# WASAFIRI

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1059778
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Dec. 13, 1996
- **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=1059778


## Contact

- **Address:** Wasafiri, Queen Mary University Of London, 327 Mile End Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E1 4NS
- **Phone:** 020 7882 2686
- **Email:** wasafiri-manager@qmul.ac.uk
- **Website:** www.wasafiri.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF LITERATURE, PRIMARILY AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, ASIAN AND BLACK BRITISH LITERATURE.

**Activities:** THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF INTERNATIONAL LITERATURES, BOTH OLD AND NEW AND PRIMARILY OF DIASPORIC LITERATURES.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £176794 | £186363 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £168067 | £157363 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £156704 | £148866 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £194960 | £154689 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £168949 | £144842 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr Florian Stadtler** (Chair) — appointed Feb. 3, 2022
- Anjali Ramachandran — appointed July 29, 2024
- Dr Kavita Bhanot — appointed Jan. 10, 2022
- Dr Rachael Gilmour — appointed May 17, 2024
- Dr Yvonne Battle-Felton — appointed Jan. 10, 2022
- Kimberly Natasha McIntosh — appointed Jan. 10, 2022
- Rishi Dastidar — appointed Jan. 10, 2022