Africa Advocacy Foundation

Analysis

Africa Advocacy Foundation is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2015, 11 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Africa Advocacy Foundation reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.4m, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £1.4m (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Africa Advocacy Foundation sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Guru Nanak Nishkam Sewak Jatha (Leeds) UK (£1.4m), The Association of Coloproctology of Great Britain and Ireland (£1.4m) and 4 Charity Foundation (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £287k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.