Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date From 01 01 2025 To 31 12 2025
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name
Empowering Kids in Kenya
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1161130
Charity's principal address 117 Willington Road
Cople Bedford Postcode MK44 3TN
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SallySearle | Chair | |||
| Benedict Clay | ||||
| Christopher Bryans | ||||
| Paul Graham | ||||
| Vivian Perose Tsisika | ||||
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document
CIO dated 01.02.2015
How the charity is constituted
CIO Foundation Constitution
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the The objectives of Empowering Kids in Kenya: To advance the education charity set out in its of children and adults in Mombasa and surrounding areas by providing governing document facilities at The Bombolulu Educational Centre for education and work experience training and in such ways as the charity trustees think fit. The main activities we undertake for the public benefit are: Summary of the main ➢ To provide a completely free secondary school education in a activities undertaken for the region where extreme poverty is the norm public benefit in relation to ➢ As the entry criteria is a mega poor background, combined with a these objects (include within track record of hard work at primary school, we provide uniforms, this section the statutory books and food totally free of charge declaration that trustees have ➢ The children are taught by very well qualified teachers and a had regard to the guidance school manager and we provide excellent facilities including a issued by the Charity science lab, digital lab and playground Commission on public benefit) The Trustees have all read and signed the Trustees Statutory Declaration and fully understand the CIO Constitution and the objectives of the Charity.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
• contribution made by volunteers.
Without the tireless work carried out for free by Trustees, volunteers and supporters, this small school charity would not be the success story that it is. We cannot thank everyone enough for their amazing support.
Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main The charity is providing a safe and secure learning environment to some achievements of the charity extremely under-privileged and vulnerable young people. At The during the year Bombolulu Educational Centre we take safeguarding very seriously indeed as all of our pupils come from disadvantaged and poverty-stricken backgrounds. Our safehouse for girls now houses 8 abused and/or vulnerable girls who have found a supportive home environment without fear. A new safehouse for boys will open in January 2026.
We are actively preventing our children from falling victim to the modern slave trade and, instead, provide them with the skill sets they need to either go on to good jobs or enter university. Without this school, none of our children would have been afforded any secondary schooling at all as government schools charge fees after primary education.
The children have substantially increased their exam results in almost every subject yet again this year. Our Grade 9 children sat their national exams in October 2025, which marked the end of Junior Secondary School. Five of the children scored exceptionally high results and none of the children were below expectation. A truly remarkable set of results due to very hard work by both pupils and staff. We are very proud of the achievements of all our children.
When the school opened, very many families applied for a place as its reputation for excellence is growing. Unfortunately only 35 can be taken into each year group as we do not believe one teacher can effectively teach more than 35 children. This compares very favourably with government schools who frequently have at least 100 children in each
Section D Achievements and performance
class.
We have recruited two new Senior School teachers for the 2026 school year which is another great step forward. We have also increased support staff as there will be 140 children in the school from January 2026. There is also a professional house mother for our girl’s safehouse.
The exciting news is that during the latter part of 2025 we built a fully functional 2nd floor with 4 classrooms and a small office and the structure of the library on the roof, along with a new toilet and shower block for girls. We now need to furbish the new classrooms on the 2[nd] floor to provide facilities for the full 3 years of senior secondary schooling. This will then take the children through to further education or employment.
We were able to build and finish the 2[nd] floor of the school in 2025 thanks to generous donations from charitable trusts, foundations and individuals. Our thanks go to everyone who has helped us to achieve so much in so little time.
Our impact on the community is profound and stretches well beyond the boundaries of the classrooms. We aim to hold an annual totally free medical camp which is organised by the local Rotary clubs. Many hundreds of this 20,000 strong slum community take advantage of this amazing event.
All our teachers are professionally qualified, all holding a diploma or BA in Education. Our school manager holds a diploma in business management and finance and we are supporting her through her BA. Our teachers receive monthly teacher training as our Chair of the Board of Governors is a Government teacher trainer. Our head teacher and school manager attend termly training in Nairobi so that they are constantly up to date with their knowledge and approach to running the school.
Our aim is to develop great people as well as educating them. This has led to engagement from the kids and accordingly the improvement in exam results. We respect every child for their individual capabilities, whether academic or not.
During 2025, we held our first ActionCOACH YESS (Young Entrepreneur Smart Start) programme for 33 pupils. This was organised and facilitated by ActionCOACH, the business coaching organisation. This programme trains the children in public speaking, confidence, business planning and setting up their own business. At the end of the course, the children pitch their business plan to potential seed funding investors. Two of these embryo business have already succeeded in finding seed funding.
Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
The charity aims to hold a minimum of £10,000 reserves to cover the core costs of running the school for two months.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
No funds are in deficit.
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
The accounts show a surplus of £22,621 for the year at year end, compared to a surplus of £1,439 in 2024.
The charity raised funds through various means as below:
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Child sponsorship from individuals, teams and companies £35,441 compared to £26,856 in 2024.
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Fund raising, trust funding, donations (including gift aid) and grants from individuals and groups with the support of ActionCOACH, Rotary, DHL and friends of the charity amounted to £138,439 compared to £143,745 in 2024. This small decrease was due to a large, one-off donation in 2024
This income has supported the activities of the school including teaching costs, books, uniforms and food for the children plus substantial building work to provide more classrooms.
Children from all religions, faiths, ethnic groups, tribes and backgrounds are offered education at our school. There is no discrimination of any kind.
Section F Other optional information
The charity continues to thrive, improve and expand its offering. The Bombolulu Education Centre now has children in Years 7, 8 and 9. Our new intake started mid-January 2025 and the pupils have been chosen for these coveted places because of their desperate poverty and a proven yearning to learn from this opportunity. In January 2026, the first pupils will join our senior secondary school in Year 10.
Income from donations, child support, fundraising and grants is utilised for the advancement of the children and the school. The only payments to Trustees are to cover travel expenses in the UK only, mainly to destinations across the country to give talks to various groups on the charity. No costs of visiting the school in Kenya are reimbursed by the charity. No deductions are made by Trustees for any other reason. Our overheads in the UK are therefore extremely low.
Our income gives the children the chance of breaking out of the poverty they are currently living in. It gives them hope of a better future for themselves, for their families and ultimately for the whole community in this sadly deprived area of Kenya. The safehouse for girls adjacent to the school is now thriving and the 8 girls have found a new family who support each other. This is a major additional provision for our children as safeguarding is taken very seriously indeed. The new safehouse for boys is due to open in January 2026.
Without the support of so many people in so many ways the charity could not be the proven success story that it is.
| Empowering Kids in Kenya | Empowering Kids in Kenya | Empowering Kids in Kenya | Empowering Kids in Kenya | Empowering Kids in Kenya | CC16a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| For the period from |
01.01.2025 Period start date |
To | ||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 35,441 27,835 58,000 - 18,420 221 5,000 144,918 - - - 144,918 |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - 34,184 - - - - 34,184 - - - 34,184 |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year (full year) to the nearest £ |
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| Child sponsorship | 35,441 | - - - - - - - - - |
35,441 27,835 58,000 34,184 18,420 221 5,000 - 179,101 |
26,856 | ||
| Fundraising& Donations | 27,835 | 19,452 | ||||
| Grants/charitable trusts | 58,000 | 103,347 | ||||
| Restricted funds received | - | 9,681 | ||||
| Gift Aid | 18,420 | 11,264 | ||||
| Bank | 221 | 168 | ||||
| None-core | 5,000 | 5,000 | ||||
| - | ||||||
| 144,918 | 175,769 | |||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). | ||||||
| - | - - - |
- - - |
- | |||
| - | ||||||
| Sub total | - | - | ||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | 179,101 | 175,769 | ||||
| Wages and salaries - Kenyan staff | 25,923 | - - - - - - - - - - - - |
- - - - - - - - - - - - |
25,923 6,243 4,807 8,221 3,101 1,443 3,136 946 2,761 - 35 - 3,103 |
21,213 | |
| Property | 6,243 | 2,443 | ||||
| Utilities | 4,807 | 4,896 | ||||
| Food and water | 8,221 | 8,789 | ||||
| Print, post,stationery | 3,101 | 2,983 | ||||
| Training | 1,443 | 1,777 | ||||
| School outings and celebrations | 3,136 | 944 | ||||
| Family, primary& external sec. school support | 946 | 2,490 | ||||
| Legal andprofessional | 2,761 | 2,694 | ||||
| Float for contingencies | - 35 | - | ||||
| Exchange rate costs | - | 646 | ||||
| Minorpurchases | 3,103 | 4,856 | ||||
| Bank and Mpesa charges | 438 | - | - | 438 | 413 | |
| Fundraisingexpenses | 4,442 | - | 4,442 | 7,805 | ||
| Overheads | 1,194 | 1,194 | 1,241 | |||
| None-core expenses | 232 | 232 | 2,019 | |||
| Safehouse | 4,157 | 4,157 | 6,854 | |||
| Fixtures, Fittings and Equipment(not restricted funds) | 1,355 | 1,355 | 373 | |||
| Restricted funds spent | 9,787 | 9,787 | 13,513 | |||
| - | 9,787 | - | - - |
- - |
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| Sub total | 71,465 | 81,252 | 85,948 | |||
| - 68,728 - 68,728 140,193 4,724 24,707 29,432 |
- 6,500 6,500 16,287 17,897 4,483 22,380 |
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| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) | ||||||
| - | - - - - |
- 75,228 - 75,228 |
88,381 | |||
| Building1st and 2nd floor of school | 68,728 | |||||
| - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | 68,728 | 88,381 | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds - restricted c/o A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
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| - | 156,480 | 174,329 | ||||
| 4,724 | - | 22,621 |
1,439 | |||
| - - |
- 29,190 |
- | ||||
| 24,707 | 27,751 | |||||
| 29,432 | - | 51,812 | 29,190 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds CCXX R1 accounts (SS) |
Total cash funds Details 1 |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Endowment funds to nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29,432 - - |
22,380 - - |
- - - |
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| 29,432 | 22,380 1 |
- 9/02/2026 |
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets |
Details ( g p p y account(s)) |
Details ( g p p y account(s)) |
OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Restricted funds to nearest £ |
OK Restricted funds to nearest £ |
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| OK | |||||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ |
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| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||
| TOTAL Details Details School fixtures and fittings Plot CR51839(school) Building Plot CR51847(playground) Details |
Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs E-KiK E-KiK E-KiK E-KiK Fund to which liability relates |
Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) 13,571 29,351 - - 42,922 Amount due (optional) - - - - |
Current value (optional) |
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| - | |||||||
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| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
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| Current value (optional) |
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| 9,557 | |||||||
| 34,000 | |||||||
| 283,228 | |||||||
| 34,000 | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| - | |||||||
| 360,785 | |||||||
| When due (optional) |
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| Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
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19/02/2026
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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