The Takk Trust

Registered charity 290753 Registered since 1984

Operates: City Of London, Manchester City, Newcastle Upon Tyne City, South Tyneside, Sunderland, Durham, East Sussex, Oxfordshire, Middlesbrough, Herefordshire, Ghana

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

7.8y median 9y

average tenure

14y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

8.3y

average years in governance

11 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 12Religious Activities 12The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 12General Charitable Purposes 2Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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Martha Louise Jackson Bequest 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eston With Normanby 1 shared trustee

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Martha Louise Jackson Bequest 1 shared trustee
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eston With Normanby 1 shared trustee
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Contact

Website	www.servingafrica-mission.org
Email	jimsmithghana@yahoo.co.uk
Phone	07803617435
Address	FRESHFIELDS, MUTTON HALL HILL, HEATHFIELD, TN21 8NL

Finances

£103,485 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£283,915	£232,395
2022	£142,827	£125,431
2023	£121,969	£132,144
2024	£121,802	£136,888
2025	£103,485	£129,199

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyReligious Activities

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open Space

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME AND IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 16 JULY 1984

Trustees (13)

13trustees

0aged 70+

David Jonathan Smith Chair since 2025
Betty Cooper since 2017
David Mark Farey since 2012
DR Deanne Marbell since 2015
Debbie Robinson since 2017
Denise Jane Ward since 2022
Esther Armah since 2015
Heather Ann Stokes since 2023
JOY Brunskill since 2017
REV Paul Sefa since 2012
Rev Jane Robson since 2026
Stephen Smith
Sarah Ruth Smith since 2017

Connected charities (2)

The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eston With Normanby 1 shared trustee
Martha Louise Jackson Bequest 1 shared trustee

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