Tackle Africa

Analysis

Tackle Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07328452). It says it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Tackle Africa reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £444k to £1.2m (+169%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 126%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Tackle Africa sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons' Charity (£1.2m), York & Scarborough Hospitals Charity (£1.2m) and Stop the Traffik (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 73%, trading 26% and donations and legacies 1.1%. Charitable activities took 79% of spending and raising funds 20%. Reserves of £99k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.