AFRICAN RELIEF FUND

Registered charity 1197360 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARF

activities were mainly education, supporting schools in Somalia and emergency food aid.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN AFRICA:-A. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY BUILDING AND RENOVATING SCHOOLS, ORGANISING TEACHERS' TRAINING IN COLLABORATION WITH LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND REGIONAL EDUCATION MINISTRIES, SPONSORING POOR AND ORPHANED CHILDREN TO ATTEND SCHOOL WHILST ALSO OCCASIONALLY PROVIDING SCHOOL MEALS FOR LOWER INCOME CHILDREN TO IMPROVE SCHOOL ENROLMENT WITH DONOR PARTNERS;B. THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL NEED AND SUFFERING AMONG VICTIMS OF NATURAL OR OTHER KINDS OF DISASTER IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING EMERGENCY FOOD, WATER AND SHELTER; HEALTHCARE PROJECTS SUCH AS MOBILE CLINIC TO ENABLE LOCALS TO RECEIVE TREATMENT OF DISEASES;C. THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF GOOD HEALTH, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROVIDING MIDWIVES TRAINING TO REDUCE THE HIGH RATES OF MATERNAL MORTALITY; PROVISION OF HYGIENE KITS AND INCUBATORS FOR PREMATURE BABIES AND MOBILE HEALTH CLINICS;D. TO RELIEVE FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING FOOD, WATER AND NON-FOOD ITEMS AND IMPLEMENTING WATER PROJECTS SUCH DIFFERENT TYPES OF WATER WELLS, EARTH DAMS AND RAINWATER HARVEST SYSTEM AND TRAINING LOWER INCOME HOUSEHOLDS LED BY WOMEN WITH CRAFT THAT GENERATE INCOME FOR THEIR FAMILIES.NOTHING IN THIS CONSTITUTION SHALL AUTHORISE AN APPLICATION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE CIO FOR THE PURPOSES WHICH ARE NOT CHARITABLE IN ACCORDANCE WITH [SECTION 7 OF THE CHARITIES AND TRUSTEE INVESTMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 2005] AND [SECTION 2 OF THE CHARITIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2008].

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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

Registered contact address: Birmingham, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £557,022, with unrestricted funds at £543,295 and restricted funds at £13,727. The charity reported a net income of £13,754 for the year, derived from total income of £209,970 against total expenditure of £196,216. Per the trustees' report, reserves are held to allocate funds for future project implementation.

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.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 3 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 21/02/2024, 21 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — African Relief Fund (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~66.4 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (99% 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 (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• HOSSEIN SOYAN FARAHchair
• Maryan Farah
• Omar Shire · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Birmingham City · Djibouti · Ethiopia · Ghana · Kenya · Kuwait · Somalia · Tanzania · The Gambia · Throughout London · Uganda · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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• THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED income £643k
• ASSOCIATION OF AFGHAN UNITED IN BRITAIN income £32k
• ST JOSEPH'S AFRICAN AID income £69k
• FOOD AND SHELTER FOUNDATION income £647k
• ACTION IN AFRICA income £63k
• AFRICA HEALING FOUNDATION income £50k

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