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Registered charity 1148065 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

All projects based in Nakuru, Kenya. 1.) Education is The Key: Sponsoring children from primary education through to tertiary education. 2.) Mamas on a Mission: Small business start up project. 3.) Yummy Food Project: Providing food and water in nursery schools in the slum. 4.) Start Small for Others: We support other local, grassroot projects. 5.) Well-bring clinics: Funding medical clinics

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("OBJECTS")ARE SPECIFICALLY RESTRICTED TO THE FOLLOWING: TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE EDUCATION IN NAKURU, KENYA BY (BUT NOT LIMITED TO):- A) SPONSORING CHILDREN IN FULL TIME EDUCATIONB) PROVISION OF ADULT EDUCATION CLASSES C)EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ABOUT POPULATION GROWTH AND CONTROL AND PARTICULARLY ABOUT FAMILY PLANNING AND BIRTH CONTROL AND CONTRACEPTIVES WITH A VIEW TO PREVENTING THE POVERTY, HARDSHIP AND DISTRESS CAUSED BY UNWANTED CONCEPTION. D)PROVISION OF MICRO-FINANCE PROGRAMMES TO ASSIST THE UNEMPLOYED GET BACK TO WORK. E)PROVISION OF MEALS TO CHILDREN IN DROP IN CENTRES. F)ESTABLISHING WOMEN?S EMPOWERMENT GROUPS OFFERING THE PROVISION OF INFORMATION, ADVICE, TRAINING, AND SUPPORT.

Area of benefit: NAKURU, 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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated unrestricted income of £72,801 against charitable expenditure of £70,519, resulting in a net movement in funds of £2,266. Free reserves stood at £34,426 at the balance sheet date, an increase from the previous year's £29,746. The trustees confirm that adequate resources exist to continue operations for the foreseeable future on a going concern basis.

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 4 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Start Small (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Cynthia Cooper-Ling
• DEBORAH ANN PATRICK
• Marie Webster

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT.

• NAKURU CHILDREN'S PROJECT income £219k
• SMALL STEPS PROJECT LIMITED income £66k
• FRIENDS OF ST. NICHOLAS CHILDREN'S CENTRE NAKURU KENYA income £27k
• THE KANAMAI DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £154k
• THE TURNING POINT TRUST income £213k
• COMMUNITY CARE RESOURCES INTERNATIONAL TRUST income £230k

Side by side with its peers

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