The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

Farm Africa Limited

Registered charity 326901 Registered since 1985

Operates: Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Congo (Democratic Republic)

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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.

10 trustees on the board

4.2y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

15y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (3)

10
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Environment/conservation/heritage 9Overseas Aid/famine Relief 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Education/training 2Arts/culture/heritage/science 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.

Business services 38Finance 29Professional services 17

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£16.9m latest income
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

1.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

246 from 223 in 2020
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

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.farmafrica.org
Emailinfo@farmafrica.org
Phone0207 430 0440
AddressFarm Africa Ltd, 1 St John's Lane, LONDON, EC1M 4BL

Finances

£16,877,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2020£10,368,000£12,531,000
2021£12,362,000£11,704,000
2022£14,716,000£14,609,000
2023£11,025,000£14,247,000
2024£16,877,000£16,467,000

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefEnvironment/conservation/heritage

Who

Other Defined Groups

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides Human ResourcesProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationOther Charitable Activities

Charitable objects

(1) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF FARMERS, AGRICULTURAL WORKERS AND HERDERS BY ENABLING THEM TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF THEIR NATURAL RESOURCES (2) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, FOOD PRODUCTION, STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION AND CONDUCT RESEARCH AND TO DISSEMINATE KNOWLEDGE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO ENCOURAGE SKILL AND INDUSTRY IN HUSBANDRY. (3) TO PROMOTE THE IMPROVEMENT OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY AND THE PREVENTION AND ERADICATION OF DISEASE THEREIN. (4) TO PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN, AND THE FURTHERING OF THE INTERESTS OF AGRICULTURE, HORTICULTURE, AGRICULTURE, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND INDUSTRIES ALLIED THERETO. (FOR FURTHER DETAILS SEE MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES).

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 29/05/1985, AMENDED ON 05/10/1989, 10/10/1995, 13/04/1999, 17/12/2002 AND 23/06/2004 AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/08/2015

Trustees (10)

10trustees
65median age
3aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Farm Africa Limited · 01926828 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 27/06/1985

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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