Shining Nyota Foundation 26/10/2025
Annual Report & Financial Statements
SHINING NYOTA FOUNDATION
Empowering women to reduce poverty
Registration No. in England & Wales: 1192396
Company Registration: CE023895
Shining Nyota Foundation 26/10/2025
Report of Trustees for the year ending 31 December 2025
Our beneficiaries
Migrants’ women of African descent leaving in England & Wales
Rural women of the Democratic Republic of Congo
Our Mission
We are determined to reduce poverty by investing in women
Our values
We put people at the heart of what we do.
What we do
In England & Wales: We provide guidance, advice, translation, advocacy, skills, and necessities such as hygienic pads and nappies to migrant women of African descent.
In the Democratic Republic of Congo
We empower women through the promotion and protection of gender equality and women’s rights.
We empower Congo rural women by strengthening their capacities in agriculture, farming, food security, nutrition, and the raising of livestock and poultry and other income-generating activities. We provide numeracy and literacy classes and promote hygiene, clean water, sanitation, and conservation of nature as a living space for man
Our values
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Our beneficiaries are at the center of what we do
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Provide quality services to our customers and value their views.
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We want women to become financially independent
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We only focus on our mission, work effectively and
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We continually learn and develop new ways of doing things
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We liaise with other organisations and women’s charities, to advance knowledge, share experience and help more people
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We protect our charity’s money by spending wisely and only what is allowed by the charity’s governing document and policies.
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We ensure that our volunteers and money raised matter
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Shining Nyota Foundation 26/10/2025
Report from chair and chief executive
Years 2024 – 2025: Our charity was not able to do much due to lack of finance.
Actions made in England (London) are:
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Advocating for housing reparation, referral and housing benefits
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Advising on public sector that women are untitled too.
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Referring to the right department such as social services and others
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Translating and helping with colleges and university admissions
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And many others.
Actions to be made in the DR Congo are:
- Actions are due next year 2026 -2027 due to lack of financial support in 2024-2025.
Filled in by Eliane Mukeba (Trustee and founder)
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