Overall GiG Score: 12 ?
Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +6

NETWORK FOR AFRICA 

Mission:

Network for Africa’s mission is to work with communities in the aftermath of conflict and/or genocide.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and gender

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 17 years

www.network4africa.org

info@network4africa.org

0203 951 0863

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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£476£378£97n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/21£335£348£-13n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/20£365£343£21n/an/an/an/an/a2
31/12/19£361£349£13n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/18£288£383£-95£0£0£0n/a02
31/12/17£345£332£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£384£368£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£440£424£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£426£407£19£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13?£471£479£-8£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/12£381£358£23£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/11£227£229£-2£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/10*£158£99£59£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/09£179£190£-11£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/08£162£119£43£0£0£0n/a00

Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 21%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
What it does
  • Accommodation/Housing
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Network for Africa works with communities in the aftermath of conflict and genocide, helping them overcome the paralysis of trauma and rebuild their lives with access to education, health and the means to support themselves.
Who works here?
  • 1 volunteer
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • Other Defined Groups
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Individuals
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Uganda,

Who's supporting 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
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Network for Africa
£15,000 25/06/2021
Livelihood support for people recovering from mental health issues in Agago District, northern Uganda
National Lottery Community Fund - ivelihood Support for People with Mental Health Issues in Northern Uga
£250,446 21/06/2019
35
Livelihood Support for People with Mental Health Issues in Northern Ug
Comic Relief - Providing life changing support to people with mental health issues in Sierra Leone
£283,446 27/09/2017
36
The project will improve the understanding of mental illness (MI) and increase access to treatment and care for people in 7 communities in Sierra Leone who have been particularly affected by the ....more
Comic Relief - Providing life changing support to people with mental health issues in Agago, northern Uganda
£292,924 09/06/2017
36
Mental health problems affect up to 450 million people worldwide, and yet there is a treatment gap and very few receive treatment and support in poorer setting, and there are often associated human ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 5/6 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-76
  • FRIDA CRITIEN Appointed: 2014, Occupation: Global Communications Manager
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 21/09/2007, number: 1120932
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/07/2007, number: 06317689
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
15 returns made; AR10: 11 days late,
Main office

14 Saint Marys Street
Stamford
Lincolnshire
PE9 2DF

Objectives

1) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND INDIVIDUALS IN NEED IN AFRICA.2) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN AFRICA.3) THE PREVENTION OF ILL HEALTH IN AFRICA.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA (OVERSEAS)

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase

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