Africa's Voices Foundation Limited

Registered charity 1159589 Registered since 2014

Operates: Cambridgeshire, Kenya, Somalia, South Africa, Uganda

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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.

5 trustees on the board

SIR David Green Chair since 2015
Adrian Poffley since 2018
Elijah Bitange Ndemo since 2021
Karen Bett since 2021
Lisa Curtis since 2021

6.8y median 5y

average tenure

11y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

SIR David Green Chair since 2015
Adrian Poffley since 2018

14.4y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

SIR David Green Chair since 2015
Adrian Poffley since 2018
Elijah Bitange Ndemo since 2021
Karen Bett since 2021
Lisa Curtis since 2021

company-linked trustees

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

Professional services 2Business services 1Finance 1

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2020

2021

2022

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2024

incomespending£812k 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.

3.8 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.1 in 2020

3 from 14 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.

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

Centre of Sign-Sight-Sound (Y Ganolfan Arwyddo-Golwg-Sain) Similar size; both Community development
Women’s Health Matters Similar size; both Community development
Slough Council for Voluntary Service Similar size; both Community development
Nottinghamshire Community Foundation Similar size; both Community development
Touchstone Community Development Similar size; both Community development
Hoxton Hall Similar size; both Community development

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.africasvoices.org
Email	info@africasvoices.org
Phone	+254719605388
Address	Crowe Llp, Procession House, 55 Ludgate Hill, LONDON, EC4M 7JW

Finances

£811,701 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2020	£1,765,103	£1,722,190
2021	£1,399,863	£1,552,179
2022	£875,429	£1,131,995
2023	£979,399	£873,083
2024	£811,701	£757,988

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

SUCH PURPOSES AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION:1 TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF CHARITIES OPERATING IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; 2. TO PROMOTE THE EFFECTIVE USE OF RESOURCES FOR CHARITABLE PURPOSES BY CHARITIES AND NON-CHARITABLE ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; 3 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RESEARCH AND THE DISSEMINATION OF THE USEFUL RESULTS OF SUCH RESEARCH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 JAN 2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 09/12/2014

Trustees (5)

5trustees

64median age

0aged 70+

SIR David Green Chair since 2015
Adrian Poffleyage band 60-64 since 2018
Elijah Bitange Ndemoage band 65-69 since 2021
Karen Bettage band 40-44 since 2021
Lisa Curtisage band 60-64 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Africa's Voices Foundation Limited · 09215046 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 11/09/2014

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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