MAISHA TRUST

Registered charity 1119135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SARAH JUNIOR SCHOOL

Advancement of education for children in Kenya by assisting in the establishment and maintenance of schools and educational institutions and their proper staffing and administration and by assisting children with school fees where deemed necessary by the Trustees , and relief of poverty in the communities where the Trust provides education

Objects

1. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE CHILDREN OF SARAH JUNIOR SCHOOL KENYA, BY ASSISTING IN ITS ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE AND ITS PROPER STAFFING AND ADMINISTRATION 2. TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN IN KENYA BY EXTENDING THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF SARAH JUNIOR SCHOOL AND BY ASSISTING CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL FEES AND COSTS WHERE DEEMED NECESSARY BY THE TRUSTEES.

Area of benefit: KENYA.

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Maisha Trust reported a net movement in funds of -1,279 GBP for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from 44,945 GBP to 43,946 GBP. The charity's total resources expended (28,225 GBP) exceeded its incoming voluntary income (27,226 GBP).

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

What the accounts disclose

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 policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Maisha Trust (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSANNAH MARY DYDEchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Christopher Lovegrove · trustee of 1 other charity
• Eleanor Whiteway
• Francis Montagu
• KEITH DYDE
• Nicola Mair Lloyd
• SARAH ELIZABETH VOHYA

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

Operates in: East Sussex · Kenya · Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

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