Able Child Africa

Registered charity 326859 Registered since 1985

Operates: Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Zambia, Zimbabwe

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

4y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

average years in governance

7 vs 0 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

General Charitable Purposes 9Disability 8Education/training 8Overseas Aid/famine Relief 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Commercial experience

Health and social care 9Finance 2Other services 1

Boards that share trustees

Breadline Africa 1 shared trustee
The United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training 1 shared trustee

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Contact

Website	www.ablechildafrica.org
Email	info@ablechild.org.uk
Phone	02077336006
Address	34 Ponton Road, Nine Elms, LONDON, SW11 7BA

Finances

£938,833 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£957,430	£909,713
2022	£688,771	£737,645
2023	£1,035,086	£909,023
2024	£947,412	£960,282
2025	£938,833	£1,005,852

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEconomic/community Development/employmentHuman Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity

Who

Children/young PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Other FinanceProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE CHARITABLE NEED, PROMOTE HEALTH, ADVANCE EDUCATION AND PROMOTE THE SOCIAL INTEGRATION OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, WITH A FOCUS ON (BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION) PROMOTING SUCH DISABLED CHILDREN ACHIEVING THEIR HUMAN, SOCIAL, CULTURAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN ("UNCRC"), UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ("UDHR") AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATION AND IN REGIONAL CODES OF HUMAN RIGHTS WHICH INCORPORATE THE RIGHTS CONTAINED IN THE UNCRC, THE UDHR AND THOSE SUBSEQUENT CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS) BY ANY MEANS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION CHOOSE AND IN PARTICULAR BY RAISING AWARENESS AS TO THE NEEDS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES AND ADVOCACY AS TO HOW THOSE NEEDS CAN BEST BE MET.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 06/11/1984AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/02/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 23/04/1985AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/02/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/05/2007AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 31/05/2007 as amended on 14 Apr 2020

Trustees (9)

9trustees

46median age

0aged 70+

Abigail Viljoenage 60 since 2023
Dhiran Tannaage 53 since 2024
Hannah Lorymanage 35 since 2024
James William Henry Sellarsage 41 since 2018
Jonathan Dune since 2025
Martin Hillage 45 since 2019
Miiro Michaelage 48 since 2021
Mitul Shahage 46 since 2020
Thomas George Edwardsage 33 since 2024

Linked company (Companies House)

Able Child Africa · 01861434 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 06/11/1984

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

Breadline Africa 1 shared trustee
The United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training 1 shared trustee

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