CAMFED INTERNATIONAL
Registered charity 1029161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A M F E D, CAMBRIDGE FEMALE EDUCATION TRUST
Camfed tackles poverty and inequality by supporting girls to go to school and succeed, and empowering young women to step up as leaders of change. Camfed invests in girls and women in the poorest rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, where girls face acute disadvantage. and where their empowerment is now transforming communities.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts
The accounts state that CAMFED raised $108.3m and spent $81.6m in 2024, with a clear strategic focus on scaling education support. The trustees report that the organization is in a strong financial position, having secured 80% of the funding required for its 2030 strategy. The document highlights a robust partnership model with governments and a growing network of young women leaders driving the charity's mission.
Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Trusts and foundations (43% of income)
“Trusts and foundations $46.3m”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: A proportion of funding is therefore held in a designated reserve to ensure sufficient funds are available to honour commitments to girls and young women in later years of the plan
“A proportion of funding is therefore held in a designated reserve to ensure sufficient funds are available to honour commitments to girls and young women in later years of the plan”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CAMFED (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£2.8m
Reserves (reported)
£12.5m
Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (07/07/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Anne-Birgitte Albrectsenchair
- Afriyie Oware
- Dr Joan Nyanyuki
- Maidie Arkutu
- Mohammed Reza Essop
- Tara Katharine Camm · trustee of 1 other charity
- Victoria Johnson
- Victoria Sabula
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Australia · Canada · Ghana · Malawi · South Africa · Tanzania · United States · Zambia · Zimbabwe
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CAMFED INTERNATIONAL financially healthy?
Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that CAMFED raised $108.3m and spent $81.6m in 2024, with a clear strategic focus on scaling education support. The trustees report that the organization is in a strong financial position, having secured 80% of the funding required for its 2030 strategy. The document highlights a robust partnership model with governments and a growing network of young women leaders driving the charity's mission. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Crowe U.K. LLP.
Who funds CAMFED INTERNATIONAL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CAMFED INTERNATIONAL as a grant recipient include THE CHILDREN'S INVESTMENT FUND FOUNDATION (UK), THE ELMA FOUNDATION (UK), LUCILLE FOUNDATION, THE SCHRODER FOUNDATION, PRISM THE GIFT FUND.
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