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Africa 95

Company 02813337 Active

Registered charity: Africa 95

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Board DNA

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6
directors on the board
8.9y median 5.2y
average tenure
25.3y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
2 vs 2 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
1
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Tech and media 3Business services 2Arts and leisure 1Education 1Professional services 1

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  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

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Company details

Number02813337
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated27/04/1993
Address9 HARE & BILLET ROAD, LONDON, SE3 0RB
Accounts next due30/06/2026
Accounts last made up30/09/2024

Industry (SIC)

85520 - Cultural education

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)


Officers (32)

  • Banda, Fareda, Professor Director · appointed 2026
  • Velempini, Simiso Lucinda Director · appointed 2023
  • Akinyemi, Olubukola Adejoke Director · appointed 2023
  • Parkes, Nii Ayikwei Director · appointed 2019
  • Allfrey, Ellah Director · appointed 2012
  • Adams, Alicia Barbara Director · appointed 2001
  • Kalinda, Mbia Tunga Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Tharmaratnam, Geetha Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Niven, Alastair Neil Robertson Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2025
  • Rocco, Fiammetta Giovanna Gisella Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
  • Freudenheim, Adam Jeremy Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
  • Jarrett-Macauley, Delia, Dr Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
  • Casely Hayford, Augustus, Dr Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Taylor, Jonathan Francis Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Tadjo, Veronique, Professor Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
  • Cockroft, Frank Laurence Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2022
  • Mcwilliam, Michael Douglas, Sir Former Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2015
  • Parker, Peter, Sir Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2002
  • Whitaker, Claire Lois Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2016
  • Niepold, John Robert Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2022
  • Robinson, Edward Christopher Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2016
  • Elam, John Nicholas Former Secretary · appointed 1999 · resigned 2017
  • Nicholson, Emma Harriet, Baroness Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2016
  • Kingston, Martin Lawrence Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2001
  • Denniston, Helen Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1996
  • Rodgers, Andrew Piers Wingate Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
  • Bing, Adotey Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
  • Bedford, Simisola Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2001
  • Loder, Robert Beauclerk, the Honourable Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
  • Caine, Michael Harris, Sir Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
  • Lloyd, Stephen Thomas Former Secretary · appointed 1993 · resigned 1995
  • Smith, Rosamund Mary Irene Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1993

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