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Baddibu Society UK

Baddibu Society UK is a registered charity (number 1162896) based in London, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £10k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

Also known as Basuk (Charity Commission)

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £10k (2025)

Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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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, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout London, Manchester City, Birmingham City, The Gambia
Website
alikali.fofana@baddibusocietyuk.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£10k£3k
  • 2024£5k£3k
  • 2023£5k£5k
Earlier years
  • 2022£6k£1k
  • 2021£7k£3k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE FOLLOWING OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT:-1)THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH IN BADDIBU (NORTHERN REGION OF THE GAMBIA)BY PROVIDINGOR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SUCH EDUCATION, TRAINING AND ITEMS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DEEM APPROPRIATE; 2)TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY OR THOSE WHO ARE SOCIAL EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR RELATIONSHIP OR FAMILY BREAKDOWN; 3)TO PROVIDE ASSISTANCE THROUGH CONCILIATION FOR COUPLES WHOSE RELATIONSHIPS APPEAR TO BE BREAKING DOWN, AND WHERE SUCH RELATIONSHIPS HAVE ALREADY BROKEN DOWN, TO ADVISE AND HELP IN THE SETTLEMENT OF DIFFERENCES OR POTENTIAL DIFFERENCES OVER ASSOCIATED MATTERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FOR MEMBERS OF THE GAMBIAN COMMUNITY WHO REQUIRE A MORE TAILORED SERVICE DUE TO THEIR CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES OF FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS THAN THAT WHICH GENERAL MAINSTREAM SERVICES PROVIDE; AND4)THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PERSONS IN NECESSITOUS CIRCUMSTANCES, TO ASSIST IN THE BURIAL OF DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THEIR CULTURAL BELIEFS AND THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND SUPPORT FOR SUCH PERSONS, IN PARTICULAR BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION TO MEMBERS OF THE DIASPORAN COMMUNITY.

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.

9 trustees on the board

8.6y median 8y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
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 9General Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£5k latest income

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1162896
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - Foundation Registered 29 Jul 2015
Contact on the register
07807307403 · alikali.fofana@baddibusocietyuk.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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