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Registered charity · Gloucestershire

Global Brigades UK

Global Brigades UK is a registered charity (number 1132015) based in Gloucestershire, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Samahat Ahmed since 2024. Latest income £61k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £61k (2025)
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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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 4 more
Where
Ghana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama and more
Website
www.globalbrigades.org (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Global Brigades UK
Registered
2009

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£61k£77k
  • 2024£61k£77k
  • 2023£84k£82k
Earlier years
  • 2022£64k£72k
  • 2021£36k£18k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY GHANA. HONDURAS AND PANAMA BY:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING;(B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;(C) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH; AND(D) THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THEOBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.SIGNED:

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.

9 trustees on the board

1.6y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
1.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

6
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 9

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

Health and social care 6Tech and media 1

Gaps to watch

  • Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity

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.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£61k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1132015
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30/04/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 14/09/2009AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 13/12/2010
Companies House
Company number 06845249 · Active
Contact on the register
07568166115 · shaswath.ganapathi@globalbrigades.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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