Registered charity · Kent
Evidence for Development
- 4 trustees
- Income £20k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage
- Where
- Burkina Faso, Kenya, Malawi, Uganda and more
- Website
- www.efd.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Evidence for Development
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£20k£18k
- 2024£5k£4k
- 2023£12k£49k
Earlier years
- 2022£31k£54k
- 2021£31k£54k
Charitable objects
1. ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION INTO THE ECONOMIC/ENVIRONMENTAL/SOCIAL CAUSES OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY THE COALITION, INTERPRETATION AND PUBLIC DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION RELATING TO THE FACTORS EFFECTING POVERTY LEVELS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THOSE IN NEED AND BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING IN THE SKILLS NECESSARY TO EFFECTIVELY ANALYSE AND MONITOR SUCH CAUSES.2. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND /OR OTHER MATERIAL ASSISTANCE TO THOSE IN NEED, THE PROMOTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BY THOSE TRUSTEES IN NEED, OR BY SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.
Board analysis for researchers
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 Deborah Potts since 2017
- Leslie Little
- Michael RAY Hansen
- William Shields since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Deborah Potts since 2017
- William Shields since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Dr Deborah Potts since 2017
- Leslie Little
- Michael RAY Hansen
- William Shields since 2019
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.
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
- 1109840
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 26 JULY 2004, AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS DATED 8 APRIL 2005, 8 JULY 2007 AND 10 DECEMBER 2009.
- Companies House
- Company number 05189185 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01732762655 · evidencefordevelopment@gmail.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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