# AFRICAN OYSTER TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1118298
- **Other names:** OYSTER TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [05354736](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05354736)
- **Registered:** March 9, 2007
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1118298


## Contact

- **Address:** Quarry Cottage, Coston, Aston-On-Clun, CRAVEN ARMS, Shropshire
- **Postcode:** SY7 8EJ
- **Phone:** 01789 739240
- **Website:** www.africanoystertrust.co.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS IN THOSE COUNTRIES DESCRIBED AS &quot;THE THIRD WORLD&quot; AND AS &quot;DEVELOPING COUNTRIES&quot;, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY FORMER BRITISH COLONIES OF AFRICA.B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE DISSEMINATION OF KNOWLEDGE IN THE PROBLEMS OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE THIRD WORLD AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD ARISING FROM NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL TRADING PRACTICES.

**Activities:** The Charity provides funds for the running of four nursery schools and three clinics in the Gambia, and the wherewithal to develop and improve those projects and potentially to add new ones.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** THE THIRD WORLD, DEVELOPING COUNTRIES AND THE FORMER BRITISH COLONIES OF AFRICA.
- The Gambia





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| DAVID WILLIAM BAILEY |  | Oct. 12, 2025 |
| Jonathan Roderick Dale-Harris |  | Sept. 19, 2021 |
| Kira Dalton |  | Oct. 11, 2015 |
| MARGARET MARY MAYBURY |  | Oct. 16, 2022 |
| STEPHEN EMERY |  | Oct. 6, 2013 |




