ForAfrika

Analysis

ForAfrika is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, ForAfrika reported income of £324k and spending of £371k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £494k to £324k (-34%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, ForAfrika sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Amersham Free Church (£324k), Thornhill Church Trust (£325k) and Free@last (£324k).