The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Analysis

The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in United Kingdom. It was registered in June 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08794664). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo reported income of £685k and spending of £1.9m, spending 277% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £574k to £685k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 540%. Over the whole period it spent 18% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Okapi Fund for Nature Conservation in the Democratic Republic of Congo sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Old Enfield Charitable Trust (£685k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St John the Evangelist, Notting Hill (£686k) and Lady Elizabeth Hastings' Estate Charity (£684k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from investments 96% and donations and legacies 3.7%. Charitable activities took 84% of spending and raising funds 16%. Grants to other organisations totalled £1.1m. Reserves of £64k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.