# THE NASIO TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1213645
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** June 17, 2025
- **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=1213645


## Contact

- **Address:** 15 The Chambers, Vineyard, Abingdon
- **Postcode:** OX14 3FE
- **Phone:** 01235611200
- **Email:** info@thenasiotrust.org
- **Website:** www.thenasiotrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AND WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND FINANCIAL HARDSHIP IN EAST AFRICA, PRIMARILY IN KENYA AND TANZANIA, BY:A. SUPPORTING AND OVERSEEING THE OPERATION OF MEDICAL CENTRES AND HEALTHCARE PROJECTS;B. SUPPORTING AND OVERSEEING THE OPERATION OF EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTRES;C. PROVIDING OR FUNDING PROGRAMMES THAT ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT;D. SUPPORTING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING;E. UNDERTAKING SUCH OTHER EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

**Activities:** To relieve poverty and financial hardship in East Africa, primarily western Kenya, by supporting early childhood development centres; primary, secondary, vocational and university education; medical centre and healthcare projects; capacity-building and peer education; and programmes that enable individuals to generate sustainable incomes and become self-reliant.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Environment/conservation/heritage, Economic/community Development/employment, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Kenya
- Tanzania
- Throughout England And Wales




## Trustees

- **Keith Budgen CBE** (Chair) — appointed April 22, 2016
- Amber Anya Vetta — appointed March 30, 2022
- Amy Fennell — appointed Jan. 4, 2026
- Gareth Bown — appointed Oct. 25, 2020
- JONATHAN HUNT
- Lilian Atemo Osore Onoriode
- Neil David Passingham — appointed Sept. 5, 2017
- Susan Russell — appointed Sept. 5, 2017
- Thomas Nhachi — appointed Oct. 19, 2022