Registered Charity No. 1002243 # **ANNUAL REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES for the year ended 31 OCTOBER 2023** ## **Trustees** **Chairperson** Mrs Mariola Boyd **Secretary** Mrs Fiona Dick **Treasurer & Correspondent** Mr Mark Baines Mrs Charlotte Antar Mrs Jo Ellis Mr Richard Fisher Mrs Sarah Marshall Mrs Jane O’Donnell Mrs Maggie Putland Mrs Jo Rendall **Independent Examiner of Accounts** : Mr Sean Collins **Bankers:** HSBC Bank, 36 Princes Mead, Farnborough GU14 6YA **Address of Correspondent** : St Joan of Arc Catholic Church, 19 Tilford Road, Farnham, Surrey, GU9 8DJ Arcaid is governed by its Constitution, adopted at the First Annual General Meeting on 6 February 1991 and amended on 23 September 1998, 1 October 2003, 5 November 2008, 18 November 2009 and 17[th] November 2010. Its area of benefits is restricted to countries outside the United Kingdom **.** ## **Aims and Organisation** Arcaid's purpose is the relief of persons, anywhere in the world outside the United Kingdom, who are suffering any form of hardship or privation as a result of drought, flood, or other natural disaster, or war, oppression or other human activity, or who by reason of their social and economic conditions are in need of such assistance. It makes grants to persons or institutions caring for the poor or sick, either directly or through the relevant charitable organisations. A distinctive policy of Arcaid is to choose its beneficiaries mainly through personal contacts, to get to know most recipients, whether or not they belong to other charitable organisations, to maintain correspondence with them, to follow the progress of the work funded or supported, and to keep its members informed accordingly. Recipients are encouraged to visit Farnham, when in the United Kingdom, and address the members. Arcaid gives special consideration to recipients who have no access to the bigger agencies and no other source of external finance; and to small projects which it can fund to completion. The main source of finance is regular subscriptions from members, most of whom are parishioners of St. Joan of Arc, Farnham. Amounts are at the subscriber's discretion. All administration is by the unpaid Trustees. St. Joan of Arc Parish makes free provision of meeting accommodation, publicity space and office services. All other administration costs are absorbed by the Trustees and restricted donations. ## **Achievements for the Year** In the year ended 31st October 2023, we received **£44,887.33** . This figure includes **£6,496.13** in tax reclaimed from those who have gift aided their donations and **£371.22** from the Easyfundraising income, which has potential to increase donations further. ArcAid remains ever grateful to the generous donations; whether regular or one off. The table below covers donations from recent years: ||**Total**|**GiftAid**| |---|---|---| |2023|£45,806.33|£6,496.13| |2022|£37,290.49|£7,520.57| |2021|£43,342.91|£6,701.67| |2020|£40,782.15|£5,814.44| |2019|£36,171.23|£6,142.89| |2018|£39,116.81|| |2017|£35,115.94|| Projects funded in the year ended 31[st ] October 2023 total **£36,082.95** . Bank charges totaled **£380.81** . Details of the projects funded are attached in Appendix 1. The trustees have approved this report. Signed : Date : 08/11/2023 ## **Appendix 1: Year ended 31 October 2023 Projects funded** |**NO.**
**DATE**
**SENT**
**AMOU**
**NT (£)**|**NO.**
**DATE**
**SENT**
**AMOU**
**NT (£)**|**PROJECT**
**COUNTR**
**Y**| |---|---|---| |**719**|21-Nov-22
£1,500.0
0|Purchase of 40 beds for children at St Joseph’s School for
the hearing impaired
Sierra
Leone| |**720**|17-Nov-22
£1,002.9
8|Ongoing education of 13 students (primary through to
tertiary)
Uganda| |**721**|21-Nov-22
£3,000.0
0|

Deliver post covid school closure catch up educational
lessons to 400 children over 14 rural villages.
India| |**722**|30-Nov-22
£500.00|Disability Africa – donation - AGM speakers
Kenya| |**723**|13-Feb-23
£2,057.0
0|

The construction of a girls’ toilet block.
Malawi| |**724**|02-Feb-23
£2,474.4
6|To fund 6 physio training visits for disabled children
Zambia| |**725**|01-Feb-23
£3,350.0
0|
Funding of water tanks and construction/labour to provide a
water harvesting facility at St Luke’s Hospital.
Uganda| |**726**|10-May-23
£1,779.1
3|accompany young people and adults in their professional
training, so that they are prepared to conquer spaces in
society without losing their identity as Avá Guaraní.
Paraguay| |**727**|03-Feb-23
£3,000.0
0|

Malanga Inclusion Project
Kenya| |**728**|05-Apr-23
£1,000.0
0|Request for funds for food, clothing, shelter for people
following the devastating efects of Cyclone Freddy
Malwai| |**723A**|09-May-23
£744.00|
the toilet block being funded by ARCAID was destroyed
(mid construction) by Cyclone Freddy. The request is for
£744 for materials/labour to restart the girls’ toilet block.
Malawi| |**729**|12-Jun-23
£1,285.8
9|Mirror of Hope project that provides the funding for the
education of 2 students in Kenya.
Kenya| |**730**|15-Jun-23
£1,250.0
0|

annual support for running costs
India| |**731**|04-Jul-23
£600.00|Ongoing funding for 1 student (£200) through Walser’s
Tanzania Charity +
£400 either for 2 new students or for another need within
the charity, to be decided by Walser Tanzania Charity
trustees
Tanzania| |**732**|25-Jul-23
£3,165.0
0|One of. Full funding. Mtendere Catechetical Training
Centre is surrounded by 2 main villages; Kadembo and
Kapuza with a total population of 1,814. The borehole will
supply clean water to the 3 communities. It will be drilled
within 1 day, but it will take 1-2 months to be installed.
Malawi| |**733**|26-Jul-23
£3,374.4
9|School fees, books, clothing, medicine, stationary for
schools and children’s home ( Rainbow children): Shivpur,
Tepasai, Tanda, Hindi School Shivpur
India| |**734**|16-Aug-23
£1,000.0
0|
Contribution towards dining room/school hall furniture at
St Jude’s Primary School, Mto wa Mbu
Tanzania| |**735**|28-Sep-23
£2,500.0
0|
A 3 classroom Skills Centre in Kamakwie, Northern Sierra
Leone. 200 female students will attend from 9 local villages
5 days a week on a morning/afternoon shift pattern.
Sierra
Leone| |**736**|25-Sep-23
£1,900.0
0|
Business training course for up to 60 people.
Kenya| |**737**|28-Sep-23
£600.00|Fees for one seminarian to complete his training
Uganda| |**719**|21-Nov-22
£1,500.0
0|

Purchase of 40 beds for children at St Joseph’s School for
the hearing impaired
Sierra
Leone| ||**Charity Name**

**ArcAid**
|**Charity Name**

**ArcAid**
|**Charity Name**

**ArcAid**
|**No (if any)**
**1002243**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
11/1/202|**To**
2|Period end date
10/31/2023|| ||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**38,017**
**6,496**
**-**
**4**
**371**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**44,888**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**44,888**
**36,083**
**381**
**250**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,714**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,714**
**8,174**
**-**
**3,792**

**11,966**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
|**to the nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations||**-**|**-**|**38,017**|**29,770**| |Gift Aid||**-**|**-**|**6,496**|**7,521**| |Band refund||**-**|**-**|**-**|| |COIF(CCLA)Interest||**-**|**-**|**4**|**-**| |Easyfundraising||**-**|**-**|**371**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**|**-**|**44,888**|**37,290**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**44,888**|**37,290**| ||||||| |Grants Paid||**-**|**-**|**36,083**|**35,214**| |Bank charges||**-**|**-**|**381**|**283**| |Cheque reversal||**-**|**-**|**250**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**36,714**|**35,497**| ||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| |||**-**|**-**|**36,714**|**35,497**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**8,174**|**1,794**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**3,792**|**1,998**| |||**-**|**-**|**11,966**|**3,792**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**|**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||Agreement Error|OK|OK| |||**to nearest £**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| |||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**|**Cost (optional)**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||**Details**|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**|**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||Signature|||| |||||Date of
approval| |||Mark Baines||11/8/2023| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Spction A Indopendent Examiner s Report Report lo the trustètsl embers of ARCAID On •ccounts forthe year ended . 31 Odtthr 2022 Charity no . 1002243 lif anyl S•tout On POy•S I report to thè trustees on my examination ofthe attourts oflho abo¥e charrtyllhe Trustl fort￿ year ended R•sponsibilities and thè (*barity trustees of the Trust. you are iesponsibl• for the prepara￿)ft bas￿ ot report of ihg accounts in aCCOTdanc¢ wfth th• rnquI￿￿$ of the GhanknesAct 2011 llhe Aa"). I report in respect of my examination of the TrL*fs accounts cafft•d oui und&r section 145 01 the 2011 Acl and in caTrying my oxamination. I havè fdSowe41 the applKable (h"rections given by the Chatity Gomrnission under secli¢>n 14515llbl ol Ihe ACL I have cornpleted my axarninatton. l Confirm that no malerial manérs hav• come to my attenbors "l in cDnr*#ion the examination whth 9¢¥e$ mè cause to lh* in. any mat•rial respB¢i" accounting records were not kept in a(tordartt• with ￿ti¢)n 130 of th• Act or tho accounts do not a¢r•yd with the réeo Independent examiDgrfs statement I have no C￿r￿rn$ and have come across no other rnatters irt connèction wth the examinabcn io which attention should bo dravffl ￿ order tr* enabl• a KWFer un