Overall GiG Score: 5 ?
Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 6
Support Score: 3
  • Poor Liquidity: -1
  • Fundraising costs high: -3
  • Good trustee age range: +3
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +3

TACKLE AFRICA 

To provide young African men and women with HIV and SRHR support through football coaching that will have a significant positive impact on their decision making and their behaviour, limiting the impact of HIV within their communities.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • Liquidity appears to have been slender at the latest year end
  • There has been a change of accounting period recently, so trends may be hard to determine
  • Fundraising costs are high relative to funds raised
Established: 14 years

www.tackleafrica.org

info@tackleafrica.org

07967586120

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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
N.B. data has been adjusted to reflect year end change
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£1,001£1,079£-79£194£329£2172.42550
31/12/21?£444£607£-163£100£580£2114.2637
31/03/20£908£732£176£136£393£1161.9636
31/03/19£645£575£71£97£217£791.7721
31/03/18£587£576£11£92£146£571.2400
31/03/17£516£501£15£97£135£571.4350
31/03/16£355£366£-12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£337£314£23£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£304£240£63£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£240£232£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£168£202£-33£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£35£74£-38£0£0£0n/a00

Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 27%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 18%
Senior Staff Costs/Total Spending: 7%
Highest pay band: £60,000-£70,000
Liabilities/Assets: 20%
Liabilities/Income: 8%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 66%
Reserves/Spending: 2.4 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 3 months
Quick Ratio: 4.2
Asset Split ?
What it does
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
Who works here?
  • 25 employees
  • 50 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
Where it operates
  • Burkina Faso, Burundi, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia,

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Comic Relief - Covid19 Emergency Funding Application
£62,500 26/05/2020
COVID19 - Tackle Africa are seeking funding to cover core costs of the organisation in light of disruption to unrestricted funding activities
Comic Relief - Scaling HIV/SRHR education through football coaching programmes in Southern Africa
£303,587 03/07/2019
30
This project scales up and embeds Tackle Africa’s (TA) HIV education through football coaching methodology into Voluntary Service Overseas’ (VSO) operations to increase their work to promote ....more
Comic Relief - Empowering teenage mothers in Malawi through football coaching
£149,896 24/01/2018
36
Rates of teenage pregnancy and early marriage are very high in Malawi and account for a quarter of all school drop-outs amongst girls. This project will use football coaching to provide 1200 teenage ....more
Comic Relief - Increasing uptake of HIV testing and counselling through football coaching in Uganda
£79,847 08/05/2017
24
Tackle Africa will launch a programme that improves sexual education and awareness of HIV/AIDS, increases testing in young people 14-18, and provides access to a range of tailored and discreet ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (9)
Current Trustees appointed

Age Range of Trustees: 30-80
  • ANGELA BONORA Appointed: 2022, Occupation: Head Of Research, Impact & Learning
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 09/09/2010, number: 1137931
  • Registered at Companies House on 28/07/2010, number: 07328452
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
12 returns made; AR12: 2 days late,
Main office

8 CONNAUGHT TERRACE
HOVE
BN3 3YW

Objectives

2.1 TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT THE PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH OF PEOPLE AFFECTED BY AIDS/HIV IN AFRICA;2.2 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC IN ALL AREAS RELATING TO HIV AND AIDS;2.3 SUCH OTHER PURPOSES THAT ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

AFRICA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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