Registered charity · Wakefield
The African Palms Association
The African Palms Association is a registered charity (number 291988) based in Wakefield, governed by 5 trustees and chaired by James Trevor Talbot. Latest income £20k (2024). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 4th October 2026.
- 5 trustees
- Income £20k (2024)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Tanzania
- Website
- www.africanpalms.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1985
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2024£20k£56k
- 2023£14k£8k
- 2022£13k£6k
Earlier years
- 2022£14k£70k
- 2021£48k£21k
Income trend, 2021 to 2024.
Charitable objects
TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND PROMOTE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND RELIGION IN SUCH PLACES BOTH WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND ABROAD AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION TO GHE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING IN THE DIOCESE OF MASASI IN TANZANIA.
Board analysis
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
- James Trevor Talbot Chair
- Alpesh Ramanbhai Patel
- Alfie Hitchcock since 2025
- Gajaran Sritharan
- Thomas Alexander James Talbot since 2021
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- James Trevor Talbot Chair
- Alpesh Ramanbhai Patel
- Alfie Hitchcock since 2025
- Gajaran Sritharan
- Thomas Alexander James Talbot since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
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
- 291988
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 2ND APRIL 1985
- Contact on the register
- 01924242395 · enquiries@africanpalms.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 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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