Finance Score: 3
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Static board: -3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

AFRIKA TIKKUN UK 

Afrika Tikkun UK raises funds to support the work of Afrika Tikkun NPC, an award winning child development charity in South Africa providing community based education and health care programmes for underprivileged children in the townships. The charity has been through a period of significant growth over the last five years and now reaches over 17,000 beneficiaries.
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
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • The Board composition appears to be rather static

Financial issues to consider:

  • 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
31/12/22£2,582£2,759£-178£114£1,284£1,2845.600
31/12/21£2,887£1,746£1,142£85£1,461£1,4611000
31/12/20£2,114£2,255£-142£94£320£3201.700
31/12/19£1,716£1,939£-224£118£462£4622.900
31/12/18£999£767£232£117£685£1432.200
31/12/17£850£830£20£36£453£530.800
31/12/16£992£658£335£51£433£601.100
31/12/15?£596£570£26£61£73£280.600
28/02/14£824£785£39£90£87£570.900
28/02/13£599£660£-61£120£48£220.400
28/02/12£1,276£1,809£-533£117£109£990.700
28/02/11£1,563£1,596£-33£105£643£2992.200
28/02/10£731£153£579£57£676£17013.400
28/02/09£641£589£52£54£97£741.500
29/02/08£534£585£-52£45£45£270.600
28/02/07?£390£356£33£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/06*£207£322£-115£0£0£0n/a00
31/05/05£230£169£61£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 4.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 4.1%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 1%
Liabilities/Income: 0%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 100%
Reserves/Spending: 5.6 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 19.2
Asset Split ?
Established: 20 years

www.afrikatikkun.org

infouk@afrikatikkun.org

01784263584

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International education & child welfare
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • South Africa, Surrey,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • People With Disabilities

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (7)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 6/7 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 48-80
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 15/01/2004, number: 1101556
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/05/2003, number: 04769362
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR06: 94 days late,
Main office

C/O BELRON
MILTON PARK
STROUDE ROAD
EGHAM
SURREY
TW20 9EL

Objectives

TO MAKE GRANTS FOR SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION THINK FIT, IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS OF THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY SUPPORTING THE WORK OF TIKKUN A CHARITABLE COMPANY INCORPORATED IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

FOR THE INHABITANTS OF SOUTH AFRICA.

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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