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LIFE FOR AFRICAN MOTHERS

Registered charity 1140183 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Life For African Mothers has been inactive for 3 months and is in the process of closing down, our remaining funds have been donated to a charity with similar aims to ours, all our trustees are in agreement that we need to close.We are closing due to lack of long term funding, difficulties in managing a service in Africa at arms length, and trustees no longer having the time to continue.

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Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
2011
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total unrestricted reserves of £4,452 against a stated policy target of twelve months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity is entitled to audit exemption under small company provisions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £4k; policy: twelve months)
“The Board of trustees strives to maintain reserves to ensure that the charity can continue its work. To this end it aims to hold sufficient reserves to maintain its work for twelve months.” — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Life For African Mothers (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cameroon · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Liberia · Sierra Leone

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£34k£74k
31/03/2024£88k£165k
31/03/2023£119k£141k
31/03/2022£124k£155k
31/03/2021£249k£78k

Common questions

Is LIFE FOR AFRICAN MOTHERS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total unrestricted reserves of £4,452 against a stated policy target of twelve months of expenditure. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties disclosed. The charity is entitled to audit exemption under small company provisions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds LIFE FOR AFRICAN MOTHERS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name LIFE FOR AFRICAN MOTHERS as a grant recipient include MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£2kINTERNATIONAL