Registered charity (CIO) · Fordham
The African Oral Poetry Foundation
The African Oral Poetry Foundation is a registered charity (number 1207494) based in Fordham, governed by 3 trustees and chaired by Martin White. Latest income £0 (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 3 trustees
- Income £0 (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- africanpoems.net (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 2024
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£0£0
Charitable objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF ORAL POETRY AND TRADITIONAL SONGS OF AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY:1. COLLECTING, MANAGING, PRESERVING AFRICAN POETRY AND SONGS FROM ORAL TRADITIONS.2. PUBLISHING AND DISSEMINATING RESEARCH INTO THE HISTORIES, CONTEXTS AND PRACTICES OF THE ORAL POETRY AND TRADITIONAL SONGS OF AFRICA.3. PROVIDING INFORMATION ABOUT THE POETS, MUSICIANS, HISTORIANS AND OTHERS WORKING WITH AND WITHIN THE ORAL TRADITIONS OF AFRICA, TO INCREASE THE PUBLIC’S KNOWLEDGE OF AFRICAN ORAL POETRY AND TO ADD TO THE COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THIS SUBJECT.
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.
3 trustees on the board
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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.
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1207494
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 19 Mar 2024
- Contact on the register
- 07485791466 · martin.white@africanpoems.net
- 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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