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

## **From  05/04/2023  Period start date 04/04/2024 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: Families Initiative for India** 

## **Charity registration number: 1093565** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|Support for education, housing and poverty<br>relief within Kurnool Diocese, Andhra<br>Pradesh, India.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Education and community projects that<br>support the poorest families within<br>supported parishes.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have understood and have<br>regard to the charities commission<br>guidance on public benefit|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Grants are made through the Diocese of<br>Kurnool who allocate the funds to pre-<br>agreed projects such as schools and local<br>community projects that support the poor.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|N/A|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity’s two trustees work on a<br>voluntary basis. Occasionally other<br>volunteers help with fund-raising events in<br>the UK although none were held in this<br>financial year.|
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## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|The grants made via the Catholic Diocese<br>of Kurnool have funded a number of<br>projects. Grants in 2023-24 of total £45,000<br>include:<br>**Educational Projects**<br>-<br>Educational grants to 127 children<br>from poorer families to fund school<br>fees £11500<br>-<br>Educational grant to cover cost of<br>school uniforms and books for<br>sponsored children £2100<br>-<br>Scholarships to college students to<br>enable poorer students to attend<br>further education £4275<br>-<br>Driving course incl training and<br>driving licence for young people to<br>enable employment in transport<br>sector £3800<br>-<br>Renovation of roof in Telugu<br>Medium High School £6655<br>**Community projects:**<br>-<br>Women’s tailoring project to train<br>local women in tailoring skills so<br>that they can earn an income from<br>home.<br>£2370 for sewing machines &<br>£1860 for tailoring teacher’s salaries<br>-<br>Building of toilet block on parish<br>campus for use of the community.<br>£3740<br>-<br>Renovation of shops adjoining<br>parish church to rent these to<br>poorer families £8700|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|The trustees are satisfied that the projects<br>supported have met their objectives in<br>terms of improving educational<br>opportunities and benefiting the lives of the<br>poor in this part of India.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|N/A|
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Investment performance against objectives Other 



## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|As covered in financial statement|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|No reserves are held in the long term but<br>sometimes funds are held in the bank<br>account pending the start of new projects<br>or school activities|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Variable funds held in bank account<br>pending start of projects|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|N/A|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|N/A|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|N/A|



|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**<br>You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Funds are from regular donations and one<br>off donations from individuals within the<br>UK.|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|N/A|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|N/A|
|Other|||





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Registered charity|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are non-elected voluntary position|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|N/A|
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|The charity is run in the UK by two<br>voluntary trustees. In India, all grants and<br>activities are overseen by the Catholic<br>Diocese of Kurnool.|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|N/A|
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|Families Initiative for India|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|FIFI|
|Registered charitynumber|1093565|
|Charity’s principal address|c/o Heather Cowper, 22 Henleaze Avenue, Bristol, BS9 4ET|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved 

**Director name** N/A 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

N/A 

## **Other optional information** 



## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|||
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||Heather Cowper|Robert Burgess|
||<br>Trustee||
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|||**Charity Name**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||
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|||**Families Initiative for India**||||||**1093565**|||||
|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||**CC16a**||
||**For the period**<br>**from**<br>~~rr ~~||**For the period**<br>|Period start date<br>05/04/2023<br> ~~a~~|||**To**<br>~~ee~~||Period end date<br>04/04/2024||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**||**Restricted**<br>**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**<br>**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest**<br>**£**|**to the nearest**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|
|**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||
|Donations||**38 232**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**38 232**||**-**|**-**|
|Giftaid Refund||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_||_(Gross income for_<br>_AR)_<br>**38 232**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**38 232**||**-**|**-**|
|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**<br>**(see table).**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                              -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total receipts_                38 232**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**38 232**<br>**-**<br>~~——————~~|||||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||
|Bank charges||**81**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**81**||**-**|**-**|
|Transfer to Indian charity partner||**45 000**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**45 000**||**-**|**-**|
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|**_Sub total_ **||**45 081**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**45 081**||**-**|**-**|
|**A4 Asset and investment**<br>**purchases, (see table)**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Sub total_                               -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**45 081**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**45 081**<br>**-**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**-                6 849**<br>**-**<br>**-   -                6 849**<br>**-**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**-                           -**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**21 927**<br>**-                           -**<br>**21 927**<br>**-**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**<br>**15 078**<br>**-**<br>**-                  15 078**<br>**-**<br>~~———=—~~<br>~~SSS55=~~|||||||||||||



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** 

|**Categories**<br>Signed by one or two trustees on<br>behalf of all the trustees<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**<br>**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))<br>Bank Account<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Signature|**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**to nearest £**<br>**15 064**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**15 064**<br>**-**<br>Agreement Error<br>OK<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>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<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<br>Heather Cowper<br>Robert Burgess|**Endowment**<br>**funds**<br>**to nearest £**|
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Families Initiative for India **members of On accounts for the year** 04/04/2024 **Charity no** 1093565 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1 and 2 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 04/04/2024 . 

- **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)(b) of the Act. 

## **Independent examiner's statement** 

I have completed my examination.  I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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 

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. 

* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._ 

**Signed: Date:** 20.09.2024 ~~| ondlly |~~ **Name:** ANN-MARIE KELLY ~~Pe~~ **Relevant professional** Member of the Institute of Certified Bookkeepers – MICB PM.Dip **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** Smarties Bookkeeping Limited, The Keep Creech Castle, Taunton TA1 2DX 

**Section B Disclosure** ~~ee~~ Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

1 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 



**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

2 

**October 2018** 

**IER** 

