AFRICAN RELIEF FUND

Charity Number: 1062752
Removed charity

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 30 September 2023

Total income: £178,270
Total expenditure: £681,350

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief
  • Amateur Sport
  • Economic/community Development/employment
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Organisations
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
Where the charity operates:
  • Birmingham City
  • Throughout London
  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Somalia
  • Tanzania
  • The Gambia
  • Uganda
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

Governance

Registration history:
  • 09 June 1997: Standard registration
  • 17 February 2025: Removed (Funds transferred (incor))
  • 17 February 2025: Funds transferred to 1197360 AFRICAN RELIEF FUND
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:

No other names

Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management 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
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 30/09/2023
Total gross income £710.23k £346.48k £263.59k £517.06k £178.27k
Total expenditure £567.58k £375.73k £325.10k £311.68k £681.35k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A £56.37k £30.02k N/A N/A
Income - Donations and legacies £708.73k N/A N/A £516.08k N/A
Income - Other trading activities £942 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Charitable activities £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Endowments £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Investment £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Income - Other £566 N/A N/A £978 N/A
Income - Legacies £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Charitable activities £477.98k N/A N/A £295.70k N/A
Expenditure - Raising funds £89.60k N/A N/A £15.98k N/A
Expenditure - Governance £0 N/A N/A £67.18k N/A
Expenditure - Grants institution £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Investment management £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A
Expenditure - Other £0 N/A N/A £0 N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 30 September 2023 28 January 2025 182 days late
Accounts and TAR 30 September 2023 28 January 2025 182 days late
Annual return 31 March 2023 12 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 12 January 2024 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 31 January 2023 On Time
Annual return 31 March 2021 06 February 2023 371 days late
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 06 February 2023 371 days late
Annual return 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 26 January 2021 On Time
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 27TH NOVEMBER 1996

Charitable objects

(A) TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE IN ECONOMICALLY UNDER-DEVELOPED COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA. (B) TO PROVIDE EMERGENCY AND LONG-TERM RELIEF TO COMMUNITIES AND INDIVIDUALS AFFECTED BY SOCIAL AND NATURAL DISASTERS.

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS