National Institute for African Studies

Analysis

National Institute for African Studies is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkshire. It was registered in March 2014, 12 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 incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, National Institute for African Studies reported income of £327k and spending of £262k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £295k to £327k (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 155%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, National Institute for African Studies sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of East Surrey Hospital (£327k), Trauma Care (£327k) and MBC (£327k).