The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

APT Action on Poverty

Registered charity 290836 Registered since 1985

Operates: Kenya, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, 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.

8 trustees on the board

4.9y median 5y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

12.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

8
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 8The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 6Economic/community Development/employment 1Religious Activities 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.

Professional services 9Arts and leisure 2Business services 1

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£304k latest income

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.aptuk.org.uk
Emailinfo@aptuk.org.uk
Phone01386861294
Address111 Gloucester Road, Bishopston, BRISTOL, BS7 8AT

Finances

£758,040 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£940,854£783,772
2022£807,767£950,099
2023£936,287£811,523
2024£304,160£597,269
2025£758,040£675,604

What it does

What

Education/trainingThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined Groups

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND IN PARTICULAR TO RELIEVE POVERTY AMONGST PEOPLE LIVING IN THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES WHO ARE POOR BY REASON OF BEING UNABLE TO EARN THEIR LIVING, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GENERAL AND TECHNICAL ADVICE ON THE ESTABLISHMENT (INCLUDING THE OPERATION) OF BUSINESS AND NON-PROFIT ENTERPRISES, THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND RE-TRAINING IN THE SKILLS REQUIRED FOR EMPLOYMENT AND SELF EMPLOYMENT , THE PROVISION OF RAW MATERIALS AND OTHER GOODS, AND THROUGH THE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT APPROPRIATE FOR USE IN AREAS OF NEED, AND THE PROMOTION OF SUCH DESIGNS, BY ALL SUITABLE MEANS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17 DEC 1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 APR 1992AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 12 MAY 2005AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16 MAR 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 27 APR 2016

Trustees (8)

8trustees
52median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

APT Action on Poverty · 01872538 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 17/12/1984

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (4)

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