FRIENDS OF HOME FROM HOME (UK)

Registered charity 1117433 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Friends of Home from Home (UK) was set up to support the work of Home from Home a registered charity in South Africa.The aims of Home from Home in South Africa are to provide a supported and supervised community based care for orphans abandoned and vulnerable children.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF ORPHANS, ABANDONED AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS IN SOUTH AFRICA AND IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, BY SUPPORTING THE CHARITABLE WORK OF HOME FROM HOME IN SOUTH AFRICA.

Area of benefit: SOUTH AFRICA

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · 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 total funds raised were £59,267, with £58,000 remitted to South Africa, resulting in a net increase in cash funds of £883. The charity holds unrestricted cash reserves of £2,657 at the year-end. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention during the examination of the accounts.

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 4 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.

• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Home from Home UK (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Helen Taylor
• Gillian Jordan
• Inez Rosalind Padiachy
• Jo Taylor
• Jonathan Adam Thomas Craine
• Mark John Lawrence
• Philippa Joan Shaper
• Tamsin Nicola Ashmore
• Tess Rosalie Hovil
• Vighnesh Padiachy · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: South Africa

Income and spending

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