The Charities AID Foundation

Registered charity 268369 Registered since 1974

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Canada, United States

Connected trustee network

The connection graph needs a free account.

This charity's record is public. The network of who else its trustees govern is compiled from the registers by us, and an account keeps it out of bulk scrapers.

Find a path from this charity →

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.

8 trustees on the board

Dr Priya Darshani Singh since 2020
Jackie Leiper since 2025
Meredith Niles since 2022
Michael St John Ashley since 2023
Owen Pringle since 2022
Robert Vogtle since 2023
Sabine Everaet since 2022
Sir Edward Charles Braham since 2025

3.2y median 3.5y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

10.7y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Dr Priya Darshani Singh since 2020
Jackie Leiper since 2025
Owen Pringle since 2022
Robert Vogtle since 2023
Sabine Everaet since 2022
Sir Edward Charles Braham since 2025

Portfolio (2)

Meredith Niles since 2022
Michael St John Ashley since 2023

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

General Charitable Purposes 7Education/training 2Amateur Sport 1Economic/community Development/employment 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 9Education 5Health and social care 3

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.

🔒 Succession forecast is a Pro feature - the board seats likely to open in the next year and the ideal next trustee. Explore Pro →

Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£1390.6m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025

ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months

768 from 532 in 2021

EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Foundation for Credit Counselling 1 shared trustee
Trust for London Trustee 1 shared trustee
Plan International UK 1 shared trustee
The Scout Association 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

UBS UK Donor-Advised Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
Founders Pledge Ltd Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.cafonline.org
Email	companysecretary@cafonline.org
Phone	03000123088
Address	CHARITIES AID FOUNDATION, 25 KINGS HILL AVENUE, KINGS HILL, WEST MALLING, ME19 4TA

Finances

£1,390,589,000 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,008,480,000	£931,071,000
2022	£1,044,275,000	£920,470,000
2023	£1,147,196,000	£1,048,708,000
2024	£1,194,823,000	£1,160,615,000
2025	£1,390,589,000	£1,231,327,000

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes Research

Charitable objects

TO BENEFIT ANY CHARITABLE INSTITUTION, TO USE ITS FUNDS FOR ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES WHERESOEVER IN THE WORLD.

Governing document: TRUST DEED DATED 02/10/1974AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 04/11/1981AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 10/08/1982AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 13/11/1985AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 13/11/1991AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 10/11/1994AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 07/04/1996AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 14/03/2002AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 19/03/2004AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 25/09/2008AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 01/06/2010AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 05/02/2016 as amended on 29 Sep 2021 as amended on 25 Jul 2024

Trustees (8)

8trustees

64median age

1aged 70+

Dr Priya Darshani Singhage band 60-64 since 2020
Jackie Leiper since 2025
Meredith Nilesage band 50-54 since 2022
Michael St John Ashleyage band 70-74 since 2023
Owen Pringle since 2022
Robert Vogtleage band 60-64 since 2023
Sabine Everaet since 2022
Sir Edward Charles Brahamage band 65-69 since 2025

Connected charities (4)

Plan International UK 1 shared trustee
The Scout Association 1 shared trustee
Trust for London Trustee 1 shared trustee
Foundation for Credit Counselling 1 shared trustee

For recruiters

Tools for approaching charities and finding candidates - free with an account.

Create your free account ->

Report an error in this record - let us know.