# The Kisomo Foundation

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1104396
- **Other names:** NYUMBANI UK AND THE HOTCOURSES FOUNDATION, THE HOTCOURSES FOUNDATION
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** June 16, 2004
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1104396


## Contact

- **Address:** 56 Guildford Street, Chertsey
- **Postcode:** KT16 9BE
- **Phone:** 07786267300
- **Email:** hello@nyumbani.org.uk
- **Website:** http://kisomofoundation.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** 3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) OF PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD; AND3.2 TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (INCLUDING ANY NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A  RESULT OF ANY ILLNESS, DISEASE OR DISABILITY)VE  THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES; AND/OR3.2 TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING THOUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION: AND/OR3.3 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

**Activities:** Nyumbani UK & The Hotcourses Foundation provides education to orphaned and vulnerable children in Kenya, pulling them out of poverty and the worst start in life, to empower and give them a future through education.  We provide funding to a school for over 520 children in one of Nairobi's informal settlements and we have a scholarship programme for some of the most vulnerable students in Kenya.

**Area of benefit:** OVERSEAS




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Organisations
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies



## Areas of operation

- Kenya



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 30, 2024 | £167006 | £234380 | — | — |
| Dec. 30, 2023 | £159753 | £90964 | — | — |
| Dec. 30, 2022 | £206692 | £156281 | — | — |
| Dec. 30, 2021 | £335979 | £474635 | — | — |
| Dec. 30, 2020 | £350783 | £239155 | — | — |



## Trustees

- David Grunberg — appointed April 1, 2020
- Lisa Digrandi — appointed May 1, 2020
- MICHAEL GRAEME ELMS
- Peter Wilson — appointed April 17, 2020
- SIMON JAMES CLEAVER
- Sally Patterson — appointed June 20, 2024