Love Sierra Leone

Analysis

Love Sierra Leone is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxford. It was registered in July 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and religious activities, which this site groups under poverty relief. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Love Sierra Leone reported income of £20k and spending of £21k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £41k to £20k (-52%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Love Sierra Leone sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for West Africa (£20k), Bluarrow Trust (£20k) and The Arabesque Trust (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.