 · keithborien@gmail.com
- 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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