WILD IMPACT FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1092616 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE AFRICA FOUNDATION

The principal activity of Wild Impact Foundation is to receive donations and raise funds in the UK to assist conservation and community development initiatives in South America, Africa and Asia. These projects are implemented by Africa Foundation Trust, trading as Wild Impact, based in Johannesburg, South Africa and Arusha, Tanzania.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE TO:- GENERAL:-RELIEVE PERSONS LOCATED IN AFRICA (WHETHER PERMANENTLY OR TEMPORARILY), WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES.2. HEALTH:-RELIEVE PATIENTS IN AFRICA RECEIVING MEDICAL TREATMENT, IRRESPECTIVE OF WHETHER ON AN ADMISSION OR OUT PATIENT BASIS, OR ON THEIR DISCHARGE WHO ARE SICK, CONVALESCENT, DISABLED, HANDICAPPED, INFIRM OR IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.EDUCATION:-FURTHER THE EDUCATION (INCLUDING SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL TRAINING) OF ANY PERSON ATTENDING ANY SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN AFRICA.TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, OUTFITS, CLOTHING, TOOLS, INSTRUMENTS OR BOOKS TO ANY PERSON ON THEIR LEAVING SCHOOL, UNIVERSITY OR OTHER EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENT IN AFRICA TO PREPARE THEM FOR OR ASSIST THEIR ENTRY INTO A TRADE PROFESSION OR SERVICE.UNEMPLOYED:-PROMOTE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS IN AFRICA WHO THROUGH THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE IN NEED AND UNABLE TO GAIN EMPLOYMENT AND IN PARTICULAR TO PROMOTE OR SUPPORT SCHEMES WHERE SUCH PERSONS MAY RECEIVE TRAINING WHILE IN EMPLOYMENT.

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Animals · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an excess expenditure over income of £27,766 for the year ended 30 June 2025, resulting in a significant reduction in unrestricted funds from £32,316 to £1,236. The trustees acknowledge adverse economic conditions and rely on ongoing donations and trustee support to maintain going concern status, noting that unrestricted funds are maintained at a level sufficient to meet running costs of approximately £300 per month.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

Year-over-year changes

• Reserves position vs the charity's own policy moved from "above" (FY2024) to "below" (FY2025).
• Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2024) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Wild Impact Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% 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: 0.1% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• William Patrick Cadoganchair
• CHRISTOPHER MCCUAIG THOMSEN
• Jessica Getty · trustee of 1 other charity
• Judith James
• Peter William Burdin
• TARA GETTY

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

Operates in: Botswana · Kenya · Mozambique · Namibia · South Africa · Tanzania

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

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

• THE AFRICAN IMPACT FOUNDATION income £186k
• WILD TOMORROW UK income £74k
• AFRICAN WILDLIFE FOUNDATION income £894k
• KENYA WILDLIFE TRUST UK income £42k
• WILDERNESS FOUNDATION UK income £929k
• Sheldrick Wildlife Trust UK income £10.4m

Side by side with its peers

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