The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Action for Southern Africa

Registered charity 1174757 CIO Registered since 2017

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Eswatini

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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

7y median 9y
average tenure
9y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

10.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

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.

Disability 7Education/training 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity 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.

Education 1Other services 1Professional services 1

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  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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
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2024
incomespending£217k latest income · income exceeded spending in 2023 and 2024

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.actsa.org
Emailinfo@actsa.org
Phone020 7832 5812
AddressAction for Southern Africa, 200A Pentonville Road, LONDON, N1 9JP

Finances

£216,994 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£157,821£160,514
2021£120,282£120,858
2022£111,467£125,271
2023£141,146£121,637
2024£216,994£205,205

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

3. Objects The objects of the CIO are for the public benefit:3.1 to promote human rights (as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and subsequent United Nations conventions and declarations) in southern Africa by:3.1.1 monitoring abuses of human rights;3.1.2 obtaining redress for the victims of human rights abuse;3.1.3 relieving need among the victims of human rights abuse;3.1.4 research into human rights issues;3.1.5 educating the public about human rights;3.1.6 commenting on proposed human rights legislation;3.1.7 raising awareness of human rights issues;3.1.8 promoting public support for human rights;3.1.9 promoting respect for human rights among individuals and corporations;3.1.10 international advocacy of human rights, through international protocols such as the UN declaration and treaty and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) (1979);3.1.11 eliminating infringements of human rights.3.2 the relief of poverty and the improvement of the conditions of life in socially and economically disadvantaged groups in southern Africa; particularly addressing the specific disadvantages faced by African women in the region or those from the region in the UK.3.3 to promote public education and research on the range of issues which contribute to the relief and eradication of poverty and the advancement of human rights, equality for women and diversity in southern Africa, particularly with respect to the nature, causes and effects of poverty, social inequity, legal or human rights violations, conflict and environmental degradation.3.4 to promote cultural exchange and development between people from and in the region and people in the UK, including closer co-operation between organisations and the formation of new alliances.

Governing document: CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 20 Sep 2017 as amended on 25 Oct 2025 as amended on 25 Oct 2025

Trustees (7)

7trustees
54median age
0aged 70+

Connected charities (1)

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