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Registered charity · Oxford

The Thembisa Trust

  • 8 trustees
  • Income £9k (2025)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources

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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment
Where
South Africa, Zimbabwe
Website
www.thembisatrust.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1990

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2025£9k£11k
  • 2024£12k£11k
  • 2023£12k£12k
Earlier years
  • 2022£14k£13k
  • 2021£21k£21k
Charitable objects

(A) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF POOR AND DISADVANTAGED STUDENTS IN SCHOOLS AND HIGHER EDUCATION IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND PRIMARILY IN SOUTH AFRICA INCLUDING THE IMPROVEMENT OF RESOURCES AND THE PROVISION OF BURSARIES. (B) TO RELIEVE THE POVERTY OF THE POOR AND DISADVANTAGED IN SOUTHERN AFRICA AND PRIMARILY IN SOUTH AFRICA. (C) TO PROMOTE THE EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN PERSONS OF DIFFERENT RACIAL GROUPS.

Board analysis for researchers

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.

9.2y median 3.5y
average tenure
29y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.8y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

0
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 8Economic/community Development/employment 7Religious Activities 1

Gaps to watch

  • No commercial or business experience on the board

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£9k latest income

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
801978
Status
Registered
Governing document
TRUST DEED DATED 18TH DECEMBER 1989
Contact on the register
01865766117 · contact@thembisatrust.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
Labels
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