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LA FONDATION DES SAVANES OUEST-AFRICAINES

Registered charity 1153809 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Currently obtaining endowment funding to invest to allow the charity to fulfil its objects in future years.

Causes: Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Latest income
£2.4m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
2013
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of €107,405,201, comprising €102,128,819 in endowment funds and €5,276,382 in restricted funds. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. The charity is funded primarily by investment income and grants, having spent €1,746,760 on charitable activities during the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Ceiling of reserves = 2x(Total expenditure in years Y-1) (held: £5.3m)
“Ceiling of reserves = 2x(Total expenditure in years Y-1).” — page 10
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Wellers Accountants. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Total income
£2.4m
Total spending
£1.5m
Cost of raising funds
£30k
Reserves (reported)
£0
Employees
4

Reported reserves equal ~0.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Investments (72% 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: 1.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Benin · Burkina Faso · Niger

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£2.4m£1.5m
31/12/2023£1.6m£1.4m
31/12/2022£393k£1.9m
31/12/2021£2.2m£1.6m
31/12/2020£4.1m£3.7m

Common questions

Is LA FONDATION DES SAVANES OUEST-AFRICAINES financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of €107,405,201, comprising €102,128,819 in endowment funds and €5,276,382 in restricted funds. The trustees confirm that resources are adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. The charity is funded primarily by investment income and grants, having spent €1,746,760 on charitable activities during the year. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Wellers Accountants.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
DEBMAR BENEVOLENT TRUST LIMITED1£314k
THE WILFRED AND ELSIE ELKES CHARITY FUND1£24k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LA FONDATION DES SAVANES OUEST-AFRICAINES£2.4m—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRESHFIELD FOUNDATION FY2024£925k—0unclear—no doubt
THE VAN NESTE FOUNDATION FY2025£224k—0within—no doubt
MW (HO) FOUNDATION FY2024£207k—0unclear—no doubt
VARGA FAMILY FOUNDATION FY2025£337k—0above—no doubt
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire FY2025£4.6m——unclear—no doubt

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