Mali Development Group

Analysis

Mali Development Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in August 2001, 25 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, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Mali Development Group reported income of £18k and spending of £30k, spending 163% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £18k (-51%), an average of -16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Mali Development Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northampton Emergency Aid Team (£18k), Devon and Cornwall Chinese Association (£18k) and Cycling Without Age Weymouth (£18k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.