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

|**From**|Period start date<br>01<br>01|2023|**To**|Period end date<br>31<br>12|2023|
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## Section A                        Reference and administration details 

**Charity name**[Projects Aiding Gambian Education and Natural Talent ] (PAGEANT) 

**Other names charity is known by** PAGEANT 

> **Registered charity number (if any)** ~~:~~ 1093963 **Charity's principal address** Old School Worthing Road Southwater, Horsham **Postcode RH13 9DT** 

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

|**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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|Philippa Howard|Secretary|||
|Catriona Boswell||||
|Andrew Williams|Chair|1/1/23 – 5/9/23||
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||**Name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|
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||Philippa Howard||
||Catriona Boswell||
||Andrew Williams|1/1/23 – 5/9/23|



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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** 

Constitution 

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by other trustees Trustee selection methods 

- (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. 

## **Section C                    Objectives and activities** 

**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 

The provision of education and fostering of natural talent, SPECIFICALLY TO SUPPORT EDUCATION AND RELATED PROJECTS IN THE GAMBIA. 

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The provision and improvements of facilities at schools in The Gambia. 

Acting as a conduit for UK residents to sponsor children’s education in The Gambia. 

Helping Gambian women attain a degree of self-sufficiency. 

The trustees affirm that they have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit 

**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)** 

## **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** 

**All schools are in The Gambia** 

**Dembadu LBS & Nursery in Salagi:** rendering, painting and tiling all floors of new school 

**Yundum Barracks LBS library:** provision of text books - LBS, UBS & SSS 

**Humanity:** completion of new LBS building ground floor, toilets and borehole 

**Albreda LBS:** repair of storm damage to roof of female staff quarters **Pakalinding UBS:** repair of storm damage to roof plus new windows of library 

Direct sponsorship of 7 medical students at university, in association with AFRICMED hospital 

A total of 500 children have been supported for their education by sponsors through PAGEANT since the charity was started – during 2023 there were 150 students in full sponsorship 

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**Section E                    Financial review** 

The charity has little or no need for reserves as it has very few ongoing **Brief statement of the** commitments. School projects are only started if there is sufficient money **charity’s policy on reserves** to complete them. In practice a reserve of approximately £25,000 is kept, in order to ensure continuity of sponsorship for at least one year. 

**Details of any funds materially in deficit** 

**Further financial review details (Optional information)** During the year the charity received a significant legacy which will be You **may choose** to include used on school projects. This is unlikely to re-occur additional information, where relevant about:  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)** Philippa Joan Howard **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Secretary **etc) Date** 14/9/2024 

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## **Income** 

|**Membership**<br>**Sponsorship**<br>**Donation**<br>**Gift Aid**<br>**Total incomings**|2021|
|---|---|
||£1,327|
||£28,836|
||£18,579|
||£7,857|
||<br>£56,598|



## **Expenditure** 

## **Beneficiaries** 

|**UK Purchases**<br>**UK Exam Fees**<br>**Transfers to The Gambia**<br>**Subtotal Benefciaries**|<br>£23|
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||<br>£0|
||<br>£52,447|
||<br>£52,470|



## **Expenses** 

## **Transfer to Reserves** 

|**Costs (UK)**<br>**Total Expenditure**|<br>£7,241|
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||-£3,113|



## **TOTAL RAISED SINCE PAGEANT WAS STARTED** 

**Note 1:  The charity acts as agents for UK spons During the year the charity received £24,542 fro Gift Aid includes recoveries from eligible donatio** 



PAGEANT Registered Charity No. 1093963 

## ACCOUNTS UP TO END 2023 

|2022|**2023**|
|---|---|
|£1,095|**£990**|
|£23,884|**£24,542**|
|£7,003|**£56,219**|
|£6,829|**£7,145**|
|£38,811|**£88,896**|
||**includes bequest of**<br>**£48,331.26**|



**Balance She UK Funds b/ Transfer to UK Funds c/** 

|£0|**£914**|
|---|---|
|£0|**£254**|
|£53,027|**£63,029**|
|£53,027|**£64,197**|



|£606|**£1,098**|
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|£53,633|**£65,295**|
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|-£14,821|**£23,601**|



## **£1,277,382 excluding GET transfer** 

**ors of Gambian children to transfer the money to the stu om sponsors for payment to students. These funds are no ons** 




|**eet**<br>**/f**<br>**Reserves**<br>**/f**<br>**of which**<br>**UK Bank**<br>**Cash**|2021|2022|**2023**|
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||£70,226|£67,113|**£52,292**|
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||-£3,113|-£14,821|**£23,601**|
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||£67,113|£52,292|**£75,893**|
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||<br>£67,015|£52,175|**£75,285**|
||£99|£117|**£609**|
||**money in Banjul**<br>**total available**|||
||||<br>**£8,269**|
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## _**Reserve funds already allocated**_ 

_**£32,166**_ 

**udents in The Gambia ot PAGEANT funds.** 



|**Recipient**|**2023**<br>**Expenditure**|
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|**Sponsorship**|£20,407|
||£1,539|
||£3,520|
||£1,580|
||£1,066|
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|**School projects**||
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|Dembadu LBS & Nursery in Salagi|£9,415|
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|Yundum Bcks LBS library|£2,000|
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|Humanity|£11,950|
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|Albreda LBS|£1,345|
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|Pakalinding UBS|£2,600|
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|**Community aid**||
|Gift Token items|£110|
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|**Gambian agents - i.e.**||
|Wandifa Saidykhan|£1,440|
|Yankuba Ceesay|£1,440|
|Abdoulie Gibba|£1,440|
|additional assistance|£443|
|telephone credit|£79|
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|**Small projects**||
|personal donations|£1,480|
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|minibus for Pageant use only|£79<br>£197<br>£200|
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|**Costs (UK)**|£658|





||£58|
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||£186|
||£85|
||£110|
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|**UK purchases**<br>**UK-paid exam fees**|£914|
||£254|
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|**Total expenditure**|**£64,596**|
|**Total UK expenditure**|**£65,295**|
|**Total incomings**|**£88,547**|
|**UK funds to reserves**|**£23,252**<br>£75,893|
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|**UK Funds in hand**||
|**Gambian funds in hand**|£6,585|
|**(exch rate 78.7422)**|£1,684|
|**So, available funds**|**£84,162**|
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|**Already allocated for 2024**|£6,896|
|as & when appropriate|£788|
|(use in early 2024)|£137|
|(use in early 2024)|£1,875<br>£2,370|
|(use in early 2024)||
|(used Feb 2024)|£12,280|
|(use during 2024)|£3,500|
|(use during 2024)|£4,320|
|**Total allocated**|**£32,166**|
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## **BREAKDOWN OF EXPENDITURE 2023** 

## **Money used for …** 

500 students have been fully sponsored by the end of 2023 - an increase of 2 students this students sponsored by **Linda** 7 additional medical students now sponsored in association with Africmed students assisted from emergency fund additional help for sponsored students rendering, paiting and tiling all floors of new school books - LBS, UBS & SSS completion of new LBS building ground floor, toilets, borehole repair of storm damage to roof of female staff quarters repair of storm damage to roof plus new windows of library gift token items distributed by agents in 2023 paid a monthly wage of D8,600 + extra on trips paid a monthly wage of D8,600 + extra on trips paid a monthly wage of D8,600 + extra on trips incl. medication, hospital tests, festival gifts for contacting students **Linda Murgatroyd** 's donations to Gambian families tax and insurance plus new driving licence maintenance and parts Fuel flight & malarone for PJH audit trip in November - paid by **Pippa Howard** 



postage bank charges for tranfer of funds to Banjul bank web hosting etc summer party lunch expenses phones for agents for new IT system, tablets as prizes for best SSS students ACCA fees 

£699 excess in Gambian TrustBank **in UK at 31 December 2023 518,543.05 GMD in Gambian TrustBank at 31 December 2023 132,565 GMD cash with Linda at 31 December 2023** 

Funds held for long term sponsorship, plus Sheila Hill & Ian Howard memorial scholarships funds in hand for Pageant Loan scheme to be set up for more Women's groups Gift Tokens borehole forYundum Barracks library Dembadu LBS & Nursery extended perimeter wall 2nd payments and new children 2022-3 sponsorship continuing sponsorship of UTG medical students in association wth AfricMed basic wages for agents in 2024 

**Further projects to be assessed during 2024...** 



FWK opinion re Pageantaccounts 2023
I have reconciled the transaction records to the bank statements and validated the
internal record keeping through the 'suspense account, of envelopes.
There is some money which does not pass through the bank account but the amounts
involved are a small proportion of the total transactions and this situation would be
normal in charitable work of this nature.
I have also validated a sample of larger transactions of different categories against the
evidence provided and have found nothing to indicate that the transaction records are
not an accurate reflection of the actual transactions.
The accounts presented at the 2024 AGM contained some small errors in relation to the
income split between membership fees and sponsorship, a missing transaction, the
bank and envelope balances and the value of Gambian assets. Updated accounts have
therefore been prepared for 2023 to correct these errors. My opinion is based on these
updated accounts but I have no hesitation in confirming my opinion that, from the
information presented to me, the updated accounts represent a true and fair picture of
the charity's activities during 2023.
Fred King
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