Registered charity · Ross-on-Wye
Desta Ethiopia
Desta Ethiopia is a registered charity (number 1194896) based in Ross-on-Wye, governed by 4 trustees and chaired by Stephen John Rickerby since 2021. Latest income £15k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 11th October 2026.
- 4 trustees
- Income £15k (2025)
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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
- Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Registered
- 2021
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£15k£14k
- 2024£16k£14k
- 2023£17k£44k
Earlier years
- 2022£44k£17k
Income trend, 2022 to 2025.
Charitable objects
THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN ETHIOPIA BY: PROVIDING GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, AND 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.
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
- Stephen John Rickerby Chair since 2021
- James Mason Wilson since 2021
- Kathleen Claire Gray since 2021
- Lisa Shekede since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Stephen John Rickerby Chair since 2021
- James Mason Wilson since 2021
- Kathleen Claire Gray since 2021
- Lisa Shekede since 2021
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
- 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
- 1194896
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 05 APR 2021
- Contact on the register
- 01989565551 · srickerby@rickerby-shekede.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 11th 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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