Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 4
  • Low unrestricted reserves: -2
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • Fundraising costs low: +3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Mainly female board: -1
  • Grant maker support: +4
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

AMREF HEALTH AFRICA 

Amref Health Africa is Africa's leading health development organisation. Headquartered in Nairobi, we work with some of the most remote and marginalised communities on the African continent, ensuring they can access their right to health. We believe women and girls have the power to effect lasting change in their communities: that?s why they?re at the heart of everything we do.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Fundraising costs are low relative to funds raised
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly female

Financial issues to consider:

  • Unrestricted reserves appear to be dangerously low at the latest year end
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 54 years

www.amrefuk.org

info@amrefuk.org

02072695520

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UN SDGs
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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£5,105£4,452£653£489£3,634£1,0973184
31/12/21£5,150£3,889£1,261£531£2,981£9753176
31/12/20£2,650£3,505£-855£423£1,720£7112.4135
31/12/19£4,495£4,504£-9£524£2,572£7942.1168
31/12/18?£3,816£5,123£-1,307£531£2,574£7111.7173
30/09/17£4,424£3,650£774£373£3,881£7682.5140
30/09/16£5,610£4,254£1,356£338£3,107£7342.1140
30/09/15£5,696£5,236£460£274£1,586£3980.9110
30/09/14£4,367£4,371£-4£681£1,126£2100.6170
30/09/13£4,458£5,267£-809£628£1,130£2030.5160
30/09/12£4,884£3,961£923£551£1,939£5121.6160
30/09/11£4,006£4,511£-506£465£1,015£4061.1170
30/09/10£5,134£5,137£-3£497£1,521£4781.1170
30/09/09£5,109£5,121£-12£443£1,524£4401170
30/09/08£5,069£4,416£653£431£1,536£4841.3160
30/09/07£3,202£2,960£241£326£883£2551110
30/09/06£2,613£2,385£228£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/05£2,224£2,085£139£0£0£0n/a00
30/09/04£1,749£1,745£4£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 9.6%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 11%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 4%
Highest pay band: £80,000-£90,000
Liabilities/Assets: 23%
Liabilities/Income: 21%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 30%
Reserves/Spending: 3 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 10 months
Quick Ratio: 4.6
Asset Split ?
Listed activities
  • Disability
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Human Rights/Religious Or Racial Harmony/Equality Or Diversity
  • Overseas Aid/Famine Relief
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors or undertakes research
Where it operates
  • Ethiopia, Islington, Kenya, Malawi, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • The General Public/Mankind
Who works here?
  • 18 employees
  • 4 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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to AMREF
£150 20/03/2023
to promote lasting health change within Africa's most vulnerable and remote communities, working primarily with women and girls
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to AMREF
£150 20/04/2022
to promote lasting health change within Africa's most vulnerable and remote communities, working primarily with women and girls
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to AMREF
£150 15/03/2021
to promote lasting health change within Africa's most vulnerable and remote communities, working primarily with women and girls
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to AMREF
£150 03/04/2020
To promote lasting health change within Africa's most vulnerable communities.
National Lottery Community Fund - Empowering Women with Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania
£767,404 24/05/2019
35
Empowering Women with Obstetric Fistula in Tanzania
Comic Relief - Sustainability Fund 2
£23,976 13/02/2019
3
In line with our efforts to make our communications more participatory, we would like to give some of the beneficiaries of the Comic Relief-funded WASH programme the opportunity to tell their own ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Fistula survivors, Tanzania
£21,753 08/11/2018
14
Fistula survivors, Tanzania
Dulverton Trust - Maternal and child health in Uganda
£30,000 13/06/2018
Maternal and child health in Uganda
Comic Relief - Improving WASH in the slums of Addis Ababa
£1,036,084 27/05/2015
48
The slums of Ethiopia's capital city, Addis Ababa are very congested. Rubbish is rarely collected, and there are few proper toilets. Many people, especially children have diarrhoea.This project plans ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - AFYA KWA VIJANA - Good Health for Youth
£499,576 22/12/2014
36
Not Available
Dulverton Trust - Community Education on Health in Turkana, Kenya
£84,000 19/06/2013
Community Education on Health in Turkana, Kenya
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving maternal + child health in Turkana (Ng'anadarakin Bamocha, Phase
£500,000 14/09/2012
36
This project, based in four areas of Kenya, aims to improve health for women and children. The project will improve community knowledge and practices, within the context of strong traditional ....more
National Lottery Community Fund - Improving maternal + child health in Turkana (Ng'anadarakin Bamocha, Phase
£13,136 12/01/2012
24
This project, based in north Turkana in Kenya, aims to improve health for women and children among settled and nomadic communities across four districts.
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 7/8 persons

Age Range of Trustees: 34-64
  • AMANDA CAINE Appointed: 2015, Occupation: Chartered Accountant
  • DR SALLY NICHOLAS Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Health Systems And Environment
  • PAUL DAVEY (Chair) Appointed: 2019, Occupation: Marketing Consultant
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 27/08/1970, number: 261488
  • Registered at Companies House on 19/06/1970, number: 00982544
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; all on time
Main office

Amref Health Africa UK
7-14 Great Dover Street
LONDON
SE1 4YR

Objectives

TO SUPPORT AND FOSTER THE INVESTIGATION AND ADVANCEMENT IN AFRICA OF MEDICAL, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL KNOWLEDGE AND TO APPLY THE KNOWLEDGE DERIVED THEREFROM TO THE CAUSES, PREVENTION, RELIEF AND THERAPY OF HUMAN DISEASES AND MISERY FOR THE RELIEF OF MANKIND IN GENERAL.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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