JAMES' JAR OF GIFTS

Registered charity 1182004 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as JJOG

To provide grants of financial assistance to children and young people in sub-Saharan Africa to enable them to undertake further education or vocational training. To provide financial assistance to children and young people in the UK to help them gain access to more educational and social opportunities.

Objects

1) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN KENYA, UGANDA AND THE UK FROM SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THOSE LEAVING RHIANA'S FUND ORPHANAGE (KENYA) BY ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF GRANTS OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO UNDERTAKE FURTHER EDUCATION OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING;2) RELIEF OF YOUNG CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM?

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted surplus funds stood at £36,766 at the balance sheet date, following a surplus for the year. The trustees confirm the charity is well placed to continue its activities and that assets are adequate to fulfil obligations.

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.

• 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
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — James' Jar Of Gifts (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Tony Brian McCartneychair · trustee of 3 other charities
• EMMA KATHARINE MCCARTNEY
• Eleanor Grace McCartney
• Jill Evelyn Enticott
• Lisa Jane Manley
• Susanna Mann

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

Operates in: Kenya · Uganda

Income and spending

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