SL Joseph's African Aid (R•g18tsrgd Charfty No. 1087768) FinanGlal Ststemonts and Tru8taO8' Report Year Ended 31 May 2024
St Joseph's African Aid Register1 Char'ty No 1087768 Flnanclal Ststomonts and Tru8t•O8' Roport for the Year Ended 31 May 2024 Page Receipt8 and Payments Account Stat8m8nt of A888ts and Liabiliti88 Independent Examlnef8 Report Tru8t888' Report
St Josoph's African Ald (Registered Charity No 1087768) Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 31 May 2024 Year to 31 May 2024 Restricted Fuiid> ,'Income} Restricte Wat9rl Funds Medical Last Year Schoo5s Teachers unr•61nc Totsl Funjs inA• RKelpt• Donations, legacies and grants Grft Tax redaimed Interest Received Total receipts 49,702 509 13,628 5.566 25 S3,353 6,081 85.597 11,315 203 97,115 238,504 5234 50. 69,434 238,504 Payments Grants for Charitable Purposes Operating expenses (Ind Newsletter) Professional Fees Bank Charges Total payMts (48,274) (15283) {63,5571 (194,705) 1275) (700) 1188) 195,868} {118,093) (759) (700) (316 1119,868 12751 148,2741 (15,283? 162 55 Rocelpts1888 Payments for the YMI Cash balances - stsrt year Cash balanc•8 - end year 1,937 28,035 ?9,972 3,909 11.732 15.8,. 31 5,877 (98, 153) 210,517 111.764 118,636 91.881 210,517 4),644 Statemant of Assets and Llabilities At 31 May 2024 -ti".i-ted Funds 45,644 Last Ye School8 Teachers Totsl Fund8 i_. ',iGal Cash balan 29,972 15,641 31 111,764 210,517 .700 111,064 -71)0 209,817 Creditor for professional fees Not A880ts at end y•ar 29.972 31 45,$44 Approved on 11th Oct 2024 by the Trustees and swJngJ on their behalf ty. Nce". These Financial staternts sFN)uhJ be read in conjunction with the a¢XJmpanyv)g Trustees. ReKDrt Denzil Mascarenhas Chaimian & TNstee Pauline Carter Direcknr & Twstee
St Joseph's African Aid (Registered Charity No 1087768) Independent Examlnows Report on tho Aeeounts Report to trn9t of St Jo88ph's Afrlcan Aid on the for th ear ed 24 The Charity's trustee8 are responsible for Ihe preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider thal an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (The Charitias Act) and that an indepandant èxaminaion is n88ded. It is our responsibility to: - examlne the arLounts under saclion 145 of the Charities Act; - to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commi88ioner8 (under aethon 145(5)(b) of the Charitie8 AGt); and - to state whether particular matters have come to our attention, Our examination was carried out in accordance wrth Genaral Directions given by the Chanty Commissioners. An examination include8 a review ot the accountiry records kept by the chanty and a comparison of the accounts presented wfth those records. It also includes consideration of any unur•ual items or disclosu s in the ac¢ount8 and seeking explanations from the tru8tee8 conceming any suGh matters. We would like to point out that these 8ccount5 ar8 based on the information PTovided by the Charity. The procedure8 undprtakgn do not provide all the evidence that would be requlred In an audit. and consequently wo do not exsx8ss an audtt opinion on the accounts. In conneclion with our examination, no matter has ccth8 to our attention: which gives us reagonable cause to believe that in any matsrial rospect the requirements.. - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of th? Charities Act; and - to prepare accounls which accord with the accounting records and comply wilh the accounting requirements of the Charities Ad have nol met; or 2. to which, in our opinion, attention should be drawn in order to ¢nabl8 a proper und8rstandin9 of the aco)unts to be reached, Signed Anjani Boparai Sethi & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants 59-60 Thames Street Vvindsor SL4 1 TX
ST JOSEPH'S AFRICAN AID Charty Commission Registsred Numtsr 1087768 Registered addres5.' Kenmore Cottage, Thé Friary, Wndsor, Berkshire, SL42NP TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT Financial Year: 1 Junè 2023- 31 May 2024 Structur•. gov•manG• and manag•m•nt St Joseph's AfriGan Aid (SJAA) is a regi8tered tharity 88tabli8hed by 3 Trust Daed dated g July 2001. The t1118tee$ who hekl office since 1 June 2023 are: Mr3 Pauline Carter Mr Gregory Cole Dr Joèn O Davi88 Mrs Lisa Goring Mr Denzil Mascarenhas (Chaiman) Dr Alberto Ndumu Mr George Sebastian (appointed 2nd February 2024) Mrs Samantha H Tumer The Trust Deed provides that there shall be at least four trustses. New trustees are appointed by the existing trustees. In Selecting persons to be appointed as new trustees, the existing trustees consider the benefits of appointing a r$On who through iesidence, occupation. gmployment or otherwise has speaal knowledge of the circumstances of the countries where SJAA is active or who 18 Othe158 able by virtue of his or her personal or professional qualificalions to make a contribution to Ihe pursuit of the objectives or the management of SJAA. This year saw the appointment of Mr George Sebastian a committed Catholic and previous donoi, who ha8 a wealth of Skills in Markebng, IT and Sales management. The Irustee board nomially meets three tirne6 8 year. The day-to-day busine88 of managing SJAA is delegated to an Executive Committee consisting of the Chainman. Finance Dlrector, Project Coordinator and one other nominated trustee; they Gommunieate frequently. All trustees give of their time voluntarily and re1ve no remuneration for their serviS. SJhA has no employ88S. A rèview of the charity's flnancial controls was carried out by the trugtees during the period, and it wa8 conduded that the apwopriate procedu$ were all in placo.
Objectives and athttlas SJAA'S Trusl Deed sets out that it8 principal objective8 are the relief of poverty, sickness and distr888, and the advancement of education in AfnGa. There has been no change lo the objectives of SJAA 2S Staled in the original 2001 Trust Deed. SJAA operatég by rnakn'ng grants for tho furtherance of 113 obJ'ectNes. Its aid is directed towards the support of schools and other community proje(#8 in the D8m¢)cr8tic Republic of Congo (DRC), Cameroon and in Gabon. SJAA wort(s closely wFth the Jos8phites, 8 Roman Catholic religious order founded in 8elgium in 1817, who e3tablished sthools ar missions In the DRC (formerfy knovm as the Belgian Congo and subsequently Zaire) and elsewhere in Africa. The Josephites remain active in these Gountries and provide Ihe local pre88nc8 through which the wojeds furKled by SJAA are managed and implement8d. Sultable proje(Xs for grant-aiding ar8 identffiad by both tha trustees and the local Josephlt6 communities and their contacts. Projects are a88essed according to the cnteria of the benerts they would bring to their communities, their cost effgctiveness, and the likelihood of a successful impFementslion. Grants are approved by resolution of all the trustee8 of SJAA. Authority to approve projects up to £1,01)O h88 been delegated to the Executive Committee The trustee8 confim that they have complied with their duty to have regard to the guid8nce on public benefit published by the Charitie8 Cornmi85ion. Achl•vemonts and on*olng proJ•cts Education, clean water and sanltation, and medical help are the thr88 building blocks by which wa $88k to help tho local communities Whe we operate. Educatlon In th• D•mocratlc R•public of th• Congo IDRC Supporting 8ducation ha8 been on6 of SJAA'S k6y aims since its in(xption and most of the funds disbursed have been for this purpose. This has taken the fomi of grants for school buildings, gupplemenling teacher8, low Gov8mment-finanGed sal8rle8, and providing basic 4uipm8nt for the 8choo18 such as blackboards, desk8, and educational materials. Addrtionally. computer equiFxnent and sewing m4chlne6 have been provlded to help pupils earn a living when they leave school. We are active in a re9ion of tho south-WaBt of the DRC known as tha Kasai where support 9 schools in Ilebo, Domiongo and Bulongo which together educate over 3,000 pupils of whom about half are gids. and two Schools in Kin8hasa which eduGate over 1,000 pupils. As we have done for many year8 nIY, thi$ year we again supported teachers In the Kasai schools by augmenting t1r low salaries, 8nd by providing ftjnds tr the purchase of educats'onal resources sueh as bkS and other dassroom r880urRs. money to do thls Gomes largely from donations generously given from their salari88 by th@ staff At St George's Weybridg& Junior School and College, which is then matthed by St George's Weybridge, thelr par6nt charity. Fundr8i3ing events are a180 organtzed al both schools. In J8nuary 2024 there VRS some serlous flooding in Ihe Kasai, vthich affected Some of Ihe schools that we supp(xt. After reIvIng photos and videos of the devastation we agreed to
assist the Josephite schools in Ilebo by providing fvnds to enable them to r8p8ir the foundations ofltroir SctOI buildings, wa118 and pavements that were damaged. B•arding Aexommodation for Glrls in Domiongo. 2019-2024. Children living in remote villages without scho5 need schools wrth boardlng accommodation If thoy 8re to have an education. The boarding provi8ion gid8 at the schools in Bulongo and Domiongo 18 of a vey Ichv standard as seen by our prewous Chairnn and Josephit8 Fr Rotert Hamilton on his visrt to the Congo in 2009. Wrth the help ol a generous donor, we have been able to provide fund8 to enable the J08ephite community to construct a domrtory seallY for girl8 in Domiongo. Work comm6nced in 2019 but had a number of sotbackÉ during the Covld perK>d 012020 to 2022, this was comF<)unded by the great difficulty of getting materials and GontraGlors to this remote site. In 2022-23 the Tru6teo8 8Pert a con8iderable amounl of time conversing with the J08ephite8, the Head of Edu(Xion In the DIoc48e and the then contractor to gat the project restartod and completo. A8 a r86uIt of this adion, during 2023-24.. New contractors were appolnted, materlals flnally arrlved, and w8 released further funds. Work has 8t9rted VAlh a greater mom8ntum, vthth the hope that it will finally be cornplote in 2025. Runnlng Water A project that had been or4Joing in Ngome88ing in Cam8roon lo find wa18r for th8 vlllage wa8 finally completed in 2024, The villager3 now have a fully functioning well and water for their communty. S4nitstion Two gets of latrines have been constructed thi8 year, one in Ilebo and the olher In Camaroon. Small•r Projects DRC Grant8'. Domitxg¢Y. New Kitchen block for tho Boarding School. Chairs and nCheS, Water Ci8tem. Ilebo.. Multi purpose room, Anti Rust paint, Floors for new dassrooms. Freezer & TV Screen aknng wth Solar equipment to run thern. Kinshasa.. Carpenty tools for stLthn*s, cutting and sewing machine5, books. Cameroon Grants: Fumiture for a school's multi purpose room in Douram. Plus a fridge arKI 8018r power for the Medical Centre in Gomenbley previou81y funded by our generou6 donorn. Fundr•ising SJAA invites donats'ons from the general publlc to further its tharitable work but does not angage in ernail or telephone fvndrsi8ing campaigns. Grants Total grants this year were £194,705 (2023 - £118,093). As usual, most of the ants went to the DRC who recelved £178k (2023 - £8Ok) wlth £17k going to the Cameroon (2023 - £38k). None was 8ant to Gabon. In more detsil, the grants in 2023124 were:
Grants to the DRC Jul 2023 Kasai SGhcolJ." Prime de Remerc40menl $32,810 £26,208 Jul 2023 Kasal school8: Fra de Fonctionement $5,400 £4,313 Jul 2023 New Kltchen at Boarding school in Domiongo $15,676 £12.522 Jul 2023 Chair8 & benches Ntetel Domiongo $4,000 £3.195 Jul 2023 Anti Rust Paint for St Marle in Illebo $2,177 £1.739 Jul 2023 Water Cistem8 Domiongo $7,116 £5.684 Jul 2023 Floars for nèw dassrooms St Jac4ues $21.911 £17,502 Jul 2023 Lc¢al Bank Gharge $1,780 £1,422 Feb 2024 Flood damagg repalr St Jacwues & St Marie schools Ilebo $12,310 £9,923 Feb 2024 FreezerlS¢reenlSolar St Jacquas Itebo i Y,714 £3.800 Feb 2024 Flood damage ITC school Ilebo $11,020 £8,884 Feb 2024 Toilet Blod( ITC 8chool Ilebo £7,287 Feb 2024 Carpenty toob L'Ecole Kinshasa £5,506 Feb 2024 Cuttlna & Sewing Mac'ne8 Kln8ha8a $7,009 £5,650 Féb 2024 Cla88room b8nch88118bo $8,832 £5,348 Feb 2024 SGhool Books Kin8hasa $7,330 £5,909 F8b 2024 Multi Purp08e Room $32,510 £28,250 Feb 2024 Dofmrtory Stage Payment tkniongo $31,000 £25,030 Feb 2024 LoGal Bank Gharge8 $2,590 £2,091 $221855 £178 261
Grants to Cameroon Jul 2023 Fridge & Solar Power for Medlral Ctre .514 £3,930 Jul 2023 Local bank costs 36 £31 Oct 2023 Fumiture for a multi purpose room Dourarn 5.020 £4,479 Oct 2023 Local bank costs 30 £27 Fob 2024 Latrines for Cagala S,119 £4.453 Feb 2024 Text book8 for Koza 4,000 £3,480 Fab 2024 Local Bank costs 51 £44 Flnanclal Rovlow SJAA has prepared its Accounts for 2023124, on the Receipts and Payments basis due to a turnover of less than £250,000. Donatlons recelved In the year were £85,597 {2023.' £238,504, vthich induded two legaci88). Interest was reiVed on a new account we opened with Handalsbanken £203 {2022: none). Two Gift Aid daims were made WTthin the accounting year £11,315 (2023: £0) Grants made were £194,705 (2023.. £118,093). The expense8 of running SJAA remain low and amounted to £1,163 (2023: £1,775) of lCh the Gost of pnnting and distributing the Newsletter, prolesslonal fee8, bank Ghargps, an webslte expenses account for rn08t of the costs. Cost8 for running the chanty are kept down because support arKI admini8tr8ts.on is provided free of charge by the trustees along with voluntary help, The cash balances of SJAA decreased by £98,753 during 2024 (2023: + £118,636> to £111,764 a8 at 31 May 2024. The trustees chose to di8burse most of thé legacy money r8ceived in 2023 where it was needed most. The ca8h balance8 of SJAA are held wth Barday6 Bank plc (SJAA'8 clearin9 bank) and Handelsbanken. SJAA holds no 8hare8, bonds or other assets. At 31 May 2024. £45.644 (41%) of SJM'S totsl Reserves (2023,, £39,767 (19%)) are classified as Restrided Income and may only be u88d for their défined restricted purposes. The major Restricted fvnds at 31 May 2024 We c.£17k held for the completion of the Domiongo Girls,
Dormftory, c.£16k for the 'Prime dè R8merciemerrt' for the Kasai teachers and c.£13k for schools. SJAA'S policy on reservés 18: a) To designate sufficA8nt reserve8 to: 1. Pay all grants that have been approved but not yet paid 2. Cov8r the cosl for a reasonable period ahead of grants that have not yet been approved but which, Ikcause of their recurring nature in the past, might be expected to continue 3. Provide for emergenGy requests e.g. water w8118. thal may be received. 4. Accumulala reserves to be able to fund larger scale projects such as Ihe buildinglrefurbi8hment of schools. In view of SJAA'3 low operats'ng Gosts, the truste8s do not consider it necessary to designate any reserv88 to cover such costs because it would be an immatettal amount. b) To release reseNes as orants only when reasonably certain that proivcts to be aKJed ar8 appropriate to the d8velopment needs of the local comrnunities, have the requisite prionty cthipared to other potents'al projects, and will be well executed 80 using SJhA donor-incomo in an effeth've way. D•claratlon We dedare that.. - thè Trustees hav¢ approv1 the report atove; and have authon'sed u8 to sign it on their behalf. Snature. Full name. Denzil MasGarenhas Pauline Carter Position: Chainnan a Trustee Finance Director & Tru3tee Dato 11 th October 2024 11tr October 2024