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Registered charity · Newmarket

The Africa Trust

The Africa Trust is a registered charity (number 1147666) based in Newmarket, governed by 3 trustees. Latest income £1.6m (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £1.6m (2024)
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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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique and more
Website
www.theafricatrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2012

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2024£1.6m£1.4m
  • 2023£1.4m£1.4m
  • 2022£1.7m£1.9m
Earlier years
  • 2021£1.6m£1.7m
  • 2020£1.2m£1.2m

Income trend, 2020 to 2024.

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN AFRICA THROUGH:A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION;C) THE PRESERVATION, CONSERVATION AND PROTECTION OF THE ENVIRONMENT WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON IMPROVEMENTS TO WATER SUPPLY AND SANITATION.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC (IN THE UK AND ELSEWHERE) IN SUBJECTS RELATING TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND TO PROMOTE STUDY AND RESEARCH IN SUCH SUBJECTS PROVIDED THAT THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY ARE DISSEMINATED TO THE PUBLIC AT LARGE.‘SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT’ MEANS ’DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.’

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.

3 trustees on the board

10.7y median 14y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

0
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 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • 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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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£1.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 2.1 in 2020

1 from 1 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1147666
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 07 DEC 2010
Contact on the register
01223508109 · ianthorpe@theafricatrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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