The Kambia Appeal

Analysis

The Kambia Appeal is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucester. It was registered in March 2017, 9 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Kambia Appeal reported income of £12k and spending of £14k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,330 to £12k (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 151% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The Kambia Appeal sits at the 30th percentile: it is larger than about 30% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Association for Blindness and Leprosy Eradication (£12k), The Smallthorne Community Centre (£12k) and The Minchinhampton - Nkokoto Link (£12k).