Ubuntu Charitable Foundation

Analysis

Ubuntu Charitable Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 2002, 24 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. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04422529). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Ubuntu Charitable Foundation reported income of £16k and spending of £7,966, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+12%), an average of +2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2023, when income rose by 689%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Ubuntu Charitable Foundation sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The S and D Lloyd Charity (£16k), Streamz International (£16k) and Kijani Kenya Trust UK (£16k).