Kafel Aid

Analysis

Kafel Aid is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in November 2014, 12 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 08592120). It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending April 2026, Kafel Aid reported income of £39k and spending of £67k, spending 172% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2022 to April 2026, income fell from £67k to £39k (-42%), an average of -13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 159% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kafel Aid sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God Garden of Hope (£39k), Silverton Parochial Charity (£39k) and The Philadelphia Mission for Christ (£39k).

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.