Challenge Africa

Analysis

Challenge Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in November 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Challenge Africa reported income of £13k and spending of £6,997, leaving 48% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £13k to £13k (+1.4%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 144%. Over the whole period it spent 69% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Challenge Africa sits at the 31st percentile: it is larger than about 31% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Embleton and District Community Hall Trust (Cumbria) (£13k), Camden Community Centres' Consortium (£13k) and Hixon Memorial Hall (£13k).