Friends of Burundi

Analysis

Friends of Burundi is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Friends of Burundi reported income of £172k and spending of £53k, leaving 69% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £10k to £172k (+1597%), an average of +103% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2025, when income rose by 2336%. Over the whole period it spent 53% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Burundi sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 79th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Staffordshire Network for Mental Health (£172k), Headley Court Charity (£172k) and HOPE – South Yorkshire Fire-, Road- and Water-related Trauma Support for Families (£172k).