Registered charity (CIO) · London
Sophia Akash Foundation CIO
- 4 trustees
- Income £72k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Shailendra PatelChair · since 2016
- Hemant PatelTrustee · since 2016
- Stefano CappanariTrustee · since 2021
- William Walter HopkinTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Indonesia and more
- Website
- www.sophiaakashfoundation.com (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2016
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£72k£79k
- 2023£85k£83k
- 2022£86k£87k
Earlier years
- 2021£171k£121k
- 2020£138k£106k
Charitable objects
THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT, INCLUDING BY FACILITATING SCALABLE, SUSTAINABLE AND REPLICABLE METHODS AND TECHNOLOGIES WHICH PROVIDE PATHS OUT OF POVERTY IN AFRICA AND ASIA.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Shailendra Patel Chair since 2016
- Hemant Patel since 2016
- Stefano Cappanari since 2021
- William Walter Hopkin since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Shailendra Patel Chair since 2016
- Hemant Patel since 2016
- William Walter Hopkin since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Shailendra Patel Chair since 2016
- Hemant Patel since 2016
- Stefano Cappanari since 2021
- William Walter Hopkin since 2016
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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
- 1169967
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 31 Oct 2016
- Contact on the register
- 02076597660 · info@sophiaakashfoundation.com
- 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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