KERRY WEST ORPHANAGE PROJECT

Registered charity 1173038 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Kerry West Orphanage Project supports an orphanage and school for needy children in the Lake Bunyonyi area of Uganda. We currently provide their basic needs such as food, medication, clothing, school equipment etc.We also fundraise for individual projects, for example we are currently fundraising to build a new dormitory and kitchen for the orphanage

Objects

THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED, BY REASON OF YOUTH, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION, FOOD, CLOTHING, CARE, UPBRINGING AND ESTABLISHMENT IN LIFE FOR ORPHANED CHILDREN IN THE LAKE BUNYONYI AREA OF UGANDA.THE PREVENTION OF RELIEF OF POVERTY BY PROVISION OF ITEMS SUCH AS FURNITURE, BEDDING, CLOTHING, FOOD AND FUEL TO THE KERRY WEST ORPHANAGE IN THE LAKE BUNYONYI AREA OF UGANDA.THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE PROVISION OF A SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN AGED 2 TO 15 LIVING IN THE LAKE BUNYONYI AREA OF UGANDA.

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

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a net deficit of £17,352 for the year ended 31 December 2024, reducing its cash funds from £22,286 to £4,934. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy of maintaining £500 in the bank account for emergency medical care. Per the financial review, the main bulk of funds is received through a sponsorship program to cover daily running costs.

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 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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• KERRY WESTchair
• MARIA JIMENEZ ARRECHEA
• Rosy Nevard

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

Operates in: Throughout England · Uganda

Income and spending

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