Registered charity · London
The Benin Trust
- 4 trustees
- Income £63k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 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 10 more
- Where
- Throughout London, Benin, Nigeria
- Website
- www.thebenintrust.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2006
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£63k£63k
- 2024£71k£71k
- 2023£76k£64k
Earlier years
- 2022£67k£16k
- 2021£36k£35k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG THE PEOPLE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, AND TO PROVIDE DISADVANTAGED UNEMPLOYED PEOPLE WITH WORK EXPERIENCE WHICH THEY NEED TO GET PAID JOBS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY IN WAYS WHICH ALLEVIATE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DISADVANTAGE. (B) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN PARTICULAR AMONG PEOPLE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED AND DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES BY DEPLOYING HUMAN AND MATERIAL RESOURCES, MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES, AND BY ANY OTHER CHARITABLE MEANS WHICH SUCH PERSONS COULD NOT OTHERWISE AFFORD THROUGH LACK OF MEANS, AND BY PROVIDING SUPPORT FOR ORGANISATIONS WHICH GIVE HELP TO PEOPLE SUFFERING FINANCIAL HARDSHIP. (C) TO RELIEVE SICKNESS, AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC, AND IN PARTICULAR THOSE OF BENIN KINGDOM DECENT, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY ADVANCING PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ALL ASPECTS OF HEALTH AND RAISING AWARENESS OF SUCH ISSUES, BY PROVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES, ORGANISING SEMINARS, FORUMS, AND UNDERTAKING RESEARCH.
Grants received
2 grants · £93,574 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 Heritage Fund · £83,574
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage 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.
4 trustees on the board
- Damilola Alabi since 2016
- Justin Oloya MA since 2013
- Rev Hoffman Frimpong-Manso since 2013
- Stewart Bowie since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Damilola Alabi since 2016
- Justin Oloya MA since 2013
- Rev Hoffman Frimpong-Manso since 2013
- Stewart Bowie since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Damilola Alabi since 2016
- Justin Oloya MA since 2013
- Rev Hoffman Frimpong-Manso since 2013
- Stewart Bowie since 2013
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
- 1116338
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27/08/2006AS AMENDED ON 20/05/2011
- Contact on the register
- 02085221565 · thebenintrust@gmail.com
- 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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