Registered charity (CIO) · Middlesex
Disability Africa
- 7 trustees
- Income £180k (2024)
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 2 more
- Where
- The Gambia, Kenya, Zambia, Eswatini and more
- Website
- www.disability-africa.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£180k£156k
- 2023£169k£160k
- 2022£149k£189k
Earlier years
- 2021£189k£164k
- 2020£146k£116k
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
1) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE AND PROTECT HEALTH AMONG PEOPLE LIVING IN AFRICA, INPARTICULAR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, ITEMSAND SERVICES AND BY SUCH OTHER MEANS AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE.2) TO PROVIDE OR ASSIST IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FORRECREATION OR OTHER LEISURE TIME OCCUPATION OF INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE NEED OF SUCH FACILITIES BYREASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCESWITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.
Grants received
3 grants · £37,562 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The Fore · £29,562
- The James Tudor Foundation · £8,000 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
7 trustees on the board
- Andrew James Nowak Chair since 2019
- Adam Edwards M.A. since 2017
- Adrian Abbott since 2017
- Alaric LAW since 2019
- Michael Steven Carr since 2025
- Penny Southcott nee Gibson Frcpch since 2017
- Susan Haworth-Edwards since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Andrew James Nowak Chair since 2019
- Adam Edwards M.A. since 2017
- Adrian Abbott since 2017
- Alaric LAW since 2019
- Penny Southcott nee Gibson Frcpch since 2017
- Susan Haworth-Edwards since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Andrew James Nowak Chair since 2019
- Adam Edwards M.A. since 2017
- Adrian Abbott since 2017
- Alaric LAW since 2019
- Michael Steven Carr since 2025
- Penny Southcott nee Gibson Frcpch since 2017
- Susan Haworth-Edwards since 2017
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
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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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1172163
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 21 Mar 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07891778688 · enquiries@disability-africa.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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