Transvaal Zimbabwe and Botswana Association

Analysis

Transvaal Zimbabwe and Botswana Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, overseas aid/famine relief and religious activities, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Transvaal Zimbabwe and Botswana Association reported income of £69k and spending of £89k, spending 130% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £148k to £69k (-53%), an average of -17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 479%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Transvaal Zimbabwe and Botswana Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include UK Shaolin Temple Limited (£69k), Cornerstone Church Colchester (£69k) and Oasis Central Church (£69k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.