SAIDIA CHILDREN'S CHARITY (KENYA)

Registered charity 1099611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MJI WA NEEMA ORPHANAGE

Previously registered as Mji wa Neema the charity changed its name in November 2015 to Saidia Children's Charity (Kenya). The charity raises funds for AIDS orphans in the Naivasha and Gilgil area of Kenya. The new orphanage building was completed in Jan 2008, financed almost entirely by this charity. We also support other projects in the area for work amongst children.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE THE FINANCIAL OR OTHER CHARITABLE NEEDS OF THOSE AT THE SAIDIA CHILDRENS HOME IN GILGIL, KENYA BY SUCH MEANS AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME; AND(2) TO RELIEVE THOSE DISABLED, ORPHANED OR ABUSED CHILDREN AND THEIR CARERS, OR EXTENDED FAMILIES WHERE APPROPRIATE, IN GILGIL AND THE SURROUNDING AREAS OF KENYA IN SUCH WAYS AS THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE SEE FIT.

Area of benefit: GILGIL, KENYA AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased slightly from £60,671 to £60,857, while total funds rose from £60,671 to £60,823. The charity maintains a designated contingency fund of £21,000 to protect its commitment to its sister organization in Kenya. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Briony Bax
• Charlotte Bianca Bax
• EMILY CLARE WADE
• Elisabeth Anne Bassett · trustee of 2 other charities
• MEDINA CLARE JOHNSON

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

Operates in: Kenya · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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