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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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.
13 trustees on the board
- 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
7.8y median 9y
average tenure
14y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Betty Cooper since 2017
- David Mark Farey since 2012
- DR Deanne Marbell since 2015
- Debbie Robinson since 2017
- Esther Armah since 2015
- JOY Brunskill since 2017
- REV Paul Sefa since 2012
- Sarah Ruth Smith since 2017
8.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- 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
- REV Paul Sefa since 2012
- Rev Jane Robson since 2026
- Stephen Smith
- Sarah Ruth Smith since 2017
Portfolio (2)
- David Jonathan Smith Chair since 2025
- JOY Brunskill since 2017
0
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 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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£103k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
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
- Martha Louise Jackson Bequest 1 shared trustee
- The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Eston With Normanby 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- The African, Indian and Slavlands Christian Fellowship Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Trinity Vineyard Church Similar size; both Poverty relief
- The Mara Rianda Charitable Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
- The Point Foundation Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.servingafrica-mission.org |
| 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 ActivitiesWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceCharitable 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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