East Africa Character Development Trust

Analysis

East Africa Character Development Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in July 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, East Africa Character Development Trust reported income of £153k and spending of £111k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £138k to £153k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, East Africa Character Development Trust sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chesham United Youth Football Club (£153k), Rose Hill Junior Youth Club (£153k) and AFC Barwell (£153k).