Registered charity · Altrincham
Children of Africa
Children of Africa is a registered charity (number 1110517) based in Altrincham, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Liezl Hesketh. Latest income £4k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Cofa (Charity Commission)
- 3 trustees
- Income £4k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief and 1 more
- Where
- South Africa, Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique and more
- Website
- www.childrenofafrica.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2005
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£4k£4k
- 2024£4k£5k
- 2023£4k£4k
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£1k
- 2021£2k£3k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
1) THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AMONG ORPHANED CHILDREN IN SOUTHERN AFRICA SUFFERING FROM OR ORPHANED AS A RESULT OF HIV/AIDS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION WITHIN SOUTHERN AFRICA, BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THEIR ACCOMMODATION, TREATMENT AND CARE.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ATTENDING SCHOOLS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL SUPPORT IN MEETING THE COST OF PROGRESSING TO HIGHER EDUCATION, INCLUDING SCHOOL FEES, UNIFORMS, TRANSPORT COSTS AND AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES SUCH OTHER ASSISTANCE AS IS DEEMED NECESSARY.
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.
3 trustees on the board
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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
- 1110517
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 1 JANUARY 2005 AS AMENDED BY SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 19 JUNE 2005 as amended on 27 Oct 2022
- Contact on the register
- 07974161027 · childrenofafrica@hotmail.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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