# SELF HELP AFRICA (UK)

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 298830
- **Other names:** HARVEST HELP, Gorta, Gorta UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** March 9, 1988
- **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=298830


## Contact

- **Address:** Self Help Africa, Suite 1, Old Grammar School House,, School Gardens, Shrewsbury
- **Postcode:** SY1 1QU
- **Phone:** 01743277170
- **Email:** info@selfhelpafrica.org.uk
- **Website:** www.selfhelpafrica.org



## Activities

**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.

**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.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## 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

- Burkina Faso
- Ethiopia
- Ghana
- Kenya
- Malawi
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £685692 | £636787 | £128508 | 15 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2045018 | £2484191 | £79602 | 17 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £1257880 | £1756232 | £518777 | 18 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £1618940 | £2329378 | £1017129 | 11 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £1279098 | £2428878 | £1727567 | 15 |



## Trustees

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