# AFRICAN CENTRE FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1154206
- **Other names:** ACDR
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Oct. 15, 2013
- **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=1154206


## Contact

- **Address:** African Centre for Dev' & Research, 412 Community Base, 113 Queens Road, BRIGHTON
- **Postcode:** BN1 3XG
- **Phone:** 01273234756
- **Email:** info@acdr.org.uk
- **Website:** www.acdr.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** OBJECTS OF ASSOCIATION(1) TO RELIEVE THOSE IN NEED (INCLUDING THOSE IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS), TO ADVANCE EDUCATION AND TRAINING AND TO PROMOTE GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN PARTICULAR THAT OF YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 25 YEARS, MIGRANTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS AND SUCH OTHERS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME (INCLUDING FORMER OFFENDERS, RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS, ROUGH SLEEPERS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND AFRICA.(2) TO ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UP TO THE AGE OF 25 YEARS BY PROVIDING ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE AND ORGANISING EDUCATIONAL AND TRAINING PROGRAMMES AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:(A) ADVANCING THEM IN LIFE AND HELPING THEM BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;(B) ADVANCING THEIR EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING EDUCATION IN HUMAN RIGHTS (AS SET OUT IN THE UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND SUBSEQUENT UNITED NATIONS CONVENTIONS AND DECLARATIONS), EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND RECONCILIATION);(C) RELIEVING THEIR UNEMPLOYMENT; AND(D) RELIEVING THEIR CHARITABLE NEEDS.(3) TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, PEOPLE WHO ARE MIGRANTS OF ALL BACKGROUNDS, AND SUCH OTHERS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME (INCLUDING FORMER OFFENDERS, RECOVERING DRUG ADDICTS, ROUGH SLEEPERS AND OTHER VULNERABLE PEOPLE) IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND AFRICA WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED ON THE GROUNDS OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC POSITION, THEIR ETHNIC ORIGIN, RELIGION, BELIEF OR CREED (IN PARTICULAR, MEMBERS OF THE FAITH COMMUNITY AND MINORITY GROUPS).

**Activities:** To relieve those in need to advance education and training and to promote good health and wellbeing for the public benefit in particular that of young people under the age of 25 years, in the United Kingdom, Europe and Africa.To promote social inclusion for the public benefit among young people, people who are migrants of all backgrounds, and such others as the trustees see fit from time to time

**Area of benefit:** THE UNITED KINGDOM, EUROPE AND AFRICA.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, Other Defined Groups, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Benin
- Bulgaria
- France
- Ghana
- Hungary
- Liberia
- Nigeria
- Northern Ireland
- Poland
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Spain



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 30, 2025 | £182977 | £171031 | — | — |
| April 30, 2024 | £189544 | £161890 | — | — |
| April 30, 2023 | £112346 | £86967 | — | — |
| April 30, 2022 | £89334 | £66876 | — | — |
| April 30, 2021 | £80873 | £63336 | — | — |



## Trustees

- **BABATUNDE ROSANWO** (Chair) — appointed Dec. 30, 2017
- Abraham ISAH — appointed March 13, 2015
- Adeola Ojeniyi Founder — appointed Sept. 10, 2015
- OYEGOKE ADEBOYE — appointed July 1, 2015
- Taiwo Ibikunle — appointed April 15, 2013