FRIENDS OF DOUBLE JOY

Registered charity 1087172 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FODJ

To fundraise and receive donations for Double Joy Children's Farm To send regular grants to Double Joy Children's Farm To provide financial support for young people to train in vocational skills on leaving Double JoyTo raise awareness in the UK of the work carried out at Double Joy Children's farm

Objects

THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, NEED, HARDSHIP, DISTRESS AND SICKNESS AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND PROTECTION OF CHILDREN IN NYANZA PROVINCE, SOUTH WESTERN KENYA (“THE AREA OF BENEFIT”) PARTICULARLY THOSE CHILDREN AT DOUBLE JOY CHILDREN’S FARM.

Area of benefit: NYANZA PROVINCE SOUTH WESTERN KENYA

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts decreased to £98,956 from the previous year, while total payments increased to £110,685, resulting in a net deficit of £11,728. Consequently, unrestricted cash funds fell to £5,715 at year-end, down from £17,444 in 2024. The independent examiner noted that net assets have fallen for another year and highlighted the need to boost fundraising.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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.

Year-over-year changes

• Going concern: going-concern doubt noted (FY2024) → no going-concern doubt (FY2025).

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Double Joy (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ALAN FRANCIS NOWELL
• CHRISSIE HINDE
• Dr STEPHEN FRANCIS DEALLER
• Joanna Riley
• Lianne Hughes
• Mary Alston · trustee of 1 other charity
• SUSAN HILLIARD

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hertfordshire · Kenya · Lancashire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PATHWAYS CARE FARM.

• PATHWAYS CARE FARM income £462k
• THE CHILDREN'S ADVENTURE FARM TRUST LTD income £1.2m
• HOME FARM CHILDREN'S NURSERY income £631k
• THE JOYONA CHARITABLE TRUST income £255k
• VENTURE FARM CAT RESCUE income £186k
• CITY OF JOY AID, UK income £142k

Side by side with its peers

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