EVERGREEN AFRICA

Registered charity 1160416 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The object of the CIO is the prevention or relief of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa by providing or assisting in the provision of education, training, healthcare projects and all the necessary support designed to enable individuals to generate a sustainable income and be self-sufficient.

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Latest income

£114k

Latest spending

£96k

Registered

2015

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased by 9% to £113,951, with unrestricted funds carrying forward £41,244 against a stated policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £18,391 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £72,504, while noting that the primary risk remains the ability to generate sufficient income to cover future expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Grants & Donations (73% of income)

“73% of this income was received as funds restricted to particular projects as shown at Note 13 to the Accounts (2024: 21%).” — page 3

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £10,000 (held: £41k)

“At 31 March 2020, the trustees established an Unrestricted Reserve of £3,500, subsequently raising it to £10,000. The purpose of the Reserve is to ensure that operational and administrative expenditure considered essential to the continuance of the charity in its current form will be available for the calendar year commencing 1 January of the year following that currently being reported.” — page 10

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/09/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (26/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CONNIE FRANCOISE SMITH-HOLMESchair
Ellen Louise Bunyard
Miss Susie Barlow
Stuart Karl Davis

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£114k	£96k
31/03/2024	£104k	£76k
31/03/2023	£49k	£53k
31/03/2022	£63k	£55k
31/03/2021	£51k	£40k

Common questions

Is EVERGREEN AFRICA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income increased by 9% to £113,951, with unrestricted funds carrying forward £41,244 against a stated policy target of £10,000. The charity reported a net surplus of £18,391 for the year, resulting in total net assets of £72,504, while noting that the primary risk remains the ability to generate sufficient income to cover future expenditure. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds EVERGREEN AFRICA?

Funders whose own accounts filings name EVERGREEN AFRICA as a grant recipient include THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION, THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION, THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION, C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST, THE ARCHER TRUST.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2025	£25k
THE COLES-MEDLOCK FOUNDATION	FY2024	£15k
THE BARTLETT FOUNDATION	FY2021	£6k	Advancement of education/charitable causes
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2022	£3k
THE CARMELA & RONNIE PIGNATELLI FOUNDATION	FY2023	£3k
C B AND H H TAYLOR 1984 TRUST	FY2022	£2k
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2023	£2k	Charitable activities
THE ARCHER TRUST	FY2024	£1k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£1k	International
THE TULA TRUST LIMITED	FY2022	£1k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	FY2025	£0

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 BROOKSIDE TRUST	1	£60k
FELLOWSHIP OF ST JOHN (UK) TRUST ASSOCIATION	1	£30k
ROTARY CLUB OF STURMINSTER NEWTON TRUST FUND	1	£2k
DRAGON CHRISTMAS CHARITY SALE	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FORGOTTEN UMMAH.

FORGOTTEN UMMAH income £530k
NEWDAY UNITED income £193k
ESHARELIFE FOUNDATION income £171k
SHAREAFRICA income £599k
ANUGRAHAM income £1.5m
ACCOMPLISH CHILDREN'S TRUST CIO income £127k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
EVERGREEN AFRICA	£114k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
FORGOTTEN UMMAH FY2023	£530k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEWDAY UNITED FY2026	£193k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
ESHARELIFE FOUNDATION FY2025	£171k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SHAREAFRICA FY2025	£599k	—	above	—	no doubt
ANUGRAHAM FY2024	£1.5m	—	unclear	0.2%	no doubt

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