Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 8

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Grant maker support: +8

Overall GiG Score: 15

RAISING FUTURES KENYA

RAISING FUTURES KENYA WAS FORMERLY KNOWN AS VISION AFRICA GIVE A CHILD A FUTURE. WE SUPPORT VULNERABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KENYA THROUGH THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING AND PERSONAL SUPPORT. WE WORK CLOSELY WITH INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, COMMUNITIES AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS TO ENABLE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE FROM ALL BACKGROUNDS AND ABILITIES TO THRIVE AND LIVE POVERTY-FREE LIVES

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

The charity has received backing from several prominent grant makers recently
There has been reasonable growth in spending since inception
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

Established: 5 years

www.raisingfutureskenya.org.uk

hello@raisingfutureskenya.org.uk

07790840838

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Listed activities

The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

How it operates

Provides other finance

Where it operates

Kenya,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
3 volunteers

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Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Major supporters in last 5 years

The Fore	£59,264
Charles Hayward Foundation	£15,000
Brian Mercer Trust	£14,800

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
The Fore - Grant to Raising Futures Kenya
£30,000	01/08/2023 36	Raising Futures Kenya runs an award-winning vocational programme as a partnership between the UK-based charity and its Kenyan subsidiary. The results are proven, with 90% of graduates living above ....more Raising Futures Kenya runs an award-winning vocational programme as a partnership between the UK-based charity and its Kenyan subsidiary. The results are proven, with 90% of graduates living above the poverty line through either gaining employment or setting up their own small businesses. The charity also offers counselling, wellbeing, and practical support.
Charles Hayward Foundation - Grant to Raising Futures
£15,000	26/08/2022	Farming/food growing and business skills project for rural communities in Murang’a county in Kenya
The Fore - Grant to Raising Futures Kenya
£24,264	12/04/2021 36	Raising Futures Kenya (RFK) is a UK-based charity that works with vulnerable children and young people across Kenya to enable them to access free vocational education and counselling through their ....more Raising Futures Kenya (RFK) is a UK-based charity that works with vulnerable children and young people across Kenya to enable them to access free vocational education and counselling through their Seed of Hope programme which is based in Nairobi. For over 20 years they have supported people in Kenya with setting up small businesses - empowering them, and their families, to build a financially secure future. The Fore funding is going towards developing a new Educational Business Hub at the Seed of Hope centre. The Hub will be a stepping-stone between f/t vocational education and running a successful business, providing access to tools, equipment and a Business/IT teacher.
The Fore - RAFT COVID-19 response grant to Raising Futures Kenya
£5,000	22/06/2020 36	Grant from The Fore's RAFT Immediate Response Fund to Raising Futures Kenya, as part of The Fore's COVID-19 Response programme.
Brian Mercer Trust - Grant to Raising Futures Kenya
£14,800	30/01/2020 12	Establishing Educational Business Hub to help vulnerable young, especially women, set up businesses in rural Kenya

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How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 7/8 persons

MANNI KUTHIALA Appointed: 2020

ANDREW EDWARD MATTHEW KING Appointed: 2018

DANIEL BUNTER-JAYASURIYA Appointed: 2021

DEBORAH KIMATHI Appointed: 2018

DEE RUSSELL Appointed: 2022

JOHN FLEMING Appointed: 2021

MICHAEL DORIS Appointed: 2020

OLIVIA GEYMOND Appointed: 2021

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/01/2019, number: 1181670

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

4 returns made; all on time

Main office

Raising Futures Kenya
The Circle
33 Rockingham Lane
SHEFFIELD
S1 4FW

Objectives

(I) TO DEVELOP THE CAPACITY AND SKILLS OF SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KENYA IN SUCH A WAY THAT THEY ARE BETTER ABLE TO IDENTIFY AND HELP MEET THEIR NEEDS AND TO PARTICIPATE MORE FULLY IN SOCIETY.(II) THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY [OR FINANCIAL HARDSHIP] AMONG CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KENYA BY PROVIDING OR ASSISTING IN THE PROVISION OF EDUCATION, TRAINING, AND ALL THE NECESSARY SUPPORT NEEDED TO ENABLE INDIVIDUALS TO GENERATE A SUSTAINABLE INCOME AND BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.(III) TO PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC BY:(A) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE IN SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED COMMUNITIES;(B) THE PROMOTION OF SUSTAINABLE MEANS OF ACHIEVING ECONOMIC GROWTH AND REGENERATION.SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEANS DEVELOPMENT WHICH MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE PRESENT WITHOUT COMPROMISING THE ABILITY OF FUTURE GENERATIONS TO MEET THEIR OWN NEEDS.

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