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Registered charity 1172093 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To relieve poverty and advance the Christian religion amongst the people of East Africa particularly, though not exclusively, through the provision of churches, child rescue homes, medical centres and schools, and through the translation and distribution of Christian literature.

Objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY AND ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION AMONGST THE PEOPLE OF EAST AFRICA PARTICULARLY, THOUGH NOT EXCLUSIVELY, THROUGH THE PROVISION OF CHURCHES, CHILD RESCUE HOMES, MEDICAL CENTRES AND SCHOOLS, AND THROUGH THE TRANSLATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE.

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

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Religious Activities · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that total income increased to £117,935 from £57,355 in the prior year, with unrestricted reserves rising to £52,419. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its going concern status and confirms that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

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 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.

• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (18/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/03/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Timothy Ramsbottomchair
• DAVID SAMUEL COTTINGTON
• Daniel Hare
• Daphne Joy Tarbin
• James Gudgeon
• Jennifer Gudgeon
• MARCUS GUDGEON · trustee of 1 other charity
• THOMAS GUDGEON

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

Operates in: Kenya · Tanzania

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MISSIO.

• MISSIO income £6.5m
• KEC CHURCH CENTRE income £209k
• THE SOCIETY OF MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA (ALSO KNOWN AS THE WHITE FATHERS) income £1.4m
• MISSIONARIES OF CHARITY OF MOTHER TERESA OF CALCUTTA TRUST income £1.0m
• RELATIONAL MISSION income £431k
• ZAMBESI MISSION income £428k

Side by side with its peers

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