Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 4
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Only 3 Trustees: -2
  • Overall weighted support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

FORAFRIKA 

Primary ActivitiesForAfrika provides nutrient-rich meals to school children across Africa. Our school feeding programmes improve the nutrition, encourage school attendance and address the barriers to access education.Other ActivitiesFood Security and LivelihoodsHealth and NutritionWater, Sanitation and HygieneEmergency Response
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from a grant maker recently
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are only 3 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£617£633£-16£0£50£500.900
31/12/21£494£489£5n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/12/20£200£167£33n/an/an/an/an/a7
31/12/19£96£186£-89n/an/an/an/an/a3
31/12/18£118£89£29£0£0£0n/a03
31/12/17£152£126£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£182£190£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£163£159£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14*£125£77£48£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£113£110£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£102£104£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£591£592£-1£38£17£0n/a10
31/12/10£589£604£-15£48£18£180.410
31/12/09£639£636£3£54£33£330.610
31/12/08£1,134£1,117£18£4£31£210.210
31/12/07£142£242£-100£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06*£95£39£56£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05*£80£40£40£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£68£74£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 14%
Liabilities/Income: 1%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 0.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 0
Asset Split ?
Established: 29 years

ForAfrika.org

uk@forafrika.org

0141 846 0393

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • 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
Where it operates
  • Angola, Central African Republic, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Rwanda, South Africa, South Sudan, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
JAC Trust - Increasing the resilience of refugees and host communities through climate-smart farming
£52,000 08/06/2022
Food security & climate resilience project targeting refugees & host community in Imvepi Refugee Settlement. Key activities include promotion of climate smart agriculture, agroforestry, tree ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/11/1995, number: 1050992
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR14: 68 days late, AR11: 21 days late, AR06: 174 days late, AR05: 44 days late,
Main office

ForAfrika.org
46 Commercial Road
LONDON
E1 1LP

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP AND CONSEQUENTLY ARE IN DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK WITHOUT REGARD TO RELIGION CREED OR RACE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN PRACTICE ENGLAND AND ELSEWHERE

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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