FRIENDS OF KENYA'S CHILDREN

Registered charity 1116000 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

FKC raises funds in the UK to support orphaned, abandoned and/or destitute children in the Lodwar and Eldoret regions of Kenya, working through a Kenyan registered school active in these areas. The charity seeks to provide maintenance and education for the children and where necessary to assist also the communities and families in which they live and receive family care.

Objects

2.1 To relieve the need of orphaned, abandoned or homeless children from Turkana County, Uasin Gishu County or elsewhere in Kenya who are formally placed in the care of Champions’ Preparatory School (CPS) (a Kenyan Government Registered Not for Profit Organisation) or for whom CPS may have assumed responsibility2.2 To assist, in any humanitarian crisis and its aftermath, the families and communities in which such children live or may have sought or been granted refuge or temporary protection.2.3 If the objects specified in 1 and 2 should for any reason fail or cannot be fulfilled then to work towards the reduction of poverty, advancement of education, protection of health and/or provision of welfare services for children generally in the said counties or other parts of Kenya whether directly or through other local charitable institutions there.

Area of benefit: LODWAR AND ELDORET DISTRICTS OF KENYA'S RIFT VALLEY PROVINCE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus for the year, with unrestricted income of £44,303 and expenditure of £29,952. The Treasurer confirms that the association's finances are in good shape, supported by loyal donors, allowing continued support for the orphaned boarders at Champions School.

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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Rev PAUL PRITCHARDchair
• BARBARA CLARK
• BARRIE WITCOMB
• CLAIRE SMITH
• JEAN PROUDLOVE
• JENNIFER MAY ATHERTON
• MARGARET HOPKINS
• SANDRA NOON
• URSULA TOWNE

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

Operates in: Kenya · Scotland · Throughout England

Income and spending

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