RURAL EXTENSION WITH AFRICA'S POOR

Registered charity 1075121 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REAP

The Charity supports individuals and organisations operating in Africa engaged in the relief of poverty, principally by enabling local churches to learn and apply principles of locally sustainable agriculture.

Objects

TO SUPPORT (FINANCIALLY OR OTHERWISE) INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANISATIONS OPERATING IN AFRICA AND BEING ENGAGED IN THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND INFIRMITY IN AFRICA AND ALL FORMS OF NEED HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH (FOR FULL DETAILS SEE DECLARATION OF TRUST)

Area of benefit: AFRICA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity reported unrestricted reserves of £25,781 at the end of the financial year, an increase from £15,899 in the prior year, driven by a net income surplus of £9,882. The accounts were subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit, with the examiner confirming that no matters gave cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant. The charity operates with minimal administrative costs, applying almost all income to charitable activities in Kenya.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Rural Extension with Africa's Poor ( REAP ) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Stephen James Burgesschair
• Judith Deborah Njahira Wahinya
• Nicola Rachel Simpson
• Roger Preston

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• THE AFRICA TRUST income £1.5m
• CHRISTIAN AFRICAN RELIEF TRUST income £94k
• EQUIPE income £42k
• RURAL MINISTRIES income £154k
• TY CARIAD AFRICA income £69k
• SHAREAFRICA income £599k

Side by side with its peers

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