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||||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|Total|
|||iVote|||8||
|Income from:|||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||718,207|3,766,331|4,484,538|2,048,042|
|Other trading activities|||556,542||556,542|26,322|
|Investment<br>income|||11,650||11,650|236|
|Other||||||11,587|
|Total income|||1386,399|3,766331|5,052,730|2,086,187|
|Expenditure<br>on:|||||||
|Raising funds|||763,514||763,514|330,370|
|Charitable<br>activities:|||||||
|Overseas Activities|||21,460|2,586,362|2,607)822|1,309,371|
|International<br>Child Referral Programme|||234,173|302,585|536&75S|476,109|
|Total expeaditure|||,4 9 4|2.888.94|3,908,094|2,115.850|
|Net income/(expenditure)|before||||||
|other recognised gains and|losses||267,252|877,384|1,144,636|(29,663)|
|Net gains / (losses)||||||(29,085)|
|Net Meveiuent<br>in fnnds|||267)252|S77,384|1,144,636|(58,748}|
|Reconciliatiea offunds:|||1,637,195|989,502|2,626,697|2,685,445|
|Total funds brought for)vard|||||||
|Total funds carried forward|||1,904,447|1,866,886|3,771433|2,626,697|





|||||Note|2023|2023|2023<br>f.|2022<br>8|2022I|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Fixed assets:||||||||||
|Tangible assets|||||||4,616||8,039|
|Curreot assets:||||||||||
|Debtors||||12|355,398||183,422|||
|Cash at bank and in||hand|||3,792,637||2,782,774|||
||||||4,148,035||2,966,196|||
|Liabilities:||||||||||
|Creditors: amounts||falling|due within one|||||||
|year|||||~381.3|8|347,538|||
|Net cur re at assets|||||||3,766,717||2,618,658|
|Total assets less curreot|||liabilities||||3,771433||2,626,697|
|Total net assets|||||||3,771433||2,626,697|
|Funds||||15||||||
|Restricted funds|||||||1,866,886||989,502|
|Unrestricted<br>funds:||||||||||
|General funds|||||1984447||1,637,195|||
|Total unrestricted|funds||||||1,904,447||1,637,195|
|Total funds|||||||3,921479||2,626,697|
|The financial<br>statements|||have been prepared|in accordance||with|the special provisions|for small|companies|
|under Part 15ofthe||Companies Act 2006.||||||||





||||CHAIN OF HOPE|CHAIN OF HOPE||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Statement|ofCash Flows||||
|||For|the year ended 3faMarch||2023|||
||||Note|2023|2023|2022|2022|
||||||||f|
|Net cash (osed in) operatiog activities|||17||999,343||(91,342)|
|Cash flows from investing||activities:||||||
|Interest received||||11,650||236||
|Payments<br>to acquire fixed|assets|||(1,130)||(5,136)||
|Net cash used in flnancing||activities|||10,520||(4,900)|
|Change in cash and cash equivalent<br>in the year|||||1,009,863||(96,242)|
|Cash and cash equivalent|at the beginning ofthe|||||||
|year|||||2,782,774||2,879,016|
|Cash and cash equivalent||atthe end ofthe||||||
|year|||||3,792,637||2,782,774|
|Cash and cash equivalent||consists of:||||||
|Cash at bank snd in hand|||||2792,637||1,782,698|
|Short term deposits|||||1,500,000||1,000,076|
|Cash and cash equivalent||at31stMarsh 2023|||3,792,637||2.782,774|





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|I)|CHAIN OF HOPE<br>Notes toThe Financial Statements<br>For the year ended 31n IVIarch 2023<br>Accounting<br>policies|
|---|---|
|a)|Company Status|
||The company<br>is a company<br>listed by guarantee<br>and hss no share capital.<br>The company<br>is domiciled<br>and|
||incorporated<br>in England and Wales. The members ofthe company<br>are the Trustees named on page l. In the<br>event ofthe company<br>being wound<br>up, any liability<br>in respect ofthe guarantee<br>is limited to Xl per member<br>ofthe company.<br>The address ofthe registered<br>ofilce is given on page 2 ofthese financial<br>statements.<br>The<br>nature ofthe charity's<br>operations<br>and principal<br>activities are explained<br>in the Trustees Report.|
|b)|Basis for preparation|
||The financial<br>statements<br>have been prepared<br>in accordance<br>with<br>Accounting<br>and Reporting<br>by Charities:<br>Statement ofRecommended<br>Practice applicable<br>to charities preparing<br>their accounts<br>in accordance with the|
||Financial<br>Reporting<br>Standard<br>applicable<br>in the UK and Republic ofIreland (FRS 102),Charities<br>Act 2011<br>and the Companies<br>Act 2006.|
||The financial statements<br>are prepared<br>in sterling which is the functional<br>currency<br>and have been rounded to|
||the nearest pound.|
||The financial statements<br>have been prepared<br>under the historical cost convention.|
||The charitable<br>company<br>meets the definition ofapublic benefit entity under FRS 102.Assets and liabilities|
||are<br>initially<br>recognised<br>at historical<br>cost or transaction<br>value<br>unless<br>otherwise<br>stated<br>in the<br>relevant|
||accounting<br>policy or note.|
|c)|Going concern|
||The financial<br>statements<br>have<br>been<br>prepared<br>on a going concern<br>basis as the trustees<br>believe<br>that<br>no|
||material<br>uncertainties<br>exist. The trustees have considered<br>the level offunds held and the expected level of<br>income<br>and expenditure<br>for the<br>12 months<br>from<br>authorising<br>these<br>financial<br>statements.<br>The budgeted<br>income and expenditure<br>in addition<br>to existing reserves<br>is sufficient<br>to fund the charities<br>future operations<br>and for the charity to be considered agoing concern.|
|d)|Income|
||Gifis, donations<br>and income froin other trading activities<br>are recognised<br>when the charity<br>has received<br>the|
||funds and any performance<br>conditions<br>attached to the income have been met. Other income,<br>including<br>tax<br>recoverable<br>fmm Gifi Aid is credited on an accrual's basis.|
||Gant<br>income<br>relating<br>to the Government<br>Coronavirus<br>Iob Retention<br>Scheme<br>is recognised<br>under<br>the<br>accrual model in line with stafi costs and is included<br>in other income.|
||Gifis and donations<br>include amounts<br>received at fundraising<br>events and general gifis.|
||Legacies are accounted for at the earlier of:|
||- the date on which the chmity<br>is aware that probate has been granted.|
||—the estate<br>has been<br>finalised<br>and notihcation<br>has been made<br>by the executor(s)<br>to the charity<br>that a<br>distribution<br>ivill be made; or|
||—when adistribution<br>is made from the estate|
||Receipt of a legacy,<br>in whole<br>or part, is only considered<br>pmbable<br>when<br>the amount<br>can be measured|
||reliably,<br>and the charity has been notified ofthe executor's<br>intention<br>to make a distribution.<br>Where legacies<br>have been notified to the charity, or the charity<br>is aware ofthe granting ofprobate,<br>and criteria for income|
||recognition<br>have not been met, then the legacy is treated as acontingent<br>asset and disclosed ifmaterial.|





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||||2022|2022|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total|
|Income from:||||||
|Donations<br>and legacies|||739,959|1,308,083|2,048,042|
|Other trading activities|||9,822|16,500|26,322|
|Investment<br>income|||236||236|
|Other income|||11,587||11,587|
|Total income|||761,604|1.324,583|2,086,187|
|Expenditure<br>on:||||||
|Raising funds|||330,370||330,370|
|Overseas activities||||1,309,371|1,309,371|
|International<br>child|referral programme|||476,109|476,109|
|Total expenditure|||330,370|1,785,480|2,115,850|
|Net income/(expenditure)||before other||||
|recegnised<br>gains and losses<br>Other gains|||431,234<br>~e9.0u|(460,897)|(29,663)<br>(29,085)|
|Net movemeat<br>in|funds||402,149|(460,897)|(58,748)|
|Transfer between|funds||(124,983)|124,983||
|Total funds brought|forward||1,360.029|1,325,416|2,685,445|
|Total funds carried forward|||1.637,195|989,502|2,626,697|





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|3)|Income|fr|o|m|donations<br>and le|gacies||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||||||2023|2022|
||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted||Total|Total|
|Gids|||||||716,945|||1,953,284||2,670,229|1,111,031|
|Donated services||||||||1,262||1,813|047|1814309|937011|
||||||||718v207|||3,766,331||4,484,538|2,048,042|
|4)|Income|from|||other trading activities|||||||||
|||||||||||||2023|2022|
||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted||Total|Total|
|||||||||||||8||
|Fundraising||Event|||||556,542|||||556,542|26,322|
|5)|Income|from|||investments|||||||||
|||||||||||||2023|2022|
||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted||Total|Total|
|Bank interest||||||||11,650||||11,650|236|
|6)|Other Income|||||||||||||
|||||||||||||2023|2022|
||||||||Unrestrirted|||Restricted||Total|Total|
|Coronavirus||Job||Retention Scheme|||||||||11,587|
|7)<br>Analysis||of||expenditure||||||||||
||||||Basis of<br>allocation|Cost of<br>raising funds<br>f.||Overseas<br>activities|||ICRP|2023Totalf|2022 Total|
||||||Direct /|||||||||
|Statfcosts|||||Headcount||234,086||135,519||97,084|466,689|369,487|
|Direct costs|||||Direct||425,802|2,530,916|||399,475|3,356,193|1,549,151|
|Grants|made||||Direct||||65,688|||65,688|68,884|
|Grants|written-|||||||||||||
|back|||||Direct|||(177,901)||||(177,901)||
|Support|costs||||Headcount||103,626||53,600||40,199|197,425|128,328|
|Total expenditure||||2022/23|||763,514|2,607,822|||536,758|3,908,094|2,115,850|
|Total expenditure||||2021/22|||330,370|1,309,371|||476.109|2.115.850|2,075,835|
|Ofthe total expenditure, fi,019,147||||||was|made &om unrestricted|||funds|(2022:f330,370),f2,888,947||was made|
|from|restricted||funds (2022:fl,785,480).|||||||||||





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|8)<br>Net Income<br>/ (expendit|8)<br>Net Income<br>/ (expendit|ure)<br>for the year|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|This is stated atter charging||/ (crediting):||2022|
|Operating<br>lease|rentals:||||
|Property|||30,132||
|Other equipment|||964|328|
|Depreciation|||4,553|8,434|
|Auditor's<br>remuneration:|||||
|Audit fees|||11,100|10,200|
|Accountancy|services||4,772|4,074|
|Foreign exchange losses / (gains)|||2,7715|29,085|



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|||||||2023|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||8||
|Salaries and wage-||||||385,554|308,001|
|Temporary Staff||||||28,574|22,673|
|Social security costs||||||37,966|29,011|
|Employer's<br>contribution|to defined contribution||pension|schemes||11,459|9,801|
|Work permit costs||||||3,136||
|||||||466,689|369,486|
|The following<br>number|ofemployees|received|employee|benefits (excluding|employer|pension) during the year||
|in excess off60,000:||||||||
|||||||2023|2022|
|||||||No.|No.|
|660,000-869,999||||||I|I|
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|The averag|e number ofemployees<br>during the year was|as follows:||
|---|---|---|---|
|||2023|2022|
|||No.|No.|
|Raising funds||5|2|
|Charitable|activities|5|4|
|Support||2|2|
|Governance||I|I|
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|11)Tangible fixed assets||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Fixtures|Computer|Medical||
|||and fittings|equipment|equipment|Total|
|Cost||||||
|At the start ofthe year||27,817|28,071|148,537|204,425|
|Additions<br>in year<br>Disposals<br>At the end ofthe year|~(26.744<br>1,073||1,130<br>~9,I(94<br>19,307|~35.723<br>112,814|1,130<br>~72,361<br>133,194|
|Depreciation||||||
|At the start ofthe year||27,817|25,403|143,166|196,386|
|Eliminated<br>on disposal<br>Charge for the year<br>At the end ofthe year|~(26,744 <br>1,073||1,571<br> ~9,894<br>17,080|2,982<br>~(35,723<br>110,425|4,553<br>~72261<br>128,578|
|Net book value||||||
|As at 31stMarch 2023|||2,227|2,389|4,616|
|As at 1stApril 2022|||2,668|5,371|8,039|
|All ofthe above assets are used for charitable||purposes.||||





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|12) Debtors|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||2023f|2022|
|Other debtors|||28,710|16,102|
|Prepayments|||51,952|82,663|
|Accrued income|||274.736|84,655|
||||355.398|183,422|
|13) Creditors: Amounts|falling due within|one year|||
||||2023f|2022<br>f|
|Trade creditors|||53,229|57,759|
|Grants payable|||150,046|177,901|
|Other creditors|||7,600|12,768|
|Accruals|||156,363|89,763|
|Other tax and social security|||14,080|9,347|
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|Less|than|Iyear|Property|Property|Equipment|Equipment|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||31stMarch|31stMarsh|31stMarch|31stMarch|
||||2023|2022|2023|2022|
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|exhausted,<br>to en|sure maxim|um<br>o|perational<br>deliver|y<br>and to ensure|that the objectives|ofthe charity a|re met.|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||As at31st|
||||As at 1st|Incoming|||March|
||||April 2022|resources|Outgoing||2023|
||||Total Fund|& gains|resources|Transfers|Total Fund|
|Restricted fundst||||||||
|Country<br>Related Overseas Activities||||||||
|Aswan<br>I|||29,858|158,776|(47,041)||141,593|
|Aswan 2|||135,415|250,394|(154,966)||230,843|
|Ethiopia Missions|and|||||||
|Development<br>(840)Fund 017||||50,000|||50,000|
|Jamaica I|||10,260||(10,260)|||
|Jamaica 2|||25,000||(25,000)|||
|Jamaica Hardware|Equipment|Fund||2,000|||2,000|
|Rwanda||||5,000|175,554||180,554|
|Uganda|||10,918||||10,918|
|Other|||1,718|675|||2,393|
|fnternarional<br>Child ReJerrat||||||||
|Programme||||||||
|Child Funding||||418,727|(302,585)||I16,142|
|PH Fund||||400,000|||400,000|
|3}fedicatRitaipment||||||||
|htedical<br>Equipment|I||298,138|16|(30,581)||267,573|
|Medical Equipment|2||4,201|33,125|(1,538)||35,788|
|General Overseas hlissions &||||||||
|Development|||473,994|2,420,961|(2,492,280)||402,675|
|Training||||20,000|||20&000|
|Ukraine||||6,657|(250)||6,407|
|Total restricted<br>funds|||989,502|3,766,331|(2,888,947}||1,866,886|
|General Funds|||1,528,611|1,286,399|(1.019.147}||1,795,863|
|Unrealised<br>exchange gains<br>Total ua restricted<br>funds|||108,584<br>&.83 .&9|389399|~1.&89,||108,584<br>1,904,447|
|Total funds|||2,626,697|5,052,730|(3,908,094)||3,771333|





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|||||||As at31st|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||As at 1st|Incoming|||March|
|||April 2021|resources|Outgoing||2022|
|||TotalFund<br>f|hh gains|resources|Transfers<br>f.|Total Fund<br>K|
|Restricted funds:|||||||
|Counuy Related Overseos Actnitiet|||||||
|Aswsn<br>1||144,853|6,852|(121,847)||29,858|
|Aswan 2|||219,913|(84,498)||135,415|
|Jamaica<br>1||64,839||(29,579)|(25,000)|IDQ60|
|Jamaica 2|||||25,000|25,00{I|
|Uganda|||16,540|(5,622)||IDES|
|Other||1,268|450|||I,'718|
|lnternotionul<br>Child|Referru!||||||
|Programme|||||||
|Child Funding||74,194|276,932|(476,109)|124,983||
|Refugee Children||252|15,000|(15252)|||
|Medical Equipment|||||||
|Medical Equipment|1|309,838|(500)|(11,200)||298,138|
|Medical Equipment|2|43380|3,972|(43,051)||4,201|
|General Overseas Missions R|||||||
|Development||686,892|785,424|(998,322)||473,994|
|Total restricted funds||1,325,416|1424,5S3|(1,787,4SD)|124D83|989,502|
|Geoeral Fuads||1,222,360|761 604|(330370)|(124983)|ly528 611|
|Unrealised<br>exchange|gains|137,669||(29085)||108484|
|Total uorestricted|funds|1,360,029|761,604|(359,455)|(124,983)|1,637,195|
|Total funds||2,685,445|2,086,187|(2,144,935)||2,626,697|





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|16)<br>Aaalysis ofne|t assets|between funds|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Unrestricted||||Restricted|Total|
||||||f||||
|Fixed Assets||||||2,227|2,389|4,616|
|Cash and current investments|||||1,814,859||1,997,778|3,792,637|
|Other current assets|/ (liabilities)|||||87,361|(113,281)|124,126|
|Total|||||1,904,447||1,866,886|3,921,379|
|2021/22 Comparatives|||||||||
||||Unrestricted||||Restricted|Total|
||||||f||||
|Fixed Assets||||||2,668|5,371|8,039|
|Cash and current investments<br>Other current assets / (liabilities)<br>Total|||||1,583,395<br>31,132<br>13637,195||1,199,379<br>2,782,774<br>~2)3248) ~)64 116)<br>989,502<br>2,626,697||
|17) Reconciliation|ofnet|income/(expenditure)|||to|net cash|flow from operating<br>activities||
||||||||2023|2022|
|Net income<br>/ (expenditure)||for the reporting||period|||||
|(as per the statement offinancial activities)|||||||1,144,636|(58,748)|
|Depreciation|||||||4,553|8,434|
|Interest, rent and dividends||&om investments|||||(11,650)|(236)|
|Increase in debtors|||||||(171,976)|(76,541)|
|(Decrease)/Increase|in creditors||||||33,780|35,749|
|Net cash provided|by / (used in) operating||activities||||999,343|(91,342)|



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