Registered charity (CIO) · London
DA'ARO Youth Project
- 9 trustees
- Income £496k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Dr Yohannes Teklu BahruChair · since 2021
- Adonay Younas BerheTrustee · since 2023
- Amel HamiltonTrustee · since 2023
- Aron ZerezghiTrustee · since 2023
- Dr Elaine Chase PhDTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Mikal WolduTrustee · since 2023
- Tigist KinfeTrustee · since 2023
- Yacob WoldehiwotTrustee · since 2021
- Yordanos Tesfa FesehaTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.daaroyouth.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£496k£451k
- 2024£403k£188k
- 2023£174k£164k
Earlier years
- 2022£103k£114k
- 2021£89k£39k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE ADVANCEMENT AND PROMOTION OF EQUALITY AND SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE ASYLUM-SEEKERS AND REFUGEES (AND IN PARTICULAR NEWLY ARRIVED YOUNG ERITREANS) WHO ARE LIVING IN THE U.K. AND WHO ARE AT RISK OF BEING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR LEGAL, SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, BY PROVIDING:1. BEFRIENDING AND MENTORING INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;2. SOCIAL AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS INVOLVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITY;3. SUPPORT IN ACCESSING EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND IN VOCATIONAL SKILLS;4. ADVOCACY SUPPORT, WHICH EMPOWERS YOUNG REFUGEES TO ACCESS AND TO SPEAK OUT FOR THEIR RIGHTS AND THE RIGHTS OF OTHERS.
Grants received
12 grants · £686,984 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £302,614 (3 grants)
- City Bridge Trust · £244,020
- A B Charitable Trust · £74,000 (4 grants)
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £52,250 (2 grants)
- The London Community Foundation · £8,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis for researchers
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
- Dr Yohannes Teklu Bahru Chair since 2021
- Adonay Younas Berhe since 2023
- Amel Hamilton since 2023
- Aron Zerezghi since 2023
- Dr Elaine Chase PhD since 2020
- Dr Mikal Woldu since 2023
- Tigist Kinfe since 2023
- Yacob Woldehiwot since 2021
- Yordanos Tesfa Feseha since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Elaine Chase PhD since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Dr Yohannes Teklu Bahru Chair since 2021
- Adonay Younas Berhe since 2023
- Aron Zerezghi since 2023
- Dr Elaine Chase PhD since 2020
- Dr Mikal Woldu since 2023
- Yacob Woldehiwot since 2021
- Yordanos Tesfa Feseha since 2023
Portfolio (2)
- Amel Hamilton since 2023
- Tigist Kinfe since 2023
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
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1189245
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - ASSOCIATION Registered 28 Apr 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07943852949 · info@daaroyouth.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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