Registered charity · London

The Caraf Centre

6 trustees

Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does: General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
Where: Camden
Website: www.thecarafcentre.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Registered: 1990

Income and spending

YearIncomeSpending
2025--
2024--
2023--

Earlier years

2022--
2021--

Income trend, 2021 to 2025.

Income source mix, 2020: Government grants 68%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AFRICAN AND CARIBBEAN ORIGIN RESIDENT IN CAMDEN PARTICULARLY BY ASSISTING THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS OF SUCH CHILDREN.

Grants received

9 grants · £176,186 total

360Giving 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

City Bridge Trust · £75,000
John Lyon's Charity · £40,000 (2 grants)
Camden Giving · £37,186 (3 grants)
The National Lottery Community Fund · £24,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

John Lyon's Charity £4,0002021-06-01
Camden Giving £5,6862021-05-24
Camden Giving £30,0002021-04-28
John Lyon's Charity £36,0002021-03-10
Camden Giving £1,5002019-07-11

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.

6 trustees on the board

6y median 6y

average tenure

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

6.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

company-linked trustees

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

Arts/culture/heritage/science 6Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 6

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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: 802760
Status: Registered
Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED ON THE 11TH OCTOBER 1989 as amended on 14 Aug 2018
Contact on the register: 02072840030 · admin@thecarafcentre.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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