Finance Score: 5
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 13
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Overall weighted support: +13
Overall GiG Score: 24 ?

AFRUCA - SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN

We promote the well-being and protection of children and families in black and ethnic communities across the UK using a cultural-competent approach. We provide a range of prevention and early intervention services to address child abuse, child trafficking, modern slavery and exploitation. We work with others to influence policy and improve practices. We are based in London and Manchester.
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:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

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
30/06/24£860£764£97£21£448£2403.818150
30/06/23£751£725£26£19£351£2053.41615
30/06/22£503£492£10£14£325£1924.711150
30/06/21£404£348£56n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/20?*£342£215£127n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£587£544£43£8£216£511.1170
31/03/17£501£524£-23£9£174£461.190
31/03/16£562£481£81£14£197£902.390
31/03/15£504£540£-36£11£115£721.6120
31/03/14£501£464£37£5£152£711.8120
31/03/13£369£327£42n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£305£369£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£529£442£87£4£132£511.490
31/03/10£340£345£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£339£329£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£218£213£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£147£160£-13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£101£54£47n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£40£42£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04*£46£45£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 2.4%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 2.7%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 10%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 8%
Liabilities/Income: 4%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 54%
Reserves/Spending: 3.8 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 8.8
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 22 years

www.afruca.org

info@afruca.org

02077042261

Charity Commission for England and WalesCompanies HouseFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
GiG Classification
  • Emotional support, counselling or therapy
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • 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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
City Bridge Trust£370,316
National Lottery Community Fund£319,623
Henry Smith Charity£291,800
Esmee Fairbairn£282,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation£180,000
Barrow Cadbury Trust£40,000
AB Charitable Trust£20,000
The London Community Foundation£12,255
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
AB Charitable Trust - A grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£20,000 12/10/2023
A restricted grant of £20,000 per year for 3 years towards the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (This grant is renewable - year 1 of up to 3 years). AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children works to promote the wellbeing of migration children who have experienced ....more
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - BASNET: Enhancing Race Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in Modern Slavery Policy and Research
£180,000 02/10/2023
UK BME Anti-Slavery Network (BASNET) is a member network charities and community interest companies led by and working in diaspora and racialised communities to address modern slavery and human trafficking across the UK. This grant will support ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£198,000 10/05/2023
Towards unrestricted core costs of the UK BME Anti-Slavery Network - to support community organisations working on human trafficking and modern slavery to improve outcomes for victims/survivors
City Bridge Trust - Grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£342,250 26/09/2022
60
£342,250 over five years (£64,500, £64,000, £68,000, £71,500, £74,250) towards a full-time BACP accredited Child/Family Therapist to provide a culturally appropriate therapy service for children being reunified with their birth parents after a ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Computer Coding For County-Lines Trafficking Prevention Greater Manchester
£9,980 01/07/2022
The funding will be used to run computer coding workshops for children at risk of grooming and county line trafficking. The project aims to break the cycle of poverty by providing an opportunity to gain skills and better chances of employment in ....more
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£118,800 07/04/2022
36
towards three years' salary of a Family Support and Community Engagement Officer at a project providing child abuse prevention and early intervention services for BAME communities, impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, across Greater Manchester.
National Lottery Community Fund - Safeguarding Black and Minority Ethnic Children Across London
£299,647 23/09/2021
The project is using funding to tackle increasing cases of child abuse in Black communities across London due to the prolonged lock-down. The group will provide families with an intensive one-to-one parenting programme educate communities about ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Afruca - Safeguarding Children
£54,000 24/03/2021
1
Towards unrestricted core costs from the Racialised Communities Top Up Fund
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£173,000 13/11/2020
36
towards three years' continuation funding of the running costs of a project providing support and advice to families with a child in the Child Protection or Care Proceeding system in Greater Manchester.
Barrow Cadbury Trust - COVID-19 - AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£40,000 30/09/2020
4
To enable AFRUCA to respond to increased family support referrals through greater staffing capacity
City Bridge Trust - Grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£28,066 11/09/2020
towards the cost of delivering child protection services remotely including the cost of family support worker and family support supervisor, as outlined in your application.
National Lottery Community Fund - COVID-19 BME Child Protection Project
£9,996 07/05/2020
12
The group would use the funding to meet the increased demand of child protection support of BME families during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The London Community Foundation - Grant to AFRUCA - Safeguarding Children
£12,255 06/05/2020
The funding is for a six month grant of £29,806 to recruit family support worker providing remote positive parenting training for BME families in child protection system referred to AFRUCA, retrain volunteers to work digitally in the community, ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£30,000 28/04/2020
6
towards unrestricted core costs as a COVID-19 Fast Response grant
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£180,000 22/10/2019
36
Towards core costs for a BME led network for community organisations working on trafficking and modern slavery to improve outcomes for child victims
National Lottery Community Fund - Anti-Modern Slavery Community Champions
£9,998 15/02/2019
12
The project will raise awareness about modern day slavery. The aim is to increase engagement levels within the local community.
Home Office - Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF) 18-19
£13,908 01/04/2018
The CTPF aims to reduce the vulnerability to exploitation of children who are, or have the potential to be, trafficked; and to support child victims who have already been trafficked.
Tudor Trust - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£50,000 23/03/2018
24
over two years as continuation funding towards the salary of a programme manager supporting families affected by FGM in Greater Manchester
Henry Smith Charity - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse (AFRUCA)
£154,200 07/09/2017
36
towards three years' running costs of a project providing support and advice to families in Greater Manchester with a child in the Child Protection or Care Proceeding system
National Lottery Community Fund - Voices of the Community - Exploring Physical Discipline of Children in
£9,980 24/05/2017
12
The group will carry out research on the increasing incidences of children of African origin being removed from their families as a result of physical abuse, and the role that culture and religion have to play in parents' child rearing practices. ....more
Home Office - Child Trafficking Protection Fund (CTPF)
£3,579 01/11/2016
The CTPF aims to reduce the vulnerability to exploitation of children who are, or have the potential to be, trafficked; and to support child victims who have already been trafficked.
John Ellerman Foundation - Salary costs of Head of Finance and Administration
£53,582 29/09/2016
24
Towards the salary of the Head of Finance and Administration, a core role supporting the charity's child protection work in the UK.
National Lottery Community Fund - Working with Faith Organisations to Safeguard African Children in WM
£304,181 07/10/2015
36
A project to promote increased child safeguarding practices among Black faith organisations across Birmingham, Coventry, Stoke-on-Trent and Solihull. The project will work to reduce abuse linked to religious practices in places of worship, including ....more
Comic Relief - Safeguarding Victims of Child Trafficking in England
£150,967 30/09/2015
36
Evidence from the National Referral Mechanism, government’s process for identifying and supporting victims of trafficking, found that African victims are disproportionately represented. Many children and young people are deceived into coming to ....more
Tudor Trust - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£87,000 24/09/2015
24
over two years towards the salary and associated costs of a mental health worker providing a support service for women affected by female genital mutilation across Greater Manchester
City Bridge Trust - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£134,200 23/09/2015
36
£134,200 over three years (£39,800, £46,820, £47,580) for the costs of a part-time Mental Health Worker/Therapist, project costs and overheads for work benefitting young Londoners.
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£176,000 23/06/2015
36
Towards a project to provide comprehensive support to African young people who have been trafficked into England for economic and sexual exploitation.
National Lottery Community Fund - Child Protection Support Programme for Black/African Families in the NorthW
£299,979 05/08/2013
36
This is a new project that aims to promote positive parenting and child abuse prevention amongst Black/African parents across the North West of England.The project will deliver 12 training sessions a year on child protection and positive parenting ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Engagement in Anti-Child Trafficking in Greater Manchester
£10,000 21/02/2013
12
This is a project by an incorporated charity in Greater Manchester. The organisation will use the funding to deliver events to the local community informing them about the trafficking of African children to the UK. This will increase awareness of ....more
Esmee Fairbairn - Grant to Africans Unite Against Child Abuse
£102,480 19/01/2012
Towards the costs of safeguarding African children and young people from trafficking and ritual abuse.
National Lottery Community Fund - Working with Faith Organisations to Safeguard African Children
£499,922 09/06/2010
60
This project in Bradford, Leeds and Sheffield and will promote better child safeguarding practices among African faith organisations and their congregations. The project will work alongside faith groups (not particular to any one faith) to reduce ....more
Show more rows

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 42-63
  • ALIMATU YAGBESSAY DIMONEKENE Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Independent Consultant
  • DR SUDHIR KUMAR SETHI Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Consultant Paediatrician
  • MAGDALENE NYEROVWO USIKARO Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Social Development
  • MAMAYIMBE SYLLA Appointed: 2023, Occupation: Community Development
  • OMOLOLA OLAYINKA ADEOLA-ONI Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Independent Researcher And Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 18/07/2002, number: 1093027
  • Registered at Companies House on 17/10/2001, number: 04306536
Gift Aid
  • NOT 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
  • 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; AR20: 11 days late, AR05: 17 days late, AR04: 1 days late,
Main office

Unit 8
290 Mare Street
London
E8 1HE

Objectives

TO PROMOTE FOR PUBLIC BENEFIT THE WELLBEING OF VULNERABLE CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN BME COMMUNITIES IN THE UK AND OVERSEAS WHO ARE VICTIMS OF ABUSE, CHILD TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION BY PROVIDING PREVENTION SERVICES AND SUPPORTING THEM TO RECOVER AND REBUILD THEIR LIVES.?

Defined Area of Benefit:

NATIONAL & OVERSEAS

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

Tips for Selecting Charities

Which areas of philanthropy are most effective?
The text of this post is taken from an article on the Effective Altruism forum. It suggests that you can achieve the most impact by supporting causes that fight extreme poverty, improving animal welfare....more
Our Top Tips for Philanthropy
Here are some ideas to help you gain more satisfaction from your philanthropy and confidence that the causes you have selected are impactful. Engage your brain, as well as your heart You....more
How to become a Philanthropist
In this Blog we outline a strategy to help people who are new to philanthropy and for those who feel dissatisfied with the impact they are having. Effective philanthropy is immensely rewarding for donors,....more

Giving is Great