NIA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1135226 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Support underprivileged children in Africa into education.Ensure these children have the tools required to receive an education.Ensure these children are healthy.

Objects

THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY IN AFRICA BY PROVIDING: GRANTS, ITEMS AND SERVICES TO INDIVIDUALS IN NEED AND/OR CHARITIES, OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS WORKING TO PREVENT OR RELIEVE POVERTY

Area of benefit: 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 Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£34k
Latest spending
£16k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £90,122 as of 31 March 2025, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining at least two years of budgeted funds. The charity reported a deficit of expenditure over income of £17,929 for the year, resulting in a net increase in cash reserves from the previous year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two years of budgeted funds (reserves figure: £90k)
“The charity’s policy on holding funds is to maintain at least two years of budgeted funds”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 13/03/2024, 42 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Nia Childrens Foundation (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£34k£16k
31/03/2024£20k£17k
31/03/2023£15k£19k
31/03/2022£29k£20k
31/03/2021£29k£21k

Common questions

Is NIA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £90,122 as of 31 March 2025, which is below its stated policy target of maintaining at least two years of budgeted funds. The charity reported a deficit of expenditure over income of £17,929 for the year, resulting in a net increase in cash reserves from the previous year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NIA CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION£34k—0unclear—no doubt
IA - FOUNDATION FY2025£55k——unclear—no doubt
KARIBUNI CHILDREN FY2025£324k—0above—no doubt
EAST AFRICA CHILDREN'S PROJECT FY2025£91k—0above—no doubt
Change a Child's Life FY2025£80k—0unclear—no doubt
CHILD ACTION NORTHWEST FY2025£8.0m——unclear—no doubt

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