The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Christian African Relief Trust

Registered charity 803686 Registered since 1990

Operates: Calderdale, Kirklees, City Of Wakefield, Cameroon, Eritrea, The Gambia, Ghana, Liberia, Malawi, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Togo

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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.

5 trustees on the board

11.3y median 11y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

1
company-linked trustees

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

Religious Activities 2

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 1

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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£142k latest income

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.

Related organisations

Also active in the same field

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Contact

Websitewww.cartyorkshire.co.uk
Emailenquiries@cartyorkshire.co.uk
Phone01484 461800
AddressChristian African Relief Trust, PO Box 554, HUDDERSFIELD, HD1 9ZQ

Finances

£142,374 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£92,809£103,234
2022£131,503£119,555
2023£136,123£135,209
2024£170,816£161,385
2025£142,374£180,981

What it does

What

Education/trainingDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOverseas Aid/famine ReliefReligious ActivitiesEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

How

Makes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

The Trustees shall hold the trust fund and its income upon trust to apply them for the following objects (“the objects”)(a) the relief of poverty;(b) the advancement of the Christian religion;(c) the advancement of education; and(d) the improvement of health and for horticultural and agricultural development,for the benefit of needy persons, regardless of faith, caste or creed in the continent of Africa.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23 FEBRUARY 1995 AS AMENDED BY DEED OF VARIATION DATED 11 NOVEMBER 1995 AND SUPPLEMENTAL DEED DATED 6 MAY 2010. as amended on 09 Jun 2020 as amended on 06 Jun 2020

Trustees (5)

5trustees
61median age
0aged 70+

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