Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa (Befsa)

Analysis

Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa (Befsa) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in November 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa (Befsa) reported income of £30k and spending of £33k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £13k to £30k (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 2202%. Over the whole period it spent 52% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa (Befsa) sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The League of Friends of the Deeside Community Hospital (£30k), Billingshurst Community Transport Limited (£30k) and Park Stephen's Community Association (£30k).

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.