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2020-09-01-accounts
Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name

Friends of Mulanje Orphans

Other names charity is known by

FOMO, FOMO Caring, FOMO Malawi

Registered charity number (if any)
Charity's principal address		 1090727 1090727

29 Liverpool Old Road
Walmer Bridge
Preston
Postcode PR4 5QA

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or
body) entitled to
appoint trustee (ifany)
Mrs G. Coxhead Chair
Mr. K.A.Woodworth Secretary
Mr. D. Borrow Treasurer
Mr. C. Coxhead
Mrs. E. Henfield
Mrs A. Toft Minutes Secretary
Mrs M. Woodworth
Miss E Whitlock

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of Name Address adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution

How the charity is constituted

Trust

Trustee selection methods

Elected Members

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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Section C Objectives and activities

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)		 AIM:The mission of FOMO is to provide and enhance the health,
education, shelter, and meet the basic human needs of all orphaned and
vulnerable children of Mulanje.
OBJECTIVES:
To raise the standards of, and provide continuity of care and education to
all Mulanje's orphaned children.
To integrate the orphaned children in the local community by fostering or
adoption.
To raise awareness about issues related to FOMO's activities.
To enable FOMO Mulanje, to be self-funding through business ventures.
To involve the local and greater community in FOMO's activities.
Friends of Mulanje Orphans (FOMO):FOMO was established in 2000
to aid Orphans in Mulanje, a district of Malawi, Africa. The seeds of the
idea for the formation of FOMO stemmed from the many harrowing
stories relayed back to Mary Woodworth from her friends and relatives
still living in her home village in Mulanje. During a visit early in 2000,
Mary and Keith were able to see and hear of the desperate plight of many
of the local Children.
Determined to make the idea of FOMO a reality, Mary contacted relatives
and friends who over the years had been helping many orphaned children.
From this small beginning FOMO became a reality and aims to provide
and enhance the health, education, food security, meet the basic human
needs and develop the potential of all the needy and orphaned children of
Mulanje.
The sad reality is that there are too many children in need of help and too
few local families that can afford to help. Though there are many high
profile agencies within Malawi they seem unable to address the
immediate, local, one to one help that FOMO is committed to provide.
From small beginnings FOMO has grown and now looks after over 3,500
children through a network of 14 centres covering over 85 villages in
Mulanje district of Malawi.
FOMO is seen as a success by the children, local committees and officers,
(DC, TA's, Police, heath workers, social services etc), FOMO works by
assisting and working with the communities using the traditional values
and structures that have served the population in what can only be
describes as better time.
FOMO in the UK is run by a small board of trustees whose main work is
to raise funds and awareness of the children's situation. Additionally the
FOMO UK is responsible for controlling these funds, identifying and
facilitating the needs of FOMO Mulanje.
FOMO Mulanje's day to day activities are run by a small number of
employees, project officer, accountant, playschool teacher, matron plus
round 200 local volunteers, that help out with the general day to day
functions, cooking, sport, gardening club, bees, chickens, choir etc. Each
of the 14 centres has a locally elected volunteer committee who are
responsible for the day to day running of their centre and they are also
responsible for identifying and assessing children in need.

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The bridge between FOMO UK and FOMO Mulanje is mainly through our founder Mary, who is in a special position in that she understands Malawi, speaks the language, has a clear view of the injustices and knows how to motivate the local population, and generally is an inspiration and example to us all.

With an eye on the future FOMO, run a secondary school, 14 playschools, a Clinic, a driving school, a computer school and a tailoring school/outlet. We, when funds are available, sponsor further education for the volunteers and children.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the Main Achievements of the charity during the year

All things have been affected to some degree by Covid and the outlook is unknown.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The charity has no policy on reserves, but has an understanding that the charity holds at least £20,000 worth of running costs held in reserve.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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The charity’s principal source of funds is by personal donations and fund raising events.

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) Keith Woodworth Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Secretary etc)

Date 07/02/ 2021

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinef s Report Report to the trusteesl members of Friends of Mulanje Orphans On accounts for the year ended 1st September 2020 Charity no Ilf any) 1090727 Set out on pages 1to2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chaflty {llhe Trust") for the year ended 1" September 2020. Responsibllitles and As the chanly trustees of the Twst, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the AGt°I. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying oul my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)Ibl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no malerial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: rr Date: 2512121 Name". Jackie Stopyra Relevant professional qualificationls} or body (if any}: Chartered Accountant- Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales Address: 80 Lytham Road Fulwood Preston, Pre 3AQ IER October 2018

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Friends of Mulanje Orphans Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the perlod from To 021L)912019 0110912020 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrjcted funds to Ihe neareBt R•striet•d fund$ Endowment funds Total funds Last to Ihv no8re8t £ tothe nearest£ tothe Mar88t £ to thè nèarpil£ A1 Recelpts Donaiiorhs 85,2 2.459 10.7ee 85,228 2.4Sg 10.788 466 S8.47S 3,134 9,656 J25 Bèquest Inlere51 Bank and BL￿d Leg81 Fund Medic81 Bl8nkets eoy Ho$tei Tax Refund Shop Swrts Gr￿nd Sub total{Gniss income for ARJ 45 17,66? 10,707 104,373 104,373 101,160 A2 Asset and Investment sales, (se? tablel. Sub total 104,373 104,373 101,160 A3Pa ments Coslol Fundraiaing Even15 Sunury Expenses T8￿phOne￿in￿meI Trav21 Frintsng and Pos 8ank Charges Gran15 10 Malawi IPrq•ei ind funning costs) UK Good$ 10 Mala Cash lo Malawi Food- FOMO MaLqwl purchaitd irecl UK PuYic118bility In8ur8nce SchoDI BID0* Fund )J7 2.712 2,712 4,218 1J4 356 70,000 105,000 5,000 18,786 323 104 COn￿l￿er18 Medical Cost ofAGM UK ITS Sub total 73.334 73,334 134,321 A4 A88¢t •nd investment urchases, see table) Sub total 73,334 73.334 134,321 Net of re¢eipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end 31.039 31.039 33.161 B3,731 114.770 13,256 13,2S8 96,989 128.028 130,150 96,989

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricte funds nfrarest£ Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest£ Categories Detabls to nearest £ B1 Cash funds Legal FLOY 10.104 Meth(i 1.959 Spu& Gr￿% so Blanket8 1,145 Ger￿1 114,770 Total Cash funds 114.770 13,258 Unr•8trfet¢d fund$ Restricted fundB to neare$t£ Endowm•nt funds to nè•rest É Detalls to neareit£ Fund totwhlch aBJo1 bplo Curr9ntvJlug Details C￿t loptloMII Fund to whl¢h •8801 bolon F(X40 m￿anie Details Buiklirq and Lar C￿tI￿pIlon¥1) Current Yaluo B4 A8get8 retalnod for the charlty'8 own use FOMO MulanJ2 FOMO ￿L9n Fund to whlch r•lat•s Amounl du• ional Whgn dijo Detsils 85 Liabilitie8 Slgned by one or ￿0 Iruslees on behaw of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of roval

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Friends of Mulanje Orphans On accounts for the year ended 1 Sl September 2020 Charity no (if any) 1090727 Set out on pages 1 to2 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 1 $1 September 2020. Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111.the Act"). I report in respect of my examinalion of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515){bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my allention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. acGounting records were not kept in accordance with sedion 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinèr's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in Connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: 2512121 Name: Jackie Stopyra Relevant professional qualificationls) or body lif any): Chartered Accountant- Institute af Chartered Accountants of England and Wales Address". 80 Lytham Road Fulwood Preston, Pre 3AQ IER October 2018