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Self Help Africa (UK)

Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies

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Previous officers 55

  1. Catherine Anne Cottrell 2021-2024 Director View profile
  2. Carmel Fox 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Catherine Anne Fitzgibbon 2020-2026 Director View profile
  4. Robert Breen 2019-2020 Director View profile
  5. Marion Byrne 2018-2019 Director View profile
  6. Rowena Dwyer 2018-2020 Director View profile
  7. Sheila Walsh 2016-2021 Director View profile
  8. Sean Gaule 2014-2016 Director View profile
  9. Jeremy Graham Woolwich 2014-2016 Director View profile
  10. Thomas Kitt 2014-2018 Director View profile
  11. David Martin 2013-2014 Director View profile
  12. Helen Brophy 2013-2015 Director View profile
  13. James Kinsella 2013-2014 Director View profile
  14. Paula Murray 2013-2014 Director View profile
  15. Paul Brian Adams 2010-2016 Director View profile
  16. Michael Hoevel 2010-2018 Director View profile
  17. Tom Corcoran 2008-2014 Director View profile
  18. William Oliver Alexander Coales 2008-2014 Director View profile
  19. Clinton George Levvy 2008-2013 Director View profile
  20. Thomas Nigel Clarke 2007-2013 Director View profile
  21. Valerie Margaret Ponder 2005-2013 Director View profile
  22. Cheryl Elizabeth Audrey Lovelace 2005-2008 Director View profile
  23. Lesley Judith Drew 2005-2011 Director View profile
  24. Jane Maureen Nyirenda 2005-2007 Director View profile
  25. Michael Charles Woolford 2005-2009 Director View profile
  26. Stephen Peter Evison 2003-2009 Director View profile
  27. Catherine Agnes Bockett 2000-2010 Director View profile
  28. Rachel Jane Lucas 1999-2005 Director View profile
  29. Alexandra Mary Studd 1999-2001 Director View profile
  30. Peter Hewson Fabian 1998-2002 Director View profile
  31. Rt Revd John Robert Geoffrey Neale 1998-2001 Director View profile
  32. Andrew William Sentance 1996-2006 Director View profile
  33. Ivan George Doncaster 1996-2013 Director View profile
  34. Alan Philip Ball 1996-1998 Director View profile
  35. Paul John Sommerfeld 1996-2007 Director View profile
  36. Patricia Irene Macaulay 1996-1997 Director View profile
  37. Robert Harland 1994-1995 Director View profile
  38. Juliet Dorothy Gayton 1994-1995 Director View profile
  39. Sir Simon Henry Ward Hughes 1993-1996 Director View profile
  40. Dr Douglas Stanley Thornton 1994 Director View profile
  41. Professor Adrian Paul Wood 2015 Director View profile
  42. Patricia Gray Napier 1995 Director View profile
  43. Philip Robert Lyth Jackson 1996 Director View profile
  44. Brian Seaton 1996 Director View profile
  45. Edward Barry Orton Sherlock 1996 Director View profile
  46. John William Marc Meston 1994 Director View profile
  47. Dr James Goodall Copestake 1997 Director View profile
  48. Gus Mcnamara 2024-2024 Secretary View profile
  49. Melissa Jayne Thomas 2022-2024 Secretary View profile
  50. Peter Mcdevitt 2020-2022 Secretary View profile
  51. Malachy Cardiff 2014-2020 Secretary View profile
  52. Gillian Fay Putnam 2003-2008 Secretary View profile
  53. Donald Leslie Burrows 1996-2004 Secretary View profile
  54. Linda Joyce Mccaughey 1996-1997 Secretary View profile
  55. David John White 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
Incorporated
02/03/1988
Registered office
Shrewsbury
Also a registered charity
Self Help Africa (UK)
Previous names
Harvest Help (until 30/07/2008)
Harvest Help (until 30/07/2008)

Grants received

10 grants · £2,319,937 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,319,937 (10 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £500,0002014-12-22
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £8,5052014-03-19
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £500,0002012-06-21
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7892011-11-24
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £44,6292008-12-11
Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

3 directors on the board

5.9y median 4.8y
average tenure
9.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Health and social care 3Other services 3Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02226352
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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