Registered charity (CIO) · London
Dessoky Ubuntu Foundation
Dessoky Ubuntu Foundation is a registered charity (number 1188446) based in London, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Usama Dessoky since 2020. Latest income £7k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £7k (2024)
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, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£7k£23k
- 2023£101k£26k
- 2022£150k£36k
Earlier years
- 2021£0£0
- 2020£0£0
Income trend, 2020 to 2024.
Charitable objects
3.1 THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:3.1.1 THE PROMOTION OF EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN THE TOPICS OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, HUMAN GEOGRAPHY, POLITICS OR SOCIOLOGY; 3.1.2 THE PROMOTION OF RACIAL HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY (FOR EXAMPLE):(A) PROMOTING KNOWLEDGE AND MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION AND RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS TO PROMOTE GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS; AND(C) WORKING TOWARDS THE ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF RACE;3.1.3 THE PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY;3.1.4 THE PROMOTION OF SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY.FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ‘SOCIALLY EXCLUDED’ MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PARTS OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING FACTORS: UNEMPLOYMENT; FINANCIAL HARDSHIP; YOUTH OR OLD AGE; ILL HEALTH (PHYSICAL OR MENTAL); SUBSTANCE ABUSE OR DEPENDENCY INCLUDING ALCOHOL AND DRUGS; DISCRIMINATION ON THE GROUNDS OF SEX, RACE, DISABILITY, ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF, CREED, SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER RE-ASSIGNMENT; POOR EDUCATIONAL OR SKILLS ATTAINMENT; RELATIONSHIP AND FAMILY BREAKDOWN; POOR HOUSING (THAT IS HOUSING THAT DOES NOT MEET BASIC HABITABLE STANDARDS); CRIME (EITHER AS A VICTIM OF CRIME OR AS AN OFFENDER REHABILITATING INTO SOCIETY); AND3.1.5 THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, HEALTHCARE PROJECTS AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT DESIGNED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.3.2 NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005 AND SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008.
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.
4 trustees on the board
- Usama Dessoky Chair since 2020
- Adam Dessoky since 2020
- Dena Dessoky since 2020
- Oliver Kai Lam-Watson since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Usama Dessoky Chair since 2020
- Adam Dessoky since 2020
- Dena Dessoky since 2020
- Oliver Kai Lam-Watson since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Usama Dessoky Chair since 2020
- Adam Dessoky since 2020
- Dena Dessoky since 2020
- Oliver Kai Lam-Watson since 2020
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
- 1188446
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 10 Mar 2020
- Contact on the register
- 02077238208 · info@dessokyubuntu.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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