KIRIMA LIMITED

Registered charity 1128290 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VOLUNTEER UGANDA

Sponsorship for Kirima Primary and Nyakabungo Primary schools and Great Lakes High School. Raising funds as needed to support Kirima Parents, Nyamirama Parents, Nyakabungo and Rutenga Primary Schools, Great Lakes High School and Great Lakes University. See our website www.teachuganda.org

Objects

1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PUPILS AT KIRIMA PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREAT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL, GREAT LAKES REGIONAL COLLEGE, NYAMIRAMA PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL, RUTENGA PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL, NYAKABUNGO PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL AND THE GREAT STEWARDS OF HOPE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS2 THE PRESERVATION AND PROTECTION OF PUBLIC HEALTH

Area of benefit: KIRIMA PARENTS PRIMARY SCHOOL, GREAT LAKES COLLEGE, GREAT LAKES HIGH SCHOOL

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 · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£255k

Latest spending

£226k

Registered

2009

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total funds of £134,492 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £90,134. The trustees report that the charity has no employees and administrative costs are kept to an absolute minimum, with all money raised in the UK sent to Uganda to further charitable objects.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to cushion any halt in, or substantial reduction in income and the impact of any unexpected short-term need (held: £90k)

“The Charity will: 1) monitor as closely as it can what those relative needs are 2) endeavour to maintain sufficient reserves to cushion: a. any halt in, or substantial reduction in income b. the impact of any unexpected short-term need”

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Martin Alan Barberchair
Adrian Parker
DR JOHN RICHMOND LEWIS
Dr Karen Jane Sennett · trustee of 1 other charity
JULIA CHALLENDER · trustee of 1 other charity
John Rutherford
Rev NIGEL LITTLE

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£255k	£226k
31/12/2024	£321k	£239k
31/12/2023	£198k	£241k
31/12/2022	£487k	£500k
31/12/2021	£222k	£224k

Common questions

Is KIRIMA LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total funds of £134,492 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £90,134. The trustees report that the charity has no employees and administrative costs are kept to an absolute minimum, with all money raised in the UK sent to Uganda to further charitable objects. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds KIRIMA LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name KIRIMA LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL HIGHGATE.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL HIGHGATE	FY2023	£36k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL HIGHGATE	FY2022	£2k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MICHAEL HIGHGATE	FY2024	£2k

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	£28k
ACHISOMOCH AID COMPANY LIMITED	1	£951k
THE BROTHERS TRUST	1	£139k
THE RAPHAEL FRESHWATER MEMORIAL ASSOCIATION	1	£25k
THE STERRY FAMILY FOUNDATION	1	£13k
THE BENZI DUNNER SCHOOLS TRUST	1	£10k
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST PAUL, KINGSTON HILL	1	£10k
THE PETER STEBBINGS MEMORIAL CHARITY	1	£10k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RUKUNGIRI ORPHAN PARTNERSHIP.

RUKUNGIRI ORPHAN PARTNERSHIP income £121k
Friends of Namuwongo Community Foundation income £116k
TORAH TEMIMOH PRIMARY SCHOOL income £803k
THE NAYAMBA TRUST income £49k
HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS (HUGS) income £266k
TASAAGA PRIMARY SCHOOL SUPPORTERS UK income £47k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KIRIMA LIMITED	£255k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RUKUNGIRI ORPHAN PARTNERSHIP FY2025	£121k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Friends of Namuwongo Community Foundation FY2024	£116k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TORAH TEMIMOH PRIMARY SCHOOL FY2025	£803k	—	above	0.6%	no doubt
THE NAYAMBA TRUST FY2025	£49k	—	within	—	no doubt
HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS (HUGS) FY2025	£266k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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