The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Dira Foundation

Registered charity 1154631 Registered since 2013

Operates: Tanzania

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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.

4 trustees on the board

12y median 12.5y
average tenure
13y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

13.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (4)

4
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 4The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 4

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

Business services 4Health and social care 1

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together
  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1k latest income

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitedirafoundation.org
Emailinfo@dirafoundation.org
Phone000000000
Address27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, England, W1W 8DH

Finances

£1,355 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£12,881£13,978
2022£10,076£7,056
2023£7,449£8,318
2024£5,981£5,452
2025£1,355£3,769

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleOther Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other Finance

Charitable objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN TANZANIA, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, BY(A)PROVIDING FUNDING, THROUGH THE MEANS OF INDIVIDUAL SPONSORSHIPS, GRANTS, BURSARIES OR OTHERWISE, TO ALLOW CHILDREN IN AND FROM TANZANIA TO HAVE ACCESS TO AND CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AT PRIMARY, SECONDARY OR UNIVERSITY LEVEL, AS THE DIRECTORS MAY DEEM APPROPRIATE.(B)BY PROVIDING TEXT BOOKS AND OTHER EQUIPMENT, TRAVEL AND ANY OTHER NECESSITIES TO ASSIST CHILDREN IN RECEIVING AN EDUCATION, OR PROVIDING FUNDING FOR THE SAME.(C)BY IMPROVING THE QUALITY AND ACCESSIBILITY OF EDUCATION IN TANZANIA AND INCREASING THE NUMBER OF EDUCATED PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY; AND(D)RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, THE CURRENT LIMITED POSSIBILITIES FOR EDUCATION, IN PARTICULAR FURTHER EDUCATION, FOR STUDENTS IN AND FROM TANZANIA AND THE VARIOUS WAYS THAT THESE STUDENTS CAN BE ASSISTED.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21 JUN 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/12/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 15/11/2013

Trustees (4)

4trustees
60median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Dira Foundation · 07677125 · Active - Proposal to Strike off

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 21/06/2011

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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