AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT

Registered charity 1169279 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Children and Young People's activities: Supplementary education, Homework Club, Sports, Recreational activitiesAdults and families' activities: Employability, Befriending, Sport, Entertainment, Outreach, holiday schemes Networking and Public Events in the communityInternational Development: supporting projects in some third world countriesIncome generation to be reinvested in the charity.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£292k
Latest spending
£262k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a total income of £292,283 for the year, resulting in a net income of £30,756. The charity holds total funds of £156,841, comprising £118,256 in restricted funds and £38,585 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that the charity maintained adequate reserves to support sustainability despite rising operational costs and short-term project funding challenges.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — African French Speaking Community Support (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Angola · Burundi · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Congo · Congo (Democratic Republic) · Gabon · Guinea · Ivory Coast · Mali · Rwanda · Senegal

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£292k£262k
31/03/2024£181k£144k
31/03/2023£199k£155k
31/03/2022£171k£112k
31/03/2021£226k£110k

Common questions

Is AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a total income of £292,283 for the year, resulting in a net income of £30,756. The charity holds total funds of £156,841, comprising £118,256 in restricted funds and £38,585 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that the charity maintained adequate reserves to support sustainability despite rising operational costs and short-term project funding challenges. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS WALL TRUST, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE REED FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS WALL TRUSTFY2025£5k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2023£5kEmployability project for migrants and refugees of African origin.
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2021£2k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/11/2025£56kLet's Move to the Right Direction Project
Postcode Lottery08/10/2025£42kUnrestricted Funding
Sport England11/06/2025£11kOlder People's Physical Activities Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/10/2024£20kDrop-In Sessions for reducing Isolation and Improving Well-being
Postcode Lottery28/06/2024£20kUnrestricted Funding
The National Lottery Community Fund28/07/2023£10kMH-Youth's Summer & Half Terms Positive Activities Project
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2022£9kACE Queen Platinum Jubilee Celebration
The National Lottery Community Fund25/10/2021£8kStand Up To Save Our Climate through simple steps and advice
Sport England07/01/2021£5kCOVID19 Return to Play
Sport England12/06/2019£10kNetball for teenagers

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
TRUST FOR LONDON1£61k
JOHN LYON'S CHARITY1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AFRICAN FRENCH SPEAKING COMMUNITY SUPPORT£292k—0unclear—no doubt
EDUCATION AND SKILLS DEVELOPMENT GROUP FY2025£496k——unclear—no doubt
AFRICAN CARIBBEAN ACHIEVEMENT PROJECT FY2025£165k—0below—no doubt
WITH LOVE ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE FY2025£149k—0unclear—no doubt
REFUGEE WORKERS' CULTURAL ASSOCIATION FY2025£199k—0unclear—no doubt
THE FRENCH HUGUENOT CHURCH OF LONDON CHARITABLE TRUST FY2024£451k—0above—no doubt

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