GO AFRICA

Registered charity 1077354 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Primary objective: to provide financial support for Christian church activities in AfricaSecondary objective: to relieve hardship in the same area

Objects

(1) THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH BY ANY MEANS WHATSOEVER INCLUDING (BUT NOT BY WAY OF LIMITATION) THE PREACHING AND PROCLAMATION OF THE GOSPEL THE TEACHING OF CHRISTIAN DOCTRINE AND PRINCIPLES AND THE PASTORAL CARE OF CHRISTIAN PEOPLE AND THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF THE BIBLE AND CHRISTIAN LITERATURE INCLUDING VIDEO AND AUDIO RECORDINGS OR BY ANY OTHER MEDIA WHICH IS OR MAY BECOME AVAILABLE AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CENTRE OR CENTRES FOR THE TRAINING IN PARTICULAR OF LAY PERSONS FOR CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND LEADERSHIP(2) THE RELIEF OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK(3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION ON THE BASIS OF CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLES AND WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH EDUCATION IN ANY EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT AND IF THE TRUSTEES SO DECIDE THE PROVISION OF ONE OR MORE CHARITABLE EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS FOR THE GENERAL EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OR ADULTS ON THE BASIS OF SUCH CHRISTIAN PRINCIPLESSS

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.

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · Get email alerts

Latest income

£32k

Latest spending

£19k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Go Africa operates on a simple receipts and payments basis with no staff employed and trustees acting voluntarily. The charity reports total incoming resources of £32,479 and total resources expended of £19,347 for the year, resulting in a net increase in fund balances. Reserves are held at £16,408, though the trustees' report notes a forecast depletion of £3,460 against estimated future income.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately £2,000 (held: £16k)

“A general contingency of approximately £2,000 is considered appropriate.” — page 2

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Investment

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD HUGH BEGGchair
Dr FRANCIS HENRY COLE · trustee of 2 other charities
JOLYON GORDON COX
Matthew John Clarke

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

Operates in: Congo · Egypt · South Sudan · Sudan · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£32k	£19k
31/03/2024	£19k	£19k
31/03/2023	£9k	£15k
31/03/2022	£15k	£19k
31/03/2021	£9k	£9k

Common questions

Is GO AFRICA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Go Africa operates on a simple receipts and payments basis with no staff employed and trustees acting voluntarily. The charity reports total incoming resources of £32,479 and total resources expended of £19,347 for the year, resulting in a net increase in fund balances. Reserves are held at £16,408, though the trustees' report notes a forecast depletion of £3,460 against estimated future income.