2020-12-31-accounts

TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

Trustees’ Annual Report and Unaudited Receipts and Payments Accounts

for the year ended 31 December 2020

TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

CONTENTS

CONTENTS
Legal and administrative information	1
Trustees' annual report	2
Independent examiner's report	7
Receipts and payments accounts	9
Statement of assets and liabilities	10

TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

Reference and administrative details

Charity Name:	TANZANEAR
	(Formerly The Friends of The Deaf of Tanzania)
Registered Charity Number:	1063647
Principal address:	219 Loddon Bridge Road, Woodley, READING, RG5 4BP
Trustees	Judith Roberts (Chair and Secretary)
	Corrine Collins
	John Middleton (Treasurer)
Bankers	CAF Bank Ltd
	25 Kings Hill
	West Malling
	Kent, ME19 4JQ
	Scottish Widows Bank
	PO Box 883
	Leeds, LS1 9TY
	HSBC Bank Plc
	10 Market Place
	Saffron
	Walden
	Essex, CB10 1JX
Independent examiner	Charles Ssempijja, ACA
	NfP Accountants Ltd
	No 38, 52 Peckham Grove, London, SE15 6FR

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

The trustees present their annual report and financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2020. The reference and administrative information set out on page 1 forms part of this report. The Trustees have taken advantage of the smaller charities’ exemption under Section 133 of the Charities Act 2011, and have prepared these accounts on a Receipts and Payments basis. Consequently, the charities reporting guidance and requirements under “Accounting and reporting by charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP)” are not applied to these accounts.

Objectives and Activities

Summary of the purposes of the charity set out in its governing document:

The relief of deaf people (which expression shall include persons who are totally or profoundly deaf or who are partially deprived of hearing or who are threatened with deafness) in Tanzania.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objectives:

Provision of financial and audiological support to Buguruni School for the Deaf in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Financial and administrative support to the Tanzania Society for the Deaf (TSD) which owns Buguruni School, and to Umoja Wa Miradi Kwa Viziwi Tanzania (UMIVITA), a NGO in Tanzania that supports young deaf adults.

Public Benefit

The trustees confirm that in planning and delivering the charity’s activities, they have been aware of and had regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Policy on grant making

Currently grants are made exclusively to support Buguruni School for the Deaf and its pupils and to TSD and UMIVITA.

Contribution made by volunteers

All of Tanzanear’s work is undertaken by volunteers. There are no paid staff and trustees and executive committee members are not paid for the work they do for Tanzanear.

The Executive Committee believes that its members, who give generously of their time to help in the furtherance of our charitable objectives, should not be out of pocket for carrying out their roles and responsibilities for the charity unless they choose so to be. The charity’s expenses reimbursement policy provides that, in general, Tanzanear will reimburse legitimate expenses, which a Committee member necessarily incurs to allow him/her to carry out his/her duties for the charity.

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

During 2020, no such costs were claimed or reimbursed (2019 – £1,049).

Achievements and Performance

It goes without saying that this last year has been an unprecedented one in our history, but we are pleased to report that we have been able to continue supporting Tanzania Society for the Deaf (“TSD”) and UMIVITA as they run their ongoing projects to support the pupils at Buguruni School for the Deaf (“BSD”) and the BSD Alumni.

Whilst the year got off to a good start with a major maintenance program funded by Tanzanear, the COVID restrictions closed the school for a couple of months. We are indebted to the TSD Committee but particularly to Mr Yasin Mawe (the Executive Director of TSD) for being our ‘eyes on the ground’. Throughout the pandemic, information on COVID was fed to TSD and the whole school community to ensure everyone remained safe. Thanks to the generosity of a donation from Mary Hare School, we were able to supply all the necessary hygiene and safety measures to ensure maximum cleanliness in the school. We are pleased to report that there were no COVID cases at the school or the wider school community.

Just before the “lock down”, the school benefitted from one the last Missions from the Starkey Hearing Foundation which meant that all the pupils received hearing aids. Whilst the Foundation has suspended all missions and aftercare, thanks to the JA Clarke Charitable Trust’s funding, the pupils have benefited from ongoing aftercare with their audiological needs.

In June 2020, the work on the sewage system was completed as well as work on the solar pumps which means that all systems can run at all times. We are delighted to hear that TSD has engaged with local companies and with the help of labour costs from Tanzanear, the school was completely repainted; during the visit of the Starkey Hearing Foundation, there were endless compliments on the school environment and cleanliness - all of this is in no small thanks to our very generous donors. It has been pleasing to see that TSD have put various other projects in place, including a vegetable garden to supplement the food provision involving the pupils, seeking out volunteers to further the education of the Ufundi class, as well as engaging with local companies to provide provisions for the children. Whilst we will continue to support the school, we believe that part of our role is to encourage sustainability from local sources and we are finally beginning to see this.

Tanzanear strongly believes in “team work” and this means working closely with TSD, the school, the children, the local authority, and in 2020, we saw all this coming together. The relationship between TSD and the school management has improved greatly; in turn both organisations have worked closely with the parents so that everyone is on the same page, in that we are maximising the support and opportunities for the children.

As we reported last year, the Buguruni Breakfast Club and Child Sponsorship Scheme continue to do well which is a major benefit to all the pupils and staff. However, we still face the challenge of more children

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

needing our help through the Child Sponsorship Scheme and the lack of new sponsors (due to the decrease in the number of volunteers visiting the School). This needs to be a major focus for next year. In August 2020, we were all devastated to hear of the death of Habiba Muhomba who ran the Child Sponsorship Scheme on our behalf for so many years; Habiba was instrumental in ensuring that those children who needed our help received it. Tanzanear will be forever indebted for her care and fairness in running the scheme on our behalf and she will be greatly missed. However, we are delighted that a member of the TSD Board and a former parent has taken on this role – we would like to acknowledge Elly Said, who has taken on this role with minimal disruption.

Our support to UMIVITA continues to yield benefits. Thanks to the work of UMIVITA, the school Alumni is very active at the school, not only providing ‘cleaning’ days, but planting papaya trees within the school grounds. Thanks to their work, we now have a much better understanding of where are former pupils are, what they are doing and how they can support the present pupils

I started this report by saying what an extraordinary year it had been and this applies to the Tanzanear Executive Committee. I am aware that communication with our donors has been minimal but we hope that going forward that things will improve. It goes without saying that working through an NGO solely, with no visits, has not been easy. But we remain indebted to Mr Yasin Mawe for his endless commitment; we are mindful of his role and have asked the TSD Board to look at succession planning. We remain hugely grateful for the care and kindness he shows to the children especially over this last year when visits.

As we say year in year out, none of our work would be possible without the wonderful support from our donors, both from here in the UK and also our friends in the local community in Dar es Salaam and I would like to take this opportunity to thank them enormously. Collectively, we are making a difference – all the pupils passed their Standard VII examinations in 2020 which has enabled them to move onto secondary school – we are in no doubt that the help given to these children in so many different ways has contributed to this result. We know that there are challenges ahead but we continue to remind ourselves of our objectives which are the relief of deaf people in Tanzania.

Financial Review

Financial summary

In total we secured £34,453 of funding in the year (including interest on deposits). Total payments in the year amounted to £54,797.

This led to an excess of expenditure over income of £20,344 which was met from reserves.

Reserves and reserves policy

The charity’s policy is to hold reserves to finance future improvements to the audiological facilities at Buguruni School for the Deaf and renovation of its ageing buildings and infrastructure. Reserves have been built up over several years thanks to several generous unrestricted donations which the committee was able

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

to put aside, and in recent years have drawn on, for these purposes. As at 31 December 2020 such reserves amounted to £50,000. Total funds at the year-end amounted to £62,680 including £600 payable for the examination of the accounts. As noted in last year’s accounts the loan to TSD, originally made in 2013 to enable them to meet an exceptional and unexpected liability, was forgiven and written off as the debtor has no independent source of funds to repay it other than payments received from Tanzanear.

The trustees are satisfied that this level of reserves meets the requirements of the stated reserves policy.

Going concern

The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Principal funding sources

The charity is funded principally by voluntary and regular monthly, quarterly, annual or one-off donations from individual UK-based donors.

Risk management

The principal financial risk facing the Charity is limited support from the local authority (LA) and LA appointed head teacher at the school. This is being mitigated through the preparation of a memorandum of understanding for agreement between TSD and the LA. There has been a change of head teacher and closer relationships are developing.

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of the charity’s trusts: Type of governing document: Constitution (as amended 5 August 2012) How the charity is constituted: Registered charity (non-company); Membership is open to all persons over the age of 18 who pay a £10 admission fee.

Trustee selection methods: Trustees are elected by members of the society at annual general meetings. Organisational structure and Day to day business is managed by an executive committee (of any wider network with which which the trustees are members) whose members are elected by the charity works members of the society at annual general meetings. Related parties: The trustees and their close connections are considered to be the only related parties of the charity.

Declarations

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) JOHN MIDDLETON Full name(s) JUDITH ROBERTS Position (e.g. Secretary, CHAIR TREASURER Chair, etc.) Date 09 October 2021

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of TANZANEAR On accounts for the year 31 December 2020 Charity no 1063647 ended (if any) Set out on pages [ 9-10 ] (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Respective responsibilities The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The of trustees and examiner charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Charities Act”) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

• examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,

• to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and

• to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

• Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given by the

• examiner’s statement Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention (other than that disclosed below)

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements:

2. to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; and

3. to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act

4. have not been met; or

5. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date: 18 October 2021 Name: Charles Ssempijja, ACA Relevant professional ICAEW qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 3[rd] Floor, 86-90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.(E.g. accounting records have not been kept in accordance with s132 of the Charities’ Act 2011 and those accounts do not comply with the requirements of the 2008 Regulations setting out the form and content of charity accounts; any material expenditure or action which appears not to be in accordance with the trusts of the charity; any failure to be provided with information and explanations by any past or present trustee, officer or employee; and any material consistency between the accounts and the trustees’ annual report.)

Give here brief details of any N/A items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name		CC16a
	TANZANEAR				1063647
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from		01/01/2020	To	31/12/2020
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
Income from subscriptions, voluntary donations and fundraising	34,431		-	-	34,431	58,436
Interest on deposits	22		-	-	22	42
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	34,453		-	-	34,453	58,478
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-		-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
Sub total	-		-	-	-	-
Total receipts	34,453		-	-	34,453	58,478
A3 Payments
Buguruni School for the Deaf	47,475		-	-	47,475	50,739
UMIVITA	6,240		-	-	6,240	6,600
Bank charges	247		-	-	247	264
Fundraisingand administration	835		-	-	835	853
Committee expenses	-		-	-	-	1,049
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
	-		-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	54,797		-	-	54,797	59,505
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-		-	-	-
	-		-	-	-
**Sub total **	-		-	-	-	-
Totalpayments	54,797		-	-	54,797	59,505
Net of receipts/(payments)	- 20,344		-	-	- 20,344	- 1,027
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-	-	-	-
A6 Cash funds lastyear end	82,074		-	-	82,074	82,074
Cash funds thisyear end	61,730		-	-	61,730	81,047

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TANZANEAR

(Registered Charity No. 1063647)

TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 December 2020

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

Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds
		to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Cash at bank	61,730		-		-
		-		-		-
		-		-		-
	Total cash funds	61,730		-		-
	(agree balances w ith receipts and payments account(s))	OK				OK
		Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-		-		-
		-		-		-
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets				-		-
				-		-
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs		Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use				-		-
				-		-
	Details	Fund to which liability relates		Amount due (optional)		When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities	Independent examiner's fee	General (unrestricted)		600		Less than one year
				-

These accounts and the annual report were approved by the Executive Committee on 09 October 2021.

John Middleton Honorary Treasurer

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