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Skills for Development
Skills for Development is a registered charity (number 1139768) based in London, governed by 2 trustees and chaired by Tamara Rebecca Palamakumbura. Latest income £140 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as SFD (Charity Commission)
- 2 trustees
- Income £140 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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
- Cameroon
- Website
- www.skillsfordevelopment.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£140£6k
- 2024£10k£4k
- 2023£1k£1k
Earlier years
- 2022£0£711
- 2021£0£171
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE ORGANISATION'S OBJECTIVE IS TO RELIEVE POVERTY WITH A VIEW TO EMPOWER THE DISEMPOWERED IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. BUILDING CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS FROM DISEMPOWERED COMMUNITIES2. DEVELOPING THE LONG TERM SUSTAINABILITY AND INDEPENDENCE OF GRASS ROOT ACTIVITIES IN DISEMPOWERED COMMUNITIES3. FACILITATING THE TRANSFER OF SKILLS BETWEEN COMMUNITIES
Grants received
2 grants · £29,700 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 · £29,700 (2 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- 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.
2 trustees on the board
- Tamara Rebecca Palamakumbura Chair
- Kamal Shah since 2011
Trustees past 6 years
- Kamal Shah since 2011
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Tamara Rebecca Palamakumbura Chair
- Kamal Shah since 2011
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1139768
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 15/08/2010AS AMENDED ON 08/01/2011AS AMENDED ON 14/04/2012
- Contact on the register
- 07734711093 · info@skillsfordevelopment.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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