Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 01 2023 To 31 12 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Amani UK
Other names charity is known by
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|Registered charity number (if any)|1073357|
|Charity's principal address|14 Maxwell Drive|
|Hazlemere|
|High Wycombe|
|Postcode|HP15 7BX|
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|Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity|
|Name of person (or body)|
|Dates acted if not for|
|Trustee name|Office (if any)|entitled to appoint trustee (if|
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|1|Darren Bignell|
|2|Peter Fish|International Coordinator|
|Mrs Suzannah|
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|Browne|
|4|Mrs Ruth Moffat|
|5|Robert Insley|Secretary|
|6|John Prestwich|Chairman|
|7|Jim Leftwich|
|8|Adrian Goode|Treasurer|
|9|Sue Smithin|
|10|Colin Knight|
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|Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)|
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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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
Keep a Girl in School Mrs Peggy Bannister [2 Oldbury Close, Beaconsfield, HP9 2AJ ]
Ted’s Clinic Mrs Jan Rayner Little Burrows, 36 Grange Drive, High Wycombe, HP13
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Management Training Colin Knight Forge House, 10 Church St, Gt. 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 (eg. trust, association, company) By invitation of existing trustees Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)
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
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training of trustees; Nearly all trustees and advisors have visited and know Kenya, with a significant percentage continuing to make regular self-funded visits there.
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
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| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) |
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. |
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| 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 schools link programme involving currently 19 UK schools linked to 19 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 money to provide adequate hygienic means for themselves. This programme has since been enlarged to include a Healthy Choices programme which delivers health, sex and relationship education to both girls and boys with a view to informing and changing attitudes. . The trustees are keenly aware of the need for all activities to be clearly for the public benefit in every respect, in line with the guidelines PB1, 2 and 3. |
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
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.
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Contrary to the trend in 2023, we were challenged by a sharp GB£ / KES exchange rate deterioration of approx. 20% at the start of 2024, after the 2024 budget had been agreed. However, having set a relatively conservative budget and due to continued generosity from our donors, we were able to more than meet our 2024 budgeted objectives. • The spring protection projects funded by a grant from the Kitchen Table Charities Trust and another donor at the end of 2023 were all completed successfully. This has resulted in reliable, clean water now being accessible to hundreds of people in rural areas. • The grant from the Mercury Phoenix Trust (MPT) mentioned in last year’s report has enabled our NGO partner in Kenya (the Upendo Foundation) to continue the Healthy Choices programme providing mental and physical health services, counselling and HIV testing to adolescents and young adults. Another grant was received from MPT during the year enabling the Healthy Choices programme to continue throughout 2025 and 2026. • The grant received from the Shalom Trust for the purpose of expanding the community group Economic Empowerment (EE) programme has been distributed. Approx. 40% of all the community groups we support have now been incorporated into the EE programme and the results are impressive. Virtually every group has increased their fund value significantly whilst also giving support to the most vulnerable widows and orphans within the group. • Whilst the EE programme continues, we are still equipping those groups which have not been selected to participate in the programme with farm inputs and equipment, as has been the case for many years. • Fundraising for the Ted Rayner Memorial Clinic has been strong and this has enabled further capital investment in the clinic as well as the re-instigation of community medical camps where anyone from the local community can come to the clinic on a specific day for free medical care. These days attract hundreds of patients. • Fundraising for Keep a Girl in School has also continued strongly, enabling the number of female students supported with the provision of sanitary towels to be increased by over 15% to 3,500+. • Team visits are now fully re-established following the Covid pandemic, with three visits taking place during the year. • We are reducing our orphan support programme in favour of using our resources to support community groups. This reduction is happening gradually, as it must, ensuring that supported orphans can complete their education and are given additional help to enable them to become self-sufficient. The trustees decided to make the substantial commitment to hold an “Amani UK Expo” in February 2025. The purpose of this is to create an opportunity for everyone in the Hazlemere area to come and witness for themselves the positive impact we are making. The results will be reported in next year’s report. We continue to focus on our safeguarding responsibilities and are happy to advise that there were no reported safeguarding concerns in 2024. Further safeguarding training has taken place within the Upendo Foundation and they are disseminating the safeguarding concept to local organisations and schools where it has been received very positively.
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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:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any 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) Full name(s) Charles Peter Fish Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) International Coordinator Date May 10th 2025 ~~|~~
John Richard Prestwich Chairman
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| Charity Name | No (if any) | ||||||||||
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| Amani UK | 1073357 | ||||||||||
| Receipts and payments accounts | CC16a | ||||||||||
| For the period from |
For the period | Period start date 01/01/2024 |
To | Period end date 31/12/2024 |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Endowment | Total funds | Last year | ||||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||||
| Donations 50,663 512 - 51,175 48,289 Buy a Gift for Kenya - 3,605 - 3,605 6,618 Exp. Admin & support - - - - 339 Educational support 7,081 - - 7,081 7,868 Ted Rayner Clinic - 11,574 - 11,574 13,023 Trade Relief - 8,588 - 8,588 3,116 School Links - 2,532 - 2,532 4,338 Keep a Girl in School - 11,466 - 11,466 12,862 Individual support - 14,577 - 14,577 20,538 Coordinator's Discretionary Fund - - - - - Smithin Fund - 1,400 - 1,400 1,400 Scanlon Fund - - - - 1,800 Mercury Phoenix Trust - 9,989 - 9,989 4,547 Shalom Trust - - - - 5,000 KTCT Supplementary - - - - 5,200 Kenya Staff Loan/Savings Fund - 7,042 - 7,042 7,927 Sub total(Gross income for AR) 57,744 71,285 - 129,029 142,865 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 57,744 71,285 - 129,029 142,865 o~~s~~ |
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| A3 Payments | |||||||||||
| General 53,510 1,254 - 54,764 39,774 Buy a Gift for Kenya - 5,228 - 5,228 4,895 Exp. Admin & support 296 - - 296 339 Education support 7,030 - - 7,030 7,867 Ted Rayner Clinic - 12,533 - 12,533 11,017 Trade Relief - 8,826 - 8,826 3,129 School Links - 1,729 - 1,729 4,740 Keep a Girl in School - 6,297 - 6,297 16,622 Individual support - 18,040 - 18,040 17,446 Coordinator's Discretionary Fund - - - - - Smithin Fund - 1,455 - 1,455 1,180 Scanlon Fund - - - - 11,862 Mercury Phoenix Trust - 615 - 615 3,932 Shalom Trust - 6,017 - 6,017 1,704 KTCT Supplementary - 5,195 - 5,195 - Kenya Staff Loan/Savings Fund - 7,676 - 7,676 6,847 Sub total 60,836 74,865 - 135,701 131,354 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 60,836 74,865 - 135,701 131,354 ~~—~~ |
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| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | (3,092) | (3,580) | - | - | - | - 6,672 | - 6,672 | 11,511 | 11,511 | ||
| A5 Transfers between funds | 1,009 | 1,009 | (1,009) | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| A6 Cash funds last year end | 10,456 | 10,456 | 53,854 | 53,854 | - | - | - | 64,310 | 64,310 | 52,799 | 52,799 |
| Cash funds this year end | 8,373 | 8,373 | 49,265 | 49,265 | - | - | - | 57,638 | 57,638 | 64,310 | 64,310 |
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds |
Hazlemere JAM (HSBC) Hazlemere JAM Loan/Savings Loan/Savings Fund owed to Kenya Loan/Savings Fund owed to Kenya Details Details Details Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details HMRC Gift Aid tax reclaim Details Amani UK (Barclays Bank PLC) PayPal Currency deposit - Equals |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 8,373 - - - - 8,373 OK Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 3,554 - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates HSBC Equals - - - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 33,263 684 4,456 794 10,068 49,265 OK Restricted funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Amount due (optional) 794 2,184 - - - |
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - |
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| OK | ||||
| Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) - - - - - |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
| Signature | Print Name Adrian Goode W E Jim Leftwich |
Date of approval |
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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