# FRIENDS OF SOQOTRA

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1097546
- **Other names:** FOS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** May 15, 2003
- **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=1097546


## Contact

- **Address:** ARAB BRITISH CENTRE LTD, 1 GOUGH SQUARE, LONDON
- **Postcode:** EC4A 3DE
- **Phone:** 075851208062
- **Email:** fos.secretary@gmail.com
- **Website:** www.friendsofsoqotra.org



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE SUSTAINABLE USE AND CONSERVATION OF THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE SOQOTRA ISLAND GROUP AND IN SO DOING TO SUPPORT SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT IN THE STANDARD OF LIVING OF THE PEOPLE OF SOQOTRA THROUGH:A) RAISING AWARENESS OF THE GLOBAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SOQOTRAN CULTURE, ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES, AND OF ANY PROPOSED ACTIONS WHICH MIGHT HAVE AN IMPACT ON THESE.B) SUPPORTING SUCCESSFUL TRADITIONAL SOQOTRAN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROMOTING ALL PROTECTIVE STATUTES AND DESIGNATIONS.C) PROMOTING PRACTICAL AND ACTION ORIENTED RESEARCH AND ENCOURAGING ITS APPLICATION AND IMPLEMENTATION.D) FACILITATING THE INTEGRATION OF RESEARCH WITH THE DELIVERY OF PRACTICAL PROJECTS PRIORITISED BY THE SOQOTRAN COMMUNITY.E) PROVIDING A SOURCE OF EXPERTISE, ASSISTANCE AND TRAINING FOR THE PEOPLE OF SOQOTRA.F) PROVIDING EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS AND SUPPORT FOR THE YOUNG PEOPLE OF SOQOTRA.G) CO-OPERATING WITH GOVERNMENTAL, ACADEMIC AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS IN YEMEN AND ELSEWHERE WHICH HAVE SIMILAR AIMS TO THIS ASSOCIATION.H) INFLUENCING TOURISM TO DEVELOP IN A MANNER WHICH MAINTAINS AND ENHANCES THE INDIGENOUS SOQOTRAN CULTURE AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

**Activities:** Promoting Soqotra and interest in it through exhibitions, talks, articles and publications.  Provide website and newsletter.

**Area of benefit:** OVERSEAS, SOQOTRA, YEMEN




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Yemen



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £1251 | £128 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £1023 | £345 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £319 | £581 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1698 | £411 | — | — |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1099 | £870 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **Dr KAY PATRICK SUZANNE VAN DAMME** (Chair)
- Alaa Owaineh — appointed Sept. 30, 2023
- Dr DANA PIETSCH
- Haifaa Abedalhaleem — appointed Sept. 26, 2020
- Mark Alexander Howard Thomlinson — appointed Sept. 26, 2020
- Rowan Salim — appointed Sept. 26, 2020