## CHRISTIAN RELIEF UGANDA
## Chairman’s Report 2023
The period of Ame that we are reporAng on is from January 2023 to December 2023.
CRU conAnues to support the work of Maria’s Care by raising funds for educaAon, building maintenance and to support its various projects.
In addiAon to supporAng Maria’s Care Primary School, CRU supports a number of individuals in the local community of Kamuli.
Having stood down from the role of Fundraiser for CRU, Rhona Marshall became a member of the Trustee. We are please to conAnue to benefit from her experience in Uganda over 27 years and with CRU.
Meriel Carboni took over as the lead fundraiser and her costs were paid for a few months. She subsequently became a volunteer and a Trustee.
## **Christian Relief Uganda - 1055166**
## **Financial statements for the year ending 31 December 2023**
## **Balance Sheet Detailed**
||**As at**|**As at**|
|---|---|---|
||**31/12/2023**|**31/12/2022**|
|**Current Asset - Cash At Bank And In Hand**|||
|7001: Cash at Bank|11,104.71|3,721.09|
|7002: Petty Cash|-|-|
|**Total Current assets**|**11,104.71**|**3,721.09**|
|**Reserves**|||
|Excess/(deficit) to date|7,383.62|666.79|
|Z01: Starting balances|3,721.09|3,054.30|
||**11,104.71**|**3,721.09**|
## **There are no Resticted Funds.**
## **Christian Relief Uganda - 1055166**
## **Statement of Financial Activities**
## **For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
|Donations and legacies
Income from charitable activities
Other income
**Total Income**
Raising funds
Expenditure on charitable activities
Other expenditure
**Total Expenditure**
**Transfers:**
Unrestricted
General Fund
Gross transfers between funds - in
Gross transfers between funds - out
Gains / losses on investment assets
**Other recognised gains / losses**
Gains on revaluation, fixed assets, charity's own use
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds**
**Total funds brought forward**
**Total funds carried forward**
**Expenditure from:**
**Gains/losses on investment assets**
**Net income / (expenditure) resources before transfer**
**Transfers:**
**Income from:**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**As at**
**31/12/2023**
**As at**
**31/12/2022**
77,250.99
-
77,250.99
62,206.56
4,995.08
-
4,995.08
3,286.87
-
-
-
-|
|---|---|
||**82,246.07**
**-**
**82,246.07**
**65.493.43**|
||1,976.49
-
1,976.49
2,325.18
71,958.35
-
71,958.35
62,501.46
927.61
-
927.61
-|
||**74,862.45**
**-**
**74,862.45**
**64,826.64**|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||**7,383.62**
**-**
**7,383.62**
**669.79**|
||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
||**7,383.62**
**-**
**7,383.62**
**669.79**|
|||
||**3,721.09**
**-**
**3,721.09**
**3,054.30**|
|||
||**11,104.71**
**-**
**11,104.71**
**3,721.09**|
||11,104.71
-
11,104.71
3,721.09|
## **Christian Relief Uganda - 1055166**
## **Analysis of Income**
## **For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
## **Receipts Account**
|1101 - Gift Aid Gifts by SO
1102 - Donations by SO
1103 - Gift Aid Gifts NOT by SO
1104 - Donations NOT by SO
1106 - Justgiving Fundraising
1107 - Charities Trust Donations
1201 - Tax Recovered on Gifts
1301 - Legacies/Bequests
1401 - Craft Sales
1403 - Quiz Night Income
1410 - Fundraising one-off events
**Total Receipts**
**Donations and legacies**
**Donations and legacies Totals**
**Income from charitable activities**
**Income from charitable activities Totals**|Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total 2023
Total 2022
28,558.08
-
28,558.08
29,613.08
7,772.47
-
7,772.47
7,780.46
7,373.15
-
7,373.15
3,885.00
12,163.08
-
12,163.08
11,539.26
541.50
-
541.50
288.37
805.12
-
805.12
300.00
10,037.59
-
10,037.59
8,800.39
10,000.00
-
10,000.00
-|
|---|---|
||**77,250.99**
-
**77,250.99**
**62,206.56**
-
-
-
70.87
1,158.00
-
1,158.00
1,509.77
3,837.08
-
3,837.08
1,706.23|
||**4,995.08**
-
**4,995.08**
**3,286.87**|
||**82,246.07**
-
**82,246.07**
**65,493.43**|
## **Christian Relief Uganda - 1055166**
## **Analysis of Expenditure**
## **For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
## **Payments Account**
|2103 - Quiz Night Costs
2105 - Insurance
2106 - Postage
2107 - Telephone
2108 - Stationary
2109 - Coordinator Salary
2110 - IT and Software Support
2111 - Website Costs
2112 - Justgiving Charges
2114 - Fundraising one-off events Costs
2115 - Fundraising Fees
2001 - Maria's Care Grant
2601 - Uganda Trip Costs
**Raising Funds**
**Expenditure Grand Totals**
**Raising funds Totals**
**Expenditure on charitable activities**
**Expenditure on charitable activities Totals**
**Other Expenditure**
**Other Expenditure Totals**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Funds**
**Total 2023**
**Total 2022**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**|
|---|---|
||150.00
-
150.00
-
367.45
-
367.45
345.84
-
-
-
3.84
-
-
-
33.51
-
-
-
14.00
-
-
-
1354.40
300.00
-
300.00
300.00
64.79
-
64.79
57.59
216.00
-
216.00
216.00
158.25
-
158.25
-
720.00
-
720.00
-|
||**1,976.49**
-
**1,976.49**
**2,325.18**
71,958.35
-
71,958.35
62,501.46|
||**71,958.35**
-
**71,958.35**
**62,501.46**
927.61
-
927.61
-|
||**927.61**
-
**927.61**
-|
||**74,862.45**
**-**
**74,862.45**
**64,826.64**|
## **Christian Relief Uganda - 1055166**
## **Fund Movement summary**
## **For the period from 01 January 2023 to 31 December 2023**
|**Fund**|**Fund balances**
**brought forward**|**Incoming**
**Resources**|**Outgoing**
**Resources**|**Transfers**||**Gains and**
**Losses**||**Journal**
**Entries**||**Fund balances**
**Carried forward**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|General - General Fund|3,721.09|82,246.07|74,862.45||-||-||-|11,104.71|
|Totals|3,721.09|82,246.07|74,862.45||-||-||-|11,104.71|
## Christian Relief Uganda
## **Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31[st] December 2023**
## **1. Accounting Policies**
## **General**
These Accounts have been prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with applicable accounting standards and the Statement of Recommended Practise on Accounting by Charities. The charity accounting packages, MyGiving.online and Myfundaccounting.online , supplied by Data Developments of Wolverhampton, have been used to maintain the accounts, and to produce the statements of accounts shown in the previous 5 pages.
## **Policy on Reserve Funds**
It is the policy of the charity to employ funds for the purpose given as quickly as possible. The general policy on unrestricted funds is only to hold in reserve sufficient funds to cover up to the next month’s known expenditure.
## **2. Fixed Assets**
As at 31[st] December 2023 the Charity is not in possession of any Fixed Assets
## **3. Restricted Funds**
Christian Relief Uganda no longer has any restricted funds.
## **4. Fundraising Activities**
Most of the income of the charity is derived from donations for the work being carried out in Uganda. However, the trustees launch fundraising activities and initiatives. A Quiz night was held in December. The Fundraising one-off events were events put on by individuals who have done a variety of things to raise funds.
|**Fundraising Income**|**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|Crafts|0.00|70.87|
|Events|||
|- Quiz Night|1158.00|1509.77|
|- Fundraising one-off events|3837.08|1706.23|
|**Total Fundraising Income**|**4995.08**|**3286.87**|
## **5. Maria’s Care**
Money is transferred each month by electronic bank transfer for use by Maria’s Care. A company called VFX Financial PLC is used to do the transfer free of charge. This money is used for the day to day running of Maria’s Care and also for specific projects that we are informed of by the NGO trustees and Head Teacher. How this money is used is recorded so that the CRU trustees see in detail how the transferred funds are used.
## **6. Projects**
- The financing of the main ongoing projects of Sponsorship for the education of pupils and students at Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Vocational Training Schools, and the support of the Primary, Pre-School and Deaf Unit at Maria's Care continued.
## **7. Charitable Activities**
|||**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|
|Maria's Care Grants||71958.35|62501.46|
||**Total**|**71958.35**|**62501.46**|
## **8. Cost of Generating Funds**
The expenditure of £1976.49, incurred as a result of general fund raising and administration of the charity for the year, was made up as detailed in the table below. The expenditure on the purchase of materials for direct fundraising activities has been separated from general fund raising and administrative expenditure.
|**Costs of generating Voluntary Income**|**2023**|**2022**|
|---|---|---|
|Insurance|367.45|345.84|
|Postage|0.00|3.84|
|Telephone|0.00|33.51|
|Stationery& Photocopying|0.00|14.00|
|Mrs. R. Marshall – Salary|0.00|1354.40|
|IT Equipment and Software Support|300.00|300.00|
|Website costs|64.79|57.59|
|JustGiving Charge|216.00|216.00|
|**Sub-total**|**948.24**|**2325.18**|
|**Fundraising Trading**|||
|Quiz Night Costs|150.00|0.00|
|Fundraising one-off events|158.25|0.00|
|Fundraising Fees|720.00|0.00|
|**Sub-total**|**1028.25**|**0.00**|
|**Total Admin. & Fundraising Expenditure**|**1976.49**|**2325.18**|
## **9. Trustees’ Expenses**
Some out of pocket expenses, which were incurred as a result of fund raising activities and/or managing the charity, were reimbursed to trustees. These are included in the breakdown of expenses under note 8.
Independent Examiners Report on the Accounts of Christian Relief Uganda
I report on the accounts of Christian Relief Uganda for the year ended 31st Decernber 2023.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
As the charity's trustees you are responsib18 for the preparation of the accounts., you
consider that the audit requirement of section 43{21 of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act)
doas not apply, It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the
General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under section 4317)(b) of the Act,
whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carrled out In accordance wlth the General Dlrectlons glv&n by the
Charity Commissioners. An examlnation includes a review of the accounting records kept by
the charity and a comparison of the accounts pr8sent8d with those records. It also includes
consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations
from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures und@rtak8n do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an aL*dit, and consequently I do not
6xpress an auéit opinion on the view given by the accounts.
Ind8pend8nt 8xamlnar's Statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention..
whlch glves me reasonable cause to believe that In any materlal respect th8
requlrements
to keep accounting records In accordance with section 41 of the Act., and
to prepare accounts whlch accord wlth the accountlng records and to
comply with the accounting requirements of the Act,
Have not been met; or
2. to which, In my opinlon, attention should b6 drawn in order to enable 8 proper
understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned..
Date: (J b
Name: E.F.A8rtse-Tuyn
Relevant professional qualification or body (if any),.
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