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The Root

Country
England & Wales
Charity number
1176096
Status
Registered
Registered
Dec. 5, 2017
Legal form
CIO
Area of benefit
In Naivasha, Kenya

Address

Address
5 FOLLY CRESCENT
HIGHWORTH
SWINDON
SN6 7JW

Contact

Activities

The Root provides practical support to a local community. It provides a range of activities including football tournaments, lunchtime clubs for older people, food hampers and a range of workshops for young people. We encourage communities in the UK to recycle and give a range of items that are regularly sent out in barrels to Kenya to benefit the community.

Objects: (I) To Promote For The Benefit Of The Inhabitants Of In Naivasha, Kenya Without Distinction Of Sex, Sexual Orientation, Race Or Of Political, Religious Or Other Opinions, By Associating Together The Said Inhabitants And The Local Authorities, Voluntary And Other Organisations In A Common Effort To Advance Education And To Provide Facilities In The Interests Of Social Welfare For Recreation And Other Leisure Time Occupations With The Objects Of Improving The Conditions Of Life Of The Said Inhabitants; And(ii)to Establish Or Secure The Establishment Of A Community Centre (Hereinafter Called 'The Centre') And To Maintain And Manage The Same(whether Alone Or In Co-Operation With Any Local Authority Or Person Or Body) In Furtherance Of These Objects.

Classification

How
Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Other Charitable Activities
What
General Charitable Purposes
Who
The General Public/mankind

Areas of operation

Country
Kenya

Finances

Period end Income Expenditure
Dec. 31, 2024 £1,828 £3,009
Dec. 31, 2023 £3,539 £2,861
Dec. 31, 2022 £2,590 £1,447
Dec. 31, 2021 £2,925 £1,330
Dec. 31, 2020 £1,697 £1,565

Trustees

Name Appointed
Joshua Record (Chair) Dec. 5, 2017
Alexander Gichohi Dec. 5, 2017
James Robert Dighton Thring April 14, 2019