Friends of Grahamstown and District
Development (FOGADD)
Registered Charity Number". 1093339
Accounts
Year ended 31 March 2021

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TRUSTEES, ANNUAL REPORT
INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS
RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
Principal Address."22 Moor Park Drive. Leeds LS6 4BX UK

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Legal and Admlnistrnlive Inforn)ation
This is a fundraisin9 charity set up under a Trust Deed dated 16 January 2002 and Supplemental Deed
dated 8 Juty 2002. The objects of the charity are to promote the advancement of education, health, welfare
and sporb'ng developments In Grahamstown (now known as Makhandal and the surrounding region of the
Easteffl Cape, South Afn"ca.
Trustees and Governance
Name of Trustee
Dates durlng which the
named trustee acted rf not
for the T*4hole
nod
Name of person or body
entitled to appoint any
chari
trustee
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolubon
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolution
Trustee resolution
Trustee resoluhon
Trustee resolution
Prof C Me
Mrclle
Mrs A Hall
Mrs C Harve
Mr M Lamb
MrCLaw
Mrs S Law
Mrs C Mallett
Prof D Matravers
MrsDM
one
Mrs C Smith
one
Chair
Treasurer
Secreta
Eleven trustees are apwinled by resolution of the existing trustee body. New tnjstees are recruited through
personal recommendation and approved ty resolution ofthe exisbng trustee Ix)dy. The details below explain
the tnain activities undertaken lo further the charity's purposes for the publ￿ benefit. The trustees have had
regard lo the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit
Activities and Achievements
Overview
FOGADD continues tr) support education and welfare projects in the Eastem Cape of South Africa,
specIf￿allY in the Grahamstown area. During the financial year ended 31 March 2021 the￿ were five fijll
meetings of the UK trustees. whilst in South Africa there was one meeting of the Watch Committee and a
selection meeting of the Scholarship CoMmttt￿_ All committee members both in UK and SA remain
volunteers, and all fund-raising is carried out on a voluntary basis. We would once again like to thank Mrs
Margie Keeton for monitoring our activities in Grahamstown.
i) Fund-raising
In the UK this yearwe are pleased to report that our regular donations held up well despite the COVID crisis
with only a slight fall from £12,260 to £11.815. The previous year we had undertaken some efforts to broaden
our support base, but this year our efforts were I￿used on a major fvnd-raising event. One off donations
were £1,831. Our income from events rose significantly to £9,878 which came wholly frorn the major event
just referred to, an online promises auctÉon. {Some payments for that came in in the following financial yearl.
Due to Covid the regular sponsored walk of the Yorkshire Three Peaks by The Grammar School al Leeds
was cancelled. Grft-￿d reclaimed rose slightty as well, in line with increases in donations recorded in last
yearfs report.
Thus despite all the challenges of the pandemic the total income for the year showed a pleasing increase
to £27,324. Our strategy remains to increase our regular donations and reduce our dependence on events
so we are very pleased with thi5 Outcome, though we aim to conb.nue to keep working on the regular
donations. We are extremely grateful lo all our supporters who gwe so generously and provide FOGADD

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with a sound basis to enable us lo carry out our work, which remains much n&ded in such a poor part of a
very poor Province. As might be irnagined the chaI￿ngeS brought on by COVID have been patb"cularly acute
in the Grahamslown and Distnct area.} Once again our fund-raising 'benefited' as the rand remained weak
against the pound which means the Money we raised could go fijrther in South Africa.
As ever, we would encourage all regular donors to cOns￿er whether they have any ffi.ends who might
contribute regularly evèn on a small s¢ale to a charity Vth￿h has virtually no running costs but remains
well-managed.
ii) Allocation of Funds
How then do we spend the nK)ney which we receNe?
Strate
We continue to support six on-going projects. The projects we support provide us with good feedback on
their activities. accounting well lor the money we send. and in the case of the scholarships, which has
a￿ayS been our major outlay, we are now seeing very gratr"fying results as the scholars go on to
Universities or employment. As usual, we report on the projects supported last year individually, setting
out our comments on them again below. In relab.on to the financial year ended 31 March 2021, most of the
annual donations to each scheme were not made until April 2021 lowing to the timing of the major
fundraising activity of the yearl and therefore are not included in these accounts, increasing the level of
cash reserves available as at 31 March 2021 to £21,071 {2020." £2,595). We also made one donation to a
special feeding scheme necessitated due to the impact of Covid. The trustees are satisfied they have
sufficient funds lo pay bills and meet any liabilities as they fall due_
Schola￿hN
The amount spent on scholarships rose slighlty due to an additional scholar at PJ Olivier, though we
benefited from having funds in pla￿ in February to pay the School fees which led to an 'eady-bird' fee
reducbon.
During 2020-21 we SUPFX)rted scholars at PJ Olrvier and Victoria Girfs High School. We are again pleased
that our malriculaling scholars passed matric, and those from previous years colltinue to do well al
University or in work.
Overall since we began, all our scholars have erther gained UnFversity or Tertiary EdL¢cation places or gone
on to full employment in good quality jobs lor both}. In 2020121 six scholars attended PJ Olivier High School,
where the language of instruction is Afrikaans. and one attended Victoria Girls High School. All the scholars
continue to benefit from the opportuntty to attend these gcxyj quality schools despite often difficutt home
backgrounds and, whilst all have benefited signrficanlly, some of their achievements have been very
impressive indeed.
We have worked with Victoria Girls High School, which obtains the best exam resulls in the Eastem Cape,
lo find other suitable scholarship candidates. As a resull the schwl has again identified a suitable candidate
for a scholarship, commencing in January 2022.
Both schools made every effort to provKle a g(x)d qualty educatton during the COVID crisis.
GADRA
The 2020-21 annual contribution to GADRA of R115,OCN) {c£5399) was transferred in advance in 2019-20,
bul no such advance donation was made in 2020-21, so no transfers were made in respect of this project
during the year, WFth the 2021-22 allocatron transferred post year end.
GADRA continues to operate In four main areas. Firstty this organisation has embarked on an ambitious
plan lo Improve the quality of the more deprived schools in Grahamslown. This plan involves a number of
initialNes including a mentoring programme al three schools for final year pupils, with mentoring provided

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by Rhodes Universrty students. This was a signiftant contributing factor in an excellent number of passes
at University entrance standard from Ihese sCh￿lS.
Secondly, we also continued to support GADRA'S existing work wilh the Matric School. which provides
intensive tuition lo school leavers to improve their grades and so improve their chances of further education
and employment. GADRA is now the leading feeder school In Grahamstown {public or prwalel for Rhodes
University. In 2020 there was once again approaching a 100Vo pass rale and over 100 students gained
bachelor passes i.e_ achieved unwersty entrance level grades. We believe this achievement by GADRA
continues to gnie credibilty to the wider project they are undertaking to raise a¢h￿vement levels in the
weaker schix)Is across the cty.
Thirdly our funding continues to support the mobiFe Scien￿ lab which we have helped to fvnd since tts
inception. This is now run by GADRA Ihence il is included under this heading). The ralionale is that GADRA
can provide the financial and other management skn.lls needed to organise the work of the mobile science
lab. There has been a shift in the project's approach to developing science education in weaker schools.
Rather than supplying teachers ir*lo the Schools, the teachers at the supported schi)ols recetve additional
training and development Ihn)ugh sessions undertaken at Rhodes University. The mobile lab then provides
the necessary equipment for pupils to undertake pracb.cal work in biology and physic5, as well as giving
support for that practscal work via the Xhosa speaking assistant.
Finally we have continued to provide support, through our funding of GADRA, for a recent initiative, two
"Whisllestop. schools which woik with deprived children at primary age to develop their literacy and
numeracy and prevent them from falling behind irs these key skills eady in their educational development.
So far results for this programme continue to be outstanding.
Admirably GADRA managed to maintain all rts educabonal activtbes in operation for all pemitted periods in
the face of the COVID challenges.
SIMa
's Develo
ment and ca￿ Centre
Part of the 2020-21 annual conlributs.on to St Mary's Development and Care Centre of R 30,000 Ic£1,408}
was transferred in advance in 2019-20. The remaining R10,0001£4691 was paid in the financial year
ended 31 March 2021. An allocab.on for 21-22 has been transferred after the year end.
We continued to provide funding to this Centre wh￿h wa5 originally founded to address the problem of poor
children coming to schi)ol hungry. In addition lo providing nutritious lunches after school, the DCC also
provides sijpport to around 165 children through purposefijlly scaffolded sets of developmental, learning
and enrrhment activits"es. It has worked throughout the pandemic but has been affected by lock4owns.
A new leadership appoinbnent has been made. but the ￿rsOn is known to FOGADD twslees and we are
confident that they will lead this organisation succegsfvlly.
Child and Famil Welfare
The 2020-21 annLJal contribution to Child and Famity Welfare of R 30.000 Ic£1,408} was transferred in
advance in 2019-20, but no such advance donation was made in 2020-21, so no transfers were made in
respect of this project during the year, wtth the 2021-22 albcation transferred post year end.
This charity works wrth children suffering from abuse and neglect and struggles to retain the professional
staff required. 111 is estimated that 1 in 3 children under 18 suffer from child abuse. This terrifying level of
abuse h85 remained constanl for many years.) Case-loads thus remain high, and salaries need to be
competitive if social workers are to be attracted to Grahamslown as there is a national shortage of social
workers. Thus the FOGADD contribution SUPKX)rts salary costs, aiming lo help with stsff ￿tent￿n. We are
delighted that under Woineshet Bi5choff and the SA management committee this important organizatron
eonlinues to develop its work A5 part of that wort(. it is now successfulty running three safe houses for 16
children that have suffered abuse or neglect. Ill's worth nobng that Woineshel retired in November 2020,
but we are pleased lo be able to report excellent new leadership has been appointed. though Woineshet
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azama Pre-schwl
The 2020-21 annual donation of R22,000 {c. £1.0321 was transferred in advan￿ in the year ended 31 March
2020 but no such advance donab.on was made in 2020-21. Thu5 no transfers were made in respect of this
project during the year, wtth the 2021-22 aIthal￿n transferred post year end.
Siyazama continue5 to be a model for pre-schwls in the township and our fvnding enables them to keep
their buildings in good repair and provide some small addrtional ftjnding for staff, who receive only a very
small monthly stipend. The donation was particularty helpful this year as the collection of school fees was
adversety affected by COVID and the number ol pupils was redU￿d to allow social distsncing.
CSD
We made a donation of Rand R20.000 Ic£9381 in the year end 31 March 2020 in respect of the financial
year 20-21 but no such advan￿ donatKJn was made in 2020-21. so no transfers were made in respect of
this project during the year. The 2021-22 allocabon was Iransferred post year end.
The Centre for Social Development I'CSD'I focuses on training and SUPPK)rt for pre-schoo15 bul uses these
bases for early childhood development as a springtx)ard for the developnEnl of Multipurpose Centres that
serve the welfare of the whole wider communty lfrom Aids awareness classes to Govemance Irainingl.
They also assisted with some of the food distribUt￿n inÉtiats"ves which were sel up in response to the Covid
crisis.
Assum
tion NLrtrition
In the financial year ended 31 March 2020 we made a small donation to this project 2nd Trustees are now
monitoring feedback from the Pfoject belore making any lurther donations. This project. like St Marys
provides lunches to children who would otherwise not be sure of gethng 2 meal at home_
Circle of Uni
feedin
scheme
via Graharrtstown Residents Association .
We made a donation of Rand 14,344 Ic£6731 lo a special scheme providing meals lo around 12,000 people
a day owing to the numbers struggling to feed themselves because of the impact on employment of the
COVID virus.
iiij Costs and Publicity
In all this activity, we seek to keep our costs to the barest minimum. Thus alnv)st all donations are spent on
the needs in SA. Our only costs continue to be the bank charges for each ethtronic transfer of fvnds,
and a monthty charge from Just Givirlg. We aim lo minimise the bank charges by making just one transfer
a year. Everyone involved directly in our work both here and in SA is contributing voluntarity.
The web-site address is mvw.fo
add.or
and we have a facebook page. We also have a short power point
presentation which can be delivered to donor organisations such as sch(M)Is and churches in order lo
provide their rnembers with more information on our aclwities_
This year we made a major revamp of the website. This was led by a Trustee. Constance Smith, and we
are very pleased with the ￿5￿11. It was up and running in time for the online Promises Auction so we had a
good website to whtch the increased traffic arising from the auction could tum.
Iv) Grahamstown Watch Committee
We are grateful for the woik of the Watch Committee in Grahamslown which continues lo monitor all
FOGADD projects and also lo advise on other possible worthwhile areas foi support. This commrttee
plays a crucial role (along with the accounts and reports from the relevant organisationsl in assuring us
that the money raised by FOGADD is well spent. We are very forbjnate Ihat such skilled and busy people
continue to offer their services. We are delighted that Mrs Margie Keeton, who is involved in a number of
voluntary organi5altons in Grahamstown, continues to rr#)nitor projects on our behalf.

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Due to COVID no trustees has been able to visit Grahamslown during the reporting period. However we
made efforts to ensure that we were in regular electronic ¢ontact wrth Grahamstown. and the ftjnded
projects, through the year. Again this hands-on engagerrent is recognised at the Easlem Cape end and
plays a role in the efF￿a¢Y of FOGADD'S work.
As noted above, the quality and dedication of the leaders of all the organisab.ons FOGADD supports was
both reassuring and heart-W8m)ing, with so much sts"Il needing to be done.
Readers of last year's report will recall the degree of stress caused in the area by COVID 19 with niany
families struggling for even the rrKJsl basic necessities such as food. In addition the extensive drought
reported last year continued into ils fourth year. Furthe[￿K}re the problems caused by the Municipality's
inability to ensure the provision of basic servtces to citvzens continued. Effectively maintaining roads,
sewerage and electricity delivery, keeping public highways clear of grazing arbimals {cows and donkeys},
learing rubbish and so on all remained h￿hlY challenging. The order for the disbandment of the
Municipality, and the appointment of an Administrator is still being fought in the Courts by the Eastem Cape
Government, fnjitlessly. and at considerable cost. Their appeal has been thrown out but they are now going
to the Conslrtutional Court.
In all these circumstan￿S it is once again imFX)rtanl to stress that the achievements of civil society, and in
particular the organisab.ons FOGADD supports. is even more impressNe. and even more vrt21.
In conclusion, we reiterate our thanks lo all our donors, and as chairman I would once again also like to
thank all my fellow trustee5 for all the work they have put in over the last year. I would also like to thank all
those In Grahamstown who send us regular reports on their ath"vitt'as. As this review has indicated the work
needed to taise fund5 for FOGADD is a￿vaYS challenging. Nonetheless we wish lo conb-nue our support and
if possible to increase rt year on year. Recent events, have onty confimied yel again the need for this. We
hope to be retuming in 2022, Covid19 pemrtting, so we continue to monitor projects closely.
Our Current plan remains that of maintaining contn"buI￿ns to the activibes we currently support, subject lo
satisfactory reports on their work. However, rf possible we would like lo raise additional funds to increase
our support for the ambitious project to raise standards in all the fomier 'township' schools. A5 already
indicated, it Is likely that the demands will continue to be challenging over the next few years as our support
base also faces financial challenges. Having said that the overall sums required remain fairly small when
viewed in a larger context and l am cor¢fident that we will conb.nue to be rrottvated to meet the significant
needs that continue lo require addressing in Grahamslown_
IProf.) Chrf$topher
egone. Chai￿an of Trustees.
' The conversions are approximatK)ns using an exchange rate of R21.3 to £1 whrch wa5 the average for the
past year.
Poll¢les
There should be a description of the polKies adopted as follows."
ReseThes Policy." The challty currenlly operates wilh minimal resewes al the end of the financial year
as normallypayments are made just before the yearend. The tmstees wish to ￿taIn a minimum level
of reseryes to enable the charity to meet its commrtment to scholarships each year even if there ￿ a
significant fall in don81ions. OtherdoTrat￿nS are al Iheirdiscretion dependent on the income raised each
year. Trustees a￿ ende8vouring to buikl up rts donor base wrth a view to having cash reserves equal

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to SchOla￿bip fees comrnrtted, cun?ntly of c £T.CQO. The year*nd reseryes figure of £21,071 is
unusually high due to Ihe main fund-raising event ocCu￿l￿g in close pn)ximity to the yearend. Th￿ has
enabled signrficant new awards to be made in earty 2021r22 financial year.
Grant-making policy-
1. Accountabil-
and ease of monrtorin
e.g. proper accounls must be kept.. Grahamstown Watch
Committee able to monitor activtty and report back on progress and outcome.
2. Effecb"veness and achievin
outcomes - e.g. monitoring of what scholars have gone on to do..
monitoring of results from GADRA matric sch(K)l and primary sch(M)Is projects.
3. Meetin
our
riorrties- our priorities are in the areas of education and welfare, with health and sport
remaining as secondary targets.
4. Number of
eo
le benefth'n
we wanl to uplift the whok community, so where we support
individuals, as in the scholarship scheme. we shall be looking for knock on benefits for the wider
community.
5 Geo
- projects nearer lo Grahamstown have pri(ty, in part because of greater ease of
monitoring via the Watch Committee_
6. Len
th ol our commitment- important to Ckssfy all potential projects as ongoing or On￿ff.
7. Scholarshi
selection
independent Grahamstown scholarship committee to recommend
scholarship awards for approval by TnJstees_
Review of majorrisks (optionalJ-
Risk." failure of proper allccation offunds OVe￿eaS
Action.. GTrhamstown Watch Committ98 to ovetsee activities. and accounts received from projects
supported.
Signature and Declaration
I declare, in my capacity of chanty tnjstee, that..
The trustees have approved the report atrKJve'. and
Have authorised me lo sign it on their behalf.
Prof. C Megone. Chairnian
Date.. January 2022

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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRusfEES OF FRIENDS OF GRAHAAISTOWN
AND DISTRICT DEVELOPNfjENT (FOGADDI CHARrrY NUMBER 109339
ieport tG the trustees oli ffly examination of the accounts of Fnends of GrahamstcAvn and Oistrict
Development I'ihe Trust.) for the year el￿0 31 March 2￿1. whth *e set out on page 8.
Resp•etl¥e responslbiliti•s of tri￿te•S and •xaminer
The charity's trustees are responsible for Ihe wepar*IC￿ ofthe axounts in ￿CordanCe with the
requirements of the Charitses Act 2011. The charity's trustees eon&der that an audit is not reqUI￿d for th6S
year urmlei sectDn 144121 of the Charilies Act 2011 Ilhe 2011 Act) and that an independent exaiiirth.on t5
needed.
It is my responsibility-.
to eX3￿ne the acc￿nts under sectson 145 of the 2011 Ac¢
lo follow the pr(￿aure5 laid down in the general Direcknrs gNen by the Chaty CorTimission
under sethon 145{5llbl of the 2011 Act: and
to slate whether pathular matters have come to ry attent￿.
Ba$1¥ of Independent èxamingrfs Taport
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Diwtion5 given by the Chayrty Commission.
An examination indLtdes a reviv of the &counting recorts kept by the charity and a comparison of the
a￿￿ints presented those recoros. h ats9 includes consideration of any unusual ttem or dtscFosures
in the accounts, and seeknng explanations from you as trustees coneeming any suLh fnatteTS. The
proCedU￿S vndertaken do not provide all the eVhIer￿e that woukl be Fequired in an audit and consequently
no opinion 15 given as to whether the ￿Lly￿nts pKesent a IFue and lair and the report is limited to those
matter5 sel out in the statement below.
Independent exttmin•rfs s£7tement
In connection with my examination. no rn31erial matters have CO￿ to ry attenbcn".
{11 which gives me reasonable causè to t*lwe that in any matsial respect the requirements:
to keep accounting records in accordan￿ with seCt￿)n 130 of the 2011 Act., and
to prepare a¢t>)unts whKh accord Wbth the accounting retr￿￿ and compty wrfh the
accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been me( or
121 to which, in rw opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of
the acwjllts to be reath&l.
Use gf my report
This report is made solety to the charity's INstees. as a tody, In *cordan￿ with Regulation 31 of the
Charities (Accounts and Reports) Reg￿latiOnS 2008. ￿ work has been undwtaken so that I might stale to
the charty's trustees those matters l am required to stste to them in an independent examineT'S report and
for no other purpose. To the thKest extent pemvtted by Idjw, I do not &cept or assume responsibility lo
anyone other than the chanty'5 Itust&s as a b(MJy. my for thks report or the statement I have
made.
Name". Linda Cooper
Relevant professional qualifK3tron or body". FCA
Ofre address.. Littte Trees, Brearton. Harrog8te HG3 3BZ
Date..

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RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 IAARCH 2021
31 March
2021
31 March
2020
Ygar ended
Year ended
Recei
Donalions and other similar receipts
Fundraising events
Gift aid
Deposit interest
Total receipts
13.647
9.878
3.791
14,345
4,447
3,579
12
Pa
ments
Charrtable payments".
Scholarships paid
Grants paid
Charitable activities
Bank charges
6,893
7,350
16,247
8,204
102
1.114
87
8,124
216
31,903
216
Fundraising cosls
Administration costs
Total Payments
8,340
30,464
Nel of ReceiptsllPaymentsl
Cash funds last year end
Exchange rale differences
Cash funds Ihis year end
18,984
2,595
-508
21.071
-9,732
12.159
168
2,595
STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT YEAR END for the financial year ended 31 March
2021
31 March
2021
31 March
2020
Totsl Unrestricted Cash Funds
21,071
2,595
Signed by Iwo trustees on behalf of all the trustees..
Prof C Mt9ong
Date
D Alegon