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WASAFIRI

Registered charity 1059778 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE OF THE CHARITY IS TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF INTERNATIONAL LITERATURES, BOTH OLD AND NEW AND PRIMARILY OF DIASPORIC LITERATURES.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE ART OF LITERATURE, PRIMARILY AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN, ASIAN AND BLACK BRITISH LITERATURE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£177k
Latest spending
£186k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £136,464, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of ten months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,569 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £146,033 to £136,464.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 10 months equivalent of expenditure (held: £136k)
“The target reserve is 10 months equivalent of expenditure which the trustees consider to be adequate for the delivery of current commitments.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Corporate structure

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£177k£186k
31/03/2024£168k£157k
31/03/2023£157k£149k
31/03/2022£195k£155k
31/03/2021£169k£145k

Common questions

Is WASAFIRI financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £136,464, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of ten months' expenditure. The charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £9,569 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £146,033 to £136,464. Its FY2025 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 T. S. ELIOT FOUNDATION2£26k
BARROW BAPTIST CHURCH1£39k
THE FENTON ARTS TRUST1£10k
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION1£2k
SEEDFIELD TRUST1£1k
THE MARTIN SMITH FOUNDATION1£500
THE BIRMINGHAM MOSQUE TRUST LIMITED1£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WASAFIRI£177k—0unclear—no doubt
MOSTAFAVI FOUNDATION FY2025£144k—0below—no doubt
NEW CURATORS FY2024£711k——below—no doubt
SAHARA FOR LIFE TRUST FY2025£538k—0unclear—no doubt
THE INTERNATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR ARTS AND CULTURE FY2024£104k—0unclear—no doubt
THE OXFORD LITERARY FESTIVAL FY2025£849k—0below—no doubt

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