Medical Assistance Sierra Leone

Analysis

Medical Assistance Sierra Leone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in August 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05184106). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Medical Assistance Sierra Leone reported income of £20k and spending of £24k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £49k to £20k (-58%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 363%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Medical Assistance Sierra Leone sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Souldern United Charity (£20k), The Rotary Club of Roundhay, Leeds, Trust Fund (£20k) and Rotary Club of Wells Charity Trust Fund (£20k).