UGANDA RIVER OF LIFE MINISTRIES

Registered charity 1110595 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Receiving funds from UK donors to support of the work of River of Life Church, Masaka, Uganda. These funds are used to -1. Spread the gospel and teachings of Jesus Christ. 2. Provide assistance for those in need in the congregation and locality; in particular the residential care and full time education of orphaned street children.

Objects

A) TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE STATEMENT OF BELIEFS APPEARING IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO IN MASAKA UGANDA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT AND TO FULFIL SUCH OTHER PURPOSES WHICH ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AND ARE CONNECTED WITH THE CHARITABLE WORK OF THE TRUSTB) TO RELIEVE PERSONS WHO ARE IN CONDITIONS OF NEED OR HARDSHIP OR WHO ARE AGED OR SICK AND TO RELIEVE THE DISTRESS CAUSED THEREBY IN THE SAID LOCATION AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT.

Area of benefit: WORLDWIDE IN PARTICULAR MASAKA UGANDA.

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 · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity raised £40,221 in voluntary receipts against total payments of £61,421, resulting in a net outgoing of resources. The trustees report that expenditure had to be reduced to match income by the end of 2024, noting that a pending Gift Aid claim is expected to replenish unrestricted funds in 2025.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — River of Life, Uganda (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• MR ROB DAVIESchair
• MARGARET JOAN POULTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Maria Warren

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

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