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Gift for Africa

  • 3 trustees
  • Income £1 (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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About

What it does
General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 3 more
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Algeria, Angola, Benin and more
Website
www.giftforafrica.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£1£1
  • 2024£0£0
  • 2023£0£0
Earlier years
  • 2022£0£0
  • 2021£1£1

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

A. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA AND UK BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;B. THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA AND UK BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE, WATER AND SANITATION PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, AND BY ASSISTING THOSE AT RISK OF HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION AND BY PROVIDING SUCH PERSONS WITH FOOD;C. TO ASSIST IN THE TREATMENT AND CARE OF PERSONS SUFFERING FROM MENTAL OR PHYSICAL ILLNESS OF ANY DESCRIPTION OR IN NEED OF REHABILITATION AS A RESULT OF SUCH ILLNESS, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES, SUPPORT SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT NOT NORMALLY PROVIDED BY THE STATUTORY AUTHORITIES;D. TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF SUFFERERS AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN AFRICA AND UK THROUGH THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, VACCINE, SUPPORT, ADVOCACY, EDUCATION AND PRACTICAL ADVICE.E. TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONG REFUGEES, ASYLUM SEEKERS, INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE (DUE TO CONFLICTS OR DISASTERS) AND THEIR DEPENDANTS IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES SUCH AS ADVOCACY, HEALTH, HOUSING, ADVICE AND EDUCATION;F. TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING OF PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS IN AFRICA AND UK IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY UNIVERSITY, COLLEGE OR INSTITUTION OF HIGHER OR FURTHER EDUCATION.G. TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE HEALTH IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY HELPING TO CONTROL INFECTION SUCH AS EBOLA, POLIO, TB, AND MALARIA, HIV/AIDS, SEXUAL TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS, AND OTHER INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND NEGLECTED TROPICAL DISEASES.H. SUCH OTHER MEANS THAT FURTHER THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY.

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

11y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

11.2y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (2)

Portfolio (1)

2
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 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 3

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

Tech and media 2

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£1 latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1160654
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 26 Feb 2015
Contact on the register
03001237594 · info.gfa@giftforafrica.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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