Registered charity (CIO) · London
Afno (Advocacy for the Nepalese Organisation)
Afno (Advocacy for the Nepalese Organisation) is a registered charity (number 1173816) based in London, governed by 6 trustees. Latest income £66 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 6 trustees
- Income £66 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
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 2 more
- Where
- Throughout London
- Website
- www.afno.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2017
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£66£635
- 2024£1k£790
- 2023£100£554
Earlier years
- 2022£2k£2k
- 2021£0£406
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY WORKING WITH THE NEPALESE COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY THE GURKHA COMMUNITY IN LONDON, WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, TO RELIEVE THE NEEDS OF SUCH PEOPLE AND ASSIST THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY, IN PARTICULAR BY:· PROVIDING A LOCAL NETWORK GROUP THAT ENCOURAGES AND ENABLES MEMBERS OF THE NEPALESE COMMUNITY TO PARTICIPATE MORE EFFECTIVELY WITH THE WIDER COMMUNITY;· INCREASING, OR CO-ORDINATING, OPPORTUNITIES FOR MEMBERS OF THE NEPALESE COMMUNITY TO ENGAGE WITH SERVICE PROVIDERS, TO ENABLE THOSE PROVIDERS TO ADAPT SERVICES TO BETTER MEET THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY;· THE PROVISION OF, OR ASSISTANCE IN THE PROVISION OF, ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASSES; AND· THE PROVISION OF CLASSES AND WORKSHOPS FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN NEPALI LANGUAGE, ART, HERITAGE AND CULTURE.
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.
6 trustees on the board
- Asmita Sharma since 2019
- Bhawana Rai since 2019
- Cima Pun since 2019
- Durga Gurung since 2019
- Sujata Gurung since 2015
- Sumita Ale since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Asmita Sharma since 2019
- Bhawana Rai since 2019
- Cima Pun since 2019
- Durga Gurung since 2019
- Sujata Gurung since 2015
- Sumita Ale since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Asmita Sharma since 2019
- Bhawana Rai since 2019
- Cima Pun since 2019
- Durga Gurung since 2019
- Sujata Gurung since 2015
- Sumita Ale since 2019
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
- 1173816
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 13 Jul 2017
- Contact on the register
- 07565978943 · info@afno.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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