AFRICAN GIFTED FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1133900 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance education, including (without limitation) by identifying, teaching mentoring and developing highly gifted African children and young people and advancing the education of the gifted generally. The aim is to set a benchmark for gifted education and deliver high quality gifted educational opportunities in cooperation with leading African universities and international partners.

Objects

TO ADVANCE EDUCATION, INCLUDING (WITHOUT LIMITATION) BY IDENTIFYING, TEACHING, MENTORING AND DEVELOPING HIGHLY GIFTED AFRICAN AND YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADVANCING THE EDUCATION OF THE GIFTED GENERALLY.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, INTERNATIONALLY.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: City of London, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a strong financial performance with total income of £1.37 million against total expenditure of £1.09 million, resulting in a net surplus. The trustees confirmed that unrestricted reserves of £98,444 were held at year-end, which is below their stated policy target of six months' core costs (estimated at £150,000 per annum). However, the trustees and auditors concluded that the charity has adequate resources to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months from the date of approval.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07061874

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — African Gifted Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Tom Ilube CBE — Founder and Chair (source)
• Anne-Marie Kruk — Executive Director (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Harrington Foundation — “Talent is everywhere, but opportunity isn't. The African Gifted Foundation exists to close this gap, and it's exactly the kind of work we st…” (source page)
• Innospec — “Investing in education is one of the most powerful ways to expand opportunity. We are proud to support young women whose talent and ambition…” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• NGONYAMA, Diana — director, appointed 25/06/2026on trustee list
• CHISHOLM, David William Angus — director, appointed 28/10/2024on trustee list
• ADEYEMI-WILSON, Olubunmi Olufunmilayo — director, appointed 05/10/2024on trustee list
• GOTSCHI, Tina Esther — director, appointed 11/03/2024on trustee list
• ILUBE, Matthew Maurice — director, appointed 04/09/2023on trustee list
• STASH, Sandra Mary — director, appointed 04/09/2023on trustee list
• DEWEY, Charlotte Grace — director, appointed 04/09/2023on trustee list
• HARRY, Rashada, Dr — director, appointed 04/09/2023on trustee list
• HOPPER, Stuart Mark Benjamin — director, appointed 04/09/2023on trustee list
• ANDREW, Kymberlie — director, appointed 24/06/2019on trustee list
• KAINYAH, Rosalind Nana Emela — director, appointed 12/11/2016on trustee list
• ILUBE, Thomas Segun — director, appointed 30/10/2009not on trustee list
• HARBER, Ben — secretary, appointed 21/03/2022

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 2.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Thomas Segun Ilube CBEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHARLOTTE GRACE DEWEY
• David William Angus Chisholm
• Diana Ngonyama
• Dr RASHADA HARRY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kymberlie Andrew
• MATTHEW MAURICE ILUBE
• Olubunmi Olufunmilayo Adeyemi-Wilson
• Rosalind Nana Emela Kainyah
• STUART MARK BENJAMIN HOPPER
• Sandra Mary Stash
• Tina Esther Gotschi

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Botswana · Ghana · Nigeria · Richmond Upon Thames · Uganda

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with AFRICAN REVIVAL.

• AFRICAN REVIVAL income £651k
• AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.7m
• ACTION IN AFRICA income £63k
• ANGLICAN MISSIONERS OF AFRICA DEVELOPMENT AND EDUCATION TRUST income £37k
• AFRICAN CHILDRENS EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £111k
• SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST income £103k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.