Safe Child Africa

Analysis

Safe Child Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancaster. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05413970). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Safe Child Africa reported income of £74k and spending of £59k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £44k to £74k (+69%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 131%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Safe Child Africa sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mohammadi Charitable Trust (£74k), Bahja Initiative (£74k) and The Incorporated Benevolent Association of the Chartered Institute of Patent Attorneys (£74k).