2023-03-31-accounts

Obiectiv	es and	Activiti	es
			SORP reference
Summary	ofthe purposes of			To raise funds for three recognised and
the charity as set out		in its		respected organisations providing care
governing	document			and education for impoverished, sick
				and disadvantaged young people in
				Cotombia
Summary activities	ofthe main in relation tothose		Para 1.17and 1.19	Funds have been raised by sponsorship, donations and fundraising events
purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the				organised by donors and by the charity. These funds have been paid out to the
activities, projects or services identified in		the		specific foundations supported by Children of Colombia which provide
accounts.				support to disadvantaged young people
				in line with our chari sob ectives.
Stateinent	confirming		Para 1.18	The guidance on public benegt issued by
whether the trustees		have		the Charity Commission has been
had regard tothe guidance				considered by the trustees. Mo personal
issued by	the Charity			benefit is received by the board, as all
Commission on public				funds are used for the support of our
benefit				three carefully chosen foundations, with
				whom the trustees maintain close
				conbict tomonitor develo ments.

Policy on	grant making	grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on	social investment
including	program	related	Para 1.38
investment
Contribution made		by
volunteers			Para 1.38
Other

chieve	men	ts	and Per	formance
				SORP reference
					Funds were donated byacombination of
					regular and one-off donors.
Summary ofthe main achievements ofthe charity,				Pars i.20	Children ofColombia was therefore able to distribute over f16,000 to Fundacion
identifying	the difference the				Natutama and Fundacion Social Fenix
charity's work		has made to			over the year.
the circumstances			ofits
beneficiaries		and	any wider		Children ofColombia funding has helped
benefits to society as a					Fundacion Fenix to support vulnerable
whole.					young women and fund education costs,
					particularly in the social welfare and
					health care sectors. The girls at Fenix
					continue to face a number of issues
					following the Covid 19pandemic: terrible
					weather, floods and rocketing street
					crime, on top ofa sharply rising cost of
					living and decreased opportunities.
					Funding has helped pay for rent, internet
					and food to keep particularly vulnerable
					students safe and in touch with the
					group so that they could receive
					essenfial support and mentoring and
					continue their studies, with some very
					high grades and graduations despite the
					challenges.
					Because of the pandemic, Fundacion
					Natutama received almost no visitor
					income in 2020-2022, and Children of
					Colombia was fortunately able to supply some ofthe deficit The work torenovate
					the visitor centre roundhouse which was
					supported by CoC's Christmas appeal
					lastyear has now been completed, sothe
					education and conservation work hosted
					there can continue. Visitor numbers
					have recovered, with 4000visitors tothe
					new centre, and education programmes
					at the centre and in local schools have
					been revilalised. There are plans to
					expand these further next year, with Coc's financial support.
					Hogares Luz yVida continues tostrive to offer the highest standards of
					professional healthcare in a cheerful,
					happy environment They are caring for
					over 220 children and young people who
					have mental and physical disabilities,
					serious and chronic illnesses, and others
					who have been abandoned or orphaned,
					including some Venezuelan refugees.
					They run three homes in Bogota and in
					the countryside outside the city, and are
					curre buildin a new, u e-built

								home for chronicaliy ill youngsters in
								Bogota.
								All this work has been supported by the
								funds raised by Children ofColombia.
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Achievements objectives set				against			Para 1.41	We wanted to maintam the level of support tothe foundations while they go
								through a bme of change, which we
								achieved. We also wanted to ensure
								communication with each of them was
								both active and effective, and we now
								have even more engagement with each
								foundation than previously, particularly
								with ard totheir future lans.
Performance offundraising activities against objectives							Para 1.41	Although we did not run aspecific appeal this year, we continued to receive a high
set								level ofdonations from regular and new
								donors. Alex Raikes raised F1000
								through participation in the Noosa
								Triathlon, and Becky Ruttenberg raised
								over 5850by walking and cycling 100km.
								We have also had an unusually high
								number of new donors this year, which
								suggests that our focus on improving
								our social media presence and sharing
								news more regularly may have been
								fruitful.
Investment			performance
against objectives							Para 1.41
Other
Financial			Review
Review ofthe				charity*s			Para 1.21	522,462
financial	position at the					end
ofthe	iiod
Statement		explaining			the		Para 1.22	The charity maintains a reserve to cover
policy for holding reserves								regular costs eg JustGiving
stating why			they are held					subscriptions and website maintenance.
								Funds are periodically distributed to the
								three foundations supported by Children
								ofColombia when asufricient balance in
								excess ofthis f500 has accumulated to
								justify the transfer costs, oras requested
								by the foundations ifnecessary.
								It is the trustees' preference to move
								funds to the foundations as regularly as
								possible to maximise the funds available
								to them. Although we fully paid out the
								cash balance brought forward from the
								prior year in 2022-23, the level of
								donations bas h i remained hi h

										while the residual impact ofthe Covid-19	while the residual impact ofthe Covid-19	while the residual impact ofthe Covid-19	while the residual impact ofthe Covid-19
										pandemic and flooding		aflected the	work
										of the	foundations	signiTicantly,
										particularly	Natutama.	The funds	are
										needed more than ever but we			were
										asked to continue to hold some of			them
										in reserve until they could be distributed
										effectively	as staff return and		work
										resumes.	It continued	to be deemed
										better to hold them		in the UK	than
										transfer them toColombia due tothe less
										than optimal	rate ofexchange.
										Since the year end, 645,300 has			been
										transferred to Natutama, Vida in 2023I24to date.		Fenix and	Luz y
Amount	of	reserves				held			Para 1.22
Reasons	for holding					zero			Para 1.22	nla
reserves
Details offund materially								in	Para 1.24
deficit
Explanation			ofany						Para 1M
uncertainties			about			the
charity continuing					asa going
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										The charity	raises funds	from the public,
										who contribute chiefly		via the charity's
The charity's principal sources offunds (including									Para 1.47	Just Giving page, or chardy's bank account		directly to the
any fundraising)
										Supporters	occasionally hold		a
										fundraising	event, the	proceeds	from
										which are	donated	to Children	of
										Colombia.	The charity	itself organises
										occasional appeals through Just Giving eg the "Save the Amazon Educafion Centre" for Natutama in 2021-22.
investment			policy		and
objectives		including				any
social investment ado ed				policy					Para 1A6
A description ofthe						principal
risks facing			the charity
Other

Structure, Governa	nce	and Ila	nag	ement
Description ofcharity's
tnists:
Type ofgoverning document		Para 1.25		Declaration	oftrust
How is the charity		Para 1.25
constituted?
Trustee selection methods		Para 1.25		Appointed	by the Board
including details ofany
constitutional provisions	e.g.
election to post orname	of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees
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Policies and procedures
adopted forthe induction
and trainin oftrustees		Para 1.51
The charity's organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
char works		Para 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties		Para 1.51
Other
Reference and Administrative			details
Chari name		Children	ofColombia
Re istered charit number		1095987
Charity's principal address		97 Kingston		Road,
		Oxford,
		OX2 6RL

es	ofthe charity trust	ees who manage th	e charity
	Trustee name	Olfice (ifany)	Dates acted ifnot forwhole eal'	Name toa	ofperson (or body) enQled nt trustee ifa
	Ms Kate Seal	Chairman		Board ofTrustees
	Mrs Gwyneth	Secretary/Publicity
	Simmons
3	Miss Bryony Simmons	Treasurer
	Mrs Francisca
	Sankson
	Miss Alex Raikes
	Ms Antonia Bonilla
	Mora

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							Unrestricted			Restricted			Endowment
	Categories		Details				funds				funds		funds
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Bt Cash	funds		Ciwaad funds in bank
				Total cash funds				8,874				13,788
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							funds						funds
			Details				to newest		E				to aawuat K
B2Other	monebtry assets
							Fund	towtdch					Cunant value
			Details				awwt
B3Investment assets
							Fund	towhich					Cuuunt value
			Details				aaaat	hatoa					0
B4Assets retained forthe
charity'8	own use
							Fund	towhich		/tlllowu		duo
			Detaiis				liabii'	miataa
BSLiabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf uf all the trustees			Signature						Print	Name			Date of revel
													07/01/2024