## ## ## ## |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.| |Additional||information||||(optional}||| |You ma|choose to indude||||||further statements|where relevant about| |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||||||||| |dditional||information|||||(optional)||||||| |ou ma|choose to||||indude|||further statements||where relevant about|||| |||||||||||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|||||| |Additional
informat)on|(optional)||||| |You ma
choose to include further statements||||where relevant about:|| |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|||||| ## ## ## ## ## |~|~|~|~|~|~ ~|~||~|~|~||~ ~|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|||Endowment| ||Categories||Details||||funds||||funds||funds| ||||||||tonearest'|||to|nearest 8||toaaanwt 8| |Bt Cash|funds||Ciwaad funds in bank||||||||||| |||||Total cash funds||||8,874||||13,788|| ||||(ague balauccv wtb||ucdpu aud pa/veau||||||||| |||||||accwwtct&|||||||| ||||||||Unrestricted||||||Endowment| ||||||||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|