2023-04-30-accounts - Goodwill And Growth For Africa UK

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Trustees Annual Return and Accounts for the year ended 30 April 2023

Goodwill & Growth for Africa UK, aka GAGA UK

Registered Charity Number – 1092028

c/o Citadel Risk Services Limited, 100 Fenchurch Street, LONDON EC3M 5JD

Mailing address: PO Box 6751 Stratford upon Avon CV37 1UQ

	Contents		Pages
	Trustees Report		3-6
	Accounts, Year ended 30 April 2023		7-10
	Income & Expenditure Report		8
	Balance Sheet		9
	Independent Examiners Report		10

– GAGA UK Trustees Report, 2022/23

Trustees

Mr Tony Weller (Chairman) Mr Charlie Homer (Vice-Chairman) Mrs Claire Henley (Treasurer) – appointed February 2023* Ms Sarah Hodgson (Secretary) Ms Nommiselo Nene – appointed February 2023 Mr Richard Lucas

The chairman, vice-chairman, secretary, and treasurer shall constitute the four trustees of the executive committee. The executive committee shall have the power to make decisions in any emergency and to carry on business between the meetings of the trustees but all actions and decisions of their committee shall be reported to the trustees for confirmation and ratification at the next meeting.

*Mrs Claire Henley stepped down as GAGA UK Director effective 31/01/2023, at which point she joined the Board of Directors as Treasurer effective 1 February 2023.

Appointment of Trustees

There shall be at least four trustees. Every future trustee shall be appointed by resolution of the trustees passed at a special meeting called under clause J of the trust deed.
If for any reason trustees cannot be appointed in accordance with the foregoing position the statutory power of appointing new or additional trustees shall be exercisable.

Staff Members

Mrs Claire Henley (Director – until 31/01/2023)

Mrs Henley resigned her position on 28[th] September 2022. She remained in post to recruit and hand over to her replacement in January 2023 .

Mrs Olivia Van Rensburg from 9 January 2023

Principal Bank	Independent Examiners
Lloyds Bank	Barney McGettigen
22 Bridge Street	RS Botham & Co
Stratford upon Avon	Suite 2, 1a & 1b Atherstone Barns
Warwickshire	Atherstone on Stour
CV37 6AG	Stratford upon Avon
	CV37 8NE

Constitution

Declaration of trust dated 19/03/2002 as amended by deed dated 17/03/2010 as amended by deed dated 31/03/2010 as amended by deed dated 22/01/2011, as amended by deed dated 21/04/2022.

Objectives

(I) To relieve poverty and sickness in South Africa and elsewhere in particular by providing relief to orphans and their carer’s.
(II) To advance education, training, personal development, and employment including self-employment, partnerships and co-operatives of children and/or their carer’s in South Africa and elsewhere.
(III) To preserve and protect health of children and their carers in South Africa and elsewhere.

Summary of main activities

Our main activities are and remain, to raise and distribute funds to partner projects in South Africa and elsewhere, namely in Tanzania, and any other African country and project, which the board of trustees deems worthy.

GAGA income during the 2022/23 financial year was significantly impacted by several factors in addition to the ongoing cost of living crisis, which saw many of our regular donors unable to continue with their support. A major donor was unable to make their annual contribution and withdrew their support for the year and difficult personal circumstances of the Director (the sole staff member) resulted in a period of compassionate leave followed by the Board’s agreement to cease event fundraising due to the significant health issues in the Director’s family. This also scaled back the operations and income of The Remembering Tree, which had historically been the flagship fundraising event of the year.

We continue to focus on health care and education, in areas that continue to be affected by HIV/AIDS, poverty, and socio-economic disadvantage. We continue to disburse a large proportion of our funds to support the running of the clinic at 1000 Hills Community Helpers and we sponsor a bed at the Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust respite unit. Regarding education, we have a broader spectrum, supporting a primary 7 class at a rural school in Tanzania, as well as continuing to help 14 students to further their education at university or college in South Africa. We had two scholarship students graduating from their courses in 2023 and we successfully placed one of these students into a paid internship as a part of our newly piloted Alumni programme. We also supported a small creche known to the charity to acquire learning materials and basic goods and equipment after they experienced a series of unfortunate setbacks.

The outgoing charity Director and the newly appointed member of staff were able to visit KwaZuluNatal, South Africa in January 2023. The purpose of this visit was to hand over the Monitoring and Evaluation aspect of the role, as well as to complete the necessary Monitoring and Evaluation and Reporting duties after a field visit was not possible during the pandemic in the previous financial year.

We are proud to report that, despite the challenges in income we experienced during this financial year, we were still able to disburse nearly £44,000 to South Africa in 2022/23. In addition, £1,500 was sent care of KYGN UK to the primary school in Tanzania. Our staff, trustees and volunteers continue to fundraise in the UK and our regular donors continue to help us deliver our objectives as listed above.

Summary of main achievements

Health

1000 Hills Community Helpers, South Africa

1000 Hills Community Helpers received ongoing funding throughout 2022/23. This project continues to focus on healthcare, both treatment of chronic conditions and preventative care through education and raising awareness. This year GAGA UK’s funding allowed over 1,217 babies to be seen and treated at the Baby Wellness Clinic. This was a 30% increase on the amount of babies seen and treated in the previous financial year.

HIV/AIDS – Hillcrest AIDS Centre Trust, South Africa

Hillcrest Aids Centre Trust remained a trusted partner and the sponsor a bed scheme (contributing towards the costs for one of the beds in the 24-bed unit, helping with the unit’s running costs and helping to ensure that their vital services in helping those in the end stages of AIDS can continue) was adopted again for 2022/23. This unit remains the only facility of its kind in the area, providing free, highquality palliative and respite care.

House of Love and Hope, South Africa

We continue to receive small, regular monthly donations and periodic larger donations, which are restricted to Likhon iThemba’s House of Love and Hope, providing a home and education for orphaned and disabled children in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa. These donations are forwarded to Likhon iThemba every 3 months to keep costs for GAGA to a minimum.

Isthembiso Community Care Centre (previously The White House), South Africa

Russell Sthe Chili continues to operate his Gogo Lunch Club. Weekly lunches are still provided for between thirty and forty elderly caregivers who are raising their orphaned, HIV-positive or vulnerable grandchildren in one of the epicentres of the HIV epidemic in South Africa.

Education

Sangobeg Scholarships, South Africa

The Sangobeg Scholarship programme continued to be a valuable part of our portfolio. Fourteen individuals received some form of funding from the programme in 2022/23, ranging from subsistence support, through fully funding degree, diploma, and vocational training. Funds received by David Morrison and our corporate partner Sangobeg Investments Ltd are restricted specifically for this programme. David Morrison continues to be a steadfast supporter of GAGA UK, and the student programme, maintaining a keen interest in the progress of the students. We were delighted that two of the students graduated in 2022/23. In January 2023, we piloted a supplementary programme called the Sangobeg Alumni programme, with the aim to provide the Sangobeg graduates with practical guidance, support, and a small amount of funding to get jobs and become independent. We are very proud to have successfully placed one of our graduates in a paid internship in January 2023.

KYGN, Tanzania

We continue to support the work of KYGN UK and their work with the KYGN School in Tanzania. GAGA supporters provide funding for class 7, and they had another successful year in this vital secondary examination year. Our corporate partner Adiuvo continues to support a class at the school through an arrangement that is set to support this cohort throughout their primary education. They are now in class 3B.

Fundraising 2022/23

As noted above, fundraising income in 2022/23 was greatly impacted by the personal circumstances of the Director.

In the early part of the year, fundraising activity was focussed on the collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company, as GAGA UK was selected as one of the community groups to co-curate an exhibition called “The Play’s The Thing” which was due to open in April 2023 and stay on show for a full 12 months. Mrs Henley successfully applied for GAGA UK to be included, as the annual yarnbombing activity of the charity takes place in the vicinity of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre and the awareness and prestige of being part of the community activity has great benefits for the charity. Mrs Henley and volunteers joined the curators of the RSC collection to select costumes to represent the values and mission of the charity. The exhibition opened on 22nd April 2023 and will remain for 12 months in the Swan Theatre in Stratford upon Avon. It is not known how this will impact future funds for the charity, but it does place the charity firmly in the local area from an awareness point of view.

Collaboration with Willersey Primary School in the summer term resulted in a school fete and £340 income. The Shakespeare Marathon was, unfortunately cancelled in 2022 so the opportunity for

fundraising through that event by providing marshals was lost. However, marshalling other marathons netted £230. From the August of 2022 all plans for face-to-face events ceased as referenced above. Online fundraising was successful to the tune of £500. Alcester and Bidford Rotary Club continued to support GAGA UK, through fundraising events and donations.

The Remembering Tree project was scaled back in 2022/23 and another local charity, Escape Arts, stepped in to support GAGA UK and dressed the trees on our behalf. The project raised £2,377 which was a significant drop from prior years. It is hoped to revive the project in 2023/24.

We are grateful for the ongoing support of our ambassadors, volunteers, fundraisers, and supporters, without whom our work would not be possible.

Trustees

We remain a strong organisation with a dedicated board of trustees who continue to work towards our objectives. In February 2023, two new trustees joined the board, these were Mrs Claire Henley (previously GAGA UK Director) and Ms Nommiselo Nene, and their trusteeships were effective 1st February 2023.

. Related Parties and Trustee Transactions

There were no related party or trustee transactions in the reporting period.

Fundraising Policy

GAGA UK is a member of the Fundraising Regulator. GAGA UK will continue to show our commitment to accountability and transparency through prompt and thorough reporting and analysis of accounts. There were no complaints received in the reporting period.

Reserves Policy

In 2014/15 the Board of Trustees invested £10,000 into a deposit account. This deposit remains in place, and acts as a reserve fund, were it to be needed. It would help to cover almost one quarter’s worth of donations to those we have ongoing commitments to. There is no indication that current events will necessitate drawdown of these reserves in the foreseeable future.

GAGA UK (Registration Number 1092028)

Income & Expenditure and Balance Sheet Statements

Independent Examiner’s Report

Year Ended April 2023

Goodwill & Growth for Africa Income & Ex nditure Account Year Ended 30 A ril 2023 2023 2022 Income Voluntary Income Donations Received Gift Aid Tax Activitles for Generatlng Funds Fundraising Income Merchandising Investment Income Interest Received Other Intome Other Income 58,010 4,520 86,645 6,393 62,530 93,038 3,451 65 4,066 673 3,516 4,739 205 648 29 66,899 97,814 Expendlture Fundraising Trading Costs Fundraising Costs Other Event Costs Charitable Activities Costs Charitable Disbursements UK Charitable Disbursements Africa Salaries and Wages Pension Costs Training C05tS Overseas Travel UK Travel Insurance Telephone Postage and Stationery Printing and Photocopying IT Costs Website and Publicity Other Expenses Governance Costs Trustee Meetings 577 466 513 730 1,043 1,243 1,741 43,658 25,405 1,263 154 5,004 60,988 20,717 1,034 1,819 30 162 348 51 307 391 194 310 29 420 1,614 799 322 1,586 300 25 77,852 90.819 78,895 92,062 Excèss of Expendituro over Income for the year £ 111,9961 5,752

Goodwlll & Growth for Africa Balance Shèo As at 30 A rll 2023 2023 2022 Accumulated fund Atcumulated fund brought forward Excess of expenditure over income for the year Accumulated fund carried forward 51,307 111,9961 £ 39.311 45,555 5,752 £ 51,307 Re sented b Current A$5ets 8alance at bank and Sn hand Accrued income 34,890 4,421 45,011 6,296 Net Current Assets 39,311 51,307 £ 39,311 £ 51,307

Independent Examiner's Report Report to the Trustees of Good Will and Growth for Africa Charity No. 1092028 On accounts for the year ended 30 April 2023 set out on pages 8 and 9. I report to the trustee5 on my examlnation of the accounts of the above charity l-the Trust") for the year ended 30 April 2023. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the pieparatlon of the ac¢ount5 in accordance with the requirement5 of the Charities Act 20111"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 glven by the Charlty Commission under sectlon 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlnerfs statement I have completed my exarninatlon. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attentlon In connection with the examination which gives me cause to belleve that in, any material respect,, • accountlng records were not kept in accordance wlth section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord wlth the accounting records I have no concerns ancl have come across no other matters In Connection with the examination to which attention Should be drawn in order to enable a proper understandin8 of the a¢¢ounts to be reached. 30 November 2023 Angela Barrett, FCCA R S Botham & Co. Chartered Certified Accountants Sulte 2, la &lb Atherstone Barns Atherstone on Stour Stratford upon Avon Warwlckshire CV37 8NE io