Amref Health Africa

Analysis

Amref Health Africa is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in August 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00982544). It says it makes grants to organisations, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Amref Health Africa reported income of £5.5m and spending of £6.3m, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5.2m to £5.5m (+6.6%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Amref Health Africa sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include People First Independent Advocacy (£5.5m), The Children's Cancer and Leukaemia Group (£5.5m) and Kent Association for the Blind (£5.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 61%, donations and legacies 37% and investments 2.1%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £53k. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 27%. Grants to other organisations totalled £3.9m. Reserves of £1.3m would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.