OPTIMUM KENYA TRUST — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: Trust
Registered: 2 October 2013
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £21,507
Latest expenditure: £20,474
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: No

Public contact address: Chandlers Farm, Foots Lane, Burwash Weald, ETCHINGHAM, East Sussex, TN19 7LE

Website recorded by the regulator: www.optimumkenyatrust.org (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

ESTABLISHED CHARITY IN KENYA "MSAADA KENYA TRUST" TO ACT AS OPERATIONAL CHARITY IN KENYA.SELECTED THE LENANA HIGH SCHOOL AS THE FIRST BENEFICIARY OF THE TRUST WITH PUPIL BURSARIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE RENOVATION. GRANTED 53 BURSARIES AND CONTRIBUTED FUNDS FOR REBUILDING THE SCHOOL SWIMMING POOL AND I.T. FACILITY. EXTENDING THE AWARENESS OF THE TRUST ACTIVITIES AND ESTABLISH SUSTAINABLE FUNDING

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Charity Annual Return History

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2026
Date Annual Return Received: 3 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,507
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,474

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2025
Date Annual Return Received: 7 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £21,029
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,307

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2024
Date Annual Return Received: 1 July 2024
Total Gross Income: £9,745
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,189

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2023
Date Annual Return Received: 5 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,335
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,097

Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Reporting Due Date: 31 October 2022
Date Annual Return Received: 3 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £5,117
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,530

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Charity Annual Return Parta

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: Yes
Fin Period Order Number: 1
Ar Cycle Reference: AR25
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2025
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2025
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2026
Ar Received Date: 3 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £21,507
Total Gross Expenditure: £20,474
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 3

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 2
Ar Cycle Reference: AR24
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2024
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2024
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2025
Ar Received Date: 7 August 2025
Total Gross Income: £21,029
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,307
Grant Making Is Main Activity: No
Count Govt Contracts: 0
Count Govt Grants: £0
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Payments Acting As Trustee: No
Trustee Receives Payments Services: No
Trustee Receives Other Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Count Volunteers: 5

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 4
Ar Cycle Reference: AR22
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2022
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2022
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2023
Ar Received Date: 5 July 2023
Total Gross Income: £11,335
Total Gross Expenditure: £15,097
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
Grant Making Is Main Activity: Yes
Charity Receives Govt Funding Contracts: No
Charity Receives Govt Funding Grants: No
Charity Has Trading Subsidiary: No
Does Trustee Receive Any Benefit: No
Trustee Resigned Employment: No
Employees Salary Over 60k: No
Count Volunteers: 0

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Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Country
Geographic Area Description: Kenya
Parent Geographic Area Type: Continent
Parent Geographic Area Description: Africa
Welsh Ind: No

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Charity Classification

Classification Code: 110
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Amateur Sport

Classification Code: 304
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Human Resources

Classification Code: 107
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Accommodation/housing

Classification Code: 303
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Other Finance

Classification Code: 302
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Organisations

Classification Code: 201
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: Children/young People

Classification Code: 207
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: The General Public/mankind

Classification Code: 301
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Makes Grants To Individuals

Classification Code: 306
Classification Type: How
Classification Description: Provides Services

Classification Code: 102
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: Education/training

Classification Code: 105
Classification Type: What
Classification Description: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

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Charity Event History

Charity Name: OPTIMUM KENYA TRUST
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: Standard registration
Date Of Event: 2013-10-02T00:00:00

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Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: TRUST DEED DATED 20/11/2012AS AMENDED BY DEED DATED 21/09/2013
Charitable Objects: TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE IN KENYA IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY BY THE PROVISION OF FINANCIAL AND OTHER ASSISTANCE TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE STANDARDS, INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES AND BY THE PROVISION OF SCHOLARSHIPS AND BURSARIES TO STUDENTS AS THE TRUSTEES IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION SHALL THINK FIT.

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Charity Policy

Policy Name: Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures

Policy Name: Conflicting interests

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Policy Name: Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures

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Policy Name: Financial reserves policy and procedures