Serve Afghanistan

Analysis

Serve Afghanistan is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Yorkshire. It was registered in July 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04759091). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Serve Afghanistan reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.9m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.9m (+77%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Serve Afghanistan sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Chester Link (£1.9m), Bournemouth Hebrew Congregation (£1.9m) and Play Adventures & Community Enrichment (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 100%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £30k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £174k. Reserves of £277k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 125 people.

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.