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Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 5
Support Score: 3
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 11 ?

AFGHANAID

Afghanaid's work is to assist village level groups to improve their livlihoods and to mitigate some of the disadvantages they face. Improved livlihoods are acheived by developing the physical, financial, natural, social and human resources available to them in a sustainable way.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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 well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Why are there 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12?

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end

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£19,425£19,495£-70£161£2,512£2,3621.55910
31/12/22£16,581£16,319£262£158£3,100£2,5051.84350
31/12/21£7,964£6,607£1,357£145£2,974£2,8245.12260
31/12/20£10,850£10,622£227£141£1,535£1,3851.63450
31/12/19£12,002£11,674£328£107£1,313£1,1631.23970
31/12/18£8,951£8,909£42£145£885£7851.13700
31/12/17£9,600£9,675£-75£146£686£5860.72510
31/12/16£6,530£6,941£-411£168£595£3810.71660
31/12/15£5,911£6,185£-274£239£974£8841.73280
31/12/14£6,562£6,425£137£280£1,306£1,2032.24380
31/12/13?£2,983£3,942£-959£116£2,285£6992.14000
31/03/12£8,012£5,363£2,649£163£3,812£9712.23700
31/03/11£3,467£3,781£-314£181£1,498£95933520
31/03/10*£3,420£3,038£382£187£2,096£8173.23080
31/03/09*£3,130£3,080£50£323£1,861£7462.94060
31/03/08*£2,661£2,907£-246£216£1,724£1,1104.64770
31/03/07£3,386£2,730£656£168£1,936£1,1635.14510
31/03/06*£2,021£2,516£-495n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£2,447£2,332£115n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£1,624£2,889£-1,265n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0.8%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0.8%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £150,000-£200,000
Liabilities/Assets: 66%
Liabilities/Income: 26%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 94%
Reserves/Spending: 1.5 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 2 months
Quick Ratio: 1
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 30 years

www.afghanaid.org.uk

info@afghanaid.org.uk

02079169883

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseX
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Animals
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International education & child welfare
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Afghanistan,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

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
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000 18/08/2022
to support specified work
The Grocers' Charity - 2022-Afghanaid
£1,419 16/03/2022
Towards supporting work in Afghanistan improving livelihoods, strengthening the rights of women and responding to humanitarian emergencies.
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£20,000 13/01/2022
to support specified work
CHK Foundation - CHK Emergency /Disaster Grant
£25,000 23/08/2021
to support specified work

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 12/13 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 47-85
  • ANTHONY RALPH FITZHERBERT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Private Consultant
  • CHRISTOPHER WILLIAM KINDER (Chair) Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Management Consultant
  • DAVID PAGE Appointed: 1996, Occupation: Media Consultant
  • DUNCAN WOOD Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Magistrate
  • ELIZABETH MARGARET WINTER OBE
  • JAMES SINCLAIR TAYLOR Appointed: 2022
  • JOHN HAYWARD Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Farmer
  • MARY CATHERINE MOUNTAIN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • MARK RAINER BOWDEN Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Retired
  • NIGEL DAVID POOLE Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Academic
  • ORZALA ASHRAF NEMAT Appointed: 2013, Occupation: Phd Student / Researcher
  • PAULINE HAYES CBE Appointed: 2016, Occupation: Retired
  • SHIRAZUDDIN SIDDIQI Appointed: 2011, Occupation: Media Executive
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 29/03/1995, number: 1045348
  • Registered at Companies House on 20/03/1995, number: 03034888
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR10: 18 days late, AR09: 2 days late, AR08: 88 days late, AR06: 1 days late, AR05: 1 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

The Busworks
Omnibus Business Centre
39-41 North Road
London
N7 9DP

Objectives

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFGHANISTAN AND REFUGEES FROM AFGHANISTAN.(B) TO APPLY THE INCOME AND ASSETS OF THE COMPANY FOR SUCH CHARITABLE INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OR TORWARDS SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSE OR PURPOSES AS THE COMPANY THROUGH ITS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DECIDE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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