The Busoga Trust

Registered charity 288388 Registered since 1983

Operates: Uganda

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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.

5 trustees on the board

8.5y median 10.5y

average tenure

13y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Anthony Sharp since 2016
Jonathan Franklin since 2013
Rob Smith since 2015

28y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Anthony Sharp since 2016
Dr Jennifer Margaret Freeman since 2026
Rob Smith since 2015

Portfolio (2)

Jonathan Franklin since 2013
Rev Andrew George Campbell Pearson

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 5The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 5General Charitable Purposes 4The 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.

Health and social care 6Arts and leisure 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

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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.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

incomespending£737k latest income

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.

0.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.9 in 2021

48 from 58 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

Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation 1 shared trustee
Friends of ST Margaret Pattens Church 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Fellowship Afloat Charitable Trust Similar size; both Overseas aid
MJB Charitable Trust Similar size; both Overseas aid
The Rory Peck Trust Similar size; both Overseas aid
Champions Church Similar size; both Overseas aid

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.busogatrust.co.uk
Email	ukhq@busogatrust.co.uk
Phone	020 8144 5865
Address	THE BUSOGA TRUST, 82 ST JOHN STREET, LONDON, EC1M 4JN

Finances

£736,936 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,039,681	£949,895
2022	£996,482	£1,096,475
2023	£1,065,145	£1,073,793
2024	£772,964	£832,192
2025	£736,936	£733,074

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

1. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND PARTICULARLY BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN THE BUSOGA REGION OF UGANDA, 2. THE PROMOTION OF THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION IN UGANDA AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29TH NOVEMBER 1983

Trustees (5)

5trustees

69median age

2aged 70+

Anthony Sharpage band 60-64 since 2016
Dr Jennifer Margaret Freemanage band 80-84 since 2026
Jonathan Franklinage band 65-69 since 2013
Rev Andrew George Campbell Pearsonage band 80-84
Rob Smith since 2015

Linked company (Companies House)

Busoga Trust(the) · 01773933 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 29/11/1983

3 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Friends of ST Margaret Pattens Church 1 shared trustee
Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf Foundation 1 shared trustee

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