Able Child Africa

Registered charity 326859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ABLE CHILD, ABLECHILDAFRICA, U S D C, UGANDA SOCIETY FOR DISABLED CHILDREN LIMITED

Able Child Africa works toward a world in which no child with a disability is left behind, bringing together a network of organisations that protect, educate and amplify the voices of children and young people with disabilities. We work across Africa, breaking down barriers to inclusion so that children with disabilities are able to thrive.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased slightly to £938,833 while total expenditure increased to £1,005,852, resulting in a net expenditure of £67,019. Despite this deficit, the charity maintained unrestricted reserves of £229,246, which the trustees confirm are above their stated policy target of six months' unrestricted expenditure.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Godfrey Wilson Limited. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

• Employees paid over £60,000: 1 (FY2024) → 2 (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Able Child (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).

• American Century Investments — “American Century Investments has been in partnership with Able Child since 2017 and has been a major contributor to our capacity-building wo…” (source page)
• Cargill — “Cargill has been in partnership with Able Child since 2018 and has been a continuous and generous supporter of our work.” (source page)

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

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

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: Charitable activities (55% 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: 23.3% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Abigail Viljoen
• Dhiran Tanna
• Hannah Loryman · trustee of 1 other charity
• James William Henry Sellars · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jonathan Dune
• Martin Hill
• Miiro Michael
• Mitul Shah
• Thomas George Edwards

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

Operates in: Kenya · Malawi · Rwanda · Tanzania · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DISABILITY AFRICA.

• DISABILITY AFRICA income £180k
• ACCOMPLISH CHILDREN'S TRUST CIO income £127k
• AFRICAN CHILDREN'S FUND LTD income £283k
• ACT (AFRICAN CHILD TRUST) income £204k
• SOS AFRICA income £992k
• WAR CHILD income £19.8m

Side by side with its peers

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