Msizi Africa

Analysis

Msizi Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Msizi Africa reported income of £31k and spending of £43k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £90k to £31k (-66%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 37%. 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, Msizi Africa sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hurst Community Association (£31k), Samaritans Carlisle (£31k) and Jude Brady Foundation (£31k).

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.