Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

Low unrestricted reserves: -2
Strong growth: +2
Deficit latest year: -2

Dynamic board: +3

Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 6

LEGS 4 AFRICA

Legs4Africa works to rehabilitate amputees in Africa so that they may lead more independent and fulfilling lives. By recycling prosthetic leg parts, upgrading mobility centres and training their staff, and supporting organisations that provide peer support for amputees, Legs4Africa ensure thousands of people a year are given the ultimate leg up.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
Income was lower than spending in the latest year

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change

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	£597	£671	£-74	£92	£317	£95	1.7	8	5
31/03/22	£572	£507	£64	£70	£391	£193	4.6	6	8
31/03/21?	£460	£326	£133	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	16
11/03/20	£352	£199	£153	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
11/03/19	£132	£81	£52	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	10
11/03/18	£48	£47	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/03/17	£55	£49	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
11/03/16	£19	£19	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Financial Ratios

Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 15.5%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 13.7%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 5%
Liabilities/Income: 3%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 1.7 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 6 months
Quick Ratio: 19.1

Asset Split ?

Established: 10 years

www.legs4africa.org

hello@legs4africa.org

07443583810

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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Listed activities

Disability
Education/Training
Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Services for people with disabilities

How it operates

Makes Grants to Individuals
Makes Grants to Organisations
Other charitable activities
Provides services

Where it operates

Benin, Ghana, Liberia, Rwanda, Tanzania, The Gambia, Throughout England, Uganda,

Who it helps

People With Disabilities

Who works here?

8 employees
5 volunteers

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years

Brian Mercer Trust	£45,000
Charles Hayward Foundation	£7,000
Woodward Charitable Trust	£1,000

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Legs 4 Africa
£10,000	13/04/2022	Supply or recyled prosthetic legs to African countries
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Legs 4 Africa
£30,000	26/01/2022	Recycling prosthetic limbs from UK to Africa
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Legs4Africa
£7,000	16/03/2021	Collection, dismantling, delivery and recycling of prostetic legs for amputees in Africa
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Legs 4 Africa
£5,000	30/01/2020 12	Recycling prosthetic limbs from UK to Africa
Woodward Charitable Trust - Core costs for a prosthetics recycling project
£1,000	15/11/2019	Towards core costs for this prosthetics recycling project.
Woodward Charitable Trust - Collection, fitting and shipment of redundant prosthetic legs to Ghana
£1,500	25/02/2016	Towards the collection, fitting and shipment of redundant prosthetic legs to Ghana.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)

Current Trustees appointed

CLEAVON TATE Appointed: 2022

SAMANTHA GIBSON Appointed: 2019

JESSICA MAY STEWART Appointed: 2023

JOHN DE RITTER Appointed: 2022

REBECCA YEARWORTH Appointed: 2019

STEPHEN WHITLOCK (Chair) Appointed: 2022

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/09/2014, number: 1158697

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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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 expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

8 returns made; all on time

Main office

Ferndale House
Mill Hill Road
Arnesby
LEICESTER
LE8 5WG

Objectives

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE:(A)THE ADVANCEMENT OF HEALTH AND/OR THE RELIEF OF HUMAN SUFFERING; AND(B)THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF ILL-HEALTH AND/OR DISABILITY AND/OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIPBY THE PROVISION OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS AND OTHER LIKE MOBILITY EQUIPMENT (WHICH IS COLLATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE HAVE TO BE DISPOSED OF AS THE SAME CANNOT BE REUSED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN ACCORDANCE WITH EUROPEAN UNION LAW) TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED OF PROSTHETIC LIMBS IN AFRICA WHO CANNOT AFFORD, OR OTHERWISE DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, SUCH HEALTHCARE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IN AFRICA

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