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Self Help Africa (UK)

Company 02226352 Active

Registered charity: Self Help Africa (UK)

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Board DNA

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3
directors on the board
5.9y median 4.8y
average tenure
9.6y
longest tenure
1
directors past 6 years
0 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
3
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Health and social care 3Other services 3Professional services 1

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Company details

Number02226352
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated02/03/1988
AddressSUITE 1, OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL HOUSE, SCHOOL GARDENS, SUITE 1, OLD GRAMMAR SCHOOL HOUSE,, SCHOOL GARDENS,, SHREWSBURY, SHROPSHIRE, SY1 2AJ
Accounts next due30/09/2026
Accounts last made up31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

99000 - Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

  • Gorta
    voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors

Officers (59)

  • Akpan, Augustine Emmanuel Secretary · appointed 2024
  • Meagher, Geoff Director · appointed 2023
  • Robinson, Mary Benita Director · appointed 2021
  • Owens, Dervla Director · appointed 2016
  • Mcnamara, Gus Former Secretary · appointed 2024 · resigned 2024
  • Thomas, Melissa Jayne Former Secretary · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
  • Cottrell, Catherine Anne Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
  • FOX, Carmel Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Fitzgibbon, Catherine Anne Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Mcdevitt, Peter Former Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2022
  • Breen, Robert Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
  • Byrne, Marion, Ms. Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
  • Dwyer, Rowena Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Walsh, Sheila Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
  • Gaule, Sean Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
  • Woolwich, Jeremy Graham Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
  • Cardiff, Malachy Former Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2020
  • Kitt, Thomas Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2018
  • Martin, David Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
  • Brophy, Helen Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Kinsella, James Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
  • Murray, Paula Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
  • Adams, Paul Brian Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
  • Hoevel, Michael Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2018
  • Corcoran, Tom Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
  • Coales, William Oliver Alexander Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
  • Levvy, Clinton George Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Clarke, Thomas Nigel Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Ponder, Valerie Margaret Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2013
  • Lovelace, Cheryl Elizabeth Audrey Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2008
  • Drew, Lesley Judith Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
  • Nyirenda, Jane Maureen Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
  • Woolford, Michael Charles Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2009
  • Putnam, Gillian Fay Former Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Evison, Stephen Peter Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2009
  • Bockett, Catherine Agnes Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2010
  • Lucas, Rachel Jane Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
  • Studd, Alexandra Mary Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
  • Fabian, Peter Hewson Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2002
  • Neale, John Robert Geoffrey, Rt Revd Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Sentance, Andrew William Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2006
  • Doncaster, Ivan George Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2013
  • Burrows, Donald Leslie Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2004
  • Ball, Alan Philip Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Sommerfeld, Paul John Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2007
  • Macaulay, Patricia Irene Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Mccaughey, Linda Joyce Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
  • Harland, Robert Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Gayton, Juliet Dorothy Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Hughes, Simon Henry Ward, Sir Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Thornton, Douglas Stanley, Dr Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Wood, Adrian Paul, Professor Former Director · resigned 2015
  • Napier, Patricia Gray Former Director · resigned 1995
  • White, David John Former Secretary · resigned 1996
  • Jackson, Philip Robert Lyth Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Seaton, Brian Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Sherlock, Edward Barry Orton Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Meston, John William Marc Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Copestake, James Goodall, Dr Former Director · resigned 1997

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