Rise Africa UK

Analysis

Rise Africa UK is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bedford. It was registered in August 2012, 14 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Rise Africa UK reported income of £96k and spending of £31k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from October 2021 to October 2025, income grew from £83k to £96k (+15%), an average of +3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to October 2025, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rise Africa UK sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Baba Wadbhag Singh Trust (£96k), The Hospital of St Thomas the Apostle in Doncaster (£96k) and St Julians Baptist Church (£96k).