**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Yea 01 01 2023 **To** 31 12 2023 ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Rehoboth Children’s Homes Trust **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1005152 **Charity's principal address** Godmanchester Baptist Church **Postcode PE29 2BJ** East Chadley Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon, Cambs ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any)** 1 Mr David Rootham Vice-Chair Miss Rosemary Treasurer 2 Steen Miss Kathryn 3 ~~op~~ Thompson Mr Philip Chair 4 Thompson 5 ~~—EE~~ Mr Roger Hickling Mr Robert 6 Thomson 7 ~~————~~ Mrs Maria George 8 Mr Lee Hastie From 18 November 2023 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** ~~——————~~ **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) Section B Structure, governance and management Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Trust Deed] How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[Trust] Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Appointed by existing trustees] **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include Safeguarding policies and procedures are in place to vet and monitor any additional information, where volunteers working at the Rehoboth Children’s Homes in the Philippines. relevant, about:  policies and procedures A Partnership Agreement between Rehoboth Children’s Homes Inc in the adopted for the induction and Philippines (RCHI) and Rehoboth Children’s Homes Trust in the UK training of trustees; (RCHT) has been signed by both parties.  the charity’s organisational The amended Trust Deed enables trustee meetings to be held face-tostructure and any wider face, by electronic means or by a combination of the two. network with which the charity works;  relationship with any related parties;  trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** March **2012** **TAR** 2 To support the charitable work of Rehoboth Children’s Homes of the Philippines. **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Accommodation and nutrition are provided for children who have been orphaned, abandoned or neglected. Medical care is provided and the children are supported in their education. Recreational and spiritual needs are also provided for. Educational support is also provided for children who still live in their local communities but whose parents are not able to afford the education costs. Some older residents are supported in independent living in preparation **Summary of the main** for leaving the Homes. **activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to** In providing the above, the Trustees have regard for the Charity **these objects (include within** Commission’s general guidance on public benefit, and our aims and **this section the statutory** objectives in supporting the work of the Children’s Homes. **declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 One of the trustees lived at the Homes for two periods of three months providing tuition, administrative support and valuable liaison between the UK Board of Trustees and the local management in the Philippines. Volunteers give assistance with a sponsorship programme and with managing finances. You **may choose** to include Other trustees and supporters would usually visit the Homes but have not further statements, where done so this year. relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; A US Peace Corps Volunteer was assigned to the Homes in the Philippines in March and works to support the staff and children. - policy programme related investment; - A group of 7 Social Work interns from the University of Northern - contribution made by Philippines were assigned to the Homes for a period of 4 months from volunteers. October. ## Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** Accommodation and nutrition were provided for 31 children in two **achievements of the charity** separate houses. The children were supported through the educational **during the year** system, some to further education and training to enable them to seek suitable employment. The community based educational assistance programme was continued and supported 24 college students, 5 high school students and 2 elementary school students. 6 of the college students graduated during the year enabling them to seek appropriate employment. One older resident was supported in living independently. . ## **Section E Financial review** March **2012** **TAR** 5 ## **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** The aim of the trustees is to keep a minimum of at least three months’ reserve funds in the Philippines and also at least three months’ reserve funds in the UK to meet ongoing needs of the Homes and any unforeseen contingencies. The reserve at the end of the year in the UK was £206,612 which was equivalent to approximately 24 months’ reserves. ## **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); The principal source of funds is gifts from individuals and churches. Funds are also provided from occasional legacies which provide welcome amounts of extra income. 97% of expenditure was spent on the direct support of the Children’s Homes in the Philippines. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives Reserves are held in current and deposit and interest-bearing accounts in of the charity; UK banks and building societies that are covered by the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS). No one account exceeds that - investment policy and covered by the FSCS. Sufficient funds are kept in readily accessible - objectives including any accounts to cover the reserves policy. - ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** ## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** P A Thompson **Full name(s)** Philip Alan Thompson **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 13.09.24 March **2012** **TAR** 6 Rehoboth Children's Homes Trust Registered Charity No. 1005152 Receipts & Payments Account for 2023 2023 2022 Total Unrestricted Restricted Totsl Income Donations Legacy Tax refund Interest Totsl income 53.452.64 0.00 22.923.94 1,735.76 78,112.34 53.452.64 0.00 22,923.94 1,735.76 78.112.34 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 77,857.02 97,618.14 0.00 529.73 176,004.89 Expendlture RCHI Iransfer Admin UKJKathryn Expgnses Travel Overseas Charges Totsl expendlture 85,840.19 967.07 0.00 1,074.99 60.00 87.942.25 79,299.82 967.07 0.00 1,074.99 60.00 81,401.88 6,540.37 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6,540.37 72,309.50 1,240.53 39.18 783.27 85.72 74,458.20 Net surplus in year to date -9,829.91 4.289.54 -6,540.37 101,546.69 Balan￿ BIF 1 January 216,442,C 208,904.68 7.537.32 114,895.31 Balance CIF 206.612.09 205,615.14 996.95 216.442.00 HMRC - Gift Aid claims and receipts received during 2023 were as follows :_ Year 2020 - £8,762.12 re￿iVed on 06th February 2023 Year 2021- £7.494.07 received on 20th November 2023 Year 2022 - £6.667.75 received on 22nd November 2023 Totsl received in 2023 - £22.923.94 No remuneration was made to the Trustees during the year See notes on page 2. Notes on the accounts . a) Bank balances as of 31st December 2023 . Represented by . 2023 2022 CAF Gold CAF Cash Lloyds 768 Virgin Cambs and County PayPal Total 37,341.09 12,039.20 41,624.74 35,048.00 80,000.00 559.06 £206 612.09 93,649.40 10.409.78 27,413.96 84,728.79 240.07 £216 442.00 Approved by the Trustees on ... Talbot Treasurer P A Thompson Chair of Trustees CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts *•• Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of IIEtlO@oTh L￿1￿S￿E￿, S Jrlc)kEI On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 3 I 2CJ13 C£)£151 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Yhe Trusf) for the year ended 3111112023 Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of 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 carying 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 ( ') in connection with th8 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 concems 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 rf they do not apply. Signed.. Date: Name: NA&QTI LE Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): oFth*- Address: IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018