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Supporting African Maths Initiatives

Registered · see notesRegistered charity number 1161994KentEducation and training
Income£18k2026-02-28
Spending£20ksame year
Spent / received146%5-year average
Size in its cause50th pctEducation and training
Registered2015Charitable company
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Supporting African Maths Initiatives is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in June 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 09458921). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2026, Supporting African Maths Initiatives reported income of £18k and spending of £20k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income grew from £6,455 to £18k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 246%. Over the whole period it spent 146% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Supporting African Maths Initiatives sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Downsway (£18k), Friends of Thurnham (£18k) and Alfred Sutton Parent Teacher Association (£18k).

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.

Income and spending

£0£5,590£11k£17k£22k2022 Income: £6,4552022 Spending: £17,89620222023 Income: £22,3592023 Spending: £20,70920232024 Income: £5,3242024 Spending: £18,19620242025 Income: £12,3012025 Spending: £17,34820252026 Income: £17,6742026 Spending: £19,6232026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

SAMI supports passionate, enthusiastic and talented individuals with powerful ideas to improve the current state of mathematics education in African countries. We provide expertise and funding necessary to implement, sustain and scale these ideas. SAMI currently supports projects involving maths camps, maths clubs, statistical software development, and increased use of technology in schools.

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