THE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT (KENYA)

Registered charity 1127935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MUSTARD SEED PROJECT

Mustard Seed Project is working in a deprived area of urban Mombasa, Kenya. We have a built a primary school for 330 children aged three to 14 with a feeding programme and outstanding academic results. We are also sponsoring many of our poorest children to go to secondary school. Our original group of three year olds have just completed secondary in 2023.

Objects

A THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN FRERE TOWN, KENYA, AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS IN KENYA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ESTABLISHING AND ASSISTING WITH THE BUILDING, MANAGEMENT AND RUNNING OF MUSTARD SEED SCHOOL AND OTHER SIMILAR SCHOOLS.B THE RELIEF OF SICKNESS AND PRESERVE THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE LIVING IN FRERE TOWN, KENYA, AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS IN KENYA, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES AND TREATMENT, NUTRITION AND NUTRITION SERVICES AND ACCESS TO ADVICE AND ASSISTANCE IN ACCESSING SUCH MEDICAL AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.C THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS, POVERTY AND DISTRESS AMONG CHILDREN, YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS, IN PARTICULAR ORPHANS, LIVING IN FRERE TOWN, KENYA, AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS IN KENYA.D THE RELIEF OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP AMONGST THE PEOPLE AND COMMUNITY LIVING IN FRERE TOWN, KENYA, AFRICA AND SUCH OTHER LOCATIONS IN KENYA BY THE PROVISION OF TRAINING, ADVICE AND MICRO FINANCE ENABLING THEM TO ESTABLISH AND GROW THEIR OWN BUSINESSES. MICRO FINANCE INCLUDES LOANS AND/OR EQUITY FUNDING FOR SMALL ENTERPRISES AND/OR THEIR PROPRIETORS, AS APPROPRIATE FOR THE INDIVIDUALS AND FIRMS SEEKING ASSISTANCE.

Area of benefit: FRERE TOWN, KENYA, 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 · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Kesteven, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintains sufficient reserves to cover at least four months of revenue costs and liabilities, aiming to mitigate risks from political and economic uncertainties. The trustees consider the risk of income collapse to be low due to limited ongoing expenditure and a policy of only starting projects when funds are secured. The organization continues to operate its school and feeding program with support from donors and grants.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

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• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06778042

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Mustard Seed Project (Kenya) (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• WILKINS, Theresa Helen Mary — director, appointed 19/05/2024on trustee list
• HINTON, Nicola Jayne, Dr — director, appointed 23/04/2016on trustee list
• SMITH, Lynne — director, appointed 04/07/2009on trustee list
• TILLEY, Mark — director, appointed 04/07/2009on trustee list
• FOWLER, Rita — director, appointed 22/12/2008on trustee list

Official officers record.

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Trustees · trustee networks

• RITA FOWLERchair
• ARCHANA GREGORY
• DR Nicola Jayne Hinton
• JOSHUA KARISA KADENGE
• JOYCE RWAMBA NDWIGA
• LYNNE SMITH
• MARK TILLEY

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT.

• NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT income £219k
• THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £154k
• Empowering Kids in Kenya income £179k
• FEEDING FUTURES income £103k
• CARIAD KENYA income £49k
• THE MESERANI PROJECT income £47k

Side by side with its peers

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