THE TURNING POINT TRUST

Registered charity 1091025 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Turning Point works in Kenya to relieve poverty amongst children, mainly in the large slum of Kibera, Nairobi. We provide food, clothing, assist with access to education and basic health-care, and help with emotional and spiritual development. We work by invitation from the local slum community. Our income comes mainly from some supporting churches and a growing network of supporters.

Objects

TO RELIEVE CHILDREN WHO ARE IN NEED BY REASON OF POVERTY, IN PARTICULAR CHILDREN WHO ARE HOMELESS, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF SHELTER, FOOD, CLOTHING, EDUCATION, AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT.

Area of benefit: KENYA

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income decreasing to £212,509 and total expenses to £211,387, resulting in a net incoming resource of £1,122. Unrestricted reserves increased to £17,158, representing 30 days of general activities, which the trustees note is an improvement from the previous year's 23 days. The trustees consider the core income base sustainable and maintain a policy of holding sufficient reserves to manage short-term cash flow and unexpected situations in Kenya.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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Policies the charity declares

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• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

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Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Turning Point Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Peter John Wichmannchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Akenyon James Scott Soper
• Christopher John Tait
• James Edward Agar
• Joanne Megan White
• Lucy Woodcock
• Nicola Jane Quibell

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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Shared trustees with funders

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• Peter John Wichmann — trustee here and at THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF WOKING CHRIST CHURCH

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PURSUE.

• PURSUE income £47k
• TURNING POINT income £192.5m
• COMMUNITY CARE RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £230k
• THE KISUMU CHILDREN TRUST income £146k
• TURNING POINT CHURCH income £51k
• TUMAINI KWA WATOTO income £55k

Side by side with its peers

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