Charis Ministries Africa

Analysis

Charis Ministries Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in November 2010, 16 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. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides other finance and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Charis Ministries Africa reported income of £83k and spending of £102k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £47k to £83k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Charis Ministries Africa sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Celestial Church of Christ Horeb of God Parish (£83k), The Freshgate Trust Foundation (£83k) and Elly Charity (£83k).