Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 0
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • All male board: -3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -5 ?

GO AFRICA 

Primary objective: to provide financial support for Christian mission activities in AfricaSecondary objective: to relieve hardship in the same area
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/23*£9£15£-6n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/22£15£19£-4n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/21*£9£9£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£10£12£-2n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/03/19£6£13£-7n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/18£9£10£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£32£24£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£12£20£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£40£29£11£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£12£14£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£39£36£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£13£39£-26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£58£54£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£53£65£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£70£45£26£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£40£39£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£28£38£-10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£41£40£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£29£20£9£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 25 years

01213545351

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • International poverty relief
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Congo, South Sudan, Sudan, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 09/09/1999, number: 1077354
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Investment
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 1 days late, AR21: 6 days late,
Main office

18 RECTORY ROAD
SUTTON COLDFIELD
B75 7AL

Objectives

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE INCLUDING VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS OR BY ANY OTHER MEDIA WHICH IS OR MAY BECOME AVAILABLE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRE OR CENTRES FOR THE TRAINING IN PARTICULAR OF LAY PERSONS FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND LEADERSHIP(2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH EDUCATION IN ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IF THE TRUSTEES SO DECIDE THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLESSS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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