Urafiki (Linking with Communities in Africa)

Analysis

Urafiki (Linking with Communities in Africa) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Urafiki (Linking with Communities in Africa) reported income of £209k and spending of £260k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £215k to £209k (-2.7%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Urafiki (Linking with Communities in Africa) sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Tanya's Courage Trust (£209k), Leicester Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Centre (£209k) and Council for Voluntary Service North West Kent (£209k).