African Foundation for Development Afford

Analysis

African Foundation for Development Afford is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04772972). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, African Foundation for Development Afford reported income of £386k and spending of £453k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £356k to £386k (+8.5%), an average of +2.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 84%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, African Foundation for Development Afford sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God, Cornerstone Beeston (£386k), Manna - UK Branch of Meir Panim (£386k) and Madrasah Baytul Ilm (£386k).