Registered charity · London
Ashinaga Association in the UK
- 9 trustees
- Income £607k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Professor Saul Jonathan Benjamin TendlerChair · since 2022
- Alex WagikuyuTrustee · since 2025
- Jordan McfarlaneTrustee · since 2024
- Kimeshan NaidooTrustee · since 2024
- Nashina AsariaTrustee · since 2024
- Pablo Federico PerezTrustee · since 2024
- Professor 'Funmi OlonisakinTrustee · since 2020
- Professor Osamu MurataTrustee · since 2024
- Yukie SekiTrustee · since 2017
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Senegal, Uganda, Scotland
- Website
- www.ashinaga-uk.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Ashinaga Association in the UK
- Registered
- 2019
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£607k£325k
- 2024£702k£487k
- 2023£709k£644k
Earlier years
- 2022£841k£649k
- 2021£575k£2.9m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
(A) ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BUT, IN PARTICULAR, IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (OR ANY PART THEREOF) INCLUDING (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY:(I) PROVIDING SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS AND LOANS TO ORPHANS TO MEET EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH EDUCATION (INCLUDING COURSE FEES, TRAVEL AND MAINTENANCE ANDSUBSISTENCE EXPENSES);(II) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL GUIDANCE AND MENTORING, EMOTIONAL AND MORAL SUPPORT TO ORPHANS;(B) SUPPORTING COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (OR ANY PART THEREOF) BY SUPPORTING AND FACILITATING ORPHANS' EDUCATION WITH A VIEW TO:(I) DEVELOPING THEIR LEADERSHIP SKILLS AND CAPACITY;(II) FOSTERING ENTHUSIASM AND TOLERANCE, INDIVIDUAL AND COMMUNITY SELF-CONFIDENCE, AND ENGENDERING RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUALITY, DIFFERENCE AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TEAMWORK; AND(III) USING THEIR EDUCATION AND SKILLS TO THE BENEFIT OF THEIR COMMUNITIES (WHETHER NATIONAL, REGIONAL OR LOCAL) WITHIN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;(C) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA (OR ANY PART THEREOF) BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING; AND(D) SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE DIRECTORS MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Professor Saul Jonathan Benjamin Tendler Chair since 2022
- Alex Wagikuyu since 2025
- Jordan Mcfarlane since 2024
- Kimeshan Naidoo since 2024
- Nashina Asaria since 2024
- Pablo Federico Perez since 2024
- Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin since 2020
- Professor Osamu Murata since 2024
- Yukie Seki since 2017
Trustees past 6 years
- Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin since 2020
- Yukie Seki since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Alex Wagikuyu since 2025
- Jordan Mcfarlane since 2024
- Kimeshan Naidoo since 2024
- Nashina Asaria since 2024
- Pablo Federico Perez since 2024
- Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin since 2020
- Professor Osamu Murata since 2024
- Yukie Seki since 2017
Portfolio (1)
- Professor Saul Jonathan Benjamin Tendler Chair since 2022
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.
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
2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.7 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1183750
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22 FEB 2017 as amended on 24 Jun 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 10634278 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02030751991 · admin.uk@ashinaga.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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