The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Actionaid

Registered charity 274467 Registered since 1972

Operates: Islington, Somerset, Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Belgium, Brazil, Burundi, Cambodia, Denmark, Ecuador, Ethiopia

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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.

2y median 1.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12Overseas Aid/famine Relief 11The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.

Education 15Health and social care 6Business services 2

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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
incomespending£46.1m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024
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.

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

193 from 211 in 2020
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.
6%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

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

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.actionaid.org.uk
Emailmail@actionaid.org
Phone01460238000
AddressActionAid UK, 2nd Floor, 1 Easton Street, London, WC1X 0DW

Finances

£47,630,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£49,553,788£47,575,818
2022£59,635,375£58,063,490
2023£53,297,357£54,666,101
2024£46,083,300£48,747,290
2025£47,630,000£48,289,000

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Other Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

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

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD: - 1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND DISTRESS; 2) THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC CONCERNING THE CAUSES, EFFECTS AND MEANS OF ALLEVIATION OF SUCH POVERTY AND DISTRESS; AND FOR SUCH OTHER ANCILLARY CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY DETERMINE AND IN RELATION TO THE OBJECTS TO ACT WITH FAIRNESS, TOLERANCE AND RESPECT FOR THE INHERENT VALUE OF ALL HUMAN INDIVIDUALS AND WITH AN AWARENESS OF DIFFERENT CULTURAL BELIEFS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 21/01/1977AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/03/1979AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 10/06/1981AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/03/1993AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 29/10/1997AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02/07/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01/08/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/05/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/04/2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 18/12/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04/12/2014AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 OCT 2016

Trustees (12)

12trustees
51median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Actionaid · 01295174 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 21/01/1977

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (3)

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