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Registered charity · Ryde

Building Schools for Africa

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £222k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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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
Where
Cameroon
Website
www.buildingschoolsforafrica.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£222k£194k
  • 2024£209k£135k
  • 2023£105k£80k
Earlier years
  • 2022£146k£211k
  • 2021£272k£176k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AFRICA BYI. FINANCING THE BUILDING AND REFURBISHMENT OF SCHOOLSII. EQUIPPING SCHOOLS WITH BASIC FURNITURE AND TEACHING MATERIALSIII. PROVIDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP CHILDREN WITHOUT FUNDS OF THEIROWN TO MEET EDUCATIONAL EXPENSESB TO FACILITATE THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH IN AFRICA BYI. FINANCING THE PROVISION OF SAFE DRINKING WATER, TOILETS AND BASICMEDICAL PROVISIONS IN SCHOOLS FOR THE BENEFIT OF PUPILS, TEACHERS AND THELOCAL COMMUNITYC TO FACILITATE THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA BYI. FINANCING THE DEVELOPMENT OF INCOME GENERATION SCHEMES WITHINSCHOOLSII. FINANCING SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAMMES FOR EARLY SCHOOL LEAVERS.ALL ACTIVITIES INVOLVED IN OBJECTS A - C SHALL BE CARRIED OUT WITH OR WITHOUT THECOLLABORATIVE SUPPORT OF THE CHARITY'S CHOSEN PARTNER ORGANISATIONS, AN IN ACCORDANCEWITH THE TRUSTEES' DECISIONS, WHO IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SEE FIT.

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.

8.7y median 9y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.1y
average years in governance
2
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 6The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Business services 1Health and social care 1Other services 1

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£222k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1127661
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 3 DECEMBER 2008
Contact on the register
01983618500 · hello@buildingschoolsforafrica.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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