Skills Active Forward

Analysis

Skills Active Forward is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nairobi Kenya. It was registered in June 2008, 18 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 and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Skills Active Forward reported income of £105k and spending of £105k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £285k to £105k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Skills Active Forward sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sai Ram Trust (£105k), Rural Development Foundation Global Ltd (£105k) and Guru Nanak Gurdwara (Bilston) Sikh Temple (£105k).