Registered charity · London
Baag (British and Irish Agencies Afghanistan Group)
- 5 trustees
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Where
- City Of London, Afghanistan, Ireland
- Website
- www.baag.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2010
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025--
- 2024£79k£173k
- 2023£312k£281k
Earlier years
- 2022£197k£155k
- 2021£333k£256k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 10% · Government grants 10%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE RELIEF OFPOVERTY, DISTRESS AND HARDSHIP AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN ANDREFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN AND IN PARTICULAR BY PROMOTING THEEFFECTIVENESS AND EFFICIENCY OF THE VOLUNTARY SECTOR ORGANISATIONS ANDOTHER INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE INVOLVED IN THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN ANDDEVELOPMENT AID
Grants received
1 grant · £19,913 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
- Joffe Charitable Trust · £19,913
Most recent
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.
5 trustees on the board
- Mark Bowden since 2019
- Monica Encinas-Lepingwell since 2020
- Niamh Furey since 2022
- Ramani Leathard since 2017
- Tareq Hassan Sholi since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Mark Bowden since 2019
- Monica Encinas-Lepingwell since 2020
- Ramani Leathard since 2017
- Tareq Hassan Sholi since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Mark Bowden since 2019
- Monica Encinas-Lepingwell since 2020
- Niamh Furey since 2022
- Tareq Hassan Sholi since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Ramani Leathard since 2017
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
- 1135700
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 17 APRIL 2009
- Contact on the register
- 02076334978 · info@baag.org.uk
- 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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