African Scholars' Fund (UK)

Analysis

African Scholars' Fund (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cranbrook. It was registered in July 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, African Scholars' Fund (UK) reported income of £34k and spending of £36k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £26k to £34k (+32%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, African Scholars' Fund (UK) sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 54th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Anglo Chilean Society (£33k), Madina Islamic Mission and Islamic Centre Heathrow (£34k) and Mothers' Union (Chester Diocese) (£33k).