Tumaini Kwa Watoto
What it does
The rescue, rehabilitation and reuniting of destitute children living on the streets of Nairobi, Kenya with their families or placing such children with foster families. Working closely with families where children have been reunited to strengthen family structures by means of various empowerment strategies e.g. provision of school fees, school uniform, assist to begin a business, counselling.
Its charitable purposes
1)THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN GOSPEL IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TENETS OF BELIEF SET OUT IN THE SCHEDULE HERETO. 2) THE RELIEF OF SUFFERING AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE INCLUDING BUT WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING ANY ONE OF MORE OF THE FOLLOWING; POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, LOSSOF ONE OR BOTH PARENTS, SICKNESS, DISEASE, MALNUTRITION OR INJURY, WAR, REVOLUTION OR CIVIL DISTURBANCE, NATURAL DISASTER. 3) THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WHO BY REASON OF THEIR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES ARE UNABLE TO PURSUE OR FURTHER THEIR FORMAL EDUCATION PROVIDED THAT IN THIS AND THE PREVIOUS SUB CLAUSES THE EXPRESSION "YOUNG PEOPLE" SHALL MEAN YOUNG PERSONS UP TO AND INCLUDING THE AGE OF 25.
Causes
- What it works on
- Education and training
- Preventing or relieving poverty
- Who it helps
- Children and young people
- How it works
- Makes grants to individuals
- Provides staff or volunteers
- Provides services
- Provides advocacy, advice or information
- Sponsors or carries out research
Where it works
- Elsewhere
- Kenya
Area of benefit in its governing document: Not Defined
Income and spending
In the year ending 31 December 2025, it had income of £54,770 and spent £63,331.
| Year ending | Income | Spending | Paid staff | Volunteers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | £54,770 | £63,331 | Not reported | 3 |
| 31 December 2024 | £39,386 | £50,972 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | £51,042 | £38,432 | Not reported | 1 |
| 31 December 2022 | £44,248 | £39,753 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2021 | £39,016 | £43,504 | Not reported | Not reported |
Financial position
Separate measures from the charity's own returns and accounts, each with its year. Read them together: no single measure says how well a charity is run.
- Income over time
- Up 40%, from £39,016 in the year to 31 December 2021 to £54,770 in the year to 31 December 2025.
- Spending against income
- It spent 116% of its income in the year to 31 December 2025. It spent more than its income in 3 of the 5 years shown.
Government funding, as the charity reported it
Government grants in the year ending 31 December 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.
| Year ending | Government grants | Government contracts |
|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2024 | Not reported | Not reported |
| 31 December 2023 | Not reported | Not reported |
Grants awarded to it, published on 360Giving
No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.
Trustees
5 trustees run the charity.
- Gaynor Doreen Christie
- Heddwyn Williams
- Hugh Nicholas Tregoning
- Jimmie Christie
- Lydiah Wangu Williams
Filing record
Of the last 5 annual returns that were due, 5 arrived by the deadline.
| Year ending | Due | Annual return | Accounts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2025 | 31 October 2026 | Received 17 October 2026, 14 days early | Received 17 October 2026 |
| 31 December 2024 | 31 October 2025 | Received 24 October 2025, 7 days early | Received 24 October 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | 31 October 2024 | Received 23 October 2024, 8 days early | Received 23 October 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | 31 October 2023 | Received 26 October 2023, 5 days early | Received 26 October 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | 31 October 2022 | Received 18 October 2022, 13 days early | Received 18 October 2022 |
About this charity
- Charity number
- 1055715
- Status
- Registered
- Registered with the Commission
- 30 May 1996
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 20 MAY 1996
- Website
- www.kenyachildrenofhope.org
- Council area of its contact address
- Swansea
Sources
- Register details, income, spending, trustees and filing dates: Charity Commission for England and Wales, register of charities. Loaded by OpenEconomy on 2 November 2026.
- Grants awarded: 360Giving open grants data, from funders that publish there, as loaded by OpenEconomy.