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Minority Development & Advocacy (MDA) LTD
Minority Development & Advocacy (MDA) LTD is a registered charity (number 1155624) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Amal Abdullahi since 2013. Latest income £128k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as MDA (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £128k (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
- General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.mda.eu.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Minority Development & Advocacy (MDA) LTD
- Registered
- 2014
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£128k£107k
- 2024£79k£81k
- 2023£109k£108k
Earlier years
- 2022£183k£180k
- 2021£194k£197k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government contracts 0%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AMONGST BLACK ETHNIC MINORITY (BME) INDIVIDUALS AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM OR THOSE GRANTED REFUGEE STATUS PARTICULARLY BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL AND OTHER ADVICE.2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY ABOUT ISSUES THAT AFFECT BME COMMUNITIES, INCLUDING REFUGEES AND THOSE SEEKING ASYLUM IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, BY UNDERTAKING OR SUPPORTING RESEARCH AND THE PUBLICATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS THEREOF.3) TO PROMOTE HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) THROUGHOUT THE WORLD BY ALL OR ANY OF THE FOLLOWING MEANS:- MONITORING ABUSES OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- OBTAINING REDRESS FOR THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- RELIEVING NEED AMONG THE VICTIMS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE;- RESEARCH INTO HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- PROVIDING TECHNICAL ADVICE TO GOVERNMENT AND OTHERS ON HUMAN RIGHTS MATTERS;- CONTRIBUTING TO THE SOUND ADMINISTRATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;- COMMENTING ON PROPOSED HUMAN RIGHTS LEGISLATION;- RAISING AWARENESS OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES;- PROMOTING PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS;- PROMOTING RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AMONG INDIVIDUALS AND CORPORATIONS;- INTERNATIONAL ADVOCACY OF HUMAN RIGHTS;- ELIMINATING INFRINGEMENTS OF HUMAN RIGHTS.IN FURTHERANCE OF THAT OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE, THE TRUSTEES SHALL HAVE POWERTO ENGAGE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITY PROVIDED THAT THE TRUSTEES ARE SATISFIED THAT THE PROPOSED ACTIVITIES WILL FURTHER THE PURPOSES OF THE CHARITY TO AN EXTENT JUSTIFIED BY THE RESOURCES COMMITTED AND THE ACTIVITY IS NOT THE DOMINANT MEANS BY WHICH THE CHARITY CARRIED OUT ITS OBJECTS
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Amal Abdullahi Chair since 2013
- Abdi Abby since 2013
- Catherine Woodall since 2013
- Mohammed Omar since 2013
Trustees past 6 years
- Amal Abdullahi Chair since 2013
- Abdi Abby since 2013
- Catherine Woodall since 2013
- Mohammed Omar since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Amal Abdullahi Chair since 2013
- Abdi Abby since 2013
- Catherine Woodall since 2013
- Mohammed Omar since 2013
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.
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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
- 1155624
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 07/05/2013AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 17/12/2013
- Companies House
- Company number 08517052 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01895257978 · info@mda.eu.com
- 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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