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The Peter TrwtAnnual Report to the Charities Commission, Year-end 2024
The principal purpose of the Trust is to make Provision for East Timorese Education and Relief
(P.E.T.E.R).
For bistorical and geographical reasons East Timor is one of the four poorest countries in the world, in great
need of economic and social developmenL
Now in its twenty sixth year of political independence the county still lacks an adequate infr&8tructure and
there is a shortfall in native people with the necessary technic￿, professional and managerial skills that are
needed for the nation building. Health care and educational provision are very lirnited, and unemployment is
high. The population of one and a quarter million is young with a median age of ￿enty years. Each year there
are twenty thousand school leavers.
Although the E&st Timorese homeland and its surrounding se&s have valuable mineral and other natural
resources these have yet to be fully exploited to the benefit of the population at large. Most analysts think it will
take more than a generation for the people of East Tirnor to be able to provide for themselves in any way
adequately. Meanwhile the majority of the people remain 'dirt poor,.
The Peter Trust prioritises health care, educationltraining for the young people who comprise the majority of
the population. supports income generation projects, and assists families with the development of local
agriculture and the rearing of livestock. Most children are malnourished and many are stunted in their growth so
within its means the TrL￿t funds a variety of nutrition enlwicement projects.
The Peter Trust was fornially registered with the Charities Con]mission for England and Wales in March 2000,
and given the Number: 1080159.
The current Trustees are: Simon Myers (Cl]aIrn￿). John Barnes cfreasurer), Laura Lundey (Secretary). Norah
Small. Kevin G￿￿dey' Eddie Lumley" and Germano Gomes. The Trustees have had regard to the Charities
Commission, s guidance on Public Benefit.
The Peter Trust has several Agents in full time residence in East Timor who facilitate applications for funding
of and disbursals to projects according to the decisions of the Trustees. These agents also help to provide
inforniation to the Trustees on the prevailing situation in the territory. They include: Sr Clara Irnia SPC (Sisters
of St Paul of Chartres - an international RC Religious Congregation). and David Odling-smee - an Englishman
from Yorkshire who lived long-terni in East Timor and engaged in educational and social work there. During
2018 David moved to Australi4 but he is still active in supporting/ enabling the Trust projects in East Timor.
The Trustees are kept abreast of developments in East Timor by the dissen]ination of infonnation accessible
through East Timorese expatriates resident in the UK. by email Correspondence and other digital media
conducted by Trustees with the Trust Agents and Beneficiaries in East Timor" and via Reports presented to the
Trnstees by the visits of their Members to the territory. Trustees have visited projects supported by the Trust in
2002. 2004, 2007, 2011, 2013, 2014. 2016, 2017 and 2019. Planned visits for 2020 and 2021 was curtailed due
to travel restrictions consequent upon the Covid19 pandemic. again in 2023 a hoped for visit was not possible
for both health, financial and personal reasons. In 2024. one of our Trustees, Gennano Gomes, and our agent
David Odling-smee both visited East Timor in person and reported back on the use made by our beneficiaries
of the funds we provided to them in support of their various projects in their schools and clinics.
The Trustees continue to engage in the dissemination of infonnation about the impoverished cIrcun￿tanceS of
the people of East Timor. Funds were generated through on-line Appeals, and from Standing Orders already in
place, and from occasional Donations and Bequests. The Trust website > thepetertrnst.org.uk < is updated
whenever necessary to include the wide ranging and on-going work which is currently being supported for the
benefit of the people of E&st Timor in their home county and abroa
Activities undertaken by the Peter Trust during the past year to furtber the Charity's purposes for the
Public Benefit
The Peter Trust has continued to fimd projects in education and health care. These have included the following:

The sponsorship of 20 students from particularly impoverished baCk￿oundS for Secondary Education in the
rural township and district of Railaku. This funding enables the students to complete their schooling, and a
significant number of them have been able to progress to Tertiary Education in E&8t Timor.
In addition some funds have been provided for nutrition and for the purchase of medicines for a Clinic to meet
the needs of the students of the families of those who lives in the vicinity of the School.
Continuing the sponsorship of 10 students at a Technical College in the Capital Dili. This includes their tuition
and residential accommodation.
The Trust has supported the Dominican Primary School at Hera on the North coast since its foundation in 2015.
Its capacity of150 pupils was reached in 2018. The children are au Malnourishe￿ some severely, and the fimds
supplied by the Trust are necessary for their healthy development and in order for them to benefit from the
educational provision. Funds have also been provided for the buildin& equipping and maintenance of a Canteen
to supply luncheon for the children" to accommodate tuition classes on nutrition for their parents. and as a
source of income generation by sales of foodstuffs ￿Own on the adjoining Kitchen Garden (see below) to local
residents. The cost of nutritional supplements is also provided when possible for another Primary School at
Turiscai in the central mountains which also had an increase in pupils on roll.
Funding for an extensive Kitchen Garden at Hera maintsined by {20) orphaned teenage boys. This has included
the improvement of the provision of water supply/irrigation" seeds/seedlings" feed for domestic livestock. the
developmentlimprovement of a kitchen and dorniitories and the installation of better sanitation for those in
residence on the Garden site. Sales of produce from the Garden. now including a plantation of dragon fruit, are
undertaken regularly from newly built shelters near to the main road and these help to pay for school activities
and Cquipment. The Tr￿st funded the construction of these shelters during 2020 and their further equipping kn
2021.
Continued funding for the 'Ahisaun' tLight of Friendship] Residential Hostel in Dili for 30 young people with
physical disabilities: sanitation facilities have been monitored and well maintained. the provisionlupgrade of IT
resources has continued. scholarships have been provided for several of the residents to attend Further
Education institutions in Dili. Funds have been sent in support of an outreach programme of visits to a number
of remote villages. Tuition fees for trainee teachers/instructors drawn from the 'Ahisaun' community continued
over several years and some are now tutors at a rural secondary school founded in 2008 at Manleu. The Peter
Trust funded the purchase of computers, monitors and keyboards for IT education and this school was
accredited by the Timor Leste Ministy of Education in 2020. Recently the Trust bas contributed towards the
cost of security fencing at this site.
Funding for the ALMA Hostel in Dili for 60 children with severe disabilities, and for their families, has
continued to provide assistance with meeting the nutritional needs of the children and to improve the facilities
of the hostel. Pope Francis visited this hostel on 10 September 2024 during his visit to East Timor and we
received a video record of his visit from the Vatican's press office.
The continuation of the provision of all the medicines for a Mobile Cl7nic which now regularly visits 8 rural
villages in the Covalima district. offering diagnosis and sustained treatment of several hundred persons of all
ages in each location. nutritional supplemcnts are offered on these occasions to children and elderly people and
instruction for mothers on preparing a balanced diet from local produce. remuneration for a doctor in residence
at the hospital in Suai. where the mobile clinic is based, and for two nurses. a laboratory technician and a
driver. for the continuation of the diagnosis and treatment of patients in the locality with TB. and for the
maintenance of a mother and baby clinic within the hospitsl. The wages of maintenance staff are also funded by
the Peter Trust.
The Peter Trust achieves these outcomes by collaboration with a variety of competent local agencies or
international religious cOn￿egatIons[NGOs. The Trust activities have enabled impoverished people of both
sexes and all ages in East Timor to access education from Primary to Tertiary level, specialist training, and
receive wide-ranging health care which would otherwise not have been available to them.
Signed:
gJl•¢ (Treasurer). DATE 141712025.

Peter Trust Accounts
Year Ended 31.12.2024
Charities Aid Foundation
Charities Trust
HMRC GiftAid
Bequests
Just Giving
Easy Fundraising
Individual Donations
60.00
12,000.00
3,546.34
5.000.00
87.08
24.91
22,314.29
Donations to EastTimor
Donations for EastTimorese in UK
Bank Transfer charges
Bankaccountcharges
38,272.22
2,000.00
210.00
71.20
Total Income
43,032.62
Total expenditure
40,553.42
Opening Balance 1.1.23
Reconciled balances
928.65
43,961.27
closing balance 31.12.23
3,407.85
43,961.27

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I report to tha trustogs on my examln8tlon of the account8 of the above
charlty ("th8 Trusv,) for the year ended
R88ponslbllltle8 and As the Gharity trustees of the Trust, you are responslble for the preparation
basls of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charitie8 Act
2011 ("the Act").
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under sectlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrylng out my examlnation, I
have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
I have compl8ted my examinatlon. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ") In connection wlth
the examinatlon whlch glves me cause to believe that in, any materlal
r8spect'.
accounting records were not kept In acGordanGe with section 130 of
th8 Act or
the accounts do not aGcord with the accounting records
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I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection
with the examination to whlch attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
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