CURE INTERNATIONAL (UK)

Registered charity 1094705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JUMP FOR JOY

CURE UK works to improve the accessibility and quality of paediatric surgical services in sub-Saharan Africa. We support CURE Children's Hospitals to provide free surgical services for children with treatable disabilities. We deliver surgical training for local medical practitioners and collaborate with pastors and leaders to prevent the abuse and neglect of children living with disabilities.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY ARE TO PROVIDE, FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS OF LOW INCOME (I) MEDICAL TREATMENT AND CARE FOR INFANTS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS SUFFERING FROM CORRECTABLE, DISABLING CONDITIONS, PARTICULARLY BY THE ESTABLISHMENT, MAINTENANCE, MANAGEMENT AND/OR DEVELOPMENT OF MEDICAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES, (II) CARE AND SUPPORT FOR THE FAMILIES AND CARERS OF SUCH INFANTS, CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS, (III) APPROPRIATE TRAINING FOR MEDICAL PRACTITIONERS AND (IV) SUCH OTHER PURPOSES AS ARE CHARITABLE UNDER THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES BOTH WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND ELSEWHERE IN THE WORLD, ALL SUCH OBJECTS TO BE CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ETHOS OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Area of benefit: UK AND OVERSEAS

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves of £14,998 were below the trustees' stated policy target of approximately three months' operational expenditure (£35,000). The charity reported a net decrease in funds of £19,404 for the year, with total net assets standing at £64,870.

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 5 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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.

In the news

Recent coverage mentioning this charity by name (automated match; headlines belong to their publishers).

• Felsted School pupils jump for joy at 98% GCSE pass rate bishopsstortfordindependent.co.uk · 25/08/2022
• Gymnasts jump for joy as £25k centre opens its doors manchestereveningnews.co.uk · 02/07/2014

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04268644

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CURE International UK (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• CABEY, Jheryl — director, appointed 21/06/2021on trustee list
• REID, Louis John — director, appointed 19/06/2019on trustee list
• THOMAS, Mervyn — director, appointed 16/01/2019not on trustee list
• LIVINGSTONE, Rosemary — director, appointed 22/03/2016on trustee list
• O'DOWD, John Kevin — director, appointed 22/03/2016on trustee list

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 9.8% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• JOHN O'DOWDchair
• Jessica Claire Ficatier
• Jheryl Cabey
• Julie Anne Stebbins
• Louis Reid
• Mervyn Thomas CMG
• Rosemary Livingstone
• Stephen Hallowes Bushell · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Ethiopia · Kenya · Malawi · Niger · Philippines · Uganda · Zambia · Zimbabwe

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CARE UK Charity income £470k
• CARE INTERNATIONAL UK income £64.1m
• GLOBAL CARE INTERNATIONAL income £943k
• ACCURO (CARE SERVICES) income £578k
• CARERS UK income £4.7m
• CARE SRI LANKA income £76k

Side by side with its peers

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