JUST BE A CHILD

Registered charity 1153532 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JBAC, 10X10 CHALLENGE

We empower lives through learning and strengthening communities in the UK and Kenya. In the UK, we engage people of all ages in activities, partnerships, mutual learning and volunteering. In Kenya, we provide access to books, construction of libraries and learning centres, education, and community-led projects. We create lasting impact in both countries.

Objects

To develop the capacity and skills of members of socially and economically disadvantaged communities in the United Kingdom, in particular but not exclusively, by providing opportunities for participation in community and charitable activities, so that they may better meet their needs and participate more fully in society.To advance education among disadvantaged communities in Kenya and wider Africa, in particular but not exclusively, through the provision of books and educational resources, and the establishment and development of libraries and community learning centres that create inclusive spaces for literacy and skills development.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stevenage, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £6,569, having moved from a deficit of £5,781 in the prior year. The filing notes that the charity is not overly dependent on a small number of income sources and has seen a shift towards regular giving to create stability. The trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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 08393208

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Just be a Child (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.

• SULEIMAN, Katherine — director, appointed 05/09/2024on trustee list
• SAWYER, Lynn — director, appointed 13/06/2023on trustee list
• BUGEJA, Diane — director, appointed 07/02/2013on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• DIANE BUGEJAchair
• Katherine SULEIMAN
• Lynn Sawyer

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire · Kenya

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Change a Child's Life.

• Change a Child's Life income £80k
• RAISING FUTURES KENYA income £193k
• EAST AFRICA CHILDREN'S PROJECT income £91k
• KARIBUNI CHILDREN income £324k
• GIVE A CHILD A HOPE income £77k
• EMPOWERING YOUNG WOMEN income £111k

Side by side with its peers

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