The African Palms Association

Analysis

The African Palms Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in June 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it makes grants to individuals and makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending December 2025, The African Palms Association reported income of £22k and spending of £26k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2022 to December 2025, income grew from £14k to £22k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 200% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, The African Palms Association sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Miss Summers and Miss May's Charitable Settlement (£22k), Lifting the Burden (£22k) and The Friends of Navajeevana Healthcare Centre (£22k).