FRIENDS OF KIANJAI KENYA

Registered charity 1143972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We support children from humble backgrounds to remain in education also equipping the institutions.We finance feeding programs to minimise malnutrition amongst disabled children and encourage better inclusion of disabled children into education and their local community. We respond to initiatives within the community to develop income generating projects.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CHARITY (THE OBJECTS) ARE:(1) TO RELIEVE THE EFFECTS OF DROUGHT AND FAMINE IN KENYA AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT;(2) TO RELIEVE PERSONS IN FINANCIAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS IN KENYA AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOREGOING BY ASSISTING WITH THEIR EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT;(3) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNITED KINGDOM IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE FOREGOING IN THE EDUCATIONAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL NEEDS OF PEOPLE IN KENYA

Area of benefit: OVERSEAS

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 · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Overseas Aid/famine Relief · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total incoming resources were £40,846 against total resources expended of £40,752, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £14,756, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet future requirements, noting that their general aim is not to hold reserves that do not fulfill specific project needs.

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

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Friends of Kianjai Kenya (matched by registered charity number).

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (16/05/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• CAROLINE ANN NEWTONchair
• Elizabeth Kaimuri Gichaara
• Gladys Gesage
• Rev JONATHAN KATHERU GICHAARA PHD
• Sally Anne Livsey · trustee of 3 other charities

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

Operates in: Devon · Kenya · Leicestershire · Nottinghamshire · Sheffield City

Income and spending

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