I AM

Registered charity 1187525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

I AM supports families in desperate housing need in central Uganda. Working together with beneficiary families we provide a hand up by way of safe, secure housing and small farming plots to generate increased household income. Provision is also made for clean drinking water, improved sanitation facilities, improved kitchen & cooking facilities, and solar power to eliminate use of kerosene lamps.

Objects

A) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, THE RELIEF OF POVERTY IN CENTRAL UGANDA AND IN SUCH OTHER PARTS OF UGANDA OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; BY THE PROVISION OR FACILITATION OF ACCOMMODATION FOR THE BENEFIT OF PEOPLE IN HOUSING NEED.B) FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT, TO PRESERVE AND PROTECT HEALTH IN CENTRAL UGANDA AND IN OTHER SUCH OTHER PARTS OF UGANDA OR THE WORLD AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME THINK FIT; BY THE PROVISION OR FACILITATION OF CLEAN DRINKING WATER, SANITATION AND HYGIENE FACILITIES TO PEOPLE IN HOUSING NEED.C) SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity operated at a deficit of £6,725.57 on unrestricted funds for the year ended 5th April 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £9,914.43. The trustees note that the charity has no outstanding secured debts and aims to hold £1,000 in unrestricted reserves, which they view as representing several months of operational expenditure.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Christian Densonchair
• Anne Elizabeth Rooke
• Emma Louise Denson
• Paul Keith Baker

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

Operates in: Uganda

Income and spending

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