# SOPHOS AFRICA UK

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 1197557
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Jan. 18, 2022
- **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=1197557


## Contact

- **Address:** 70 BLAIRHEAD DRIVE, WATFORD
- **Postcode:** WD19 7RJ
- **Phone:** 020 4541 7597
- **Email:** sophosafrica@gmail.com



## Activities

**Objects:** FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND IN LINE WITH JUDEO-CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES:  1. TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY, SUFFERING AND DISTRESS IN AFRICA, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT LIMITED TO:  A. SUPPORTING INCOME GENERATION SCHEMES AMONGST SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES, WITH A PARTICULAR FOCUS ON WOMEN AND YOUNG PEOPLE; AND  B. RESEARCHING AND RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CAUSES OF POVERTY AND DEVELOPING AND PROMOTING MECHANISMS TO RELIEVE THE CAUSES;  2. TO PROMOTE RACIAL AND RELIGIOUS HARMONY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY ADVANCING KNOWLEDGE, MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING AND PEACEFUL RELATIONS BETWEEN DIFFERENT ETHNIC AND RELIGIOUS GROUPS.

**Activities:** SOPHOS AFRICA aims to prevent or relieve poverty in Africa through supporting income generation schemes amongst disadvantaged communities as well as working to address the causes of poverty, such as corruption, religious extremism and enthno-centrism.  SOPHOS AFRICA in the UK exists to support and fund the work of Africans to address these issues.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Services, Sponsors Or Undertakes Research, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity



## Geography

- Eritrea
- Ethiopia
- Kenya
- Nigeria
- Sudan
- Uganda





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Christopher William Reveley** | Chair | Jan. 18, 2022 |
| Alastair Guy Michell-Baker |  | Aug. 16, 2022 |
| BRIAN ROBERT MITCHELL |  | Jan. 20, 2025 |
| Louise Anne Smith |  | June 1, 2025 |
| NICOLA MHAIRI HUNT |  | April 1, 2025 |
| Rahel Admasu |  | Jan. 22, 2026 |




