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The Africa Trust

A Registered Charity based in England

This organisation's identifier is GB-CHC-1147666 .
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Description

Africa Trust works to bring sustainable solutions to poverty in Africa. They establish sustainable supplies of clean water and decent sanitation. Income generating projects are used to pay school fees, improve clinics and generate funds needed to run orphanages. With business skills training, villagers start businesses and funds are circulated to catalyse new projects.

Also known as

  • The Africa Trust

CCEW Charity number

1147666

Registered

Postcode

CB8 7SG

Website

theafricatrust.org

Domain

theafricatrust.org

Latest income

£1,735,492 (on )

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

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

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.

Area of operation outside the UK

  • Kenya
  • Liberia
  • Malawi
  • Mozambique
  • Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Uganda
  • South Africa
  • Zimbabwe

Registered Office in the UK

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

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.

  • Emergency and relief services D33

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.

  • Economic and community development EC » Infrastructure EC200 » Water EC202
  • Education ED » Schools ED106
  • Education ED » Training ED300
  • Health HE » Healthcare provider HE400
  • Social care SC » Children's homes SC104
  • Social welfare SW » Individual poverty SW105

Theme (CCEW)

  • Education/training 102
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 103
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 105
  • Economic/community Development/employment 113

Beneficiaries (CCEW)

  • The General Public/mankind 207

Activities (CCEW)

  • Makes Grants To Organisations 302
  • Provides Other Finance 303
  • Provides Human Resources 304
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information 307
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research 308

Scale of operation

  • Overseas

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

Charity financial history

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Year ending Income (£) Spending (£)
2012-06-12 Registered as a charity
2012-12-31 693,373 788,332
2013-12-31 1,167,653 1,059,835
2014-12-31 834,302 663,036
2015-12-31 859,287 1,053,810
2016-12-31 899,215 890,093
2017-12-31 901,716 950,074
2018-12-31 996,417 946,746
2019-12-31 1,354,776 1,335,729
2020-12-31 1,185,979 1,210,500
2021-12-31 1,641,159 1,660,077
2022-12-31 1,735,492 1,869,212
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.

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

Charity people

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2022
£
2021
£
Employees 1 1
Employees paid more than £60,000 - -
Volunteers 1 1
Trustees 3
Employees
Volunteers

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

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

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.

2022
£000s
2021
£000s
Incoming resources
Donations and other voluntary income 1,735.5 1,641.2
Legacies - -
Endowments - -
Donations and legacies 1,735.5 1,641.2
Income from charitable activities - -
Income from other trading activities - -
Income from investments - -
Other income - -
Total 1,735.5 1,641.2
Expenditure
Investment management - -
Other spending on raising funds - 0.1
Spending on raising funds - 0.1
Grants to institutions 1,808.0 1,603.4
Other charitable activities 61.3 56.5
Charitable activities 1,869.2 1,659.9
Other spending - -
Total 1,869.2 1,660.1
Net income / (expenditure) (133.7) (18.9)

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

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.

2022
£000s
2021
£000s
Fixed assets
Tangible and intangible assets - -
Investment assets - -
- -
Current assets
Current investment assets - -
Cash 55.4 197.7
Other current assets 210.7 -
266.1 197.7
Creditors
Amounts falling due within one year (106.5) (4.4)
Net current assets 159.6 193.3
Total assets less current liabilities 159.6 193.3
Creditors
Amounts falling due after one year (100.0) -
Net assets 59.6 193.3
Funds
Endowment funds - -
Restricted funds - -
Unrestricted funds 59.6 193.3
59.6 193.3

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

Income from government

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According to data returned to the Charity Commission, this charity did not receive income from government grants or contracts in 2022 (the latest year with data available) or 2021.

The Africa Trust

GB-CHC-1147666

Data sources

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Charity Commission for England and Wales

Registered charities in England and Wales

Data download service provided by the Charity Commission

Last fetched from source: 2024-04-29

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