EDUCAID AFRICA

Registered charity 1087844 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of financial support for education & training for young people in the coastal area of Kenya near Mombasa in Africa

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£20k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £55,305 due to a legacy donation, providing sufficient resources to continue operations. The trustees report that they are not lacking the resources currently needed and have plans to restart school sponsorship in January 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to support outstanding sponsorships and meet adverse exchange rate changes (held: £55k)
“Each year our carry over is maintained at a level such that we can still support outstanding sponsorships where that money is in the account already, plus sufficient to meet an adverse change in the exchange rate.” — page 5
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya · Solihull · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£20k£31k
31/12/2024£61k£43k
31/12/2023£37k£13k
31/12/2022£28k£44k
31/12/2021£27k£28k

Common questions

Is EDUCAID AFRICA financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased significantly to £55,305 due to a legacy donation, providing sufficient resources to continue operations. The trustees report that they are not lacking the resources currently needed and have plans to restart school sponsorship in January 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EDUCAID AFRICA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EDUCAID AFRICA as a grant recipient include GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£1k
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2022£750
GOWLING WLG (UK) CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2024£500