Company organisation

Practical Action

Practical Action is a registered charity in the UK and a company limited by guarantee, under the direction of a Board of Trustees. The senior management team, which has executive responsibilities, is called the Strategy Leadership Team (SLT) and it comprises the Chief Executive and twelve Directors, including seven Country and Regional Directors.

Registered address: The Schumacher Centre for Technology & Development, Bourton on Dunsmore, Rugby CV23 9QZ, United Kingdom. | Registered charity No 247257 | Company Reg No 871954, England | VAT No 880 9924 76 | practicalaction@practicalaction.org.uk

Subsidiaries

The charity has four wholly-owned trading subsidiaries, two of which are dormant.

Practical Action Publishing Ltd comprises book and journal publishing and book retailing via mail order and the internet (developmentbookshop.com). All these activities are in line with our charitable objectives and our 'customers' are mainly development professionals and academics worldwide.

Practical Action Consulting Ltd provides high quality independent research and professional advice to clients including Governments, International Development Agencies, NGOs and private sector entities for the purpose of poverty reduction in countries in Africa, Asia and South America. Practical Action Consulting operates in two main strategic areas of technology and development: Rural and Urban Infrastructure and Increasing Enterprise Opportunities and Access to Markets

ATS Property Holdings (Pvt) Ltd [Sri Lanka subsidiary] - dormant
Intermediate Technology Products Ltd - dormant

Programme work

Practical Action's projects are organised under four programme aims:

• Reducing vulnerability
• Making markets work for poor people
• Increasing access to infrastructure services
• Responding to new technologies

These four programmes operate across our country and regional offices:

• Bangladesh
• East Africa
• Latin America
• Nepal
• South Asia
• Southern Africa
• Sudan

In addition to these seven offices, Practical Action also has a Head Office in the UK, with responsibility for coordinating group finances, management, knowledge sharing, fundraising and marketing.

Further information

For further information on Practical Action's organisation, please see the following links:

• Constitution and trustees
• Strategy Leadership Team (SLT) - directors
• History of Practical Action/ITDG
• International programme aims
• Regional and country offices
• Group strategy
• Contact details

Practical Action was formerly known as Intermediate Technology Development Group Ltd (ITDG). It changed its working name to Practical Action in June 2005, and its legal name to Practical Action Ltd in November 2008. Since September 2009 the legal name is Practical Action.