# AKO FOUNDATION

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1151815
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [08385711](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08385711)
- **Registered:** April 29, 2013
- **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=1151815


## Contact

- **Address:** One Newman Street, London
- **Postcode:** W1T 1PB
- **Phone:** 020 7070 2400
- **Email:** enquiries@akofoundation.org
- **Website:** www.akofoundation.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION; (B) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE ARTS, CULTURE, HERITAGE AND SCIENCE; AND(C) ALL OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.CHARITABLE PURPOSE HAS THE MEANING PRESCRIBED BY THE CHARITIES ACT.

**Activities:** The Foundation&#x27;s main activity is to make grants to UK charities and for charitable purposes elsewhere in the world.  The priority areas for its grants are initiatives and projects which improve education, promote the arts and combat the climate emergency. The Foundation does not seek applications for grants and will not make grants in response to unsolicited applications received.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science
- **Who:** Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Denmark
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- India
- Italy
- Liberia
- Netherlands
- Norway
- Sri Lanka
- Ukraine
- United States
- Throughout England





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| David Matthew Woodburn |  | March 5, 2013 |
| HENRIK PREBEN SYSE |  | March 5, 2013 |
| Sally Morven Procopis |  | Feb. 28, 2020 |




