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Chink (Children in Kenya)

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1122874NewarkHealth and saving lives
Income£112k2026-03-31
Spending£75ksame year
Spent / received86%5-year average
Size in its cause65th pctHealth and saving lives
Registered2008Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Chink (Children in Kenya) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newark. It was registered in February 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Chink (Children in Kenya) reported income of £112k and spending of £75k, leaving 33% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £107k to £112k (+5.4%), an average of +1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Chink (Children in Kenya) sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 65% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grand Charitable Trust of the Order of Women Freemasons (£112k), West Mercia Search & Rescue (£112k) and Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre Ltd (£112k).

Income and spending

£0£31k£62k£93k£124k2022 Income: £106,5222022 Spending: £85,10020222023 Income: £110,7102023 Spending: £117,01220232024 Income: £108,2672024 Spending: £124,00020242025 Income: £119,5502025 Spending: £79,23620252026 Income: £112,2752026 Spending: £75,2502026
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The purpose of CHinK (Children in Kenya) is to provide and run a school in Mtwapa, Mombasa. The aim of CHinK and its school is to educate and care for over 200 very poor and needy children from the age of 3. Many of the children are from destitute families hit particularly hard by the world-wide economic crisis; some are orphaned.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

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Grand Charitable Trust of the Order of Women FreemasonsLondon£112k
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Wootton and Dry Sandford Community Centre LtdOxfordshire£112k
Mount Vernon Hospital Comforts FundNorthwood£112k