Deserving Children Africa

Analysis

Deserving Children Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Slough. It was registered in December 2013, 13 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 company (Companies House number 07350692). It says it provides other finance and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2022, Deserving Children Africa reported income of £198k and spending of £203k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 2 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2022, income grew from £122k to £198k (+62%), an average of +62% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Deserving Children Africa sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diyya (£197k), Newdawn India (£198k) and William Berman's Trust (£197k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.