# SOCIAL ACTION FOR HEALTH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1040496
- **Other names:** SAFH
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Aug. 31, 1994
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1040496


## Contact

- **Address:** THE BRADY CENTRE, 192-196 HANBURY STREET, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E1 5HU
- **Phone:** 07944966141
- **Email:** info@safh.org.uk
- **Website:** www.safh.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** I) TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE GOOD HEALTH OF THE PUBLIC WITHIN LONDON AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND;(II) THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN SUCH WAYS AS ARE THOUGHT FIT, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT; AND(C) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF MEMBERS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES TO ENABLE THEM BETTER TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THEIR NEEDS IN ORDER FOR THEM TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.

**Activities:** Social Action for Health is a community-based health charity providing services and support to people most affected by health inequalities. It operates in and around east London, UK.

**Area of benefit:** LONDON AND ELSEWHERE WITHIN ENGLAND




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Barking And Dagenham
- City Of London
- Hackney
- Newham
- Redbridge
- Tower Hamlets
- Waltham Forest



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £360784 | £366432 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £336938 | £573805 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £684273 | £642801 | £512063 | 28 |
| March 31, 2022 | £852273 | £643341 | £470591 | 15 |
| March 31, 2021 | £959956 | £843251 | £261659 | 16 |



## Trustees

- **KARIN PAPPENHEIM** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Abbas Mirza — appointed Sept. 17, 2024
- Alex Murtough — appointed Dec. 1, 2021
- Alexa Carranza Gallardo — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Elaine Londesborough-van Rooyen — appointed Sept. 17, 2024
- Emma Alexis Backhouse — appointed Aug. 8, 2020
- Hannah Emmett — appointed Sept. 17, 2024
- Joseph Coules — appointed Sept. 17, 2024
- Mandip Lally-Francis — appointed Sept. 15, 2025
- Sayad Ali — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Somaya Abdi — appointed Sept. 16, 2025
- Tatyana Karpinskaya — appointed April 18, 2023