HAPPY HOME KENYA TRUST

Registered charity 1101336 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

HHKT primarily supports Happy Home Orphanage, nr. Kisumu, Kenya, assisting with the costs of primary and secondary education and welfare. We also donate towards relevant capital build costs and assist with some further education costs. We facilitate short visits to the Orphanage and produce a regular newsletter to keep supporters up to date and stimulate fund raising.

Objects

TO SUPPORT CHARITABLE WORK IN KENYA, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EDUCATION, RELIEF OF POVERTY AND RELIGIOUS KNOWLEDGE. IN PARTICULAR ASSISTING THOSE ASSOCIATED WITH OR FORMALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE HAPPY HOME ORPHANAGE AND CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP CENTRE AT KOPERE, KISUMU, KENYA (REGISTERED PROJECT NUMBER IN KENYA 5/H 1105).

Area of benefit: KOPERE, KENYA, EAST AFRICA.

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 · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · 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 the charity operates with minimal reserves, aiming to keep only enough funds to meet short-term obligations. For the year ended 31 March 2025, unrestricted income was £42,062 and unrestricted expenditure was £41,067, resulting in a net increase in cash funds of £994. The charity has no investments, no employed staff, and relies on voluntary trustee administration.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Elvet John LEWISchair
• Christopher Simon Lacey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr William Millar
• MR PHIL MARSDEN
• Rev KENNETH WILLIAM HORLESTON
• Rev MARTIN JONES

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

Operates in: Kenya · Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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