Southern Africa Resource Centre

Analysis

Southern Africa Resource Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 2022, 4 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending October 2025, Southern Africa Resource Centre reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from October 2023 to October 2025, income grew from £13k to £14k (+5.5%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 118% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Southern Africa Resource Centre sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Summit Foundation (Norfolk) (£14k), Friends of Spice (£14k) and Africa New Life Ministries UK (£14k).