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Heartbeat Africa

  • 4 trustees
  • Income £28k (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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 5 more
Where
Powys, Kenya, Rwanda, Uganda
Website
www.facebook.com/heartbeatafrica1 (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2015

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£28k£24k
  • 2024£17k£17k
  • 2023£17k£15k
Earlier years
  • 2022£16k£15k
  • 2021£17k£17k

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

1. THE PREVENTION AND RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN EAST AFRICA TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY: • PROVIDING ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY. • PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. 2. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN EAST AFRICA FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING BY: • ASSISTING THE DISADVANTAGED IN SOCIETY THROUGH EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT. • PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT AND PRACTICAL ACTIVITIES WHICH DEVELOP THE SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS. • PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE BUILDING AND/OR EQUIPPING OF EDUCATION ESTABLISHMENTS. 3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITHIN EAST AFRICA FOR ALL INTERESTED INDIVIDUALS THROUGH EVANGELISM, ACTS OF COMPASSION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROJECTS AND PROVISION OF CHRISTIAN MATERIALS. 4. PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN EAST AFRICA FOR VULNERABLE PEOPLE GROUPS SUCH AS HIV POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY THROUGH: • THE PROVISION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PROJECTS. • WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP WITH OTHER LIKE-MINDED BODIES TO PROVIDE HEALTH SCREENING AND MEDICAL CAMPS. • PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL CARE. 5. THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED IN EAST AFRICA, BY REASON OF YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE IN SUCH WAYS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES THINK FIT, INCLUDING: • THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT FOR ORPHANS, STREET CHILDREN AND OTHER VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS. • THE PROVISION OF COUNSELLING AND SUPPORT FOR INDIVIDUALS SUCH AS WIDOWS AND ORPHANS WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY ISSUES SUCH AS BEREAVEMENT, ABUSE, HIV/AIDS AND OTHER COMMON DISEASES. • THE PROVISION OF HOUSING, RESIDENTIAL HOMES, SERVICES OR FACILITIES REQUIRED TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF ELDERLY PEOPLE. • THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF REFUGEES OR VICTIMS OF WAR OR NATURAL DISASTER, TROUBLE, OR CATASTROPHE IN PARTICULAR BY THE SUPPLY OF EMERGENCY AID AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES TO SUCH PERSONS.

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

10.5y median 11y
average tenure
11y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

17.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

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.

The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 4Education/training 3General Charitable Purposes 3Accommodation/housing 1Disability 1

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

Health and social care 1Other services 1

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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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£28k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

Sources

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

Record details
Registered charity number
1164789
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION REGISTERED 09 DEC 2015 AS AMENDED ON 17 JAN 2019AMENDED ON 26 FEB 2019
Contact on the register
01686650545 · heartbeatafrica1@gmail.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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