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2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2020 To 31 12 2020

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Amani UK Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1073357

Charity's principal address 95 Primrose Hill Widmer End High Wycombe Postcode HP15 6NT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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16		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for
whole year		 Name of person (or body)
entitled to appoint trustee (if
any)
Darren Bignell
Peter Fish International Coordinator
Suzannah Bisset
Mrs Ruth Moffat
Robert Insley Secretary
John Prestwich Chairman
Jim Leftwich
Adrian Goode Treasurer
Sue Smithin

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Type of adviser
Name
Address		 Type of adviser
Name
Address		 Type of adviser
Name
Address
Human Resource Derek Hopwood 20 Tylers Rd. Hazlemere, High Wycombe HP15 7NS
Schools Mrs Pauline Prince 7, Highwoods Close Marlow Bottom. Bucks. SL7 3PG
ICT Education Julian Harty 22 Green St. Hazlemere, High Wycombe
Cultural Benedict Mwendwa 11 Nicholas Gardens, High Wycombe, HP13 6JQ
Fund raising Malcolm Corden 88 Cedar Avenue, Hazlemere, High Wycombe HP15 7EF
Keep a Girl in School Mrs Peggy Bannister 2 Oldbury Grove, Beaconsfield Grove, HP9 2AJ
Ted’s Clinic Mrs Jan Rayner Little Burrows,36 Grange Drive, High Wycombe, HP13 5GQ
Management Training Colin Knight Forge House, 10 Church Street, Great Missenden, Bucks HP16
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Model Declaration of Trust dated 9th. January 1999 Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust – Amended March 2002 How the charity is constituted

By invitation of existing trustees Trustee selection methods

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

As a faith-based humanitarian organisation, trustees are selected on the You may choose to include basis of a known and practised Christian faith. The trustees ensure that additional information, where all funds donated are used for humanitarian and development purposes, relevant, about: irrespective of the faith or no faith of the beneficiaries. No donations are  policies and procedures used for the furtherance of the Christian faith. adopted for the induction and training of trustees; Nearly all trustees and advisors have visited and know Kenya, with a

Section C Objectives and activities

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To relieve suffering, sickness and disease among families, widows & orphans in the Nyanza district of Kenya, particularly among those living with or affected by HIV/AIDS. Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Provision of resources and training on health-care, housing, water supplies, sustainable agriculture and education and a community clinic, under the medical supervision of the District Hospital. Amani UK also acts as coordinator for a school’s link programme involving currently 20 UK schools linked to 20 schools in the Nyanza District of Kenya.

A programme was commenced in 2013 called Keep a Girl in School (KaGiS) providing sanitary towels for girl students to eliminate the many days of study lost during the menstrual cycle, due to not having the Summary of the main money to provide adequate hygienic means for themselves. This activities undertaken for the programme has since been enlarged to include a Healthy Choices public benefit in relation to programme which delivers health, sex and relationship education to both these objects (include within girls and boys with a view to informing and changing attitudes. this section the statutory declaration that trustees have The trustees are keenly aware of the need for all activities to be clearly had regard to the guidance for the public benefit in every respect, in line with the guidelines PB1, 2 issued by the Charity and 3. Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

The projects supported by Amani UK are all self-help community projects. As such, a major element of grant making decisions are based on the degree of local initiatives, the practical contribution in implementing and the nature of on-going participation. Through Upendo Foundation, a fully Kenyan NGO founded by Amani UK, there is increased focus on developing a broader base of international support for the projects there, as they currently have Amani UK as sole sponsor. There has been limited success in gaining funding for specific projects, but it continues to be a challenge for longer term core sponsorship.

The focus continues to be on Income Generating Activities (IGA’s) to assist their core funding requirements.

Section D Achievements and performance

The COVID-19 pandemic has been a major influence during the year but thankfully has not had a major detrimental effect on the work we are funding in Kenya or on our financial situation.

Only one visit to the Oyugis area in Kenya was possible in January and all subsequent visit plans had to be shelved due to health and safety concerns and travel restrictions. This has reduced our ability to carry out some of our usual physical and financial verification work but we have compensated as best we can for this by increased video conferencing and email reporting.

We have also funded COVID-19 PPE for the clinic and field staff all of whom have remained virus-free although it should be noted that the geographical area in which we are involved remained relatively free of the virus although significantly affected in other ways by pandemic controls.

As in most countries, the academic programme in Kenya was badly affected by the pandemic. This resulted in many orphans supported by Amani UK having to remain at home for a prolonged period. Consequently, they did not receive their usual school meals and so some funds were released to provide emergency support for them.

The pandemic controls caused significant financial pressure on poor families and because of the suspension of schools and colleges, many young people experienced undesirable pressures to earn cash (e.g. sexual favours) or to solve their predicaments (e.g. marriage). These pressures were mostly (but not exclusively) experienced by girls and as the Keep a Girl in School programme, which operates during term time, had been suspended due to school closures, it was decided to instigate the distribution of sanitary products in the local communities until the schools returned. As part of this initiative, Amani UK’s KaGiS programme also funded small gatherings of both boys and girls to explain the social dangers they faced and to give them an opportunity to engage with their peers and share their experiences. The feedback from this programme was very positive and has emphasised the need to re-introduce the Healthy Choices programme into schools.

When the Kenyan government announced that schools would return in January 2021, they also announced that certain COVID-19 controls would be required. Unfortunately, the national financing for these controls was inadequate but during the year we secured significant funding from the Kitchen Table Charities Trust and the James Barney Foundation both of which were essential in enabling the Kirongo Rainbow School to re-open. UK schools in the school links programme together with other personal supporters also enabled other Kenyan schools to meet the necessary criteria to be allowed to re-open.

Despite all of the above, our core work amongst the community groups has proceeded well. We continue to increase funding for the material support given to the groups and to fund the staff in Kenya who provide the essential technical expertise. The area has been blessed by 2 good rainy seasons although the rainfall

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Section D Achievements and performance

pattern is still unpredictable. The financial foundation for our orphan support programme has been strengthened and as per the policy agreed by our trustees, the number of orphans being supported is reducing “naturally” as they finish their education and become able to support themselves. Another nurse has been recruited to work at the Ted Rayner Memorial Clinic and the acceptance of the clinic by the local community has grown, as have the numbers of patients visiting the clinic.

The generosity of our donors has remained steadfast during 2020, in spite of the challenges. The lack of trips to Kenya has affected our turnover but our ability to fund the work in Kenya has not suffered. The Buy a Gift for Kenya scheme where the public can buy “farm input” gifts for friends and relatives had its highest level of income for many years which is a great encouragement to us for the future.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Amani UK operates without any overheads and is a natural conduit of donations, flowing through to Kenya from the UK. As such there is no requirement for a reserves policy for its totally voluntary UK situation. The Trustees are mindful however of the employee costs we are committed to within the Upendo NGO we support in Kenya and consequently maintain a reserves policy equivalent to a minimum of 3 months to cover these.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

Historically Amani UK’s funding has come from individuals and churches. This base continues to expand with the increasing number of both young and mature group visits. As many of the young people go off to university and then on into ever widening areas of employment, so the base of support grows. Amani UK also continues to be successful in obtaining funding support for specific projects through other trusts and charities. Section

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)

Full name(s) Charles Peter Fish John Richard Prestwich Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) International Coordinator Chairman Date th 5 . June 2021

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Charity Name
Amani UK		 Charity Name
Amani UK		 Charity Name
Amani UK		 Charity Name
Amani UK		 Charity Name
Amani UK		 No (if any)
1073357		 No (if any)
1073357		 No (if any)
1073357		 CC16a
For the period
from		 Period start date
01/01/2020		 To Period end date
31/12/2020
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts Unrestricted
funds
to the nearest £
56,316		 Restricted
funds
to the nearest £
4,295
542
3,000
13,891
6,775
4,964
8,373
17,700
6,000		 Endowment
funds
to the nearest £
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to the nearest £
56,316
4,295
542
3,000
13,891
6,775
4,964
8,373
17,700
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6,000
-		 Last year
to the nearest £
Donations 56,316 - 56,316 44,538
Buya Gift for Kenya 4,295 - 4,295 4,189
Exp. Admin & support 542 - 542 273
Educational support 3,000 - 3,000 12,091
Ted Rayner Clinic 13,891 - 13,891 10,916
Trade Relief 6,775 - 6,775 -
School Links 4,964 - 4,964 5,195
Keepa Girl in School 8,373 - 8,373 15,592
Individual support 17,700 - 17,700 22,006
Coordinator's DiscretionaryFund - - -
Kitchen Table CharityTrust 6,000 - 6,000 -
Electric Aid - - 4,725
Sub total(Gross income for
AR)

56,316		 65,540 - 121,856 119,525
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A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts
A3 Payments		 56,316
53,108
77		 65,540
4,412
542
2,857
9,503
6,543
5,638
11,449
14,822
6,000		 -
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-		 121,856
53,108
4,412
542
2,857
9,503
6,543
5,638
11,449
14,822
77
6,000
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119,525
General 53,108 - 53,108 42,210
Buya Gift for Kenya 4,412 - 4,412 4,804
Exp. Admin & support 542 - 542 1,046
Education support 2,857 - 2,857 18,455
Ted Rayner Clinic 9,503 - 9,503 12,259
Trade Relief 6,543 6,543 -
School Links 5,638 - 5,638 6,047
Keepa Girl in School 11,449 11,449 8,084
Individual support 14,822 14,822 20,441
Coordinator's DiscretionaryFund 77 - 77 1,225
Kitchen Table CharityTrust 6,000 6,000 -
Electric Aid - 4,677
**Sub total ** 53,185 61,766 - 114,951 119,248
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A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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**Sub total ** - - - - -
Total payments
Net of receipts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end		 53,185
3,131
57
3,380
6,568		 61,766
3,774
- 57
28,079
31,796
- 114,951 119,248
- 6,905
3,131 3,774 - 6,905 277
57 - 57 - - -
3,380 28,079 - 31,459 31,182
6,568 31,796 - 38,364 31,459

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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

Categories
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
B4 Assets retained for the
charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities		 Hazlemere JAM
(HSBC)
Hazlemere JAM
Loan/Savings
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Details
Amani UK (Barclays Bank PLC)
PayPal
Currency deposit - Equals
Total cash funds
Details
HMRC Gift Aid tax reclaim
Details
Details
Details
Loan/Savings Fund owed to Kenya
Signature		 Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
6,568
4,176
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10,667
2,504
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14,449
6,568
31,796
OK
OK
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
to nearest £
to nearest £
3,503
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
asset belongs
Cost (optional)
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Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)
HSBC
2,504
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Print Name
Adrian Goode
W E Jim Leftwich		 Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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OK
Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Current value
(optional)
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Current value
(optional)
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When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Adrian Goode 14/05/2021
W E Jim Leftwich 14/05/2021

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Amani UK members of On accounts for the year 31[st] December 2020 Charity no 1073357 ended (if any) Set out on pages CCXXR1 accounts (SS) to CCXXR2 (SS)

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.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

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.

Signed: Date: 14[th] May 2021 Name: Colin George Stephenson Relevant professional FCA qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address: 1 Rushmoor Avenue, Hazlemere, High Wycombe Bucks HP15 7NT

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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 .

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