2025-12-31-accounts - The Dawn Christadelphian Committee For Malawi

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01.01.25 Period start date To 31.12.25 Period end date

Charity name: The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for Malawi

Charity registration number: 1002674

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	1. The advancement of Christianity in Malawi and elsewhere according to the Statement of Faith of the Dawn Christadelphian Fellowship 2. The relief of poverty and sickness in Malawi and elsewhere
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The main activities in 2025 in Malawi and Mozambique were:  Provision of funds for needy church families to relieve famine conditions caused by poor maize harvests, food scarcity and rocketing prices.  Support of 27 locations, including 10 in Mozambique, where members of the church hold meetings for worship  Assistance with transport costs for those in isolation.  Supplying funds for welfare and health related issues.  Supplying funds for pastoral care and visits between church locations.  Postage of books and literature for worship and teaching.  Advising a sub-committee of members in Malawi who have the day-to-day responsibility of identifying cases of need, distributing welfare and support, and organising activities.  Funds for construction of new meeting halls and maintenance of existing.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	The trustees have read and paid due regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit in carrying out their activities and are satisfied that the charity confers a public benefit.

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Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	All work is voluntarily carried out by the trustees who receive no remuneration. Two volunteers assisted the Trustees, one acting as registrar for new church members. The two volunteers work closely with the Trustees to forward the aims and objectives of the charity.
Other

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The charity expended just over £55,500 to further its objects, most of which is directly handled by a sub-committee in Malawi and another in Mozambique who have day to day responsibility for the distribution of funds in accordance with the charity’s aims and objectives. Relief of poverty: Unstable world conditions, another poor maize harves, chronic economic conditions in Malawi, rampant inflation in Malawi and food insecurity has caused a continued rise in food prices causing hunger and hardship. As a consequence from August 2025 monthly food subsidy was sent to assist families identified as being in need. The total welfare expenditure was just over £32,000. Gospel outreach: A steady growth of church members in both countries as a result of teaching activities.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	All objectives met
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	At the end of the period all funds held amounted to £71,479 which represents around 18 months expenditure on a normal year. Overall the financial position is felt to be satisfactory.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	A reserve included in the above total is held in a separate deposit account, as this is felt prudent to do so which could be called upon for any emergency not budgeted for.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£39,280
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Funding comes from voluntary donations from the Dawn Christadelphian community, including their churches, individuals, and other charities with common aims.
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	1. Reduced donations from the Dawn Christadelphian community 2. The impact of natural disasters e.g. famine 3. Misappropriation of funds by dishonest recipients.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	Constitution
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	Association
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Elected by Trustees

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Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees	Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works	Para 1.51
Relationship with any related parties	Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name	The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for Malawi
Other name the charity uses	Malawi and Mozambique fund
Registered charity number	1002674
Charity’s principal address	41 Birchwood Avenue, Sidcup Kent DA14 4JZ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
David Evans	Secretary		Trustees
Janet Giles	Treasurer		Trustees
Jessie Evans			Trustees
Justin Giles			Trustees
Ian Giles		01/01/2025 -31/10/2025

Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved	Corporate trustees–names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name	N/A

None

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name	Dates acted if not for whole year

None

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets None held in this capacity

Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects

Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser -

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/A

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

J E Giles Signature(s) D J Evans Janet Evelyn Giles Full name(s) David John Evans Position (eg Secretary, Secretary Treasurer Chair, etc)

Date 28 / 04 /2026

No (if any)

Charity Name CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for Malawi

Receipts and payments accounts

CC16a

		Receipts and payments accounts	Receipts and payments accounts	Receipts and payments accounts	Receipts and payments accounts	Receipts and payments accounts	CC16a
		For the period from	Period start date 1/1/2025	To		Period end date 12/31/2025
Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £	to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	14,803	14,803	- -	-	-	14,803	41,538
Donations from other Charities 15,278		15,278	- -	-	-	15,278	5,028
Gift Aid	3,749	3,749	- -	-	-	3,749	6,913
Legacy	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
Interest received	1,660	1,660	- -	-	-	1,660	1,205
Other			- -	-	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
35,490 Sub total(Gross income for AR)		35,490	- -	-	-	35,490	54,684
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
	-	-	- -	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	Sub total-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	Total receipts 35,490	35,490	- -	-	-	35,490	54,684
A3 Payments
Welfare	32,143	32,143	- -	-	-	32,143	22,793
Pastoral care	15,251	15,251	- -	-	-	15,251	12,027
Capital projects	5,535	5,535	- -	-	-	5,535	3,887
Admin	626	626	- -	-	-	626	744
Visits from UK to Malawi & Mozambique	Visits from UK to Malawi & Mozambique -	-	- -	-	-	-	8,246
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	Sub total 53,555	53,555	- -	-	-	53,555	47,697
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
	-	-	- -	-	-	-
	-	-	- -	-	-	-
	Sub total -	-	- -	-	-	-	-
	Total payments 53,555	53,555	- -	-	-	53,555	47,697
Net of receipts/(payments) - 18,065		- 18,065	- -	-	-	- 18,065	6,987
A5 Transfers between funds -		-	- -	-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds last year end 89,544		89,544	- -	-	-	89,544	-
Cash funds this year end 71,479		71,479	- -	-	-	71,479	6,987

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

				Unrestricted	Restricted funds	Endowment	Endowment
		Categories	Details	funds		funds
				to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	B1 Cash funds	B1 Cash funds	HSBC current account	32,199	-	-	-
			COIF depoisit account	39,280	-	-	-

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	Total cash funds	71,479		-	-
	(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK		OK	OK
		Unrestricted		Restricted funds	Endowment
		funds			funds
	Details	to nearest	£	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets			-	-	-
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	Details	Fund to which belongs	asset	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets				-	-
				-	-
				-	-
				-	-
				-	-
	Details	Fund to which belongs	asset	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the				-	-
charity’s own use				-	-
				-	-
				-	-
				-	-
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		Fund to which		Amount due	When due
	Details	liability relates		(optional)	(optional)
B5 Liabilities				-
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				-
				-
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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature		Print	Name	Date of approval
		Janet Evelyn Giles			4/28/2026
		David John Evans			4/28/2026

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl The Dawn Christadelphian Committee for Malawi members of On accounts for the year 3111212025 ended Charity no 1002674 (if any) Set out on pages , 3 and 4 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3111212025 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of basis of report the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ("the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Signed: Ic Date: 1810412026 Name: Clare Staffell Relevant professional MBA University of Warwick qualification(s) or body (if any): IER October 2018

Address: , 5 Willets Rise Milton Keynes MK5 6JW Section B Dlsclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan for examiners). There are no matters of concern Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018

THE DAWN CHRISTADELPHIAN COMMIThEE FOR MALAWI - Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees YE 2025 FINDING CONCLUSION PLAN Check total income and balance sheet for classification purposes Total income for the year and the value of An independent examiner's report is assets fall below the levels which would require required. An audit is not required. a full Audit. Accounts are prepared on a current accounting (recelpts and payments) basls. Check for conflict of interests The examiner is independent of the Committee, The appointed examiner Is eligible to has no involvement in the day-to-day management of same and has no close carry out the task. relationship with any Trustee or Officer of the Committee. The examiner has a relevant qualification and relevant experience as the retired Financial Director of a limited company. Constitution document supplied Check the objectives of the Charity The activities of the Charity are in accordance with the Mission stated in the Constitution Obtain accounting records, bank statements, budgets and decision records Quarterly and annual accounts have been The accounts have been properly supplied and are up to date and complete for prepared and supporting the period examined. Minutes of meetings and documentation has been supplied. the budgets supplied clearly record the justification for cash outtlows and the decision processes which have been undertaken. PDF bank statements have been examined and The accounts of the Committee a full download of the year's transactions has been used to analyse the transactions and accurately reflect the inflow and compare with the internal records of the outflow of funds and accurately record their sources and Committee. destinations. Examine bank statements and check consistency with accounting records. Identify samples of documents to support payments The main outflow of funds from the Charity The receipts into the local bank occurs in the form of grants made to the Dawn account at the National Bank of Christadelphian Communities in Malawi and Mozambique, representing during the year Malawi along with limited payments made directly to Mozambique fully under review a total of £53,201 (compared with reflect the oufflows from the UK and £38,707 for the previous year). The increase is have been converted at exchange accounted for by well-documented evidence in rates which were in line with respect of the need for famine relief. Total published rates at the dates expenditure during 2025 amounted to £53,555 indicated. Evidence has been (compared with 2024 expenditure of £47,697), , provided that the funds have been the balance being accounted for by travel and administrative expenses. Aid to the applied in the manner agreed. communities in Malawi and Mozambique is channelled through the local Sub-committee which has its own bank account and takes full responsibility for identifying needs for financial support and for providing pastoral care. The Sub-committee is headed by Winston Manda, who Is the sole signatory for the local account. The printed statements from the local bank have been examined to check that outflows from the Charity's bank account have been correctly received in Malawl. Receipts for goods and services have also been examined, together with detalled written descrlptions of the application of funds at the local level In the countries concerned.

PLAN FINDINQ CONCLUSION Examine budgets and mlnutes of meetings to understand the ,rpasons for the award of 'grants The local Sub-commlttee in Malawl makes Needs arè w611-researched and detailed assessments of the needs of each of documented and Winston Manda the communities within Malawi and maintalns good communication with Mozambique and submits proposals to the leaders of local communities in Trustees of the Committee with costlngs. The Malawi and Mozambique to proposals require unanimous agreement of the understand local needs. A clear Trustees before payment is made. Grants for picture is received by the Trustees of the regular expenses of the community groups local conditions and resulting needs. are made in quarterly tranches, with additional The examiner concludes that all funds being provided for pressing needs. decisions relating to the award of grants are well supported and correctly made. Detailed written records of expenditure are Extensive evidence has been provided by the Malawi sub-committee, along provided of the way in which grants with receipts and records of application by local provided have been distributed to community groups. local communities according to need and the independent examiner is satisfied that the funds have been applied as intended. Cash assets provide an adequate reserve for the work of the Committee. Examine local records to detennine whether grants , have been applied as intended Comment on assets held . Cash assets of £71,479 are held by the Charity, to be compared with £89,544 held at the end of 2024. Assess whether ttie Charity is in a position to fulfil its mission for the foreseeable future The Committee has sufficient funds in hand to enable them to continue to support the Dawn Christadelphian Communities in Malawi and Mozambique during the coming year in accordance with its declared mission. The wider Dawn Christadelphian Community has consistently been responsive in providing funds as needed and this has enabled reserves to be maintained at a satisfactory level. Donation income in 2025 amounted to £33,830, The outgoings are considered compared with £ 53,478 in 2024. Outgoings in reasonable and correct application 2025 amounted to £53,555, compared with of funds has been made in line with £47,697 in 2024. These trends have led to a the mission of the Charity. The fall in reserves, but the funds held are inflow of donations is adequate for nevertheless at a good level to support foreseeable requirements. foreseeable requirements for the year ahead. Payments are tightly controlled, being made Internal financial controls are with the written agreement of all Trustees. adequate to the size and scope of Financial reporting is thorough and appropriate. the organisation. The Trustees Annual Report accurately reflects ,; The Examiner is happy to endorse the work of the Charity during the year 2025 the documents to be submitted. and the Accounts as prepared are in line with the findings of the Examiner. The Committee is able to plan future work with assurance of available funding. Carry out an analytical review , of the accounts including comparison with previous , year.. Comment on internal financial controls Check Annual Report and Accounts as submitted to Charities Commission Clare Staffell