Oya Organisation of Young Africans

Analysis

Oya Organisation of Young Africans is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in February 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, overseas aid/famine relief and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Oya Organisation of Young Africans reported income of £143k and spending of £158k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income fell from £202k to £143k (-30%), an average of -8.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Oya Organisation of Young Africans sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include International Gospel Outreach (£143k), Sutton Christian Centre Trust (£143k) and The Bethany Children's Trust (£143k).