AFGHANAID
Registered charity 1045348 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also registered in Scotland as SC044614 (OSCR)
Afghanaid's work is to assist village level groups to improve their livlihoods and to mitigate some of the disadvantages they face. Improved livlihoods are acheived by developing the physical, financial, natural, social and human resources available to them in a sustainable way.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Animals · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total income increased to £16.151 million while charitable expenditure rose to £16.293 million, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £1.707 million, which remains within the trustees' stated policy target range of £1.5 million to £2 million for general and contingency funds.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Government grants and contracts (75% of income)
“Government grants and contracts £12.179m”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a range of £1.5 million to £2 million in respect of general funds and contingency funds (held: £1.7m)
“a range of £1.5 million to £2 million in respect of general funds and contingency funds is appropriate for the charity”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Crowe UK LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Afghanaid (matched by registered charity number).
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Ajahma Charitable Trust — “Ajahma Charitable Trust supports Afghanaid’s cashflow and thereby implement all its projects and assist all its beneficiaries.” (source page)
- The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) — “FCDO funds Afghanaid’s work in promoti ng climate change adaptation, disaster risk reduction and building resilient households and communiti…” (source page)
- Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) — “SDC funds Afghanaid's work supporting rural families to better manage the natural resources on which their food security and livelihoods de…” (source page)
- Give2Asia — “Give2Asia also helped to directly fund our COVID-19 response.” (source page)
- Afghanistan Humanitarian Fund (AHF) — “AHF funds Afghanaid’s lifesaving work in responding to the needs of people affected by natural and manmade disasters , through the provision…” (source page)
- EU — “The European Union collaborates with Afghanaid on a €7.6 million large-scale development project that prioritises vulnerable groups such as …” (source page)
- Muslim Aid — “Muslim Aid funds Afghanaid’s life saving winterisation and earthquake response programmes, supporting families in some of Afghanistan’s most…” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£231k
Reported reserves equal ~1.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 1.4% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.8%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Afghanistan
Income and spending
Common questions
Is AFGHANAID financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased to £16.151 million while charitable expenditure rose to £16.293 million, resulting in a net deficit for the year. Unrestricted reserves decreased to £1.707 million, which remains within the trustees' stated policy target range of £1.5 million to £2 million for general and contingency funds. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Crowe UK LLP.
Who funds AFGHANAID?
Funders whose own accounts filings name AFGHANAID as a grant recipient include CHK Foundation, THE EVAN CORNISH FOUNDATION, THE BROOKE HOSPITAL FOR ANIMALS, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF CHESTERTON ST ANDREW, THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF DURRINGTON DIOCESE OF CHICHESTER.
Known funders
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