THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 313510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Cultural and education events and programmes

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Latest income
£643k
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £542,040 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £8,458,413 to £7,916,373. The trustees note that the charity had current liabilities exceeding its unrestricted cash resources and identified a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, mitigated by securing a loan against its freehold building. Despite these pressures, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: material uncertainty disclosed
We draw attention to note 2.2 in the financial statements, which indicates that the charitable company has net current liabilities, and despite the property sale after the year end will be obtaining a loan in order to have sufficient cashflow. As stated in note 2.2, these events or conditions, along with the other matters as set forth in note 2.2, indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the charitable company's ability to continue as a going concern. — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Africa Centre (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titlesin England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Total income
£643k
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£98k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£643k£1.2m
31/03/2024£465k£1.3m
31/03/2023£386k£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.3m£716k
31/03/2021£668k£630k

Common questions

Is THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £542,040 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £8,458,413 to £7,916,373. The trustees note that the charity had current liabilities exceeding its unrestricted cash resources and identified a material uncertainty regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, mitigated by securing a loan against its freehold building. Despite these pressures, the trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue operations for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2023£48kThe Africa Centre Supperclub
The National Lottery Heritage Fund13/10/2022£78k"The Malangatana Heritage Programme"

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Culture& Arts and Heritage.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE AFRICA CENTRE LIMITED£643kunclearmaterial uncertainty
Culture& Arts and Heritage FY2025£523k0unclearno doubt
YAD VEACHISOMOCH L'CHAIM FY2025£834k0unclearno doubt
CHARITY MEALS FY2025£1.6m0unclearno doubt
ALLIANCE FRANCAISE DE LONDRES LIMITED FY2025£152k0unclearnoted
AFGHAN EKTA CULTURAL/RELIGIOUS COMMUNITY CENTRE FY2024£1.4m0unclearno doubt

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