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ASHINAGA ASSOCIATION IN THE UK

Registered charity 1183750 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Ashinaga Association in the UK provides financial support to orphaned students from sub-Saharan Africa for undergraduate degrees in the UK, along with leadership training and support to develop scholars into compassionate change-makers. This work is part of the Ashinaga Africa Initiative, an international leadership programme that cultivates the next generation of young leaders for Africa.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£607k
Latest spending
£325k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £282,097 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £72,109. However, the charity reported total net liabilities of £1,424,030, primarily due to committed donations to universities of £1,672,365 which are underwritten by the Ashinaga Foundation. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, relying on continued financial support from the Ashinaga Foundation to meet its liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £55,000 - £60,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“Jordan McFarlane: Remuneration £55,000-£60,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Ashinaga Foundation (Japan) is the ultimate controlling party and major donor.
“During the year Ashinaga Foundation made donations to the charity of £565,982 (2024: £663,481). Ashinaga Foundation has also underwritten the grant commitments as referred to in note 10.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£607k
Total spending
£325k
Cost of raising funds
£29k
Reserves (reported)
£72k
Employees
3

Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 4.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Scotland · Senegal · Throughout England And Wales · Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£607k£325k
31/03/2024£702k£487k
31/03/2023£709k£644k
31/03/2022£841k£649k
31/03/2021£575k£2.9m

Common questions

Is ASHINAGA ASSOCIATION IN THE UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £282,097 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted funds totaling £72,109. However, the charity reported total net liabilities of £1,424,030, primarily due to committed donations to universities of £1,672,365 which are underwritten by the Ashinaga Foundation. The trustees and auditors confirm the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, relying on continued financial support from the Ashinaga Foundation to meet its liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Moore Kingston Smith LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ASHINAGA ASSOCIATION IN THE UK earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £55,000 - £60,000 band.

Who funds ASHINAGA ASSOCIATION IN THE UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ASHINAGA ASSOCIATION IN THE UK as a grant recipient include THE REED FOUNDATION, MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUST, MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE REED FOUNDATIONFY2022£4kChristmas Challenge
MILLS AND REEVE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2025£3k
MISS E F RATHBONE CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1kInternational

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
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£10k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY1£8k
EA FOUNDATION1£6k
THE WOGEN ANNIVERSARY TRUST1£3k
ROTARY CLUB OF STURMINSTER NEWTON TRUST FUND1£2k
THE OAKDALE TRUST1£2k
COMMUNITY OF THE HOLY CROSS1£2k
DORIS FIELD CHARITABLE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASHINAGA ASSOCIATION IN THE UK£607k£55,000 - £60,0000unclear—no doubt
THE ASHA FOUNDATION FY2025£162k—0unclear—no doubt
THE AMECA TRUST FY2025£105k—0above—no doubt
AFRIKA TIKKUN UK FY2024£2.5m—0above—no doubt
SOS AFRICA FY2026£992k—0above—no doubt
ACT (AFRICAN CHILD TRUST) FY2025£204k—0unclear—no doubt

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