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ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS

Registered charity 1206118 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AFWAG

Our charity aims to promote gender equality and assist women and girls in Africa. We achieve this by supporting voluntary organizations working towards improving the lives of women and girls in Africa through advice, resources, training, grants, and skill development. We also provide educational courses and knowledge-sharing networks to leaders of these organizations.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£215k
Latest spending
£239k
Registered
2023
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the organization incurred a deficit of $123,163 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in negative unrestricted reserves of $184,723. The trustees report that this negative position is due to planned investment in programme delivery and organizational set-up costs during a period of rapid growth. Despite the deficit, the trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £-185k)
“At 31 March 2025, the organisation held negative unrestricted reserves as a result of planned investment in programme delivery and organisational set-up costs during a period of rapid growth. The Trustees are actively implementing a reserves-building strategy, supported by confirmed and prospective funding, with the aim of establishing an appropriate level of unrestricted reserves over the medium term.” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Internal control failure: Inadequate internal control framework (no payment vouchers, lack of segregation of duties) identified as High risk.
“Currently, AFWAG does not maintain payment vouchers as evidence that payments made have undergone the required approval process and that segregation of duties was observed.”
“During the audit, the team identified the following clauses in the finance and administration manual that were not implemented: 2.6 Property and equipment: AFWAG capitalizes all individual items of equipment above $2,500 in cost. Assets of lower purchase value capitalized in the year.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: Internal control failure: Streamlining of finance and administration manual to operations (misalignment on capitalization policy) identified as Medium risk.
“Currently, AFWAG does not maintain payment vouchers as evidence that payments made have undergone the required approval process and that segregation of duties was observed.”
“During the audit, the team identified the following clauses in the finance and administration manual that were not implemented: 2.6 Property and equipment: AFWAG capitalizes all individual items of equipment above $2,500 in cost. Assets of lower purchase value capitalized in the year.” — page 38
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Lexan & Associates. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Burkina Faso · Cameroon · Eswatini · Ethiopia · Kenya · Liberia · Malawi · Nigeria · Rwanda · Senegal · Sierra Leone · South Africa

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£215k£239k

Common questions

Is ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the organization incurred a deficit of $123,163 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in negative unrestricted reserves of $184,723. The trustees report that this negative position is due to planned investment in programme delivery and organizational set-up costs during a period of rapid growth. Despite the deficit, the trustees are not aware of any material uncertainties regarding the organization's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Lexan & Associates.

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 BARROW CADBURY TRUST1£200k
POWER TO CHANGE TRUST1£129k
NETWORK FOR SOCIAL CHANGE CHARITABLE TRUST1£39k
EA FOUNDATION1£30k
THE BRITFORD BRIDGE TRUST1£28k
THE GEORGE AND ESME POLLITZER CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT1£10k
THE CLARKSON FOUNDATION1£10k
PILKINGTON CHARITIES FUND1£5k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALLIANCE FOR WOMEN AND GIRLS£215k—0below—no doubt
FOUNDATION FOR WOMEN'S HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FY2025£871k—0unclear—no doubt
UN WOMEN NATIONAL COMMITTEE UK FY2024£698kunclear1within—no doubt
GLOBAL GIRL PROJECT FY2025£155k—0unclear—noted
GIRLS FRIENDLY SOCIETY IN ENGLAND AND WALES FY2025£443k——unclear—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.