Registered charity (CIO) · London
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
- Imran Rashid MianChair · since 2019
- Damarice AmaoTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth Carey-ThomasTrustee · since 2022
- Frederick Quarcoopome BarnorTrustee · since 2019
- Frederick Seton James BarnorTrustee · since 2020
- Myx Boadi-Alawiye Michael Kofi QuestTrustee · since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth PepperTrustee · since 2019
- Sir John Akomfrah CBE RATrustee · since 2020
- Yvonne SeagraveTrustee · since 2022
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Imran Rashid Mian Chair since 2019
- Damarice Amao since 2020
- Elizabeth Carey-Thomas since 2022
- Frederick Quarcoopome Barnor since 2019
- Frederick Seton James Barnor since 2020
- Myx Boadi-Alawiye Michael Kofi Quest since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Pepper since 2019
- Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA since 2020
- Yvonne Seagrave since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Imran Rashid Mian Chair since 2019
- Frederick Quarcoopome Barnor since 2019
- Myx Boadi-Alawiye Michael Kofi Quest since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Pepper since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Imran Rashid Mian Chair since 2019
- Damarice Amao since 2020
- Elizabeth Carey-Thomas since 2022
- Frederick Quarcoopome Barnor since 2019
- Frederick Seton James Barnor since 2020
- Myx Boadi-Alawiye Michael Kofi Quest since 2019
- Rachel Elizabeth Pepper since 2019
- Sir John Akomfrah CBE RA since 2020
- Yvonne Seagrave since 2022
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
- 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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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
- 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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