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St Joseph'8 African Aid (Registered Charity No 1087768) Inandent Examinerfs Report on the Accounts Report to the trustees of St Joseph's African Aid on for 31Ma 20 The charrty'8 tru8tee8 are re8ponsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Chariti'es Act 2011 (The Charfb88 Act) and that an indeperKknt examination is needed. It 18 our resp0'1ty to.. - examino the account8 under $8(ion 145 of the Charities Art" - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commi88ioners (under Section 1445)(b) of the Charities Act)", and - to state whethw parti1xar matters have come to our attention. Our examination was carried out in acc(xdance with General Directiong giv8n by the Charity Commis8ionern. An examinth'on indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charty and a compari8on of the accnts we89nted wtth those rocord8.11 a180 indude8 consideration of any unusual items or di8d08ure8 in the accounts and 8eeking explanation8 from the trustee8 concerning any such matter8. We would Ilke to point out that these am)unts are bad infomiation provided by the Charity. The procedure8 undertaken do not wovide all the evidence that would be requlred in an audit, and consequently we do not exwe88 an audit 0.niOn on account8. In connath'on wlth our examination, no matter ha8 come to our thints'oft: which gives u8 reasonable cau88 to that in any matwlal r88P8Ct the requirements.. . to keep ACCUn.ng rerdS in accordance wlth 88ction 130 of the Chartti88 Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord wrth the accounting record8 at)d comply with th6 accounts'ng requirernents of tho Charrtm Act have not be•n met. or to which. in our opinion, attents'on Should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the ac(unts to be reached. Slgned 32. Anjani Boparai Sethi & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants 59-60 Thames Street vndsOr SL4 1TX
ST JOSEPH'S AFRICAN AID Charity Commission Regisiwed Number 1087768 Registered •Jdress". KenmorB Cottage. Friary. WThJsor. Bertstil. SL42NP TRUSTEES. ANNUAL REPORT Flnanclal Year 1 June 2021- 31 IAay 2022 Structurn, governance and managThnt St Joseph's African Aid (SJAA) 18 a registered dHrSty 88tabll8h8d by a Trust Deed dated g July 2001. The trustees who held office 8ince 1 June 2021 we: Mrs Pauline Carter Mr Gregory Cole (Appamrted 8 Aprd 2022) Dr Joan O Davies Mrs Lisa Goring Mr Martin Knops (res19rd 31 December 2021) Mr Denzil Mascar8nha8 Mr8 Samantha H Turner The Trust Deed KYOVKles that there Shall be at lea8t ftr tru8tee8. Now tnJstee8 are appointed by the existing tru8tee8. In selectiiYJ persons to be appointed as new trustee8, the existing trustees consKler the tenefft8 of appointing a pgr80n who through residence. occupation, employment or 0th8PAti8e has speoal knthvledge of the cIrmstanceS of the countries where SJAA is acttve or who 18 OthefWi8e able by virtue of his or her personal or EfeSSIOnal qualification8 to make a contritmrtion to the pursuit of the otyect8 or the management of SJAA. This year saw the retirement of Mr. Martin Knops who had completed 20 yeafs a8 a trustee and appointment of Grewy Cole who briThJ8 him a plethora of hlVe1 skills and chality experience. The tru8tee board nomalty meets three times a year, this year il met five times a8 an endeavour to Fryres8 Ixrrent and future projects. Meetir¥Js are h8kd either face to face or vla Zoom platform. The day-t¢>day I81nesS of managing SJAA is delegated to an Executive Committee conslsting of the Chainnan, Finance 're(Or. Prqecl Coordinator and one other nominated tTUStee; th8y comrnuni¢ate frequenuy. I trustees grve of their lime voluthity arKI receive no remuneration f their services. SJAA has no employees. A review of the charity's financi81 controls was carried out by the trustees during the period, and it was conduded that the apwopriate procedures were all in place.
ObJactlve8 and actlvl SJAA'S TNst Deed sets out that ts wincipal objectives are the reli8f of povety. sid(ness and distress, and the advancement of education. in Africa. There has ittn no change to the objectives of SJAA as stated in the original 2001 Trust Deed. SJA4 operates by makirvJ grants for the furtherance of its objectives. Its aid is directed towards the support of sthools and other communty proieth in the Democrab'c Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Cameroon and in Gabon. SJAA work8 closely Imth the Joseit85, a R<xnan Catholic religious order founded in Belgium in 1817, who established 8choo18 and missions in the DRC (fomierty kn(Avn a8 the Belgian Congo and subsequently Zaire) and seere in Africa. The Josephites main active in these countries and wovide the loGal twrKe through vthich the projects funded by SJAA are managed and implemented. Sultable projeds for grant-aldlng are Identllled by both the trustees and by the local Josephfte communtkn'es and their contacts. Prqects are as8888ed according to the criteria of the benefits they would bring to their eommunits8, their cost effectivene88, and the likelihood of a 8u¢ce88ful impknment8tion. Grant• are approved by re801utlon of all the trustee8 of SJAA. Authority to approve projects up to £1,IX)O ha8 b•on thgated to th& Exetsjtlve Commrtte6 The trustags confirm that have ¢xnplied wrth their duty lo have regard tt) the guKlance on public benefft pubtished by the Chwities Commi88ion. Achl•v•m•nts and on4Jolng proJ•cts Education, Ckgan water and Sanitation, and medi1 help are the thr88 tik11ng blocks by which we 8eek to help the local communrties where operate. Education in the Democratic Republic of thè Congo (DRC) Supporting education has been one of SJAA'S key aims slnce Its Inceptlon and most of the funds it has disbursed have been for this purpose. This has taken tha fom of grants for school building8. supplementing teachers, Government-financed salari08, and providing basic equipment for the schools such as blackboards, desk8. and educational materials. Additionally. ComFXrter equipment and Seing machines have been provided to help pupils eam a INing when they leave school. We are active in a region of the south-west of the DRC known a8 the Kasai where we 8UPI)0rt 9 schools in Ilebo, Domiongo and Bulongo which together educate over 3,000 pupils of whom atxrt half are girls, and Iwo sclx)ols in Kinshasa which educate over 1,OIX) puyls. As we have done for many year5 now, this year YK again supported teachers in the Kasal schools by augmentÉng their krw Salaries, and by provKling fund8 for the wrchase of educational reswrces such as books and other dassroom resources. The money to do ttrH8 comes largely from donations generousty given from their salaries by the staff at St George's Weybridge Junior School and College. which is then matched by St George's Weybridge, their parent Charity. Fundraising events were also organized at tx)th schools. Boarding Accommodation for Girfs in Domiongo. 2019-2022. Construction of the lId1r¥j continues at a slcrw pace. It was initially halted due lo COVID, however, getting materi* to the site of the rew Domiittxy continues to wove difficult due to
the lack of a dnt roadway, much of the materials have had to be strapped to bicycles and pushed to the location. Materials and experienced labour remain scarce The project is expected to complete in 21r23. Running Water We take far granted that communitles will have safe running water, and this is not always the case. In Cameroon able to assist two desperate communrties to seardi for water and dig a well to provide fresh running waier at Maoudak arKI Ngome&8ing. We also helped to replace a water pump in Dwram. Smallor Projects A number of smaller projects were approved ar#J completed in the year. To the DRC we provided funds for the purchase of Sewing machines for Kinshasa St Etienne school and replacement solar panel batteries in Ilebo to enable students to study elefAronically by provldlng electritity to the 8dKJoI and )MMunty. In Cameroon we Sent funds for solar batt&ri8s in Douram plus the purchase two new motorcycles for the Josephites and the repalr of their 4 x 4 pickup which had been damaged. The bikes enable the Jo88phrtes to visit local communities in area8 where the road8 are too bad for any olher vehbde8. We abo provided fund8 for bursaries to enabl6 refugees to attend 8chool in Koza Northwest Cameroon and t books to enable the school to add a new dass year. thus for the first time, teaching sludents at a higher educatFonal level. We were also able to 8UPPOrt the purch88e of a grain mill in village outside of Douram to enable the women of communlty to grind in batches rather than daily by hand. Fundrn1n9 SJAA Invrtes donatk)ns from genwal pjblic to fijrtsr 118 tharttable bLrt do88 not engage in email or telesknne funtha181w campaign$. Gran1• Total grants th18 year were £63.7 (2021- £68,048). As usual, most of thls yearfs £84k grarts went to the DRC who rKeived £3Th (2021- £48k) with £27k going to the Cameroon {2021- £20k). None wa8 sent to the Gat)on either thi8 year or last. In more detail, th8 grarrts in 2022 tro. Grants to th• DRC Jul 2021 Kasai schoob: Prime de RemercieThnt Ka881 Schools.. Frais de Fonca1en1 $31,700 £23,412 Jul 2021 $5.400 $37.100 £3,988 £27.400 Jul 2021 nshasa (Ste Etienrva): Swing Machines $4,700 £3,471 Jul 2021 Ilebo (Lycée Ste Marie).. &)lar Panel $7,311 Jul 2021 Local b8nkiffj costs $1,389 £1.026
Jul 2021 Douram.. Water Pwnp 15 £604 Jul 2021 Douram.'Two Motorcycles Q.676 £2,334 Nov 2021 Maoudak Forage 8.978 £6.113 Nov 2021 Douram: Solar 8atterie8 Q,461 £2,157 Nov 2021 Douram.. Mottx Repair tr Pickup 1,155 £1.012 Nov 2021 Koza.. Bur8afie8 for 8tudwts £2,953 Feb 2022 Ngome8sing: Forage 6,976 £6,027 Feb 2022 Douram: Grain Mill £2,458 £2,952 May 2022 Koza: Text Bcok8 3,370 Totsl Co•t of Grant8 for Y•ar. £83.90712021- £68,048) Flnanclal Rovl•w SJAA has prepared Its Accounts for 2021r22, on ts Recepts and Payments ba818 due to a tumover ofless than £250,000. Donations received in the year were £55,845 <21- £49,458). No Interest was receNed {2021 £17), the deposit account offerlng intere8t. was cltX8ed in 2021. Gift Aid daim8 for two yearf8 donation8 yielded £12,621 (2021 £4,159 -lor one year). Total Receipts were therefore £68.466 (2021- £53,632). Grants made were £63,907 (2021 £68,048). In the pa8t five year8 SJAA h88 di8bursed £502k in grant8. The expen8e8 of running SJA4 romain and oUnted to £1,S35 (2021 £1.634) of whlch the cost of prlnting and distributiTrJ the Newsletter, wofe8sional fees, bank charges, and website expenses account for all the 815. The total cost is kept d(r because 8UPPOrt and administration is WOVKled free of ce by voluntary help. The cash balances of SJAA increased by £3,024 during 2022 (2021- £16,049 de(Trase) to £91,881 as at 31 May 2022. The cash balarKes of SJAA are held with Barday8 Bank plc (SJAA'S clearing bank). SJAA hokls no shares, bonds w other assets. At 31 May 2022, £50,821 (56%) of SJAA'S total Reserves (2021- £47,246; 54%) are classifd as Restricted Income arKI may only be used for th8ir defined restri¢Xed Wrpor. The major
Restricted funds at 31 May 2022 were c.£16k held for the comwion of the Domiongo Girfs. Domrtory, c.£18k for the 'Prime de RemerCinf for the Kasai tead)ers and c£17k for schools. SJAA'S policy <)n reserv is: a) To designate sufficient reserves to: 1. Pay all grants that have been approved but not yet paid 2. Cover the cost for a reasonable period ahead of grants that have not yet been approved blrt which, tsU9e of their recurring nature in the past. might be expected to continuo 3. Provide for emergency requests (8.g. water we118) that may be received 4. Accumulate reserve8 to be able to fund larg8r scale projects such a8 the buildinglrefurbi8hmenl of schooh. In view of SJAA'8 low owating c(. the trustee8 do not con8id8r tt nece88ary to designate any reserve8 to cover such costs because it would be an immaterial amount. b) To relea8e re8erve8 88 grants onty when rea8(mably eertaln that the wojects to be alded are approwiate to the development needs of the local mMUnrtI8S, have the requisite priority compared to other potential arKI wlll be well execlrted so uslng SJAA donor-income in an effective way. D•claratlon We dedare that: - the Trustee8 have approved th8 report above,. and - have authori3ed us to sign it on th'r behalf. Signature: Full name.. Denzil Mascarenha8 Pauline Cartgr Position: Chairman & Trustee Finance Director & TSt09 Date October 2022 7th October 2022