Registered charity · London
SOL Plaatje Educational Project
- 3 trustees
- Income £33k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- William Henry Frankel OBE FrssaChair
- Michael Bose Ensor MbikiwaTrustee · since 2019
- Nasima BadshaTrustee · since 2016
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 6 other charities:
- Edwin FOX Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- Wits Foundation UK · 1 shared trustee
- Ubuntu Charitable Foundation · 1 shared trustee
- SA Constitutional Court Trust UK · 1 shared trustee
- Stellenbosch University SA Foundation UK · 1 shared trustee
- Opera Australia Capital Fund UK · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- South Africa
- Linked company
- SOL Plaatje Educational Project
- Registered
- 1983
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£33k£243k
- 2024£68k£175k
- 2023£57k£223k
Earlier years
- 2022£80k£218k
- 2021£60k£221k
Charitable objects
(1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND IN PARTICULAR REFUGEES AND FORMER PRISONERS. (2) TO PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIP O BURSARIES OR OTHER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO ENABLE OR ASSIST REFUGEES IN OR FROM SOUTHERN AFRICA AND BEING OF ANY RACE TO PARTICIPATE IN ANY COURSE OF STUDY AT RECOGNISED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTED WHETHER IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, THE UNITED KINGDOM OR ELSEWHERE. (3) TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF FORMER PRISONERS IN SOUTH AFRICA. (4) TO PROMOTE AND FURTHER TE STUDY OF AND RESEARCH INTO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES AND NEEDS OF THE PEOPLE OF SOUTHERN AFRICA AND TO DISSEMINATE THE RESULTS OF SUCH STUDY AND RESEARCH. (5) TO COMPILE INFORMATION CONCERNING THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND TO DISSEMINATE SUCH INFORMATION.
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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.
3 trustees on the board
- William Henry Frankel OBE Frssa Chair
- Michael Bose Ensor Mbikiwa since 2019
- Nasima Badsha since 2016
Trustees past 6 years
- Michael Bose Ensor Mbikiwa since 2019
- Nasima Badsha since 2016
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- Michael Bose Ensor Mbikiwa since 2019
- Nasima Badsha since 2016
Portfolio (1)
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
- 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.
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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
- 286631
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 19TH JANUARY 1983, AMENDED 11TH FEBRUARY 2004. CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12 AUGUST 2004
- Companies House
- Company number 01692497 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02074355657
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th 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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