FRIENDS OF DOUBLE JOY
Annual Report for the year ended 31[st] December 2025
Friends of Double Joy (FODJ) is constituted by Deed of Trust and is a registered charity, no.1087172. Our Trust Deed was executed on 5th May 2001, and we received charity status on 26[th] June 2001.
The charity trustees are as follows: Mary Alston (Chair) Di Gibbon (Secretary) Susan Hilliard (Treasurer) Christine Hinde (Assistant Treasurer) Alan Nowell Francis Rachier Stephen Dealler
The object of the charity is the relief of poverty, need, hardship, distress and sickness and the advancement of education and protection of children in Nyanza Province, South Western Kenya (the area of benefit) particularly those children at ‘Double Joy Children’s Farm’ (DJCF).
We held 2 trustees’ meetings this year on 10th May 2025 and 18th October 2025. Our FoDJ trustees Christine Hinde and Susan Hilliard visited Double Joy in April 2025 and submitted reports to the trustees and the Summer 2025 newsletter.
DJCF has now been operating for 30 years and was able to celebrate this with several parties over the Easter period, including a celebration organized by a graduate from DJCF who now runs a successful business in Nairobi.
DJCF has 57 children of which 53 are of the age of primary level attending local Primary Schools and 4 Early Child Development Education a DJCF. 12 are in Grade 8 and are going to do their National Exams which enables them to move to the next stage in Education. Three children are learning in special Schools and come back to DJCF in holidays. .
DJCF is also supporting 59 students who are no longer resident at DJCF. These include 6 students at Vitech Training Institute as boarders studying metal work, building, plumbing and beauty therapy, 29 students learning at Day Secondary Schools near their relative’s homes and 20 students learning in boarding secondary schools. DJCF’s new role as a designated referral ‘Place of Safety’ for children needing emergency placement is increasing.
This year SHARE Africa provided funds for a new ablutions block at DJCF and a new vehicle. Susan Hilliard was able to meet with staff from SHARE during her visit to DJCF in April. She also reported on improvements to the condition of the children’s dormitories, and for new tables and benches for the hall and dining/activity room in Summer newsletter.
DJCF now gets all its water supply from rain- water harvesting and the borehole with no need to buy costly tanker loads of water, during the dry season. The second phase of the borehole construction has now been completed providing water for the whole neighbourhood. In October 2025 a large Polytunnel was constructed on site to enable vegetables to be grown in large quantity. This was funded by a Kenyan donor who regularly supports DJCF and is another step towards DJCF being more sustainable. The manager at DJCF reported a bumper harvest of spinach and kale harvested in 2025.
FODJ has a large number of UK friends/supporters who make regular donations and inform others about DJCF. We currently have a mailing list of approximately 400 friends/supporters. We produced a summer and winter newsletter that was circulated to all on our mailing list. Our
summer and the winter newsletters were co-edited by Lianne Hughes and pupils from Kings School Macclesfield.
We continue to pay salaries of the 24 staff at DJCF who care for the children and manage the site. We also assist with medical care for the children, food, clothing and materials for the school and provisions for farming. We contribute to administration and communication overheads and assist with transport costs that are high due to DJCF’s remote location.
Trustees and friends of DJCF are active in increasing awareness of the work of FODJ and DJCF and have a web site ( www.double-joy.org.uk). Our web site continues to provide extensive information about DJCF and current FODJ reports and events.
We continue to link UK pen pals with children at DJCF. Ruth Adhiambo coordinates letter writing at DJCF, leading to a flow of correspondence between friends in UK and children at DJCF. This scheme provides a vibrant link between the donor community and DJCF and is an important source of communication and relationship building that enhances the work of FODJ.
We have a FODJ Child Protection Policy which has been agreed at our FODJ trustees meeting in October 2015 and by the Board of Management at Double Joy. This has been updated and is reviewed annually. It states that all visitors to DJCF from UK who are staying for more than I week are required to have an up-to-date DBS check. We have been linking up more closely with DJCF to enhance and synchronise our safeguarding policy and practice risk assessment and have set up a small team in FODJ and at DJCF to address Safeguarding and Risk prevention New Government legislation on Data Protection came into effect on the 25[th] May 2018.
We registered with the Information Commissioner (ICO) in October 2017 in accordance with the requirements for Data Protection. In May 2018 we began implementing our Data Protection Policy which has included deleting and shredding data that is no longer needed and seeking consent from all on our contact list, to remain on our data base. We ensure all information covered by Data Protection regulations is stored in secure locked cabinets and electronic devices which are password protected.
Our accounts have been verified by our Independent Examiner. They show total receipts this year of £98956 (a decrease of £11832 on last year) with £17444 carried over from 2024. We made grants totaling £109890 to DJCF in 2025 (a decrease of £15898 on last year). Our total costs, including bank charges, were £795. We claimed £16402 in Gift aid (a decrease of £1640 on last year). Cash funds at this year-end totaled £5715
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Susan Hilliard Christine Hinde 19th August 2026 On behalf of the Board of Trustees Signed: ……Susan Hilliard……………………………Susan Hilliard ( Treasurer and Trustee) Signed: …… Christine Hinde …………… Christine Hinde (Assistant Treasurer & Trustee)
Charity Name FRIENDS OF DOUBLE JOY
No (if any) 1087172
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/01/2025 31/12/2025
CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds
Total funds Last year
to the nearest £
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations | 69633 | 10165 | 79798 | 92386 | |||||
| Tax reclaimed | 14779 | 1623 | 16402 | 18042 | |||||
| Fundraisingevents byTrustees | 2756 | 2756 | 360 | ||||||
| Bank Interest | |||||||||
| Sub total | 87169 | 11788 | 98956 | 110788 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment | |||||||||
| sales, etc. | |||||||||
| Total receipts | 87169 | 11788 | 98956 | 110788 |
A3 Payments
| A3 Payments | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grants to Double Joy | 97525 | 12365 | 109890 | ||||
| Newsletter costs | |||||||
| Ofce & communication | 351 | 351 | |||||
| Bank charges | 444 | 444 | |||||
| Returned funds and cheques | |||||||
| Sub total | 98320 |
12365 | 110685 | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc. |
87169 |
11788 | |||||
87169 |
11788 | (11728) | |||||
| 17444 | |||||||
| 5715 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
Details Cash at year end Total cash funds Details Details Details Details (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ 5715 5715 to nearest £ Unrestricted funds Agreement Error Unrestricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates |
to nearest £ OK to nearest £ Cost (optional) Cost (optional) Restricted funds Restricted funds Amount due (optional) |
to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| OK | ||||
| to nearest £ Endowment funds |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| Current value (optional) |
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| When due (optional) |
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B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature Christine Hinde Susan Hilliard |
Print Name CHRISTINE HINDE SUSAN HILLIARD |
Date of approval |
|---|---|---|
| Christine Hinde | CHRISTINE HINDE | 19/08/2026 |
| Susan Hilliard | SUSAN HILLIARD | 19/08/2026 |
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Report to the trustees Friends of Double Joy On accounts for the year December 2025 Charity no 1087172 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above 31/12/2025 . Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 . I report in respect of my examination of the accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Date: 10/05/2026
Signed: Name: Nathaniel C Moore Relevant professional ICAEW qualification(s) or body Membership No. 9545668 (if any): Address: 60 Henwood Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 4XG
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Section B Disclosure
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
No material findings. Report for Trustees below. Trustees net assets have fallen for another year (i.e. more payments were to the orphanage than funds were raised). Focus should be made to boost fund raising in 2026 and beyond.
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