Aid for Chad

Analysis

Aid for Chad is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oakham. It was registered in March 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and overseas aid/famine relief, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it makes grants to organisations and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Aid for Chad reported income of £42k and spending of £37k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £23k to £42k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Aid for Chad sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Henbury and Brentry Community Council (£42k), European Venous Foundation (£42k) and Rotary Clubs of Telford and District Trust Fund (£42k).