AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Registered charity 1118470 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

EDUCATION AND RESEARCH ON AFRICAN AFFAIRS

Causes: Education/training · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£100k

Latest spending

£88k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £118,202 at the end of the financial year, having received £100,000 in donations. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

RICHARD SMITH · trustee of 3 other charities
SUSAN FRANCES SMITH BA HONS · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£100k	£88k
31/03/2025	£100k	£90k
31/03/2024	£130k	£90k
31/03/2023	£105k	£89k
31/03/2022	£51k	£88k

Common questions

Is AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £118,202 at the end of the financial year, having received £100,000 in donations. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2026 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION	1	£150k
RANDEREE CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£91k
CHRIST CHURCH MAYFAIR	1	£86k
THE CHARIS TRUST	1	£60k
CHRIST CHURCH LIVERPOOL	1	£16k
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£9k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST CATHERINE & ST PAUL, HODDESDON	1	£3k
The Parochial Church Council of Godalming Minster	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

MECHANICS FOR AFRICA income £171k
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE income £182k
AFRICA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FUND income £1.0m
AZHAR ACADEMY income £3.4m
THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED income £643k
AFRICA INLAND MISSION INTERNATIONAL income £3.7m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AFRICA RESEARCH INSTITUTE	£100k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MECHANICS FOR AFRICA FY2025	£171k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE FY2025	£182k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
AFRICA RESEARCH EXCELLENCE FUND FY2025	£1.0m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AZHAR ACADEMY FY2025	£3.4m	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED FY2025	£643k	—	—	unclear	—	material uncertainty

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