West African Development

Analysis

West African Development is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashton-Under-Lyne. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West African Development reported income of £45k and spending of £51k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £72k to £45k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, West African Development 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 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Trustees for the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity Of. Nevers (£45k), Henry Hanley for Almshouses (£45k) and Gleadless Valley Foodbank (£45k).