Registered charity · London
Empower - the Emerging Markets Foundation Limited
- 14 trustees
- Income £3.7m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Finbar CookeTrustee · since 2025
- James Michael ElleryTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan Neva BellTrustee · since 2020
- Liliana Castillo DearthTrustee · since 2025
- Marc Christopher BalstonTrustee · since 2013
- Mary-Therese BartonTrustee · since 2023
- Nicolette NaylorTrustee · since 2024
- Nisha DhawanTrustee · since 2026
- Ozan TarmanTrustee · since 2006
- Parvoleta ShterevaTrustee · since 2012
- Rachel AndrewsTrustee · since 2026
- Susan Regina DodgeTrustee · since 2019
- Swatee DeepakTrustee · since 2020
- Toby Joseph Alan WestTrustee · since 2020
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Argentina, Brazil, China, Colombia and more
- Website
- www.empowerweb.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Empower - the Emerging Markets Foundation Limited
- Registered
- 2007
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£3.7m£3.1m
- 2024£2.7m£3.2m
- 2023£3.4m£3.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.4m£4.2m
- 2021£3.4m£2.5m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE EDUCATION, GOOD HEALTH AND TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE, WOMEN AND THE DISADVANTAGED IN EMERGING MARKETS AND OTHER DEVELOPING COUNTRIES.
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.
14 trustees on the board
- Finbar Cooke since 2025
- James Michael Ellery since 2024
- Jonathan Neva Bell since 2020
- Liliana Castillo Dearth since 2025
- Marc Christopher Balston since 2013
- Mary-Therese Barton since 2023
- Nicolette Naylor since 2024
- Nisha Dhawan since 2026
- Ozan Tarman since 2006
- Parvoleta Shtereva since 2012
- Rachel Andrews since 2026
- Susan Regina Dodge since 2019
- Swatee Deepak since 2020
- Toby Joseph Alan West since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Jonathan Neva Bell since 2020
- Marc Christopher Balston since 2013
- Ozan Tarman since 2006
- Parvoleta Shtereva since 2012
- Susan Regina Dodge since 2019
- Swatee Deepak since 2020
- Toby Joseph Alan West since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (14)
- Finbar Cooke since 2025
- James Michael Ellery since 2024
- Jonathan Neva Bell since 2020
- Liliana Castillo Dearth since 2025
- Marc Christopher Balston since 2013
- Mary-Therese Barton since 2023
- Nicolette Naylor since 2024
- Nisha Dhawan since 2026
- Ozan Tarman since 2006
- Parvoleta Shtereva since 2012
- Rachel Andrews since 2026
- Susan Regina Dodge since 2019
- Swatee Deepak since 2020
- Toby Joseph Alan West since 2020
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
1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1118916
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 27 JULY 2006 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 19 MARCH 2007.
- Companies House
- Company number 05889426 · Active
- Contact on the register
- +1 212-608-4455 · empoweruk@empowerweb.org
- 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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