African Relief Fund

Analysis

African Relief Fund is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in January 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives 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 sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, African Relief Fund reported income of £210k and spending of £196k, spending 93% of its income. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 34% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, African Relief Fund sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Zero Gravity Know No Limits (£210k), British Society of Skeletal Radiologists (£210k) and The River Manchester (£210k).