Registered charity · London
Pharo Foundation
- 5 trustees
- Income £41m (2024)
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
- Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
- Where
- Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Rwanda
- Website
- www.pharofoundation.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Pharo Foundation
- Registered
- 2011
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£41m£16m
- 2023£21m£15m
- 2022£18m£12m
Earlier years
- 2021£15m£8.2m
- 2020£7.2m£5.4m
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO FACILITATE ECONOMIC INDEPENDENCE FOR THE PEOPLE AND NATIONS OF AFRICA THROUGH THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND HEALTH, THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT, THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO BUSINESSES, THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, THE PROVISION OF PROFESSIONAL TRAINING AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND (SAVE FOR PURPOSES INCIDENTAL AND ANCILLARY TO THOSE OBJECTS), NO OTHER PURPOSES.
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
- Farah Fonkenell since 2011
- Folorunso Olugbemiga Allu since 2024
- Guillaume Henri Andre Fonkenell since 2011
- Matthieu Baumgartner since 2011
- Papa Mbor Nicolas Sagna since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Farah Fonkenell since 2011
- Guillaume Henri Andre Fonkenell since 2011
- Matthieu Baumgartner since 2011
- Papa Mbor Nicolas Sagna since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Farah Fonkenell since 2011
- Folorunso Olugbemiga Allu since 2024
- Matthieu Baumgartner since 2011
- Papa Mbor Nicolas Sagna since 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Guillaume Henri Andre Fonkenell since 2011
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
10.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 15.1 in 2020
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1143152
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/06/2011 as amended on 21 Mar 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 07678862 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078380266 · info@pharofoundation.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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