## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year **From** 01 09 2023 **To** 31 08 2024 ## 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** ~~—~~ |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---| |1 Mrs G. Coxhead|Chair||| |2 Mr. K.A.Woodworth|Secretary||| |3 Mr. D. Borrow|Treasurer||| |4 Mrs M. Woodworth|||| |5 Mrs. E. Henfield|||| |6 Mrs A. Toft|Minutes Secretary||| |7 Miss E Whitlock|||| |8 Mr M. Driver|||| |9 Rev A. Potter|||| |10 Mr. C. Coxhead|||| |11|||| |12|||| |13|||| |14|||| |15|||| |16|||| |17|||| |18|||| |19|||| |20
~~ae~~|~~ae~~|~~ae~~|~~ae~~| 18 19 20 ~~ae~~ **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year** **April 2009** **TAR** 1 ## **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; 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 - 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. **April 2009** **TAR** 2 ## **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 70 local volunteers, that help out with the general day to day
functions, cooking, sport, gardening club, bees, chickens, choir etc. Each
of the 14 centers 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.| **April 2009** **TAR** 3 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. **April 2009** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the Main Achievements of the charity during the year** ## **2024 Major Achievements** - Identification of over 2,500 children - Maintained and ran 14 FOMO Centres - Maintained the children feeding programme, to 2500 children - Maintained Health Care to the children most in need - Operating a day Clinic and Outreach programme - Operating a HIV treatment centre. - 66 Staff and 70 Volunteers - Ran a secondary school 500 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. - 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 University studying child development - Funding for 1 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,, FOMO WFC, FOMO RFC and Un 10,12,16 teams - FOMO Netball - FOMO sports bonanza twice a year - FOMO coaching clinics - FOMO FISS Interschool sports - 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 - Finish new hostel, (Ceiling) **April 2009** **TAR** 5 Section D Achievements and performance ## **2025 Major Challenges. We would appreciate any funding help** - Secure Funding for FOMO's Essential Core Activities: - Food Programme - Fund and send a 40ft Container - General Clinic, HIV Clinic and Outreach Programme - Secondary School Places (Provide Fees) - School Teaching Resources & Equipment - Activity programme (Sport, Art, Music etc) ## **Wish List: Funds needed. We would appreciate any funding help** - 150 exam desks (School) - 500 plastic staking chairs (School) - 100 plastic top folding tables (School) - Additional School Classroom Block (School) - Additional School text books and science equipment - Additional classroom for school and centres, (Desks, Chairs, Tables) - Additional Gym equipment - Water Harvesting Project (5 Centres) - School and centre Solar Water heaters to reduce cost of cooking. - School Security Wall - Refurbish existing FOMO Centres, (Mainly painting) - Build FOMO Centres at Naluwadi, Nessa - Additional Girls and Boys Hostel Block ## **Without you none of this could happen. Thank you** **April 2009** **TAR** 6 Section D Achievements and performance . **Section E Financial review** **April 2009** **TAR** 7 ## **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. ## ~~ee~~ **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** ~~ee~~ **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** ~~pe~~ **Full name(s)** Keith Woodworth ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc)** ~~ee ee~~ **Date** 12th September 2024 ~~|~~ **April 2009** **TAR** 8 |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Friends of Mulanje Orphans**
**CC16a**
01/09/2023
31/08/2024
**1090727**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~—____—_~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Friends of Mulanje Orphans**
**CC16a**
01/09/2023
31/08/2024
**1090727**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~—____—_~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Friends of Mulanje Orphans**
**CC16a**
01/09/2023
31/08/2024
**1090727**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~—____—_~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Friends of Mulanje Orphans**
**CC16a**
01/09/2023
31/08/2024
**1090727**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~—____—_~~|**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Friends of Mulanje Orphans**
**CC16a**
01/09/2023
31/08/2024
**1090727**
**Receipts and payments accounts**
Period start date
Period end date
**To**
**For the period**
**from**
~~—____—_~~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**||**Last year**|| |**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**A1 Receipts**
Donations and Fundraising
**62,479**
**-**
**-**
**62,479**
**77,820**
Fundraising
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,728**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Interest Bank and Bond
**717**
**-**
**-**
**717**
**137**
Gift Aid
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**9,049**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**63,196**
**-**
**-**
**63,196**
**88,734**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**63,196**
**-**
**-**
**63,196**
**88,734**
~~==~~
~~= == =~~
~~=~~|||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||| |SundryExpenses|**75**|**-**
**-**
**75**||**1,698**|| |Travel|**7,648**|**-**
**-**
**7,648**||**3,429**|| |Bank Charges|**123**|**-**
**-**
**123**||**83**|| |UK Goods to Malawi|**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|| |Cash to Malawi|**60,000**|**-**
**-**
**60,000**||**60,000**|| |Public liabilityinsurance|**171**|**-**
**-**
**171**||**438**|| |Container|**6,800**|**-**
**-**
**6,800**||**10,600**|| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|| ||**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**74,817**|**-**
**-**
**74,817**||**76,248**|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**74,817**
**-**
**-**
**74,817**
**76,248**
~~——_———~~|||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|**- 11,621**
**-**
**-**
**- 11,621**
**12,486**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**119,638**
**-**
**119,638**
**107,195**
**108,017**
**-**
**- 108,017**
**119,681**
~~——_—————~~||||**12,486**
**-**
**107,195**
**119,681**| 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** ||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**| |---|---| |**Categories**|**funds**
**funds**
**funds**
**Details**| ||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**| |**B1 Cash funds**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**108,017**
**-**
**-**
**108,017**
**-**
**-**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
General
~~=====~~| ||OK
OK
OK
account(s))| ||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Endowment**| ||**funds**
**funds**
**funds**| ||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**Details**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—_—=~~| |**B3 Investment assets**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
~~===~~| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
FOMO Mulanje
**-**
**-**
FOMO Mulanje
**-**
**-**
FOMO Mulanje
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
Building and Land
General office equipment
Vehicles
~~====~~| ||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**
**When due**| |**B5 Liabilities**|**liability relates**
**(optional)**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Details**
~~===>~~| |Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
of all the trustees|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf
Date of
approval
**07/02/2025**
Print Name
Keith Woodworth
Signature
2
~~=~~| 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 315t August 2024 Charity no (if any) 1090727 Set out on pages One and two. I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 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 2011 ("the Act") I report in respect of my examination 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 145(5)Ib) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 4othe4 thauItsa¥d￿￿.) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to 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 examinerfs 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 a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Chl¢M Date: 1ts2s" Name: /&u' 6/ /oiL Relevant professional | qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: /f fj le/611 B/1 &r/é IER October 2018