THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST

Registered charity 1135759 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity works in the Kanamai District of Mombasa, Kenya. Our four areas of concern are Clean Water, and Sanitation, Education, Primary Health Care, and Employment and Self sufficiency. We have provided finance to build a Primary School, and provide education, school uniforms and 2 meals a day for the 120 or so children. We have built and cleaned/ updated wells .

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE KANAMAI DISTRICT OF KENYA WHO ARE NEED BY: A) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING.B) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS ANDC) THE PROMOTION OF GOOD HEALTH.

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: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£154k
Latest spending
£144k
Registered
2010
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £1,952 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £20,603. The trustees note that funding is becoming more difficult due to rising costs affecting donors, and they plan to increase income in the coming months. Despite this, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: There is no lower or or higher reserve limit. (reserves figure: £21k)
“There is no lower or or higher reserve limit.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dr Paul Walker, a trustee, made personal expenditure of £96,284 on behalf of the charity. He did not seek reimbursement, and this amount is included in a total donation of £99,884 from him.
“During the year Dr Paul Walker, a trustee of the charity, made personal expenditure on behalf of the charity totalling £96,284. He did not seek reimbursement of this amount and therefore this is included within a total sum of £99,884 donated by Dr Walker included in these financial statements.” — page 11
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
05/04/2025£154k£144k
05/04/2024£153k£155k
05/04/2023£149k£140k
05/04/2022£114k£111k
05/04/2021£101k£109k

Common questions

Is THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £1,952 for the year, reducing its unrestricted funds to £20,603. The trustees note that funding is becoming more difficult due to rising costs affecting donors, and they plan to increase income in the coming months. Despite this, the trustees confirm there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PORTISHEAD.

Shared trustees with funders

Register facts shown side by side: a person serves as trustee of both this charity and a funder whose accounts record grants to it. Shared trusteeship is lawful and common; well-run charities manage it through declared-interest procedures.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PORTISHEADFY2022£4kMission Partnership Donation
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF PORTISHEADFY2023£1kPartnership

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE MARA RIANDA CHARITABLE TRUST.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST£154k—0unclear—no doubt
THE MARA RIANDA CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt
THE KISUMU CHILDREN TRUST FY2025£146k——below—no doubt
START SMALL FY2025£73k—0unclear—no doubt
NYOTA ING'ARAYO (SHINING STAR) CHARITABLE TRUST FY2025£93k—0unclear—no doubt
COMMUNITY CARE RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL TRUST FY2025£230k—0above—no doubt

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