Friends of Baphumelele Limited

Analysis

Friends of Baphumelele Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hove. It was registered in July 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08051580). It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Friends of Baphumelele Limited reported income of £302k and spending of £252k, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £3,900 to £302k (+7650%), an average of +197% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 9733%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Friends of Baphumelele Limited sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Operation Orphan (£302k), Somali Welfare Trust (£302k) and St John's Centre (£302k).