Karibu African Support Group

Analysis

Karibu African Support Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in December 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Karibu African Support Group reported income of £56k and spending of £49k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,667 to £56k (+1418%), an average of +97% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1219%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Karibu African Support Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Farthings Foundation (£56k), Sport-Ed (£56k) and The Sue Hammerson Foundation (£56k).