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The St Jerome's Centre

SC044241Registered charity from 02 September 2013
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Charity Information Operations Annual Submissions Income and Expenditure Charity Trustees
Charity Information:
Address 421 Lasgair
Lochboisdale
South Uist
Western Isles
Postcode HS8 5TW
Website http://www.stjeromescentre.org.uk/
Regulatory Type Standard
Object:
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.
Operations:
What the charity is set up to do and how it does this:
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.
Charity Status: Active
Constitutional Form: SCIO (Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
Constitutional Form Date: 02 Sept 2013
Main Operating Location: Western Isles
Number of Staff: 7
Number of Volunteers: 1-50
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"
Types Of Activity Undertaken: "It carries out activities or services itself"
Annual Submissions:
Year End Income Expenditure Annual Return Received Accounts Received Latest Annual Reports and Accounts
31 Dec 2021 £44,354 £53,089 24 Sept 2022 Yes
31 Dec 2022 £63,882 £66,210 23 Sept 2023 Yes
31 Dec 2023 £71,890 £48,800 15 Sept 2024 Yes
31 Dec 2024 £65,057 £69,205 23 Sept 2025 Yes Download
31 Dec 2025 No Annual Information due by 30 Sept 2026
If an annual return has been received on time (within nine months of the Year End Date), the 'Annual Return Received' box is green   . If an annual return is late, the box is red   .
Income and Expenditure:
Charity Trustees:
First Name Last Name
Rebecca White
Hazel Preston
Gemma MacKinnon
David Barkwill
Lauren Shelvey
Ben Lock
Bethany Shelvey
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