THE AFRICA TRUST

Registered charity 1147666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Africa Trust works to bring sustainable solutions to poverty in Africa. They establish sustainable supplies of clean water and decent sanitation. Income generating projects are used to pay school fees, improve clinics and generate funds needed to run orphanages. With business skills training, villagers start businesses and funds are circulated to catalyse new projects.

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

Latest income

£1.6m

Latest spending

£1.4m

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £203,414 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' agreed minimum target of £100,000. The charity reported a surplus of £132,100 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £1,579,432. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: AquAid Franchising Limited (73% of income)

“Kirsten Searle is a director and controlling shareholder of AquAid Franchising Limited which company is the major contributor to the Charity, donating £1,151,897 in the year 2024” — page 8

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £100,000 (held: £203k)

“The trustees agreed that the minimum level of free reserves would now be set at £100,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Brown Warner LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2024)

Total income

£1.6m

Total spending

£1.4m

Reserves (reported)

£100k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~0.8 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID FREMEL
Joshua Searle
KIRSTEN SEARLE

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

Operates in: Kenya · Liberia · Malawi · Mozambique · South Africa · Tanzania · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£1.6m	£1.4m
31/12/2023	£1.4m	£1.4m
31/12/2022	£1.7m	£1.9m
31/12/2021	£1.6m	£1.7m
31/12/2020	£1.2m	£1.2m

Common questions

Is THE AFRICA TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £203,414 at the end of the year, which is above the trustees' agreed minimum target of £100,000. The charity reported a surplus of £132,100 for the year, supported by incoming resources of £1,579,432. The trustees confirmed that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Brown Warner LLP.

Who funds THE AFRICA TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE AFRICA TRUST as a grant recipient include COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£5k
COLEFAX CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2022	£5k

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
ORPHANS IN NEED	1	£1.6m
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£8k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUST	1	£3k
ROTARY CLUB OF STURMINSTER NEWTON TRUST FUND	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE A123 TRUST.

THE A123 TRUST income £158k
BUILD AFRICA income £540k
SOS AFRICA income £992k
ACT (AFRICAN CHILD TRUST) income £204k
SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST income £103k
AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £625k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE AFRICA TRUST	£1.6m	—	above	—	no doubt
THE A123 TRUST FY2025	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
BUILD AFRICA FY2025	£540k	—	above	1.0%	no doubt
SOS AFRICA FY2026	£992k	—	above	—	no doubt
ACT (AFRICAN CHILD TRUST) FY2025	£204k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SWANLAND EDUCATION AFRICA TRUST FY2025	£103k	—	below	—	no doubt

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