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The James Barnor Foundation

The James Barnor Foundation is a registered charity (number 1184141) based in London, governed by 9 trustees and chaired by Imran Rashid Mian since 2019. Latest income £170k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.

  • 9 trustees
  • Income £170k (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
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where
Throughout England And Wales, Ghana
Website
www.jamesbarnor.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
2019

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£170k£40k
  • 2024£0£3k
  • 2023£81£9k
Earlier years
  • 2022£2k£860
  • 2021£25k£0

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:-1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UK, GHANA AND IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD, BY THE EXHIBITING AND EDUCATING ABOUT JAMES BARNOR’S CATALOGUE OF WORKS;2. TO PROMOTE ART FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC THROUGH THE EXHIBITION OF JAMES BARNOR’S PHOTOGRAPHIC WORK;3. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR IN GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SUITABLE INSTITUTION(S) IN GHANA AND AFRICA AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES;4. THE RELIEF OF CHILDREN WITH A DISABILITY OR AT OTHER SOCIAL DISADVANTAGE IN GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF SUITABLE INSTITUTION(S) IN GHANA AND AFRICA AS DETERMINED BY THE TRUSTEES;5. THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING OF YOUNG ARTISTIC PHOTOGRAPHERS IN THE UK AND AFRICA FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT; AND6. THE ADVANCEMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE AND HERITAGE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THAT OF GHANA AND OTHER AFRICAN COUNTRIES AND IN FURTHERANCE OF THIS OBJECT BUT NOT OTHERWISE TO SUPPORT SELECTED WORK OF THE HERITAGE AND CULTURAL SOCIETY OF AFRICA (HACSA), WHICH IS A ‘NOT FOR PROFIT’ ORGANISATION BASED IN GHANA, AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

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.

6y median 6y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.3y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

0
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Arts/culture/heritage/science 9Education/training 9

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board
  • 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.

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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
2023
2024
incomespendingspending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1184141
Status
Registered
Governing document
CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 27 Jun 2019
Contact on the register
02036678711 · info@w8advisory.com
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
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