Dry River Children — Charity Commission profile

01 Identity

Registration and reporting

Registration status: Registered
Reporting status: Submission Received
Charity type: CIO
Registered: 3 May 2017
Removed: Not supplied
Financial period: 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025
Latest income: £5,398
Latest expenditure: £4,509
Gift Aid: Yes
Owns or uses land: No
In administration: No
Insolvent: No
CIO: Yes

Public contact address: Trelanvean, Chagford, NEWTON ABBOT, Devon, TQ13 8DQ

Website recorded by the regulator: Www.clubrafiki.co.uk (displayed as text)

02 Activities

What the charity does

Dry River Children operates in the UK. We raise money for children and their community living in poverty, in the Samburu region of Kenya. We raise the money through fund raising activities....stalls, cake sales, car boot sales and donations.

03 Official extract

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: 28 August 2026
Date Accounts Received: 28 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £5,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,509

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: 27 October 2025
Date Accounts Received: 3 November 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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: 14 October 2024
Date Accounts Received: 14 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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: 30 October 2023
Date Accounts Received: 30 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0

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
Date Accounts Received: 3 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,463

04 Official extract

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: 28 August 2026
Total Gross Income: £5,398
Total Gross Expenditure: £4,509
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: 27 October 2025
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
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: 0

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 3
Ar Cycle Reference: AR23
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2023
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2023
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2024
Ar Received Date: 14 October 2024
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
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: 0

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: 30 October 2023
Total Gross Income: £0
Total Gross Expenditure: £0
Charity Raises Funds From Public: No
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

Latest Fin Period Submitted Ind: No
Fin Period Order Number: 5
Ar Cycle Reference: AR21
Fin Period Start Date: 1 January 2021
Fin Period End Date: 31 December 2021
Ar Due Date: 31 October 2022
Ar Received Date: 3 October 2022
Total Gross Income: £1,880
Total Gross Expenditure: £2,463
Charity Raises Funds From Public: Yes
Charity Professional Fundraiser: No
Charity Commercial Participator: No
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: 12

05 Official extract

Charity Area Of Operation

Geographic Area Type: Region
Geographic Area Description: Throughout England
Welsh Ind: No

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

06 Official extract

Charity Classification

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

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

Classification Code: 204
Classification Type: Who
Classification Description: People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin

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

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

07 Official extract

Charity Event History

Charity Name: Dry River Children
Charity Event Order: 1
Event Type: CIO registration
Date Of Event: 2017-05-03T00:00:00

08 Official extract

Charity Governing Document

Governing Document Description: CIO - FOUNDATION Registered 03 May 2017 as amended on 25 Jun 2025 as amended on 01 Nov 2025 as amended on 04 Dec 2025 as amended on 18 Dec 2025
Charitable Objects: THE PREVENTION OR RELIEF OF POVERTY AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN NANYUKI, KENYA BY:• SUPPORTING THE EDUCATIONAL NEEDS OF THE CHILDREN OF NANYUKI, KENYA SO THAT THEY RECEIVE A SCHOOLING THAT PROVIDES A STRONG EDUCATION THUS ENABLING THEM TO CREATE A FUTURE FOR THEMSELVES THAT INVOLVES A GOOD JOB WITH PROSPECTS;• SPONSORING LOCAL CHILDREN THROUGH A ‘SEND A CHILD TO SCHOOL’ SCHEME;• PROVIDING THE CHILDREN WITH SCHOOL UNIFORMS;• PROVIDING TEACHER SALARIES, TRANSPORT AND CONTRIBUTING TO THE DAY-TO-DAY RUNNING OF THE SCHOOL IN NANYUKI; AND BY• SUPPORTING THE REPAIR AND REBUILDING OF THE SCHOOL AND SUCH OTHER SUPPORT AND PROJECTS AS THE CHARITY TRUSTEES SEE FROM TIME TO TIME.

09 Official extract

Charity Other Names

Charity Name Id: 700474
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Dry River Children

Charity Name Id: 705147
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: Ewaso Ngeri Children's Trust

Charity Name Id: 700350
Charity Name Type: Working name
Charity Name: Ewaso Nyiro Children's Trust

Charity Name Id: 584534
Charity Name Type: Previous name
Charity Name: CLUB RAFIKI