Hope for the African Village Child

Analysis

Hope for the African Village Child is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Broadstairs. It was registered in January 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Hope for the African Village Child reported income of £21k and spending of £21k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £24k to £21k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2024, when income rose by 353%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Hope for the African Village Child 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 Thames Valley Heartbeat (£21k), Lilley Benevolent Trust (£21k) and Heart of Worship Christian Centre Ltd (£21k).