PURSUE

Registered charity 1189518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We provide support to communities in Western Kenya through the provision of grants, support, guidance and volunteers.

Objects

THE OBJECTS OF THE CIO, WHICH ARE CARRIED OUT WITHIN A CHRISTIAN ETHOS, ARE THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, AND THE RELIEF OF THOSE IN NEED BY REASON OF DISADVANTAGE, SUCH AS YOUTH, AGE, ILL-HEALTH, DISABILITY, FINANCIAL HARDSHIP OR OTHER DISADVANTAGE AS THE TRUSTEES DETERMINE FROM TIME TO TIME, ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, IN PARTICULAR THROUGH THE PROVISION OF GRANTS, SERVICES, GUIDANCE AND SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY AND EDUCATION DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

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

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

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held £16,964 in total funds at year-end, with £14,047 being unrestricted reserves. This unrestricted balance exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of £4,300 to £8,600, which represents 10-20% of annual expenditure. The charity reported a net surplus for the year, having received £47,341 in income against £43,158 in payments.

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.

• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Investment
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 20/05/2024, 110 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Pursue (matched by registered charity number).

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Ian Bell MEng Honschair
• ANTONY BRYAN ISAAC · trustee of 1 other charity
• Anne Ellen Wardroper BA MCOptom
• Daniel Croft
• Paul Edward Southgate · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rt Revd Dr Timothy Livingstone Wambunya · trustee of 2 other charities
• Thokozani Mkandawire

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

Operates in: Kenya

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with MURUGI COMMUNITY TRUST.

• MURUGI COMMUNITY TRUST income £69k
• MISSION RELIEF income £748k
• PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND income £781k
• KHAYRAAT TRUST income £76k
• SEEKENYA income £92k
• NHANCED COMMUNITIES income £182k

Side by side with its peers

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