Registered charity · London
Alsama Project
- 9 trustees
- Income £764k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ketish PothalingamChair · since 2023
- Christopher John Lindsay TeesdaleTrustee · since 2020
- Dr Paul Stuart MitchellTrustee · since 2020
- Elizabeth Mary RobertsonTrustee · since 2020
- Krishnan NarayananTrustee · since 2024
- Meike ZiervogelTrustee · since 2020
- Richard VerityTrustee · since 2020
- Suhir HelalTrustee · since 2021
- Trevor RussellTrustee · since 2024
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, Education/training, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 1 more
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales, Lebanon
- Website
- alsamaproject.com (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Alsama Project
- Registered
- 2020
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£764k£681k
- 2024£1.3m£1.0m
- 2023£815k£598k
Earlier years
- 2022£755k£351k
- 2021£260k£147k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE OBJECTS ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO SUCH PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE, INCLUDING (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONG REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS BY PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY;2 ACTING AS A RESOURCE FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL, ARTS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING EDUCATION;(C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;(D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.
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
- Ketish Pothalingam Chair since 2023
- Christopher John Lindsay Teesdale since 2020
- Dr Paul Stuart Mitchell since 2020
- Elizabeth Mary Robertson since 2020
- Krishnan Narayanan since 2024
- Meike Ziervogel since 2020
- Richard Verity since 2020
- Suhir Helal since 2021
- Trevor Russell since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christopher John Lindsay Teesdale since 2020
- Dr Paul Stuart Mitchell since 2020
- Elizabeth Mary Robertson since 2020
- Meike Ziervogel since 2020
- Richard Verity since 2020
- Suhir Helal since 2021
- Trevor Russell since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Ketish Pothalingam Chair since 2023
- Krishnan Narayanan since 2024
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
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
19.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 14.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1191810
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 30 JAN 2020AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 02 SEP 2020AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 OCT 2020 as amended on 13 May 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 12433605 · Active
- Contact on the register
- +447734682860 · meike@alsamaproject.com
- 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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