Registered charity · London
The Africa Centre Limited
- 3 trustees
- Income £643k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 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
- Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.africacentre.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- The Africa Centre Limited
- Registered
- 1961
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£643k£1.2m
- 2024£465k£1.3m
- 2023£386k£1.2m
Earlier years
- 2022£1.3m£716k
- 2021£668k£630k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE EDUCATION IN MATTERS CONCERNING AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLES BY ESTABLISHING ONE OR MORE EDUCATIONAL CENTRES;BY STIMULATING INTEREST IN AFRICA BY APPROPRIATE MEANS IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES; BY ORGANISING STUDY GROUPS,PROVIDING A REFERENCE LIBRARY AND CARRYING OUT RESEARCH IN SOCIOLOGICAL SIMILAR FIELDS.
Grants received
3 grants · £437,133 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £359,460 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £77,673
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
3 trustees on the board
- OBA Nsugbe Chair since 2012
- Michael Farinu since 2026
- Nzube Ufodike since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- OBA Nsugbe Chair since 2012
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (2)
- OBA Nsugbe Chair since 2012
- Michael Farinu since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Nzube Ufodike since 2021
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Gaps to watch
- Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 120.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 313510
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 21ST FEBRUARY 1961 as amended on 24 Sep 2020
- Companies House
- Company number 00683989 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02078361973 · info@africacentre.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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