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Africa Cancer Action Trust
Africa Cancer Action Trust is a registered charity (number 1189665) based in Cardiff, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Dr David Francis Rees Griffiths since 2020. Latest income £8k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
Also known as Acat (Charity Commission)
- 4 trustees
- Income £8k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- Where
- Uganda, Kenya
- Website
- africacanceraction.org (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£8k£19k
- 2024£9k£12k
- 2023£2k£9k
Earlier years
- 2022£66k£9k
- 2021£4k£4k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING BY MAKING GRANTS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS THAT SUPPORT MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN AFRICA. THE CHARITYÆS MAIN AIM IS TO TRAIN AND ENABLE LOCAL PERSONNEL TO DIAGNOSE CANCER AND TO ADVOCATE FOR BETTER DIAGNOSTIC SERVICE IN LINE WITH GOOD MEDICAL PRACTICE. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE ÆDIAGNOSTIC SERVICESÆ MEANS ANY PROCEDURES OR TESTS THAT CONTRIBUTE TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF CANCER AND ESPECIALLY CELLULAR PATHOLOGY AND RADIOLOGY.ÆGOOD MEDICAL PRACTICEÆ MEANS OPERATING IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH INTERNATIONALLY RECOGNISED BEST PRACTICE.
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
- Dr David Francis Rees Griffiths Chair since 2020
- Carol Owen since 2020
- Dr Christopher John Robinson since 2020
- Dr Elisabeth Helen Griffiths since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr David Francis Rees Griffiths Chair since 2020
- Carol Owen since 2020
- Dr Christopher John Robinson since 2020
- Dr Elisabeth Helen Griffiths since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (3)
- Carol Owen since 2020
- Dr Christopher John Robinson since 2020
- Dr Elisabeth Helen Griffiths since 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Dr David Francis Rees Griffiths Chair since 2020
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.
Gaps to watch
- 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
- 1189665
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 03 JAN 2020
- Contact on the register
- 07866632945 · admin@africacanceraction.org
- 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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