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ForAfrika

Registered charity 1050992 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as For Afrika, JAM INTERNATIONAL, JOINT AID MANAGEMENT

Primary ActivitiesForAfrika provides nutrient-rich meals to school children across Africa. Our school feeding programmes improve the nutrition, encourage school attendance and address the barriers to access education.Other ActivitiesFood Security and LivelihoodsHealth and NutritionWater, Sanitation and HygieneEmergency Response

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£438k
Latest spending
£444k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £6,188 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £39,181. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to maintain cash reserves covering twelve months of operational costs, which the current unrestricted balance falls significantly below. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants (91% of income)
“Grants Main charitable activities 403,003” — page 13
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: twelve months operational costs (held: £39k)
“Our trustees have taken a decision to set minimum cash reserves to cover twelve months! operational costs.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The charity is an affiliate of ForAfrika to Thrive, shares common management, and the CEO is a Trustee of the charity. During the year, ForAfrika paid grants totalling £402,000 (2023 - £490,342) to ForAfrika to Thrive.
“During the year, ForAfrika paid grants totalling £402,000 (2023 - £490,342) to ForAfrika to Thrive.” — page 18
“In the year there were donations of £158 (2023 - £250) received from Trustees.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: In the year there were donations of £158 (2023 - £250) received from Trustees.
“During the year, ForAfrika paid grants totalling £402,000 (2023 - £490,342) to ForAfrika to Thrive.” — page 18
“In the year there were donations of £158 (2023 - £250) received from Trustees.” — page 18
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — ForAfrika (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income
£576k
Total spending
£572k
Reserves (reported)
£45k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Angola · Central African Republic · Ethiopia · Mozambique · Rwanda · South Africa · South Sudan · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£438k£444k
31/12/2023£576k£572k
31/12/2022£617k£633k
31/12/2021£494k£489k
31/12/2020£200k£167k

Common questions

Is ForAfrika financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a deficit of £6,188 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £39,181. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy to maintain cash reserves covering twelve months of operational costs, which the current unrestricted balance falls significantly below. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE BLOOM FOUNDATION2£175k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY2£13k
THE OAKDALE TRUST2£3k
GOWER STREET1£274k
THE RUDDOCK FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS1£118k
THE EQ FOUNDATION1£75k
THE BROOKSIDE TRUST1£60k
GANDYS FOUNDATION1£47k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA).

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ForAfrika£438k—0unclear—no doubt
URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) FY2024£244k—0within—no doubt
AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND LTD FY2025£283k—0below—no doubt
BREADLINE AFRICA FY2024£661k—0no_policy—no doubt
BUILD AFRICA FY2025£540k—0above1.0%no doubt
AFRIKIDS LIMITED FY2025£1.6mOver £60,0001unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.