AFRICAN REVIVAL

Registered charity 1108718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Rural Schools Africa

Our Vision is an Africa where every child has equal access to quality education. We don't just build infrastructure and provide livelihood and education projects; we empower whole communities - working with pupils, teachers and parents to transform schools into thriving learning environments that build better futures.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £7,390 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £651,279 against total expenditure of £643,889. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves stood at £121,000, which is above their stated policy target of approximately £100,000, and they maintain a going concern basis with adequate resources for the foreseeable future.

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.

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

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

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: Other trading activities (50% 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: 20.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Carl Anthony Shukerchair
• Damian Arnold
• HILARY MARGARET WILSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Clark · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark McIlquham
• Nicola Catherine Corp
• Rev Timothy Ajayi
• Susan Hoysted

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

Operates in: South Sudan · Surrey · Uganda

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BUILD AFRICA.

• BUILD AFRICA income £540k
• CHILDREN'S EDUCATION FOUNDATION income £185k
• MELLON EDUCATE (UK) income £535k
• AFRICA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £1.7m
• AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND LTD income £283k
• SOS AFRICA income £992k

Side by side with its peers

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