# GATSBY AFRICA

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1168223
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Company number:** [09360833](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09360833)
- **Registered:** July 14, 2016
- **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=1168223


## Contact

- **Address:** The Sainsbury Family Charitable Tru, 5 Wilton Road, LONDON
- **Postcode:** SW1V 1AP
- **Phone:** 020 7410 0330
- **Email:** karen.everett@sfct.org.uk
- **Website:** www.gatsby.org.uk/africa



## Activities

**Objects:** A)THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO UNDERTAKING ANY ACTIVITY OF A CHARITABLE NATURE WHICH MAY FURTHER THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY WORK OF THE GATSBY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER 251988) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT.B) TO ADVANCE SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES (ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF ENGLAND AND WALES) AS THE DIRECTORS SEE FIT FROM TIME TO TIME IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE PREVENTION AND/OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA AND ELSEWHERE.

**Activities:** We aim to create jobs, raise incomes and reduce poverty for people in East Africa by accelerating inclusive and resilient economic growth.We fund and implement programmes that look to catalyse large-scale and lasting change in priority sectors, such as cotton in Tanzania.We also build and support local organisations dedicated to sector transformation and share what we have learned with others.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Other Charitable Activities
- **What:** The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- Kenya
- Rwanda
- Tanzania





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Joseph Christopher Burns** | Chair | Dec. 18, 2014 |
| JUDITH SUSAN PORTRAIT |  | Dec. 18, 2014 |
| Karen Everett |  | Jan. 27, 2023 |
| Peter Hesketh |  | Jan. 27, 2023 |




