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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Large legacies income: +2
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • Narrow trustee age band: -2
  • Mainly male board: -1
  • No supporters identified
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

THE KISOMO FOUNDATION

Nyumbani UK & The Hotcourses Foundation provides education to orphaned and vulnerable children in Kenya, pulling them out of poverty and the worst start in life, to empower and give them a future through education. We provide funding to a school for over 520 children in one of Nairobi's informal settlements and we have a scholarship programme for some of the most vulnerable students in Kenya.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has received more than half of its income from legacies in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is predominantly male
  • The Board has little diversity in terms of age

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
30/12/22£207£156£50n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/12/21£336£475£-139n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/12/20£351£239£112n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£5,236£514£4,721£121£5,282£5,248122.409
31/12/18£389£235£154n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£321£442£-122n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£358£454£-96n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£779£350£430£90£625£58520.110
31/12/14£348£412£-65n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£328£345£-17n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£349£282£67n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£238£320£-82n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£344£314£30n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09?£336£263£74n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/08£145£86£59n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/07£149£51£98n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/06£66£66£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
30/06/05£42£11£31n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Balance Sheet History
Established: 20 years

http://kisomofoundation.org.uk

hello@nyumbani.org.uk

07786267300

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Education/Training
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
GiG Classification
  • International education & child welfare
How it operates
  • Makes grants to organisations
Where it operates
  • Kenya,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 57-67
  • DAVID GRUNBERG Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Accountant
  • LISA DIGRANDI Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • MICHAEL GRAEME ELMS Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Publisher
  • PETER WILSON Appointed: 2020, Occupation: Director
  • SIMON JAMES CLEAVER Appointed: 2004, Occupation: Company Director
  • SALLY PATTERSON Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Director
Legal constitution
  • Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 16/06/2004, number: 1104396
  • Registered at Companies House on 07/06/2004, number: 05147284
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; all on time
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from NYUMBANI UK on 07/03/2023
Main office

25 Leeming Road
Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 4EB

Objectives

3.1 TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND TRAINING (INCLUDING THE SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING) OF PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD; AND3.2 TO RELIEVE PERSONS RESIDENT ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD WHO ARE IN NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS (INCLUDING ANY NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS AS A RESULT OF ANY ILLNESS, DISEASE OR DISABILITY)VE THAT SPECIAL FACILITIES MAY BE PROVIDED FOR PERSONS WHO BY REASONS OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL OR ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES MAY HAVE NEED OF SPECIAL FACILITIES AND SERVICES; AND/OR3.2 TO PROMOTE AND PRESERVE GOOD HEALTH AND WELL BEING THOUGH COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION IN HEALTHY RECREATION: AND/OR3.3 SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE PURPOSES BENEFICIAL TO THE COMMUNITY CONSISTENT WITH THE OBJECTS ABOVE AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION DETERMINE.

Defined Area of Benefit:

OVERSEAS

Data Sources

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