# CATHOLIC AGENCY FOR OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1160384
- **Other names:** CAFOD
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Feb. 9, 2015
- **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=1160384


## Contact

- **Address:** C A F O D, ROMERO HOUSE, 55 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SE1 7JB
- **Phone:** 020 7733 7900
- **Email:** cafod@cafod.org.uk
- **Website:** www.cafod.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** (1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF CHRISTIAN RELIGION THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (4) THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF SICKNESS DISEASE AND PHYSICAL OR MENTAL DISABILITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. (5) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD AS ARE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM COMMUNITY.

**Activities:** CAFOD is the official aid agency of the Catholic Church in England & Wales. We:- work with communities in the global South to overcome poverty - protect lives & relieve suffering during emergencies- raise awareness of the causes of poverty to inspire a commitment to lasting change- challenge those with power to adopt policies and behaviour that promote justice & end poverty




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief, Accommodation/housing, Religious Activities, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Burma
- Cambodia
- Colombia
- Congo (Democratic Republic)
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Guatemala
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Israel
- Jordan
- Kenya
- Lebanon
- Liberia
- Mozambique
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Occupied Palestinian Territories
- Pakistan
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Romania
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Syria
- Turkey
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zimbabwe
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £55978804 | £50565674 | £19124000 | 378 |
| March 31, 2024 | £47930000 | £59170000 | £13566000 | 405 |
| March 31, 2023 | £67916000 | £66273000 | £24738000 | 376 |
| March 31, 2022 | £50542000 | £49811000 | £23131000 | 401 |
| March 31, 2021 | £52404000 | £48944000 | £22344000 | 437 |



## Trustees

- **Rt Rev Stephen James Lawrence Wright** (Chair) — appointed March 15, 2021
- DOMINIC JERMEY OBE CVO — appointed Dec. 9, 2016
- Gabriela Flores Zavala — appointed March 29, 2021
- George William Fitzsimons — appointed April 1, 2023
- Graham O'Sullivan — appointed April 1, 2023
- Mary Veronica Ward — appointed Feb. 20, 2017
- Matthew William Maslen — appointed April 24, 2024
- Maureen Kotalawela — appointed Feb. 12, 2025
- Maveen Pereira — appointed April 1, 2023
- Professor Karen Kilby — appointed Feb. 20, 2017
- Rev George Dhanasegaran Sigamoney — appointed April 21, 2021
- Rev Mark Odion — appointed Dec. 2, 2019
- Rev Tom Neylon Bishop — appointed April 1, 2023
- Rosanne Mary Beatrix Kay — appointed March 29, 2021