French-African Welfare Association Fawa

Analysis

French-African Welfare Association Fawa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, French-African Welfare Association Fawa reported income of £196k and spending of £190k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £218k to £196k (-10%), an average of -2.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, French-African Welfare Association Fawa sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% 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 Tikvah Trust (£196k), The League of Friends of Ilkeston Community Hospital (£196k) and Safer Stronger Communities (£196k).