JENGA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH (UK)

Registered charity 1117877 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

JENGA UK is a Christian charity formed to support its sister charity in Uganda. JENGA provides the basic essentials in life to the most needy communities and believes in demonstrating the love of God by love in action. The project focus is water, sanitation, health and education projects in rural villages, urban slums and IDP (Internally Displaced Peoples) Camps.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£450k

Latest spending

£436k

Registered

2007

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £24,118, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months' expenditure. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — JENGA CDO (UK) (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN JAMES O'BRIENchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Jacob Iain Arthur Nicholson
Jonathan Webster
MARTIN JOHN WILLIAMS
Mary Therese Kim
Olivia Graham
Rev Joanne Louise Purle

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/08/2025	£450k	£436k
31/08/2024	£445k	£424k
31/08/2023	£381k	£370k
31/08/2022	£390k	£376k
31/08/2021	£342k	£380k

Common questions

Is JENGA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH (UK) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £24,118, which is below the charity's stated policy target of maintaining between three and six months' expenditure. The trustees report that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
ALLAN AND NESTA FERGUSON CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	2	£23k
THE RIVER FARM FOUNDATION	1	£912k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	1	£75k
THE DULVERTON TRUST	1	£30k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MATTHEW AND ST NATHANAEL, BRISTOL	1	£8k
THE BEATRICE LAING TRUST	1	£5k
THE ROGER & DOUGLAS TURNER CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE MELETE FOUNDATION	1	£4k

Charities like this

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

THE JINJA EDUCATIONAL TRUST income £243k
JAAGO FOUNDATION UK income £623k
CHRISTIAN PARTNERS IN AFRICA income £13k
HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS (HUGS) income £266k
CARE FOR UGANDA income £101k
THE BUSOGA TRUST income £737k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
JENGA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OUTREACH (UK)	£450k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
THE JINJA EDUCATIONAL TRUST FY2024	£243k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
JAAGO FOUNDATION UK FY2025	£623k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTIAN PARTNERS IN AFRICA FY2024	£13k	—	above	—	no doubt
HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS (HUGS) FY2025	£266k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARE FOR UGANDA FY2025	£101k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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