African Enterprise UK Ltd

Analysis

African Enterprise UK Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in March 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, overseas aid/famine relief, religious activities and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under overseas aid and international. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 01411390). It says it provides other finance, provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, African Enterprise UK Ltd reported income of £77k and spending of £81k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £177k to £77k (-57%), an average of -19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 1,223 England and Wales charities whose main cause is overseas aid and international and that reported income, African Enterprise UK Ltd sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chipembele Trust (£76k), The Union of Catholic Mothers (£78k) and Fellowship of Reconciliation (For) (£76k).

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.