Surgical Teams Working in Africa Together for Safer Surgery

Analysis

Surgical Teams Working in Africa Together for Safer Surgery is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 2019, 7 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 organisations, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Surgical Teams Working in Africa Together for Safer Surgery reported income of £25k and spending of £4,675, leaving 82% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £49k to £25k (-48%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 1301%. Over the whole period it spent 62% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Surgical Teams Working in Africa Together for Safer Surgery sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Khayami Foundation (£25k), Access Christian Media (£25k) and Seed Sowers Trust (£25k).