Registered charity · Whitley Bay
Brighter Futures Zambia
- 10 trustees
- Income £40k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Katie Anne Lavender BA HonsChair · since 2011
- Alice WatsonTrustee · since 2020
- Anthony Hopper BA HonsTrustee · since 2011
- Caitriona Maire Gearoidin Macloughlin BA HonsTrustee · since 2015
- Christopher John Leslie WiddisonTrustee · since 2019
- Ciara DevlinTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Thomas William Lavender MbchbTrustee · since 2011
- Jennie Ellen Smith BA HonsTrustee · since 2011
- Kevin ChadelleTrustee · since 2017
- Oritsematosan TuoyoTrustee · since 2024
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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Zambia
- Website
- bfzambia.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2015
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£40k£36k
- 2024£34k£24k
- 2023£16k£31k
Earlier years
- 2022£30k£35k
- 2021£30k£24k
Charitable objects
1.PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF ORPHANED AND/OR OTHERWISE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA (ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING.2.FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF ORPHANED AND/OR OTHERWISE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA (ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS) IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY: I. AWARDING TO SUCH PERSONS SCHOLARSHIPS, MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCES OR GRANTS TENABLE AT ANY INSTITUTION OF EDUCATION; AND II. PROVIDING EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING AND PASTORAL SUPPORT) TO CHILDREN NOT YET ACCESSING PRIMARY EDUCATION THROUGH ASSISTANCE TO COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOLS. 3.I. TO RELIEVE THE MENTAL SICKNESS OF ORPHANED AND/OR OTHERWISE VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN ZAMBIA (ESPECIALLY THOSE AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS) AND/OR THEIR CARERS SUFFERING FROM BEREAVEMENT OR LOSS, BY THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS. II. TO ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND/OR RELEVANT SUPPORT WITH A VIEW TO ENABLING THESE CHILDREN AND THEIR CARERS TO GENERATE SUSTAINABLE INCOMES.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Katie Anne Lavender BA Hons Chair since 2011
- Anthony Hopper BA Hons since 2011
- Alice Watson since 2020
- Caitriona Maire Gearoidin Macloughlin BA Hons since 2015
- Christopher John Leslie Widdison since 2019
- Ciara Devlin since 2020
- Dr Thomas William Lavender Mbchb since 2011
- Jennie Ellen Smith BA Hons since 2011
- Kevin Chadelle since 2017
- Oritsematosan Tuoyo since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Katie Anne Lavender BA Hons Chair since 2011
- Anthony Hopper BA Hons since 2011
- Alice Watson since 2020
- Caitriona Maire Gearoidin Macloughlin BA Hons since 2015
- Christopher John Leslie Widdison since 2019
- Ciara Devlin since 2020
- Dr Thomas William Lavender Mbchb since 2011
- Jennie Ellen Smith BA Hons since 2011
- Kevin Chadelle since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Katie Anne Lavender BA Hons Chair since 2011
- Anthony Hopper BA Hons since 2011
- Alice Watson since 2020
- Caitriona Maire Gearoidin Macloughlin BA Hons since 2015
- Christopher John Leslie Widdison since 2019
- Dr Thomas William Lavender Mbchb since 2011
- Jennie Ellen Smith BA Hons since 2011
- Kevin Chadelle since 2017
- Oritsematosan Tuoyo since 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Ciara Devlin since 2020
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1162851
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 29 JUL 2012
- Contact on the register
- 01912921211 · hello@bfzambia.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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