THE NASIO TRUST

Registered charity 1104542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

EDUCATION AND TRAINING; HEALTH PRESERVATION, HIV/AIDS HEALTH PROMOTION; VOLUNTEERING PROGRAMME; CAPACITY BUILDING TRAINING FOR GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS; PREVENTATIVE WORK; SPORTS ACTIVITIES; INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMMES

Objects

(1. RELIEVE POVERTY, UNEMPLOYMENT, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, PROMOTE AND PROTECT GOOD HEALTH, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, ANDEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF PERSONS WHO ARE IN NEED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO SUFFERFROM, OR HAVE BEEN ORPHANED AS A RESULT OF HIV.2. PROVIDE A RANGE OF FACILITIES FOR THE MEDICAL CARE, EDUCATION, TRAINING, EMPLOYMENT, RECREATION, LEISURE AND SOCIAL WELFARE OF PERSONS WHOHAVE THE NEED OF ANY OR ALL OF THESE FACILITIES BY REASON OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, INFIRMITY, DISABILITY, OR SOCIAL CIRCUMSTANCES REGARDLESS OF THEIRYOUTH OR AGE, FOR THE PURPOSE OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE.3 ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH

Area of benefit: KENYAENGLAND & WALES

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£509k
Latest spending
£508k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The Nasio Trust reported a surplus of £1,089 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £509,057 and expenditure of £507,968. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £65,488, which exceeds its stated policy target of a minimum £30,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: A minimum level of unrestricted reserves has been set at £30,000 (reserves figure: £65k)
“A minimum level of unrestricted reserves has been set at £30,000 and depending on the time of year and demands, these could be higher than the minimum.” — page 34
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 1

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2025)

Total income
£509k
Total spending
£508k
Cost of raising funds
£96k
Reserves (reported)
£10k
Employees
5

Reported reserves equal ~0.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (100% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 18.8% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya · Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£509k£508k
31/12/2024£453k£459k
31/12/2023£458k£434k
31/12/2022£430k£426k
31/12/2021£336k£359k

Common questions

Is THE NASIO TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The Nasio Trust reported a surplus of £1,089 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £509,057 and expenditure of £507,968. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £65,488, which exceeds its stated policy target of a minimum £30,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, with the examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/06/2011£9kCasualties of Conflict

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with N D EDUCATIONAL TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE NASIO TRUST£509k—0above—no doubt
N D EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
NAM CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£43k—0unclear—no doubt
THE CAYO FOUNDATION FY2025£400k—0above—no doubt
THE NIA PROJECT FY2025£3.7m£70,001 to £80,000—below—no doubt
NADENIA LIMITED FY2025£107k—0above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.