l think Th i5 farkn 5aythat in 20251heM¥PJ chtyand in rrwvways tWAftsrthÈ cDuntheg iTdi the UK With Ihe w)vemttErfs gjl fed m Ip and35a cemre ofexcwefor te&iThJ arnIng (xY4tinup5 part of ofour hves. A certwnty in an tsncen&n rhx evef UKwhtof like trw example ol travel lor the F[KIS of Sl Jarres in the UK. ¥ie Strlwll to our commithns &s Ihe cost ofknThJ. innaiion ex(l)wy rates t io us al smth twr thlIng UK ffnbwshipa fin{x7. ofcYJrorthr REeDTrJ$1six Kknawhatsapp(4Q tIVe&TeI mthr¥J have ar are fikety 10 ha¥. irno OUT furKls ata hLKJe p. i%t heartetEd 10 hear ¥YmfrOm txrt UK at theAGM last year hdd 17th May 2025 who urged u4 to crrinuewth ourwotk even thwh the UK committee sakl Is irKreasrvJty difficuh to (S). at attwnts A5 a resutt ofttE AGM have rrKNed f(wrd and a(xefvi ill rK)t te aNeto tk) schdats Sch and rKwalso wmÈthildren vtho liwng on.site in. tSh oarding.. We have e8MW s(wne Im[ethe ph building kntAyn to marry as,S[aran14. so that it is better fft wtFxJSevth tmw¢y4ed sanitÈtsLX) 8t lunaK)nY tr with her salary. via the Matsbelelarxj Dira[Tr offi. Legacy leS to 1 bursary #udents irno our ca. TltrouglKArt tt)e year Sarah cw llIam secret8ry. has kept us on a 5traigM path prepanw for rIrine ftett"rs mirwtes and agenda5. coTr1u¢btwJ krts of Lh1nd the scenes work io enswe complwKe our arkl go(MJ c(MiwnunKaDrffi 7th Miss Bafar ar)Ll Miss Mavingeir the secow ar¥1 wjnwy head lea(*s. are sj grthful to Sarah lor her organe<l and eifKyent work forThe Friend5 of Sl JaJnes tthng mitwies ofmeets'ngs tt)at ran I Iated arKI pasgonate atDme& Sarah's thity ol thowJM and e¥celJeni wecis S"11S a io Thank you Sarahl
The treaSUr has kept US UP to date about our finances and in 2025 we once ag&n had an audrt from our bankers Bardays. They th4ays want to know that ou¥ money is going to the right F4ace and wheie our lunds come trom. To this end in 2025 and into this financi year we have streamlined the movement of our funds. Funds for bursaries are now going direcdy to St James Secondary school whilst the pr&school salary and the feeding fund funds go via Ihe diocese, abty l¢>Jge(I dthvn by the bk keeper Mrs Jenny Leach in the Offi at the Di0se. Fr Ncube, the priw in charge at Si James is dso the head of St Columbas secondary schwl in Bulawayo. As a Tesult he is a very busy man! We have Struggled at b.mes with gwning the ieceipts we require for our auditsng purwJse5 and due diligence needs but hope that the drvergence of how we send our funts will assist us Jl. We give thanks for al our supporters and in particular to Annette Daddo in Australia vtho rased a signtficant sum wth an ans and crafts event as well as lunds ISed from other chariries heaited up by our own Chris Peskett. Tr lunds generated through many hours work tra¥ing the intemei kn likeminded chatable support is not fLKthe heartedl Thank you Chrts!I Sibo Sesay. another of our UK committee members has iEen fantati in gwing us up to date inforMakn"I atr) tx>th pwple. St James and der Matabeleland as She travels between the UK and Zifflbabwe regulaty. Thak you Sibo very mh indeedl Church coffee monie5 and jam. chutney and MarMade eS mainly, not entirety in my own commLFnrty s0 added a litde to ihe wt in 2025 and orKJoing inio 2026. Overall. as a commiuee we have been buoyed up by last years AGM and our thanks go io all those who keep St James and The Friends of St James in their prayers. Friends throughout the wodd. we cant do it withoth y(NJl IAÈ have had some very upbeat moments as well as some frLrating times in 2025 but we kp on, keeping on. Godspeed to us all for the next year. Alison Bu. chair. AGM 2026
The Fllends of St James Mission ar 5dvxJl Nyarnandhlovu Re8lstered Charity no 1017217 Income and expendlture arwunt year ended 31" Decemb•r 2025 IP4(XJME Charitie5 Tryrt Churches. See NDtE I IndId015 See Noie 2 Charities See Note a Ea Fundrai51 th¥r51mas sales in the 2025 658.72 9.170.(N) 507.18 11.978.31 27.36 120.¢X) ar. See Note 4 its). Cash DtsThatiOnS Interest Glft Aid retlalmed from HMRC Marmalade sale5 West Moov5 Church Coffee TOTAL INCOME expENDITURE 35. 222n2 255.52 185.(M) 95. 419.CA) 21.652.42 To St James Mr55ion and Schty>l. N Bursaries X 9 UDS Exam Fees uss Pre School Salary uss Feedin8 Fund arnic Uniform Bursary 8irfs ststionery 7 8ursarygir15 Uniform for Liness Transport For Fr Mussasa Zim. admin. See note 6 Bank Chargers (See note 51 Totsl andhlovu 18.180 836 4.047 15.716.84 12.634.21 413.27 2.268.29 5.802.93 4.266.80 6.860.28 uss uss uss uss uss uss uss uss 266 195 86.37 29.06 26.40 300.07 27443.78 121.00 27,$64.78 33,592 21,934.03 93. 22,OZ7.03 Bank Cha es Total ex enditure in Total income in year Exces5 of Income o¥er e nditure ear 5,912.36 4,558.06
Mai Ac¢oubtsa5a¢31S¢ 20Z4<J¢tsl bo1¥1 3yiz/ 2024 3V121202 19.Ml.32 20 $87.38 arda Eve cornmvrb Totsls 1.31 Note 1. 3WiO. Ipsi*ich RoaLI URC £407.18. Norih Nevmton PCC £IIJ)JY) Total £ 507.18. N¢xe 2. Includes one donarion of £I.E.(l. Two donaticffis of £l.(KX).LK). One donati from Australia of £624.31. Note 3. Charity reipts. These were compld of the foll(w4ing. The Bridge C T £200. Salamander Trust £2,OCK).(x) 11am Hthvarth Chartty £5LK).CK) Oak Trusr £i,Lx)o Souter Charttable Trust £ 4.8(x) Children First Internaiiond £4.146.22 This money was raised by Hetty Tillard. an entrant in the Lonilon Marathon. Children Fiist 1nternats.onal acted as the collectiNJ ar Gift Aid agency. Note 4. This totat was r1Ved in January 2025 for cards purchased for Christmas 2024. Note 5 The FSJMS committee agreed to pay the 2% surcharge levied on foreign * donations by the Zimbabwe government. Alan Butler Hon Treasurer FSJMS 13th February 2026
649 Bldndford Road Upton Poole Dorset 8H16 5EF 27/03/26 r have checked the finnncial records of Friends of St Jdmes Mission and School. Matabelelond, Zimbabwe for the year 2025 and believe them to be in order with no irregularities. Anne Poate. Tre<7surer. Friends of M5 Purbeck