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Self Help Africa (UK)

Harvest Help, Gorta, Gorta UK

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
298830
Status
Registered
Registered
March 9, 1988
Legal form
Charitable company
Area of benefit
Not Defined

Address

Address
Self Help Africa
Suite 1
Old Grammar School House
School Gardens
Shrewsbury
SY1 1QU

Activities

Self Help Africa (UK) is an international development, non-governmental organisation. Its main purpose is the assistance and advancement of people in need in less developed areas of the world. We have expertise in small-scale farming. We work with farmers to help them grow/sell more food, diversify their income/diets, make their livelihoods more sustainable and resistant to external shocks.

Objects: The Objects For Which The Company Is Established Are The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Suffering And Distress In Any Manner Which Now Or Hereafter May Be Deemed To Be Charitable By Law In Any Part Of The World (Including But Not Limited To The Promotion Of Sustainable Development) And Such Other Exclusively Charitable Purposes As The Trustees May In Their Absolute Discretion Determine.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
What
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Togo, Uganda, Zambia

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure Assets Employees
Dec. 31, 2024 £685,692 £636,787 £128,508 15
Dec. 31, 2023 £2,045,018 £2,484,191 £79,602 17
Dec. 31, 2022 £1,257,880 £1,756,232 £518,777 18
Dec. 31, 2021 £1,618,940 £2,329,378 £1,017,129 11
Dec. 31, 2020 £1,279,098 £2,428,878 £1,727,567 15

Trustees

Name Appointed
Catherine Fitzgibbon Nov. 4, 2020
Dervla Owens Dec. 21, 2016
Geoff Meagher March 29, 2023
Mary Robinson Oct. 13, 2021