AMIGOS WORLDWIDE

Registered charity 1119450 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Amigos works in Uganda to bring sustainability, dignity and hope to disadvantaged people. At Kira Farm Development Centre 40 vulnerable young Ugandans receive training. We run a child-led family sponsorship programme enabling 380 children to go to school. We work in rural communities providing clean water and training in conservation farming, WaSH, appropriate technolgies and conflict resolution.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£364k

Latest spending

£424k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resources of £241,687 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,066,253 to £824,566. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources available for the foreseeable future, holding unrestricted reserves of £747,818.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months budgeted running costs (held: £748k)

“In order to protect the charity’s beneficiaries from unexpected falls in income, or unexpected expenditure, we have a fund equating to six months budgeted running costs of £210,000” — page 16

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Corporate structure

Registered company of the charity Companies House 06122350

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Amigos Worldwide (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

HESSION, Christopher Francis — director, appointed 30/11/2024on trustee list
FOX, Matthew Roland George — director, appointed 15/06/2022on trustee list
CAMPBELL-COLQUHOUN, Sian — director, appointed 13/05/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2023)

Total income

£582k

Total spending

£454k

Cost of raising funds

£2k

Reserves (reported)

£377k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~10.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.3% of total income — below the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Sian Campbell-Colquhounchair
Christopher Hession
Matthew Roland George Fox

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

Operates in: Devon · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£364k	£424k
31/12/2024	£400k	£641k
31/12/2023	£582k	£454k
31/12/2022	£907k	£357k
31/12/2021	£416k	£328k

Common questions

Is AMIGOS WORLDWIDE financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net outgoing resources of £241,687 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £1,066,253 to £824,566. The trustees consider the charity to be a going concern with adequate resources available for the foreseeable future, holding unrestricted reserves of £747,818. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AMIGOS WORLDWIDE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AMIGOS WORLDWIDE as a grant recipient include THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUST, Q CHARITABLE TRUST, THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount
THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUST	FY2022	£42k
THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUST	FY2024	£29k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2021	£25k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£8k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2022	£5k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2023	£5k
THE BRIGHT FUTURE TRUST	FY2023	£1k
Q CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k

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
THE BOLTINI TRUST	1	£15k
THE REED FOUNDATION	1	£5k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST. JAMES WITH CHRISTCHURCH AND ST. CRISPIN, BERMONDSEY	1	£3k
COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS	1	£2k
THE FUNDING NETWORK	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE FRIENDS OF NORTH KIGEZI DIOCESE.

THE FRIENDS OF NORTH KIGEZI DIOCESE income £109k
FRIENDS OF KAGANDO income £225k
FARMERS OVERSEAS ACTION GROUP income £101k
CARE FOR UGANDA income £101k
CHRISTIAN PARTNERS IN AFRICA income £13k
Friends of Namuwongo Community Foundation income £116k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
AMIGOS WORLDWIDE	£364k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE FRIENDS OF NORTH KIGEZI DIOCESE FY2025	£109k	—	below	—	no doubt
FRIENDS OF KAGANDO FY2025	£225k	—	above	—	no doubt
FARMERS OVERSEAS ACTION GROUP FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE FOR UGANDA FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN PARTNERS IN AFRICA FY2024	£13k	—	above	—	no doubt

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