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
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Why are there 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 £k	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/12/23		£576	£572	£4	£0	£53	£45	1	0	0
31/12/22		£617	£633	£-16	£0	£50	£50	0.9	0	0
31/12/21		£494	£489	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/20		£200	£167	£33	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
?31/12/19		£96	£186	£-89	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/18		£118	£89	£29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/17		£152	£126	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/16		£182	£190	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/15		£163	£159	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/14	*	£125	£77	£48	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/13		£113	£110	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/12		£102	£104	£-2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/11	*	£591	£592	£-1	£38	£17	£0	n/a	1	0
31/12/10		£589	£604	£-15	£48	£18	£18	0.4	1	0
31/12/09		£639	£636	£3	£54	£33	£33	0.6	1	0
31/12/08		£1,134	£1,117	£18	£4	£31	£21	0.2	1	0
31/12/07		£142	£242	£-100	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/06	*	£95	£39	£56	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/05	*	£80	£40	£40	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
31/12/04		£68	£74	£-6	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 15%
Liabilities/Income: 2%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 85%
Reserves/Spending: 1 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 1 months
Quick Ratio: 6.8

Asset Split ?

Balance Sheet History

Established: 29 years

ForAfrika.org

uk@forafrika.org

0141 846 0393

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

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 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 raising & improved cook-stoves.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)

Current Trustees appointed

ALAN WHITESIDE Appointed: 2024

ALBERTO GAVA Appointed: 2020

ISAK JAN PRETORIUS Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/11/1995, number: 1050992

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment 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
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; AR14: 68 days late, AR11: 21 days late, AR06: 174 days late, AR05: 44 days late,

Main office

THE ENGINE ROOM
BATTERSEA POWER STATION
18
CIRCUS ROAD S
LONDON

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

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