# STAND BY ME

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1185124
- **Other names:** KIDS ALIVE, KIDS ALIVE UK
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** CIO
- **Registered:** Sept. 2, 2019
- **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=1185124


## Contact

- **Address:** Stand By Me, 630 Upper Brentwood Road, ROMFORD, Essex
- **Postcode:** RM2 6HS
- **Phone:** 01708442271
- **Email:** hi@standby.me
- **Website:** www.standby.me



## Activities

**Objects:** AS AN EXPRESSION OF JESUS' LOVE, THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS:THE RELIEF AND PREVENTION OF POVERTY AND SICKNESS OF CHILDREN AROUND THE WORLD, REGARDLESS OF THEIR BELIEFS, ETHNICITY AND SOCIAL STATUS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY PROVIDING ACCOMMODATION, EDUCATION, HEALTHCARE, AND BY EMPOWERING FAMILIES TO BECOME SELF-SUFFICIENT.

**Activities:** WE CARE FOR OVER 4,000 KIDS ACROSS THE WORLD BUT NO TWO ARE THE SAME, SO WE TAKE CARE TO UNDERSTAND AND MEET EACH OF THEIR INDIVIDUAL NEEDS, FROM FOOD AND HEALTHCARE, TO LOVING PARENTS AND QUALITY EDUCATION. WE HELP THEM REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL, STAND ON THEIR OWN TWO FEET AND CHANGE THEIR FUTURES. WE HAVE TRANSFORMED THOUSANDS OF KIDS LIVES, AND WE ARE ONLY JUST GETTING STARTED.




## Classification

- **How:** Makes Grants To Individuals, Makes Grants To Organisations, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty, Religious Activities, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Burma
- Colombia
- Dominican Republic
- Ethiopia
- India
- Kenya
- Moldova
- Nepal
- Romania



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec. 31, 2024 | £3047772 | £3014959 | £1986777 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2023 | £2781975 | £3048348 | £1953964 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2022 | £2602237 | £2829776 | £2220337 | 14 |
| Dec. 31, 2021 | £2618044 | £2371275 | £2447876 | 12 |
| Dec. 31, 2020 | £2453070 | £1936608 | £2201107 | 12 |



## Trustees

- Edward Carpenter — appointed Oct. 23, 2013
- Elizabeth Staniforth — appointed Dec. 17, 2018
- GORDON JOSEPH HAYNES — appointed July 11, 2024
- Peter William Jordon — appointed April 1, 2026