
## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** 

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 09 2022 **To** 31 08 2023 

## 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)** 1090727 

**Charity's principal address** 29 Liverpool Old Road Walmer Bridge Preston **Postcode PR4 5QA** 

**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Mrs G. Coxhead|Chair|||
||Mr. K.A.Woodworth|Secretary|||
||Mr. D. Borrow|Treasurer|||
||Mrs M. Woodworth||||
||Mrs. E. Henfield||||
||Mrs A. Toft|Minutes Secretary|||
||Miss E Whitlock||||
||Ms E. Henfield||||
||Mr M. Driver||||
||Rev A. Potter||||
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**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 adviser Name Address** 

## **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 

- (eg. trust deed, constitution 

How the charity is constituted 

Trust 

- (eg. trust, association, company) 

Trustee selection methods 

Elected Members 

- (eg. appointed by, elected by) 

## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** 

You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: 

- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; 

- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; 

- relationship with any related parties; 

- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. 

Data Protection Policy: adopted 2018 

Code of ethic adopted 2001 FOMO UK’s Constitution adopted 2001 Safe Guarding Children Policy. Last reviewed: 2019 

Child Selection Policy, adopted 2000 


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## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

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

You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: 

- policy on grantmaking; 

- policy  programme related investment; 

- contribution made by volunteers. 

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Section D                      Achievements and performance 

## **Summary of the Main Achievements of the charity during the year** 

- Identification of over 2,000 children 

- Maintained and ran 14 FOMO Centres 

- Maintained the children feeding programme, to 2000 children 

- Maintained Health Care to the children most in need 

- Operating a day Clinic and Outreach programme 

- Operating a HIV treatment centre. 

- 83 Staff and Volunteers 

- Ran a secondary school 400 students, 

- Maintained our links with Intercare (Medicine) 

- Maintained our links with KitAid (Sports Kit) 

- Ran sports bonanzas and local league with over 240, U12,  U14 and U17 Football teams, netball and athletics, 

- Ran Activities Songs, Drama, Excursions, Dance, Stories, Sport, Reading Classes 

- Ran and Maintained a Maize mill facility. 

- Ran the driving school, Car and up to 3 tonne lorry 

- Provided personal toiletries, shoes, clothes, sport ware and equipment. 

- Funded, packed and filled one 40ft container. 

- Distributed goods from the container to the centres and children 

- Funding for 1 student at medical college 

- Funding for1 student at University, studying social welfare 

- Provided school uniforms, text books, shoes and educational materials 

- Support to all the FOMO registered Primary School Children 

- Maintenance and Repair of Buildings and vehicles 

- Ran and Maintained 14 Play Schools via centre committees 

- Ran and Maintained the tailoring school 

- Ran and Maintained small basic recording studio, (Closed most of the year due to failed computer) Now open, but still need a good computer. 

- Supported community football and netball. FOMO FC, 2024 update, FOMO FC has now moved to the top level in Malawi football. 

- Organised fund raising events in Mulanje 

- Ran school sports gym and sports ground. More equipment still needed 

- Provided links and funding support for Mulanje Albino Group 

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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)** 

You **may choose** to  include additional information, where relevant about: 

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

- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); 

- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; 

- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. 

## **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 Secretary 

**Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** 

**Date** 12th September 2023 

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**Friends of Mulanje Orphans 1090727 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/09/2022 31/08/2023 

|**Section A Receipts and**|**payments**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**77,820**<br>**1,728**<br>**-**<br>**137**<br>**9,049**<br>**-**<br> **88,734**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **-**<br> **88,734**<br>**1,698**<br>**3,429**<br>**83**<br>**-**<br>**60,000**<br>**438**<br>**-**<br>**10,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **76,248**|**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**<br>**77,820**<br>**1,728**<br>**-**<br>**137**<br>**9,049**<br>**-**<br>**88,734**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**Last year**<br>**to the nearest £**|
|Donations|**77,820**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**38,252**|
|Fundraising|**1,728**||||**1,155**|
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|Interest Bank and Bond|**137**||||**224**|
|Tax Refund|**9,049**||||**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**88,734**||||**39,631**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**||||||
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|**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_ **<br>**A3 Payments**||||||
||||**-**|**88,734**|**39,631**|
|||||**1,698**<br>**3,429**<br>**83**<br>**-**<br>**60,000**<br>**438**<br>**-**<br>**10,600**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**76,248**||
|<br>SundryExpenses|**1,698**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**1,700**|
|Travel|**3,429**||||**2,363**|
|Bank Charges|**83**||||**49**|
|UK Goods to Malawi<br>Cash to Malawi|**-**||||**7,620**|
||**60,000**||||**40,000**|
|Public liabilityinsurance|**438**||||**380**|
|London Marathon|**-**||||**441**|
|Container|**10,600**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
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||**-**||||**-**|
||**-**||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**76,248**||||**52,553**|



|**_Sub total_ **|**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **76,248**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|<br> <br> <br> <br>||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**76,248**||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**52,553**|
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|**A4 Asset and investment**|||||||||||
|**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||||
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|**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|
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|**_Total payments_**|**76,248**||**-**|||**-**||**76,248**||**52,553**|
|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**12,486**||**-**|||**-**||**12,486**||**-              12,922**|
|**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|
|**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**107,195**||||**-**|||**107,195**||**120,114**|
|**_Cash funds this year end_**|**119,681**||**-**|||**-**||**119,681**||**107,192**|



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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**||
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|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on behalf<br>of all the trustees<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|Signature<br>**Details**<br>General office equipment<br>Vehicles<br>**Details**<br>Legal Fund<br>General<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Building and Land|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**10,104**<br>**-**<br>**119,681**<br>**-**<br>**119,681**<br>**10,104**<br>OK<br>Agreement Error<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>FOMO Mulanje<br>**-**<br>FOMO Mulanje<br>**-**<br>FOMO Mulanje<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**<br>**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Print Name|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent EXaMine￿S Report
Report to th8 trusteesl
members of
Friends of Mulanje Orphans
On accounts for the year
ended
3110812023
Charity no
lif any)
1090727
Set out on pages
One and Two
Respective responsibllities The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The
of trustees and examiner charrty's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section
43{21 of the Charibes Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independersl examination
is needed.
It is my responsibilty to-.
examine the a¢¢ounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act.
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Difeetions given by the Charity
Commission (under secb'on 43{71{bl of the 1993 Act, and
to stale whether pafti¢ular matters have corne to my attention.
Basls of indgpendent My examination was carried out in accordan￿ with general Direclions given by the
examlner's statement Chanty Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records
kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.
It also includes considerats.on of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts,
and seeking explanations from the trustees conceming any such matters. The
procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an
audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a
'true and fairf view and the report is limf(ed to those matters sel out in the statement
below.
Independent examSneVs In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention (gtheFthaA
which gtves me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material resFeCt, the
requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act",
and
to prepare accounts whth accord wilh the accounting records and comply
with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act
have not been met ', or
2. to whi¢h. in rny opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper
understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
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IER
April 2009

Section B
Disclosure
Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material problems.
Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
April 2009