ROOTS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1117328 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE KENYAN SOCIETY OF LONDON, THE ROOTS FOUNDATION

- PROVIDES ADVICE, INFORMATION AND GUIDANCE - PROVIDES COMMUNITY ADVOCACY- PROVIDES HEALTH PROMOTION- PROVIDES TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES- PROMOTES EDUCATION

Objects

1) THE RELIEF OF NEED AMONG THE PEOPLE OF AFRICAN AND IN PARTICULAR KENYAN ORIGIN LIVING IN THE UK AND ABROAD THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ADVICE, INFORMATION, WORKSHOPS AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.2) THE RELIEF OF NEED THROUGH THE PROVISION OF ACTIVITIES AND OUTINGS FOR THOSE OF AFRICAN AND IN PARTICULAR KENYAN ORIGIN LIVING IN THE UK AND ABROAD WHO ARE SUFFERING FROM ILLNESS OR TRAUMA, OR WHO ARE OTHERWISE IN NEED DUE TO THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE TO HELP THE INTEGRATION OF THESE PEOPLE INTO THE COMMUNITY SO THAT THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE MAY BE IMPROVED.

Area of benefit: UK AND ABROAD

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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Harrow, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total unrestricted and restricted funds of £131 as of 31 March 2026, a significant decrease from the previous year's £80 brought forward plus net movement. The filing indicates the charity is prepared on a going concern basis, with the independent examiner reporting no matters requiring attention. The charity's total income for the year was £88,530, primarily from LB Barnet, with total expenditure of £88,479.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ARTHUR ANDIEGO OTIENO
• PHOEBE ACHIENG OBETO

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Kenya · Throughout London

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE ROOTS FOUNDATION WALES.

• THE ROOTS FOUNDATION WALES income £246k
• ROOTS FOR CHANGE UK income £137k
• ROOTS AND SHOOTS income £1.8m
• THE ROTHES CHARITABLE TRUST income £148k
• NEW ROOTS LIMITED income £82k
• THE ROSE FOUNDATION income £1.2m

Side by side with its peers

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