KUMI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

Registered charity 1184935 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We help children with disabilities in the impoverished Teso region of Uganda by funding nourishment, orthopaedic and plastic surgery in Kumi Hospital, mobility items (such as wheelchairs) and education. We help their families by building houses for the homeless, providing safe fuel-saving stoves and helping parents (especially mothers) to generate an income. We help others to help themselves.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO ARE:THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS, THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF, IN PARTICULAR, BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, DISADVANTAGED AND DISABLED CHILDREN AND ADULTS LIVING IN THE TESO REGION OF UGANDA, BY THE PROVISION OF SUPPORT, ITEMS AND FUNDS AS THE TRUSTEES SEE FIT.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£41k
Latest spending
£51k
Registered
2019
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity carries forward £45,743, with only £8,000 held in reserve for school and training fees. Per the trustees' report, there are no specific financial uncertainties about the charity as an ongoing concern at present.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Donations from private individuals and commercial or charitable organisations (75% of income)
“Donations from private individuals and commercial or charitable organisations make up much of the funding for KCF (75%)” — page 1
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £46k)
“the only funds held in reserve are £8,000 to ensure the payment of school and training fees for one year.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Caring for children and adults with disabilities in rural Uganda (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£41k£51k
31/08/2024£53k£47k
31/08/2023£51k£40k
31/08/2022£56k£55k
31/08/2021£38k£36k

Common questions

Is KUMI COMMUNITY FOUNDATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity carries forward £45,743, with only £8,000 held in reserve for school and training fees. Per the trustees' report, there are no specific financial uncertainties about the charity as an ongoing concern at present. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.