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African Relief Fund

A Registered Charity based in England

Active Registered Charity (England and Wales)

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GB-CHC-1062752
This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1062752 .
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Description

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

Also known as

  • African Relief Fund
  • African Relief Fund (ARF)

CCEW Charity number

1062752

Registered

Postcode

B10 9QN

Website

arf.org.uk

Domain

arf.org.uk

Latest income

£517,057 (on )

This organisation record is based on data from Registered charities in England and Wales published by Charity Commission for England and Wales.

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Locations

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Depending on the data source, location may describe the headquarters of the organisation rather than the area it operates in.

Areas of operation in the UK

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Djibouti
  • Eritrea
  • Ethiopia
  • Gambia
  • Kenya
  • Kuwait
  • Somalia
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda
  • Yemen
  • Zimbabwe

Registered Office in the UK

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Themes and activities

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This organisation has been classified using different categories:

International Classification of Non-profit and Third Sector Organizations (ICNP/TSO)

ICNP/TSO categories have been automatically assigned from a machine learning model, as part of the UK Charity Classification project.

  • International activities G30

UK Charity Activity Tags

These tags are taken from a project to classify all UK charities using a common set of tags. The tags are applied using keyword searching, so may be incorrect for particular cases.

Visit charityclassification.org.uk for more information on the project. If you have any feedback on the classification system or how it has been applied there is a form on the project homepage.

  • Education ED
  • Education ED » Schools ED106
  • Social welfare SW » Food SW300
  • Social welfare SW » Food SW300 » Food banks SW301

Theme (CCEW)

  • General Charitable Purposes 101
  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Overseas Aid/famine Relief 106
  • Amateur Sport 110
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • Children/young People 201
  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space 305
  • Provides Services 306
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308
  • Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body 309

Scale of operation

  • National and Overseas

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
1997-06-09 Registered as a charity
2004-03-31 7,362 6,797
2005-03-31 77,987 74,472
2006-03-31 877,472 862,873
2007-03-31 718,265 590,496
2008-03-31 15,203 143,010
2009-03-31 387,413 359,737
2010-03-31 154,659 176,259
2011-03-31 186,054 130,031
2012-03-31 749,992 603,230
2013-03-31 625,794 587,490
2014-03-31 204,346 243,628
2015-03-31 359,518 264,367
2016-03-31 338,814 316,749
2017-03-31 403,684 412,858
2018-03-31 650,566 652,093
2019-03-31 456,445 543,668
2020-03-31 710,233 567,584
2021-03-31 346,478 375,729
2022-03-31 263,589 325,096
2023-03-31 517,057 311,683
Income and Spending
Funds and Reserves

Data on funds and reserves are only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Charity people

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2023
£		 2022
£
Employees 4
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 15 15
Trustees 3
Employees
Volunteers

Data on employees is only available for financial years where the charity's income was more than £500,000.

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Statement of Financial Activities

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Statement of financial activities for year ended .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s 		2022
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 516.1
Legacies -
Endowments -
Donations and legacies 516.1
Income from charitable activities -
Income from other trading activities -
Income from investments -
Other income 1.0
Total 517.1 263.6
Expenditure
Investment management -
Other spending on raising funds 16.0
Spending on raising funds 16.0
Grants to institutions -
Other charitable activities 295.7
Charitable activities 295.7
Other spending -
Total 311.7 325.1
Net income / (expenditure) 205.4 (61.5)

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Balance sheet

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Balance sheet at .

Based on information provided to the Charity Commission for England and Wales in the charity's annual return. This may not exactly match the figures and categories supplied in the charity's annual accounts.

2023
£000s 		2022
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets -
Investment assets -
-
Current assets
Current investment assets -
Cash 506.2
Other current assets -
506.2
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (3.2)
Net current assets 503.1
Total assets less current liabilities 503.1
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year -
Net assets 503.1
Funds
Endowment funds -
Restricted funds 35.0
Unrestricted funds 468.1
503.1

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Income from government

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2023
£		 2022
£
Contracts with government
None recorded
Government grants
Income from government grants - 30,016
Government grants as % of total income - 11.4%
Number of government grants - 1

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Grants received

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View this organisation's grants on GrantNav.

Date Funder Amount awarded Description
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
Coronavirus Community Support Fund 		£9,560 Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund
Awards for All 		£9,359
1 year 		Healthier Choices for disadvantaged communities in Small Heath
Dec 2015 to Dec 2016

Data source

Some grants data comes from funders who publish data using the 360Giving Data Standard. It was accessed using the 360Giving Datastore.

African Relief Fund

GB-CHC-1062752

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

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