THE GIRAFFE PROJECT

Registered charity 1149540 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE GIRAFFE PROJECT CHILDREN'S CHARITY

THE CHARITY WORKS IN THE SLUM AREAS OF NAIROBI FOR THE EDUCATION OF UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE.ITS ACTIVITIES ARE:- A SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME TO FUND CHILDREN'S EDUCATION;- WORKING WITH LOCAL EDUCATORS AND SCHOOL BOARDS TO DEVELOP RELEVANT SCHOOLS THAT PREPARE STUDENTS FOR FINANCIAL INDEPENDENCE AND LIFE ISSUES;- FUNDING THE EXPANSION OF EDUCATIONAL FACILITIES AT THE SCHOOL

Objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF UNDERPRIVILEGED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN NAIROBI, KENYAAND THE SURROUNDING AREA, BY PROVIDING AND ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF FEES, FEEDING PROGRAMMES AND FACILITIES FOR EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS.

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 · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £139,444 for the year ended 31 December 2025, resulting in a total net asset position of £271,680. The trustees confirm that unrestricted reserves of £140,797 are within the stated policy target of £35,000 to £70,000. The filing indicates adequate resources to continue in operational existence 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 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
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

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

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 07988621

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Giraffe Project (matched by registered charity number).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• IGNA, Iosif — director, appointed 04/07/2024on trustee list
• HORSTKOTTE-WESSELER, Gesa — director, appointed 01/08/2020on trustee list
• DALTON, Ian — director, appointed 02/04/2013on trustee list
• BAINES, Denise Madeleine Yvonne — director, appointed 13/03/2012on trustee list
• BAINES, Richard Anthony, Mr. — director, appointed 13/03/2012on trustee list

Official officers record.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (11/01/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN ROBERT FRANCIS DALTONchair
• DENISE MADELEINE YVONNE BAINES
• Gesa Horstkotte-Wesseler
• Iosif Igna
• RICHARD ANTHONY BAINES

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 URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA).

• URAFIKI (LINKING WITH COMMUNITIES IN AFRICA) income £209k
• TAFSEER RAHEEMI income £329k
• Al-Arafa Foundation income £37k
• NORWOOD SCHOOLS LTD income £32.7m
• I HEART AFRICA income £43k
• AFRICAN GIFTED FOUNDATION income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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