Cameron's Orphanage Project

Registered charity 1119132 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ITALA FOUNDATION

To provide a safe, caring and loving environment for orphaned or abandoned children.To ensure they receive quality education and healthcare, and develop skills in order for them to become responsible, charitable, well-balanced and productive adults.

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUPILS AT ITALA COMMUNITY SCHOOL, MKUSHI, ZAMBIA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT FOR EDUCATION AT THE SCHOOL AND PROVIDE EDUCATION FOR PUPILS UNABLE TO AFFORD AN EDUCATION. 2. RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP: (I) AMONG PEOPLE LIVING OR WORKING IN ITALA BY PROVIDING OPPORTUNITIES OF EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT, NOT OTHERWISE AFFORDABLE TO THEM; (II) BY MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY FOR PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR ITEMS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THE RELIEF OF THE POOR LIVING IN ITALA EITHER GENERALLY OR INDIVIDUALLY.3 COMMUNITY CAPACITY BUILDING - TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF THE DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN IN THE COMMUNITY OF ITALA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS.

Area of benefit: AT ITALA , MKUSHI, ZAMBIA.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Latest income
£78k
Latest spending
£71k
Registered
2007
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves stood at £18,231 at the end of the period, which the trustees consider sufficient against their stated policy target of maintaining a minimum of £10,000 to run the orphanage for one year. The charity's principal source of funding is donations, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified regarding the keeping of accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations
“The charity’s principal source of funding is through donations.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £18k)
“The bare minimum to run CCH for one year is £10,000 and it is the trustees view that we should always have this in reserve.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Camerons Orphanage Project (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales · Zambia

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/03/2025£78k£71k
30/03/2024£32k£27k
30/03/2023£54k£47k
30/03/2022£16k£18k
30/03/2021£16k£19k

Common questions

Is Cameron's Orphanage Project financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves stood at £18,231 at the end of the period, which the trustees consider sufficient against their stated policy target of maintaining a minimum of £10,000 to run the orphanage for one year. The charity's principal source of funding is donations, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified regarding the keeping of accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.