Afrikids Limited

Analysis

Afrikids Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in March 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07534096). It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Afrikids Limited reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.6m to £1.6m (+2.0%), an average of +0.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, Afrikids Limited sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Ethiopian Orthodox Church St Mary of Zion (£1.6m), Lakshmi-Narayana Trust (£1.7m) and Village Water Limited (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 75% of spending and raising funds 24%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.0m. Reserves of £642k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 7 people.