VOLUNTEERS FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1140407 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as VF KENYA

The charity aims to improve the life of the Kibera children through the provision of quality education, health and mental wellbeing monitoring and sports. Children, aged five to eighteen, join Volunteers Foundation Academy nursery and primary school, then continue their education in partnering secondary schools. Volunteers Foundation adopts a holistic approach through out the programme.

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE CHILDREN AT ST. MONICAH'S NURSERY, NAIROBI-KENYA, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FACILITIES (NOT REQUIRED TO BE PROVIDED BY THE LOCAL AUTHORITY) FOR EDUCATION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £17,683 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in net liabilities of £2,283. The trustees maintain that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, citing medium-term loans for building construction with repayments not due until 2027. The charity's stated financial objective is to maintain sufficient funds to cover two years of expenditure, although the current unrestricted reserves are significantly below this target.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• MONICA MIHAELA DANchair
• ANDREA NATALI
• Christina Luise Bartels
• Paola Longobardi

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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