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Friends Of Kenya's Children

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1116000
Status
Registered
Registered
Sept. 1, 2006
Legal form
Other
Area of benefit
Lodwar And Eldoret Districts Of Kenya's Rift Valley Province

Address

Address
118 ALLESTREE CLOSE
DERBY
DE24 8SX

Contact

Activities

FKC raises funds in the UK to support orphaned, abandoned and/or destitute children in the Lodwar and Eldoret regions of Kenya, working through a Kenyan registered school active in these areas. The charity seeks to provide maintenance and education for the children and where necessary to assist also the communities and families in which they live and receive family care.

Objects: 2.1 To relieve the need of orphaned, abandoned or homeless children from Turkana County, Uasin Gishu County or elsewhere in Kenya who are formally placed in the care of Champions’ Preparatory School (CPS) (a Kenyan Government Registered Not for Profit Organisation) or for whom CPS may have assumed responsibility2.2 To assist, in any humanitarian crisis and its aftermath, the families and communities in which such children live or may have sought or been granted refuge or temporary protection.2.3 If the objects specified in 1 and 2 should for any reason fail or cannot be fulfilled then to work towards the reduction of poverty, advancement of education, protection of health and/or provision of welfare services for children generally in the said counties or other parts of Kenya whether directly or through other local charitable institutions there.

Classification

How
Makes Grants To Organisations
What
Education/training, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Overseas Aid/famine Relief
Who
Children/young People, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, Other Defined Groups

Areas of operation

Country
Kenya, Scotland
Region
Throughout England

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
May 31, 2025 £47,849 £35,352
May 31, 2024 £43,167 £49,430
May 31, 2023 £51,303 £61,525
May 31, 2022 £81,741 £66,461
May 31, 2021 £70,067 £72,330

Trustees

Name Appointed
Rev PAUL PRITCHARD (Chair) Aug. 23, 2014
Barbara Clark
Barrie Witcomb Oct. 25, 2017
Claire Smith Feb. 29, 2012
Jean Proudlove Aug. 23, 2015
Jennifer May Atherton Feb. 29, 2012
Margaret Hopkins
Sandra Noon
Ursula Towne Oct. 19, 2022