Gideon Orphanage Home
Charity 1125264
Overview
Summary
Gideon Orphanage Home appears to be a UK-registered, Nigeria-focused charitable initiative combining residential care, basic-needs support and education for vulnerable children, while also presenting itself as serving older people. Its model seems to link UK-based fundraising and administration with an operational presence in Abeokuta and a liaison connection in Lagos. The available material suggests an ambitious, broad charitable identity, but provides limited evidence about the scale, consistency or outcomes of its direct work.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- No direct evidence was found that Gideon Orphanage Home currently delivers services, maintains a physical site, or has a material delivery partnership in any Birmingham ward or recognised Birmingham place.
- The charity's public website identifies a London office and an orphanage/home office in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria, but does not explain whether the London address is solely administrative, fundraising-related, or also used for direct service delivery.
- The Charity Commission records £0 income and £0 expenditure for the financial year ending 30 June 2025. This limits confidence about the present scale and continuity of operations, although the charity remains registered and its website remains active.
- The available evidence supports an international footprint through activity and sites in Nigeria and an office in the United Kingdom, but it does not establish any operational connection to Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- Current annual reports, trustee reports, or programme updates identifying any UK delivery locations, events, referral arrangements, or beneficiary support.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether it has delivered any services, held regular activities, or maintained partnerships in Birmingham since 30 June 2025.
- Evidence from any Birmingham-based delivery partner, venue, funder, or local authority confirming a current operational relationship with the charity.
Areas of work
- Accommodation/housing
- Disability
- Economic/community Development/employment
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Other Charitable Purposes
- The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
- Provides Other Finance
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A cross-border support model
The organisation appears to use a UK charitable and fundraising base to support activity centred in Nigeria, particularly Ogun State. The London, Abeokuta and Lagos contact points may indicate a distributed model connecting overseas donors, local delivery and local professional relationships.
Why it matters
This helps explain how the charity may access resources beyond its immediate locality while remaining connected to the place where support is intended to be delivered. It also makes local accountability and the strength of Nigeria-based governance important questions.
Show evidence
“Gideon Orphanage/Home For the Aged is located in Nigeria and is UK registered charity 1125264.”
Source:Organisation“The website lists offices in London, Abeokuta and Lagos.”
Source:Organisation
Care is framed as both immediate relief and longer-term development
The charity appears to combine food, accommodation and basic necessities with education, suggesting it sees vulnerability as requiring sustained care rather than one-off material assistance.
Why it matters
This distinguishes the organisation from a purely emergency-focused provider and suggests potential complementarity with schools, child-protection services, health providers and organisations supporting transitions beyond residential care.
Show evidence
“The charity objects include food, accommodation, other basic necessities and the advancement of education for abandoned, orphaned and abused children in Nigeria.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website invites visitors to sponsor or adopt a child and refers to a renovation project.”
Source:Organisation
Its public identity is broader than its formal core purpose
Although its formal objects focus on children in Nigeria, the reported activities, beneficiary categories and website extend to England and Wales, older people, people with disabilities and the general public. This may indicate an organisation whose practical ambitions have expanded beyond its original charitable framing, or whose public reporting is unusually broad.
Why it matters
This tension matters because it affects how the organisation should be understood: as a specialist child-focused charity, a wider care institution, or a broad community-support body. Clarifying this would help potential partners identify its actual capabilities and priorities.
Show evidence
“The charity objects refer to abandoned, orphaned and abused children up to the age of 16 years in Nigeria.”
Source:Charity Commission“Reported activities refer to children in England, Wales and Nigeria, and listed beneficiaries include elderly people, people with disabilities and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website states that the organisation is committed to helping children and the elderly in Nigeria.”
Source:Organisation
- The number, location and circumstances of children and older people supported are not stated.
- There is no evidence about safeguarding, governance, financial flows, local partnerships or service outcomes.
- It is unclear whether support in England and Wales is delivered directly or reflects fundraising and administration.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports, accounts and trustee reports showing expenditure, delivery locations, beneficiary numbers and outcomes.
- Evidence of Nigeria-based registration, staffing, safeguarding policies, referral pathways and partnerships with local child-protection, education and health services.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The Relief of poverty, sickness and distress among abandoned, orphaned and abused children up to the age of 16 years in England, Wales and Nigeria by the provision of food, accommodation, and other basic necessities and the advancement of education for the benefit among abandoned, orphaned and abused children up to the age of 16 years in England, Wales and Nigeria
Charity objects
1 THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AMONG ABANDONED, ORPHANED AND ABUSED CHILDREN UP TO THE AGE OF 16 YEARS IN NIGERIA BY THE PROVISION OF FOOD, ACCOMMODATION AND OTHER BASIC NECESSITIES AND 2 THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AMONG ABANDONED, ORPHANED AND ABUSED CHILDREN UP TO THE AE OF 16 YEARS IN NIGERIA.