Experience the Real Africa (UK)

Analysis

Experience the Real Africa (UK) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in February 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, 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 December 2025, Experience the Real Africa (UK) reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £19k to £16k (-14%), an average of -3.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 69%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Experience the Real Africa (UK) sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middlesex Hospital and Medical School General Charitable Trust (£16k), Friend to Friend (£16k) and Worsley Hall (Wigan) Community Resource Centre (£16k).