Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 9

Excess reserves: -2
Fundraising costs low: +3

Narrow trustee age band: -2
Dynamic board: +3
All female board: -3

Endorsed
Overall weighted support: +9

Overall GiG Score: 8

CAMFED INTERNATIONAL

Camfed tackles poverty and inequality by supporting girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change. Camfed invests in girls and women in the poorest rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, where girls face acute disadvantage. and where their empowerment is now transforming communities.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity is endorsed by a respected charity impact evaluator
Fundraising costs are unusually low relative to funds raised
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why is the Board completely female?
The Board has little diversity in terms of age
Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £91,878,938 available, equivalent to 27 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E	Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23	£91,348	£40,549	£50,799	£3,161	£110,250	£91,879	27.2	352	0
31/12/22	£47,718	£44,397	£3,321	£2,489	£57,332	£40,922	11.1	336	0
31/12/21	£50,363	£40,942	£9,421	£1,581	£56,073	£40,911	12	311	0
31/12/20	£61,656	£31,739	£29,917	£1,472	£44,197	£34,362	13	297	0
31/12/19	£38,573	£32,069	£6,504	£1,865	£15,423	£7,837	2.9	282	0
31/12/18	£31,953	£32,153	£-200	£1,243	£8,926	£6,896	2.6	274	0
31/12/17	£33,842	£33,610	£232	£1,383	£9,126	£5,604	2	261	0
31/12/16	£29,578	£29,874	£-296	£971	£9,021	£5,983	2.4	273	0
31/12/15	£27,158	£26,999	£159	£995	£11,708	£6,112	2.7	288	0
31/12/14	£31,161	£27,645	£3,516	£1,131	£11,224	£5,202	2.3	270	0
31/12/13	£31,271	£31,294	£-23	£1,339	£7,707	£2,865	1.1	212	0
31/12/12	£16,757	£17,469	£-712	£1,318	£7,731	£2,560	1.8	148	0
31/12/11	£14,232	£11,408	£2,824	£1,137	£8,442	£2,513	2.6	122	0
31/12/10	£10,782	£10,436	£347	£892	£5,618	£2,209	2.5	117	0
31/12/09	£10,043	£8,810	£1,233	£403	£5,271	£1,953	2.7	110	0
31/12/08	£7,133	£6,543	£590	£531	£4,038	£1,457	2.7	102	0
31/12/07	£5,464	£4,009	£1,456	£374	£3,449	£2,038	6.1	65	0
31/12/06	£3,262	£2,291	£970	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	£2,059	£1,529	£529	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04	£1,323	£1,302	£22	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 3.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 8.1%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 9%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 31%
Liabilities/Income: 55%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 83%
Reserves/Spending: 27.2 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 22 months
Quick Ratio: 0.6

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 31 years

www.camfed.org

info@camfed.org

01223362648

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Disability
Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes
Other Charitable Purposes
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

GiG Classification

International poverty relief

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Makes grants to individuals
Makes grants to organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides other finance
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Australia, Canada, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, United States, Zambia, Zimbabwe,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Other Defined Groups
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£50,000	01/08/2022	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£150,000	01/07/2022	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£50,000	01/08/2021	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£150,000	01/07/2021	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£200,000	01/01/2021	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£200,000	01/07/2020	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£100,000	01/07/2019	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£200,000	01/07/2019	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£70,000	31/12/2018	Unrestricted funding
Greenwood Place - Grant to Camfed
£200,000	01/06/2018	Unrestricted funding
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Camfed
£50,000	01/07/2012	Camfed tackles poverty and inequality in Africa by supporting marginalised girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change.
Samworth Foundation - Education & Vocational Training
£50,393	30/09/2011	To fund pilot project to provide integrated education for the most vulnerable children in rural Zimbabwe
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Camfed
£50,000	01/07/2011	Camfed tackles poverty and inequality in Africa by supporting marginalised girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change.
Tuixen Foundation - Core grant to Camfed
£50,000	01/07/2010	Camfed tackles poverty and inequality in Africa by supporting marginalised girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change.

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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 44-62

ANNE-BIRGITTE ALBRECTSEN (Chair) Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Independent Advisor

CAROLINE KENDE-ROBB Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Senior Advisor

MAIDIE ARKUTU Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Marketing Consultant

PROFESSOR CHARLOTTE WATTS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Professor

VICTORIA JOHNSON Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Financial Officer

VICTORIA SABULA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Chief Executive Officer

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 26/11/1993, number: 1029161
Registered at Companies House on 18/11/1993, number: 02874653

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

CAMFED International
Fora Building
20 Station Road
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire

Objectives

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically restricted to the following:(a) to provide financial and other assistance for the education and advancement of disadvantaged young people, with a focus on girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa;(b) to enable young people to transition from school into independent adulthood and take on positions of leadership in their communities, with a focus on girls and women in sub-Saharan Africa;(c) to conduct research and to advance the education of the public in subjects relating to:(i) the lives of girls and women and how these are affected by education and the lack of education; and(ii) the opportunity for young people to successfully transition from education into independent adulthood and leadership.Nothing in the articles shall authorise an application of the property of the charity for purposes, which are not charitable in accordance with section 2 of the Charities Act 2011.

Defined Area of Benefit:

UK AND THE DEVELOPING WORLD

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