01 Identity
Scottish charity record
- OSCR charity number
- SC044241
- Status
- Active
- Regulatory type
- Standard
- Designated religious body
- No
- Geographical spread
- Overseas only
- Volunteers
- 1-50 volunteers
- Staff
- 7
- Postcode
- HS8 5TW
02 Purpose and work
What the charity exists to do
Currently The St Jerome’s Centre runs a children’s home in Nakuru, Kenya. In 2024 we provided full time care, accommodation, food, healthcare, welfare and nursery/primary schooling costs for 24 children. We have also been supporting 11 additional children in secondary education, providing full secondary school fees and some support with accommodation and living costs. We also have been supporting 8 young people in college, having chosen a vocational course instead of formal secondary education. In 2024, The St Jerome’s centre continued to develop community outreach projects, including a local feeding programme, and supported a further 33 children. In order to run this facility, we employ local Kenyan staff to take care of the day to day running – in doing this we are also providing a living wage for those staff. Throughout 2024 we have been employing 7 Kenyan staff.
Charitable purposes
- the advancement of education
- the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage
Beneficiaries
- Children or young people
Activities
- It carries out activities or services itself
Constitutional objectives
To the relief of those in need by reason of age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage by providing full time care for the orphaned, abandoned or destitute. This includes the provision of a safe shelter, ample food, clean water, sanitation and access to health care for all in our care. To the advancement of education by providing the access to education for all in our care.
03 Annual returns
Income and expenditure history
| Year end | Total income | Donations | Charitable activities income | Trading income | Investment income | Other income | Total expenditure | Raising funds | Charitable activities spending | Other spending | Staff | Return received |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 December 2024 | £65,057 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £69,205 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 23 September 2025 |
| 31 December 2023 | £71,890 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £48,800 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 15 September 2024 |
| 31 December 2022 | £63,882 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £66,210 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 23 September 2023 |
| 31 December 2021 | £44,354 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £53,089 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 24 September 2022 |
| 31 December 2020 | £61,320 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 | £53,302 | £0 | £0 | £0 | 7 | 28 September 2021 |
Figures are those reported by the charity and supplied in the OSCR bulk download. Blank facts remain distinct from zero.
04 Contact record
Principal office or trustees address
- Address supplied to OSCR
- 421 Lasgair, Lochboisdale, South Uist, Western Isles
- Website supplied to OSCR
- http://www.stjeromescentre.org.uk/
- Parent charity
- Not supplied
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05 Provenance
Source for this profile
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