Joy of Learning

Joy of Learning is a charity working in Uganda and was registered in June 2021. The purpose of Joy of Learning is to advance the education of children in the wider community of Sanyu Babies' Home, Uganda, particularly but not exclusively, by the provision of school fees, school materials and where needed food, clothing and medical support.

In the charity's own words, from the register.

Elsewhere

• Uganda

The places the charity told the Commission it works in.

In the year ending 31 March 2025, it had income of £26,792 and spent £26,934.

Figures as the charity reported them to the Charity Commission. Staff and volunteer numbers are only asked of charities with income over £10,000. A year with no row was not reported.

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 944%, from £2,567 in the year to 31 March 2022 to £26,792 in the year to 31 March 2025.

Spending against income

It spent 101% of its income in the year to 31 March 2025. It spent more than its income in 2 of the 4 years shown.

From the annual returns the charity filed with the Charity Commission. The largest funder comes from its accounts, read by AI.

Government grants in the year ending 31 March 2025: Not reported. Government contracts: Not reported.

From the charity's annual return to the Charity Commission, which asks every charity with income over £10,000 how much came from government grants and contracts. It does not say which part of government. These totals are separate from the named funders read from its accounts and the grants published on 360Giving, and are not added to them.

No grants to this charity appear in 360Giving data.

Only funders that publish their grants to 360Giving are included, and many do not. These are amounts funders awarded, which can differ from what the charity received in a given year, so they are shown apart from the accounts figures above.

Senedd and Welsh Government records that name this charity, gathered by OpenSenedd. Newest first.

• 18 March 2025

  Named by Lee Waters in the Senedd

  …can kill it to death. I think we've created a system where we teach to a test, we push for a set of results and metrics, and it's killed the joy of learning and the spirit of inquiry too much. So, I think, as part of engaging more people in teaching, we need to talk more about its power to inspire…

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• 14 May 2024

  Named by Vaughan Gething in the Senedd

  …ter Safety Wales, to try to educate our children and young people to understand what being safe around water really does mean, as well as the joy of learning the life skill of being able to swim. Rwy'n credu bod dau beth ychydig yn wahanol yma. Y cyntaf, fel y dywedais i mewn ymateb i'r Aelod dros G…

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• 8 September 2022

  Named in a written question from Laura Anne Jones

  Addressed to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language.

  …g contexts. This is crucial to preparing young people for adult life. Experiences that enhance and enrich their education and contribute to a joy of learning are also fundamental to a rounded education. This holistic approach to developing knowledge, skills, and positive behaviours and dispositions…

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5 trustees run the charity.

• Emily CheerChairAppointed 27 February 2021
• Chandani PatelAppointed 17 July 2024
• Hollie GlanfieldAppointed 27 February 2021
• Jacqueline FuidgeAppointed 8 June 2024
• Lucy HobbsAppointed 12 January 2025

Trustees are responsible in law for the charity. Names are as they appear on the public register.

Of the last 4 annual returns that were due, 4 arrived by the deadline.

Charities with income over £10,000 send an annual return within 10 months of their year end, and those over £25,000 also send their accounts. Smaller charities only update their income and spending on the register. The dates are when the Commission received each document.

Charity number

1194700

Status

Registered

Registered with the Commission

7 June 2021

Governing document

CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 07 Jun 2021

Website

www.joyoflearningug.comAs the charity gave it on the register.

Council area of its contact address

Cardiff

• 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.
• In the Senedd and Welsh Government: records gathered by OpenSenedd and matched to the charity by OpenEconomy on 5 November 2026.

• This charity on the Charity Commission register
• 360Giving open grants data
• This charity on OpenEconomy

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