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2025-05-31-accounts

Friends of Kipkelion

A Company Limited by Guarantee

Report and Financial Statements

Year Ended 31 May 2025

Registered Charity number: 1188612

Company number: 12388504 (England and Wales)

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

CONTENTS Page
Company information 3
Report of the Directors
Introduction 4
Legal and Administrative 4
Achievements 5
Financial Review
10
Reserves policy 10
Structure, governance and management 11
Risk management 11
Trustees' responsibilities statement 12
Statement on disclosure to Independent Examiner 13
Statement of financial activities:
Income and expenditure account 14
Balance sheet 15
Notes to the financial statements
16-22
Independent Examiner’s Report to the
Trustees of Friends of Kipkelion 23

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

COMPANY INFORMATION FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2025

Directors

John Michael Deriaz (Chairman) Peter John Scholes Sara Elizabeth O’Neill Aedana Una Ward (resigned 11 November 2025) Geraldine Angela Baskerville Mynors Kenneth Lionel Martin Clemmey (appointed 13 July 2025)

Registered Office

1 Townshend Road, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1XH

Registered Number

12388504 (England and Wales)

Charity Registered Number

1188612

Independent Examiner

Martin Brown FCA

Bankers Barclays Bank

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT INCLUDING DIRECTORS’ REPORT FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 MAY 2025

The Directors, who also act as Trustees for the charitable activities of the company, present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 May 2025.

Introduction

Our charity exists to help people living in Kipkelion, a rural area of Kenya, and the region around it, Kericho County, which has a population of one million. From 2011 to 2020 the charity had the legal form of a charitable trust, The Friends of Kipkelion Charitable Trust (“FOK Trust”), and we converted to a Company Limited by Guarantee in 2020. Since then, the Company has carried on all the charitable activities formerly carried on by FOK Trust. The merger between FOK Trust and the Company was registered with the Charity Commission.

The accounts of the Company are made up to 31 May annually.

Legal and administrative information

The company is constituted as a Company Limited by Guarantee and the governing document of the Company is its Memorandum and Articles of Association.

Trustees/Directors

A list of the Directors is given above on page 3. Each director served throughout the year.

Charitable Objects and Principal Activities

The charitable objects of the Company are:

The prevention or relief of poverty in the Kipkelion East and Kipkelion West sub-counties of the Republic of Kenya and in other marginalised communities in East Africa, by providing grants, items and services to individuals in need, and/or to charities and other organisations working to prevent or relieve poverty.

The Company provides support to the people of Kipkelion to enable them to have access to basic services including healthcare, education, sanitation and clean water. We do this through close co-operation with our implementing partners, Brighter Communities Worldwide (“BCW”), a Kenyan registered NGO based in Kipkelion. The Trustees are extremely grateful to BCW for their vision, their energy and their continuing commitment to their partnership with us.

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Public Benefit

The Trustees confirm that they have had due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. The Trustees are committed to helping the people of Kipkelion and similar areas in the most effective way possible, ensuring that our projects are accessible to all members of the local community and that their impact is sustainable.

Achievements

Eradicating FGM

Alternative Rites of Passage Field Officer Richard Kirui

Thanks to the continuing efforts of our partners Brighter Communities Worldwide, Female Genital Mutilation is becoming much rarer in Kipkelion and across Kericho County, although cases still arise and women are often put under pressure to be cut after they are married. It’s still essential to spread the message that all forms of FGM are harmful and to provide a positive alternative in the form of the Alternative Rite of Passage for girls. Our supporters raised over £9,600 for this campaign during the annual Big Give fundraising, and we received an additional £8,000 from trusts and foundations, enabling us to protect over 1,000 girls from the risk of FGM. Field Officer Richard Kirui and his team have told us that they will maintain their vigilance as some marginalised groups devise new rationales for perpetuating FGM.

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Water and Sanitation

Funds raised by Year 9 at Nonsuch High School for Girls in Cheam, Surrey enabled us to build two 60,000 litre water tanks during the year. These were built at two girls’ schools in Kericho County – Masubeti Girls’ High School and Getarwet Girls’ High School. Both of these schools had serious challenges in obtaining a reliable and safe water supply, and the school principals and girls gave us their heartfelt thanks for the construction of the new tanks, which will be used to harvest rainwater and provide a supply of clean water for each school during the dry season.

Hospital Trauma Unit

During the year there was huge progress on the construction of the new Trauma Unit at Londiani Sub-County Hospital in Kipkelion. It is expected that this will very soon be ready for service and will bring urgently needed help to the many victims of road accidents and other trauma injuries in the Kipkelion area. The toll of deaths and injuries continues to rise, as traffic levels increase. Dr Kipkoech Collins, the medical director at the hospital, is delighted that the new unit is almost complete. We are grateful to Saracen Trust, Souter Trust and other donors for generously supporting the construction and equipping of this facility.

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The New Trauma Unit at Londiani Hospital

Economic Empowerment

The Economic Empowerment courses run by our partners, Brighter Communities Worldwide, in locations across Kericho County are increasingly popular. These enable community groups to obtain a basic grounding in business practice – record keeping, pricing, marketing – and receive a small initial donation of trading stock or fixed assets.

Chickens destined for a chicken farming collective in Kipkelion East

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Alumni of London Business School generously provided funding for 13 courses during the year and St James’ Place Trust funded five more. In many cases, the beneficiaries were disabled people or the carers of disabled people – those with disabilities are often unable to participate in the physically strenuous activities of subsistence farming.

Sexual and Reproductive Health

Explaining puberty to children during SRH training

We were able to fund Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights training across 30 schools in Kenya, thanks to the generosity of our supporters. We trained 90 teachers to conduct the training, and in each participating school the teachers then formed a “SRHR Club” of 25 boys and 25 girls who received an in-depth education in Sexual and Reproductive Health. The children learned about puberty, menstruation and pregnancy, and how to avoid abusive relationships sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV. The feedback from both teachers and pupils was very positive.

Smokeless Stoves

We were delighted to receive funding from Baillie Gifford Foundation to train more people in Kericho County to be smokeless stove installers. These enclosed stoves, made of local materials, are twice as efficient as the traditional “open fire” cooking methods. They save

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households time and money and also improve the health of the family as they no longer have to cook in a smoke-filled room.

Constructing a smokeless stove – the “one hour miracle”

Fundraising and Support

While the majority of our income came from trusts and foundations, we also benefited from generous support from many other donors. Nonsuch High School for Girls broke its previous record this year, with Year 9 students raising a total of £3,153 through their Christmas Fair which has been used to build water tanks for schools in Kenya, and the school’s Rag Week contributed an additional £601. The Big Give in December 2024 gave all our supporters a chance to have their donations doubled by match funding, and this raised £9,616 to protect girls in Kericho County from the risk of female genital mutilation. We are grateful to all our supporters and donors for their continuing support.

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Financial Review

The Charity received donations totalling £77,814 during the year . This brings our cumulative total of funds raised since 2011 to just over £1.2 million. We expect to continue raising funds in 2026 on at least a similar scale.

The three biggest sources of funding in the year were the Saracen Trust (£12,500), the Big Give (£9,616) and Mazars Trust (£9,570). The supporter base continues to grow, with many new donors contributing during the year.

The Charity spent £ 81.095 supporting projects in Kipkelion and other parts of Kericho County, in fulfilment of the Charity’s objects.

The Charity’s surplus funds are now held in cash. Since December 2023, £20,000 of these reserves has been held in an interest-bearing account at Barclays Bank plc. These funds now earn a small amount of deposit interest, which represents the whole of the investment income received by the charity.

The expenses of the Charity remain very low, as all Trustees serve on a voluntary basis and the Charity has a strict expenses policy which keeps costs to a minimum.

Reserves Policy

The reserves policy of the Charity is to keep the equivalent of 3-6 months expenditure in reserve. As expenditure on projects in Kipkelion is currently averaging approximately £100,000 per year, the Trustees consider that the reserves held at 31 May 2025 of £31,993 are appropriate. These reserves fulfil the following purposes:

Structure, Governance and Management

The Charity is a Company Limited by Guarantee and its memorandum and articles of association are in the standard form recommended by the Charity Commission. The Trustees of the Charity were each originally invited to join the Board of Trustees by the Chairman. The Trustees were approached by the Chairman on the basis of their personal and professional skills and knowledge, and their commitment to the objects of the Charity.

Each Trustee serves for a period of three years, which may be renewed.

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The Board of Trustees meets four times a year.

The Charity has the following policies and procedures, each of which was reviewed during the year:

Code of Ethics

Child and Vulnerable Adults Safeguarding Policy

E-Safety Policy

Equal Opportunities Policy

Anti-Bribery Policy

Expenses Policy

Foreign Exchange Policy

Risk Management Policy

Fraud and Whistleblowing Policy

Data Protection Policy

The Charity also maintains a Risk Register .

The Charity depends for the execution of its projects on a partner organisation, Brighter Communities Worldwide (BCW). BCW is an Irish registered charity (number CHY 16505), and operates in Kenya through a local partner organisation, also called Brighter Communities Worldwide, which is registered as an NGO in Kenya. Relations between the Charity and BCW are governed by a Memorandum of Understanding. The current version is dated 22 May 2024.

Risk Management

The Trustees regularly review and mitigate the risks associated with the activities of Friends of Kipkelion. The Charity has a Risk Management Policy and maintains a Risk Register which is reviewed regularly. The principal risks that have been identified are:

To address and mitigate these risks, the Trustees seek to:

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Trustees’ Responsibility Statement

The Trustees (who are also Directors of Friends of Kipkelion for the purposes of company law) are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Annual Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the corporate and financial information included on the charitable company’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom

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governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Statement as to Disclosure to Independent Examiner

In so far as the Trustees are aware:

This report was approved by order of the Board on 11 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

J M Deriaz Chairman

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)

FOR THE 12 MONTHS ENDED 31 MAY 2025

Note
Income and endowments from:
Donations
4
Investments
Total income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
8
Charitable activities
9
Other costs
Total expenditure
Net (expenditure) / income
10
Net movement in funds
Reconciliation of funds:
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward
Unrestricted
Funds
£
2974
296
3270
696
2000
678
3374
(104)
(104)
Restricted
Funds
£
74840
0
74840
0
79095
0
79095
(4255)
(4255)
Total
Y/E
2025
31/5/24
£
77814
144987
296
56
__
78110
145043
696
384
81095
138809
678
184
_
82469
139377
(4359)
5666
----------
(4359)
5666
36352
30686
___
31993
36352

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 MAY 2025

Note
Fixed assets:
Tangible assets
11
Current assets:
Debtors
12
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors:
Amounts falling due within one year
13
Net current assets
Total assets less current
liabilities
Net assets
Funds
Unrestricted funds
14
Restricted funds
14
Total funds carried
forward

£
£
0
32293
Year
ended 31
May 2025
£
0
Year
ended 31
May 2024
0
0 0
31993 4872
31480
36352
0
36352
32293
300
31993
31993 36352
32293 36352
31993
0
35011
1341
31993 36352

Trustee statements required by the Companies Act 2006

In approving these financial statements, the trustees, who are directors for the purposes of company law, hereby confirm:

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

The financial statements were approved by the Board on 11 November 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

J M Deriaz, Director and Trustee

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

Net cash used in operating activities
Cash flows from investment activities:
Interest income
Purchase of tangible fixed assets
Cash used in investing activities
(Decrease)/Increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period
Total cash and cash equivalents at end of period
Year ended
31 May
2025
£
4059
296
-
0
(4059)
36352
32293
Year ended
31 May
2024
£
(5666)
56
-
0
5666
30686
36352

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

1. Accounting policies

The principal accounting policies are set out below. The accounting policies have been adopted consistently throughout the year.

Basis of preparing the financial statements

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" (FRS 102), The Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019) (the SORP) and in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, from which there were no material departures.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention and are prepared on a going concern basis.

Friends of Kipkelion meets the definition of a public benefit entity under FRS 102.

Going concern

The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. Please refer to the Statement as to disclosure to the Independent Examiner. The trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.

Income and endowments

All incoming resources are included in the statement of financial activities when the charity is entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis as a liability is incurred. The following specific policy is applied to particular categories of expenditure:

Debtors

Debtors are recognised at the settlement amount due. Prepayments are valued at the amount prepaid.

Creditors and provisions

Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount.

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

Financial Instruments

The charity only has financial assets and financial liabilities of a kind that qualify as basic financial instruments. Basic financial instruments are initially recognised at transaction value and subsequently measured at their settlement value.

Funds structure

The funds held by the Charity comprise:

2. Legal status of the charity

The charity is a company limited by guarantee and has no share capital. The liability of each member in the event of winding-up is limited to a maximum £10.

3. Taxation

The company is recognised as a charity by H M Revenue 8 Customs for taxation purposes and all its income is applied for charitable purposes. As a result there is no liability to taxation on any of its income.

4. Income from donations

Donations
Grants from Foundations
Unrestricted
Funds
£

2974
0
2974
Restricted
Funds
£
22770
52070
74840
Year ended
31 May 2025
£
25744
52070
77814
Year
ended
31 May
2024
£
22756
122231
144987

The amount of Government grants receivable in the year was NIL (2024: £48718)

5. Emoluments

The Charity had no employees during the year. No Trustees or persons connected with them received any emoluments in their role as Trustees from the Charity (2024: nil) and no Trustees have received payment

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

for professional or other services provided to the Charity during the year (2024: nil). Trustees received reimbursements for individual expenses of £nil. (2024: nil)

6. Related Party Transactions

Details of Trustee emoluments and expenses are disclosed in note 5. The Charity received unconditional donations from Trustees totalling £850 during the year (2024: £1450).

7. Volunteers

We are very grateful to all our supporters for helping us to continue the work of Friends of Kipkelion, and in particular to our volunteers for the invaluable support given through all their activities and for sharing their diverse expertise and skills.

8. Expenditure on raising funds

Marathon entry fee
Just Giving fees
9.
Expenditure on charitable activities
Projects in Kipkelion
Unrestricted
Funds
£
480
216
696
Unrestricted
Funds
£
2000
Restricted
Funds
£
-
-
Restricted
Funds
£
79095
Year
ended 31
May
Year
ended
2025
31 May
2024
£
£
480
168
216
216
696
384
Year ended
Year ended
31 May
2025
31 May
2024
£
£
81095
138809
81095
138809
Year
ended 31
May
Year
ended
2025
31 May
2024
£
£
480
168
216
216
696
384
Year ended
Year ended
31 May
2025
31 May
2024
£
£
81095
138809
81095
138809
2000 79095 138809

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

10. Net Income for the year
Year Year
ended ended
31 May 31 May
2025 2024
£ £
This is stated after charging:
Independent Examiner’s 300 0
remuneration
Depreciation 0 0
300 0
11. Tangible fixed assets
Land & Fixtures 2025 2024
&
Buildings Fittings Total
£ £ £
Cost:
At 1 June 2024 0 0 0 0
Additions - - -
At 31 May 2025 0 0 0 0
Depreciation:
At 1 June 2024 0 0 0 0
Provision for the year 0 0 0 0
At 31 May 2025 0 0 0 0
Net book value:
At 1 June 2024 0 0 0 0
At 31 May 2025 0 0 0 0

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

12.
Debtors
Prepayments and accrued
income
13.
Creditors
Trade creditors
Other creditors and accruals
Year
ended
31 May
2025
£
0
0
Year
ended
31 May
2025
£
0
300
Year
ended
31 May
2024
£
4872
4872
Year
ended
31 May
2024
£
0
0
300 0

14. Restricted and Unrestricted funds

Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Balance at
01/06/2024
£

1341
35011
36352
Income
£
74840
3270
78110
Expenditure
£
(79095)
(3374)
(82469)
Transfers
£
2914
(2914)
0
Balance at
31/05/2025
£
0
31993
31993

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FRIENDS OF KIPKELION

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MAY 2025

14, Restricted and Unrestricted funds (continued)

Year ended 31 May 2024
Restricted Funds
Unrestricted Funds
Balance at
01/06/2023
£
2324
28362
30686
Income
£
136826
8217
145043
Expenditure
£
(137809)
(1568)
(139377)
Transfers
£
Balance at
31/05/2024
£
1341
35011
36352

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Independent exami ners report to the Trustees of Friends Of Kipkelio (Charity number1188612, Company number l?388504} Responsibilities and basis of report l Teport to the ¢harity trusteès on my examination of the accounts of the Companyforthè year ended 31 May 2025. As the Charity's trustees of the Company Iwho are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company lawl, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accoidance with the requirements of the Companies Act 20061.the 2006 Act'l. Having sattsfièd mysèlf that the accounts of the Company are not required to bè audited for this yèar under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are ellglblè for Indèpendent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your chaflty's accounts as carried out undèr section 145 of the CharittesAct 20111"the 2011 Act"). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions givèn by thè Charity Commission (under section 145lsllbl of the 2011 Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my exèmination. I confirm that no rnaterial matters have come to my attenlion in connection with the examination which glves me cause to believe that.. accounting records were not kept In attordance with section 386 of the Companles Aet 2006,. or the account$ do not accord with 5urh records,. Of thè accounts do not comply with relevant accountin8 requirements under section 396 of the Compan>es Act 20C6 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as Part tsf an independent examination,. or •the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP IFRS1021. I have no concern5 and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attentlon should be drawn In this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed.. Mortin Brown FCAAor Lyndjmere Consulting {20221 Ltd Date IG1•r￿ Énsland wa￿ No. 13&56660 • Rrfi5tw•dOlfKe..45 Warw¢kGard•nb, ThirnH OlttoTr KT70PB thrtctOF. Martin FC.A 23