Registered charity · Newcastle upon Tyne
Book AID for Africa (Bafa)
- 8 trustees
- Income £22k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Sunderland, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique and more
- Website
- www.bookaidforafrica.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£22k£17k
- 2024£17k£16k
- 2023£15k£21k
Earlier years
- 2022£9k£10k
- 2021£13k£9k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATIONTHE PROMOTION OF EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION IN AFRICATO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA BY FACILITATING THE COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO BOOKS.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,970 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 · £9,970
Most recent
- 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
- Dr Elewechi Ngozi Modupe Okike PhD Mphil Chair
- Adaeze Okike LLB
- Caroline Afolabi-Deleu since 2021
- Edmund Nii Adjei Browne since 2018
- Emmanuel Adegbite since 2020
- Jonas Abladey
- Julius Sowah since 2015
- Sonny Iroche since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Edmund Nii Adjei Browne since 2018
- Julius Sowah since 2015
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Dr Elewechi Ngozi Modupe Okike PhD Mphil Chair
- Adaeze Okike LLB
- Edmund Nii Adjei Browne since 2018
- Emmanuel Adegbite since 2020
- Julius Sowah since 2015
- Sonny Iroche since 2020
Portfolio (2)
- Caroline Afolabi-Deleu since 2021
- Jonas Abladey
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
- 1118163
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 19 AUGUST 2006 AS AMENDED 4 FEBRUARY 2007.
- Contact on the register
- 07504621835 · admin@bookaidforafrica.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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