African Womens Aid Network

Analysis

African Womens Aid Network is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in December 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides other finance and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending June 2024, African Womens Aid Network reported income of £42k and spending of £45k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2024, income fell from £96k to £42k (-57%), an average of -24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, African Womens Aid Network sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Liberty Children's Home (£42k), The Astley Charitable Trust (£42k) and Church of Christ Milton Keynes (£42k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.