## HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS ## ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS JANUARY TO DECEMBER 2023 Registered Charity No. 1098176 Charity Unique Code QAQ87ZG Chair: Richard Bircher Trustees: Joanna Bircher, Chris Bishop, Emma Stapleton, Helen Taylor -O’Brien, Jessica Williams, Josie Muwonge. 1 ## INTRODUCTION This is the 20th Annual Report for the charity Helping Uganda Schools. The charitable work of HUGS started in 1995 and formal Charity registration obtained in 2003. Our three guiding principles remain the same. - We help to fund the establishment of schools, which provide a high-quality education. - We provide scholarships to vulnerable and impoverished young children and to talented older children and young adults, - We provide assistance to families so that they can have the resources to support their children to attend school. We continue to work, almost exclusively in Uganda with minor involvement in Rwanda; sponsoring students whose families moved from Uganda before children completed their studies. There are currently no UK Government or banking restrictions to trade with Uganda. All our work is carried out in keeping with charity commission regulations, we hold 4 trustees' meetings a year, and carry out probity inspections of projects by travelling to Uganda every 18 months. The next is scheduled for February 2024. 2023 has been our most productive year, since the charity began, with the highest level of donations, and investments in education services. We have actively developed school buildings and facilities in 4 schools (Dokolo, New Hope, St Francis de Sales and Little Shepherd) and expanded our sponsorship programme. Major achievements are: 1. The initiation of building work for our largest infrastructure school project to date, the New Hope School in Busunjju to cater for the needs of children in the Kosovo slum, Kampala. 2. The expansion of our second Special Needs School, St Francis de Sales to provide 7 years of primary education. 3. Increased pupil sponsorship working with REACH (formally Bury Africa Outreach), Friends of Two Tone and Jamie's Legacy to provide a secure financial base for the New Hope School 4. Building a new Kitchens at the Dokolo Girls school 5. Improving the nutrition and health of the children at Little Shepherd School, with increased food production and a new sickbay/immunisation centre. 6. Coordinating a Rotary International Grant to provide water to 11,000 residents in the Kosovo Slum, Kampala (this is to be spent in 2024). HUGS has no paid employees. Our work in Uganda is carried out in partnership with trusted representatives, who have proven to be hardworking, trustworthy individuals who manage projects and administer the use of our funds. They work through registered Ugandan NGOs or Religious Orders. We are grateful for their personal sacrifices, continued tenacious work and commitment to helping the most impoverished in their communities. In February 2023, we experienced the sad loss of Peter Mount (CBE); charity founder and inspirational leader of HUGS from its inception. Father John Kyazze, from Uganda, friend, priest, and catalyst for the charity’s creation, officiated at his funeral. We are always thankful for his wisdom and motivation. 2 ## CHANGES TO CHARITY ADMINISTRATION In December 2023 the HUGS Trustees accepted the resignation of trustee Carmel Dowling. Due to personal reasons, moving to Australia, she wanted to concentrate on other areas. Other trustees remain unaltered including the Chair, Richard Bircher. The charity accepted the voluntary help of Ibolya Domjan, a professional administrator working for a branch of UK NHS education. Ibolya has jointly administered the HUGS Sponsorship programme with Richard Bircher in 2023, with a view to being lead administrator in 2024. HUGS also hired the services of Roughaina Tahir an IT specialist in Bangladesh, via the UpWork employment agency to create a bespoke HUGS Sponsorship data base. No sponsorship data remained overseas, and all records were deleted during the development of the database in keeping with UK GDPR regulations. HUGS continues to work closely with Alec and Julie Perkin who manage a fund-raising initiative which provides sponsorship and support for children in the Kosovo Slum, Kampala. Alec Perkin continues to have viewing rights to a dedicated HUGS Barclays bank account. The Trustees meetings, now include a worklog of the charity activities carried out by Richard Bircher (Chair) for their scrutiny and comment. ## CHARITY INCOME SUMMARY Full accounts are provided in appendix 1. During 2023 HUGS raised its largest annual income at £322,661.78 (plus an accompanying Gift aid claim of £15,593.03, which was deposited 17.1.24). This is testimony to the hard work of Trustees and the partnerships they have created for the benefit of the charity and its recipients. The grand total raised by HUGS from initial charity registration is just over £2.1 million. We endeavor to keep our administrative overheads as low as possible and guarantee every donation from our supporters is spent on supporting schools and students. As in previous years all administrative and travel costs are covered in full by trustee’s personal donations. |Total Charity Funds Raised in 2023|| |---|---| |Standing Orders|24,178| |Single donatons from individuals|36,258| |Donaton from trusts|235,902| |Online donatons|26,208 (this includes eligible Gif Aid)| |Gif Aid HRMC claim|15,593| |Bank Interest|115| |**Total**|**£338,254**| 3 Our regular standing orders have decreased and provide £1,700 a month. These donations are increasingly linked to individual student sponsorship. We have worked in partnership with multiple UK agencies: - REACH (formally Bury Africa Outreach) - Friends of Two Tone - Rotary International - Mulchand Foundation - Oglesby Foundation - Swire Foundation Jamie's legacy is the name given to a fund-raising initiative which supports the education and wellbeing of Children in the Kosovo Slum. This highly successful project led by Alec and Julie Perkins raised £28,373 in 2023, including associated HMRC Gift Aid. |Funds raised by Jamie’s Legacy initate|24,025| |---|---| |Gif aid associated with Gofundme|1,148| |Proporton of HMRC Gif claim (17.1.24)|3,200| |Funds proportoned to Jamie's Legacy|£28.373| We entered a dispute with PayPal regarding a perceived underpayment of UK Gift Aid on donations received through GoFundMe. This is not fully resolved, and we calculate a 13% underpayment of Gift Aid since the charity started using GoFundMe in 2022. After significant effort and resources, trustees decided at January 2024 meeting not to pursue this further. ## CHARITY EXPENDITURE Full accounts are provided in appendix 1. The successful introduction in 2022 of an annual spending plan (prospectus) was repeated in 2023. We are pleased to report most items were successfully completed, within budget. See list below. ## **Completed Projects** - Rounded cost (£100) - Divide both dorms in half to be classrooms 1500  Construct new dormitory and latrine 35000  Build perimeter fence 5000 ITEM St Francis de Sales - Build perimeter fence - Construct new Pit latrine 5300 - Buy new Furniture for classrooms 1400 - Fund Eye camp and eye treatments 600 - Fund Solar water pump 1000 - Buy New motorcycle - Buy New motorcycle 1400 - Fund New laptop 100  Emergency Water treatment system 1200 4  Restock Sickbay Restock 800 |Kosovo Educaton|Kosovo Educaton|| |---|---|---| ||Construct frst two foors of New primary and boarding school|160,000| ||Start Dining Hall constructon|30,000| ||Start Laundry constructon|11,000| ||(note total spent to date on New Hope School £227,554)|| ||Support tailoring course (15 new students)|5700| ||Provide New Laptop|100| ||Raise funds to support Rotary Kigo for water for all programme|2000| |Litle Shepherd||| ||Purchase of the larger area of land for food|1430| ||Plant 30 fruit trees around the school perimeter|140| ||Fund sick bay constructon|3500| ||Complete football pitch|2500| ||Buy new mosquito nets|400| ||Fund 30,000 litre water tank|1500| ||Stock sick bay|1000| |Good|Shepherd|| ||Fund development of market garden|5900| ||Help with donaton for last 3 months of outreach programme|2500| ||Replace Solar Bateries|460| ||Two teachers to enrol on diploma of Special needs Educaton|1200| ||1 year of Improving changes|1350| ||Emergency funds to Register school with local authority|2000| |Sponsorship Scheme||| ||Existng Sponsorship scheme|27,000| ||Jamie's legacy Sponsorship programme|18,000| |Direct investment in Projects and educaton||£327,280| (not including, travel, humanitarian aid, and charges) ## **Outstanding Items for possible inclusion in 2024 Prospectus** St. Francis de Sales Construct volunteer accommodation New Hope Fund New Hope School Nursery block New Hope School. Fund New Hope School Teachers accommodation. Good Shepherd. Fund new Stoves. Dokolo school Support the development of teachers’ accommodation. Lira babies home overheads (2023) Dokolo school dormitory ## Progress of Projects and Schools 5 Trustees did not visit projects in 2023 but a trip is planned for February 2024. We make use of reports, receipts, WhatsApp messaging, photo evidence and video conferencing to provide evidence of project progress and financial probity. ## LITTLE SHEPHERD PRIMARY SCHOOL, RUTUNGURU Little Shepherd school grows in reputation and enrolment numbers. It is now the largest primary school in the area, educating 500 pupils. The new Dormitory and teachers’ accommodation is well used and helping many students (who had to travel long distances) to obtain a better education. The extra land, purchased in 2023 is being used for food production, 30 new fruit trees have been planted and a cow has been donated to provide milk to pupils. The football pitch is leveled and regularly used. The sick bay and immunisation centre is stocked and providing a very welcome service. ## ST ZOE’S PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOLS, MUBENDE St Zoe’s Primary School opened in 2001 and Secondary school in 2006. It offers education up to the end of “O” level. The school results are consistently good and in the top 10% of all of Uganda. The school now encourages its best pupils to attend A level and then University. The school is financially self-sufficient and generates its own funds to continue development. It has 40 acres of land, which generates a sizable income as well as food and water for all the pupils. The school has an active bursary scheme to help support local impoverished children and is keen to expand this in partnership with HUGS. ## GOOD SHEPHERD SPECIAL NEEDS SCHOOL, FORT PORTAL HUGS helped finance the development of Good Shepherd School for children with learning disabilities, supporting its inspirational founder (and current School principal) Sr Theresa Abigaba. It opened in 2009. The school cares for 170 children who are not able to be supported in mainstream education. It has a welldeveloped vocational section (tailoring, woodwork, hair dressing). The school provides high quality education not usually seen in Uganda. Because of small class sizes and low income from school fees, the school struggles to be financially sustainable. HUGS has actively tried to support income generating projects, such as bullock rearing, market gardening and goat farming. Unfortunately, none of these projects have given a sizable return on investment and land, buildings and capital remain under-utlised. HUGS is exploring tourism as an income generator. We funded two teachers to attain the Diploma in Special Needs Education in 2023. ## ST. THERESA’S PRIMARY SCHOOL, RUKIRA, RWANDA HUGS provided funds to help to rebuild this school in 2007, which was left in a dilapidated condition following years of civil unrest. The school currently enrolls 500 primary children plus a further 200 in a preschool nursery. State provision of Education in Rwanda has improved since 2007 and there is no mandate for HUGS to offer considerable support. We support two pupils studying in Rwanda. 6 ## ASILI GIRLS SECONDARY AND VOCATIONAL SCHOOL, LIRA UGANDA HUGS responded to a request in 2011 to help build a secondary school for girls in Lira, northern Uganda. The school has a clear focus to provide emancipation and opportunity to girls in Lira and recent ‘rebranded’ itself as a Secondary and Vocational school. The new HUGS funded Computer lab is well utilised and pupils enjoy these new facilities. In 2022 HUGS funded a petrol-powered electricity generator, as power cuts are common. This continues to be utilised and ‘keeps the lights on’ for essential education. The school is participating in a programme of providing Vocational Training to young women who had previously dropped out of school. The school would like to offer a two class per year intake of students and expand enrolment to 300+. This would require considerable investment. HUGS is helping them review the utilisation of their current estate. ## ST. FRANCIS DE SALES NURSERY SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN, JINJA, UGANDA St Francis de Sales opened in February 2022 with an initial intake of 45 children. Many of the children enrolled have profound disabilities. The school is making good use of HUGS investment in the kitchen, new security fence and dormitory. The school is aiming for an intake of 100 pupils but knows this will not provide enough income for specialist teachers. HUGS is looking at ways of managing this fiscal gap, by expanding the sponsorship programme, reducing overheads, and providing further teachers accommodation. There is a keen interest in providing international volunteer opportunities, especially around hearing and ENT services. The farmland purchased in 2022 is providing a regular source of food. During 2023, the schools water supply was contaminated with Typhoid and many children became ill. HUGS purchased a water filtration system and restocked much needed medicines. The school has employed a nurse (previous HUGS Sponsorship student) and the Matron has midwife, paediatric and dispensing qualifications. ## KOSOVO SLUM EDUCATION Our plans for a new school to be built north of Kampala in Busunjju to educate 300 primary aged children from the Slum has been a major fucus of the charity activities in 2023. This project has been developed in partnership with the Mulchand Foundation. By year end, the ground, first and second floors of the school had been completed, and work is progressing on the dining hall and laundry area. A specialist, on site, lead engineer has been employed to coordinate construction. The work is progressing on time, and within budget, for an opening in February 2025. The needs of the families living in the Kosovo area are immense and improving their opportunities requires multiple initiatives. HUGS had helped raised funds for a tailoring, micro-industry course for 30 single mothers (who generally use improved incomes to pay for education) and we have catalysed a rotary international grant to provide clean water standpipes which will benefit 11,000 residents (including 7,000 children). 7 Jamie’s Legacy, continue a successful sponsorship scheme and now provide educational funds to over 100 children who live within the Slum. This scheme, alongside HUGS sponsorships, will be key to providing a secure financial base to the school once it opens. ## DOKOLO GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL Dokolo is a remote Secondary School for girls administrated by the same religious order as the Asili Girls School. Facilities are very poor, with only two small classrooms, which double up as dormitories. HUGS funded the building of a new dormitory and plans to visit in 2024 to determine new development priorities. ## SPONSORSHIPS - There has been an expansion of the sponsorship scheme, from 78 to 96. Most new students are part of the Kosovo Slum Education project or attend St Francis de Sales School. - To date 93 students have completed their HUGS sponsorship. Half are students from impoverished backgrounds or who have disabilities and have studied to the end of primary school and not applied for secondary school. The remainder have completed secondary education, to O or A level, or have attained diplomas or degrees in further education. - The most expensive bursary is £1500 for medicine. We pay £150 per year for primary education and £300 for secondary, though these amounts are under review in accordance with the rising cost of living. - Trustees have decided, in future years to focus sponsorship on primary aged students who are enrolled in HUGS supported schools, with support for secondary aged students at Dokolo, Asili and St Zoe’s. Where there is a named donor, we will consider University and college support. - (further analysis of Sponsorship programme is attached in appendix) ## LIRA BABIES HOME We continued to support the Babies home with single annual donation to help running costs and health expenditure. A payment was not made in 2023. ## HUMANITARIAN SUPPORT Through constant dialogue we have with our Trusted Advisors in Uganda, we are made aware of individuals who have desperate needs. Most humanitarian aid in 2023 was spent on restocking medicines at schools and providing water filtration to end a typhoid outbreak. -O- In conformity with Charity Commission and Inland Revenue requirement we declare that this report and accounts is an accurate statement of the affairs of the charity during the year 2023. Signed on behalf of Trustees. 8 Richard Bircher Chair of Trustees 10.3.24 Appendix 1 ## STATEMENT OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 The charity spends all donor money on schools, students, or family support to enable education. No donor money is used for administrative or overhead purposes. SUMMARY OF INCOME AND EXPENDITURE FOR 2023 10 BALANCE SHEET 01/01/2023 – 31/12/2023 £ Cash and reserves carried forward at 31/12/2022 **49,875.05** 11 |Total Income|322,661.78| |---|---| |Total Expenditure|335,951.79| ||**_________**| |**INCOME PLUS OPENING BALANCE LESS EXPENDITURE**|**36,585.04**| |**HMRC Gif aid claim for 2023 (deposited 17.1.24)**|**15,593.03**| 12 |HUGS Annua|l Accounts 2023| |---|---| ||| |Category
Code|Ledger Name| |**Summary**|| ||HelpingUganda Schools(Barclays)| ||(Co-op)HelpingUganda Schools| ||Jamies LegacyHUGS| ||HelpingRwanda Coop| ||Total openingbalances| ||**Total closing balances**| ||| |**Income**|| |**10000**|StandingOrder. Gift Aid| |**10001**|StandingOrder. No Gift Aid| |**10002**|Single Donation. Gift Aid| |**10003**|Single Donation| |**10004**|Donation from charity/trust/business| |**10007**|HMRC Gift Aid| |**10008**|PayPal| |**10009**|Online donationprovider| |**10010**|ImprovingChances,SO Gift Aid| ||| |**Expenditure**|| |**5000**|Cost of Sales - Goods| |**7400**|Travelling| |**7900**|Bank Charges and Interest| |**10100**|Project Capital(general)| |**10103**|Good Shepherd Capital| |**10104**|Little Shepherd Capital| |**10105**|Asili Girls School Capital| |**10106**|Capital SFDS| |**10108**|CEFOVID Capital| |**10109**|Dokolo Capital| |**10203**|Good Shepherd Project Support| |**10204**|Little Shepherd Project Support| **10205** Asili Girls School Project Support **10206** St Frances de Sales Project Support **10207** Lira Baby's Home Project Support **10208** CEFOVID Support **10300** Student Sponsorship **10400** Humanitarian Aid **Total credits Total debits 10007** HRMC Gift aid for 2023 **10500** Contra account |||| |---|---|---| |1/1/2023|12/31/2023|| |OpeningBalance|ClosingBalance|| |||| |30,315.11|15,267.83|| |13,534.99|9,681.49|| |5,983.78|11,594.55|| |41.17|41.17|| |49,875.05||| ||**36,585.04**|| |||| |||_Notes_| ||20,781.37|| ||1,837.03|| ||29,774.79|| ||6,483.51|| ||235,902.58|| ||0|_Deposited inyear_| ||19,913.25|| ||6,294.63|| ||1,560.00|| |||| |||| |782.54||_Dokolo Kit and auction_| |1,700.00||_Fr Kyazze travel_| |473.25|114.62|| |336||_3 laptops forprojects_| |4,970.00||| |10,200.00||| |0||| |49,675.00||| |206,695.00||| |0||| |0||| |0||| |0||| |---|---|---| |6,610.00||| |0||| |5,790.00||| |45,110.00||| |3,610.00||| ||**322,661.78**|| |**335,951.79**||| |||| ||15,593.03|_Deposited 17.1.24_| |30,472.41|30,472.41|_Balanced_| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Helping Uganda Schools Financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 Charity number 1098176 HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS Financial Stalements forthe year ended 31 December 2023 Charity infornkitlon Charity registration number 1098176 Principal office 85 Beech Road Cale Green Stockport Cheshire SK3 8HE Trustees Dr Richard Bircher Dr Joanna Bircher Josie Muwonge Carmel Dowling Dr Emma Stapleton Jessica Williams Helen Taylor-O'Brien Christopher Bishop (resigned 3 January 20241 Chair Dr Richard Bircher Principal Bankers Barclays Bank PIC Leicestershire Leicester LE87 2BB Independent examiner Justin Collighan Lymore Pleasington Lane Blackburn 882 5JE HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS Flnanclal Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 Index to the financial statements Page Report of the trustee5 Independent Examiners. report ststement of financial activities Balance sheet Notes to the accounts 6-7 HELPING UGANDA SCHOOLS Flnan¢ial Staternents for the year ended 31 December 2023 Report of the trustee$ Thefinancial st8tement5 of the charity foTlhe yearended 31 Dettmber 2023. The trustees hève adopted the provisions of Accountlng and Reporting by Charitie5= Ststernentof Recommended Prathce applicable to chorities preparing their accouThts in accordance wlth the Flnancial Reporting stsnd?rd applicable in the UK Jnd Republic of Ireland IFRS 1021 (effective I January 20151. Obltctlve5 and aC￿￿tte5 To advantÈ the education of children and young people in Uganda, Rwanda and ¢)therAfrftan countrfes bythe provtslon of SCF bulldlngs. fLJrniture, sponsorshlp. eouip¥nentand educational material& En5uringourw(vkdeli¥ers our alms Regular rneetingsare held to rewew progress made again5tlhe Chariws objertives. PublkBenefft It is intended thatdonations areto be made effitiendy. gener3tingthe greatestvèlue to the chosen bene*Tciaries. The trustees have regard tothe Charities Commission's guidar￿e on publ*c benefitwhen makingdeci&ons on donations. FlnaDoal re*iew It Is the intention of the trustee5 to endeavourto maintsin a 5uiplys balantr on unrestricted fvnds. ITr orderto protectthe ch•rityagainst the Smpactof Shortfalls in incom& The unrestrittedfvnds 8t 31 DetrmbeT 2023 are £36.58412022.. £49,874). tlonation5 recelved durlngthe period amounted to £322,54712022 .. £172.4841. with charttable donations given outduriTrg the yeèT arnounted to £332,66012022 .. £165.2271. Investment Income durlngthe yearamounted to£11512022.. £51. There Y4Ère no 51gnlticanteYents durlngthe yearthat could affectthefinanctal performance or posltton golngforward. Fuwreplans The trustee5 Inter￿ io continue wlth the proyamme of support inthe Coming year. Structure* 8o¥ernanceand manayrnent Goveming Document Helplng Uganda Schoo15. Charity Cornrnlsslon Number.. 1098176 Is govemed bya Trust Deed dated 7th May 2(X13. TheTrust Deed wasamended by a deed dated 16th June 2￿3 and fL¢rtheramended by a deed dated 22nd Marth 2012. RecrnltM￿i ohd oppoirrtment ofnew trustees andman88**enttommittee All Trustees were retslned dudngthe year. and therefore the Trustees have no intentionsof any new appointments in the nearfuLure. HELPING UGANDA SCIIQOLS Flnandalststemerrtsforthe Year*nd￿ 31 Oe¢émber 2023 R•port otthetntstees OrynI￿OnI1 5trUrture The(harity has eSEhtTrustees.who meei on a re8ularbaslsto monhor ond coorthn*e donations. andto revlewthe 8enEr•l Tunrtlwofthethartty. The Charity hos no relatsd parues. Tru5tees' resptsmsStsllllle5fortheffinandol ststem*4ts The tru5te25 are re5ponslble lorpreparifiÈthÈTru5tee&' Reportond the flrkinclal statements In •¢cordonce wlth •pplSc8ble law and re8ul8tion5. The Fav4 4pplkobleto chatltses in En￿8nd Wales reoulresthetrustees to prepNre fi￿ne￿al stetementsloreach fi*ar*ial year. ljader that lawthe twsrees have ele£ted to prepaTethefinanclal 5t*ements Inoccordance wlth Unlted Kingdom Generally Accepted AcccuTrting Practrce (Unlted Kln8dorn AccounlD8St4ndard5 ond 4ppllcoble lawl. Ihe trustees must not appTo¥e the finèncial 5taternents unlessthey are sat15fied thal they glve a truE Bnd falr vlew of the 5tste Of affalrs of the chsrfty and of the Income resou¥ces and Jpplication of resources, lTrclydlng the Income and expenditure, of the charfty for that perlod. In ple￿￿￿8thes¢ flnandal staternent5. the trustees are reouir¢d to: select suftable accountin8 polidesand then applythem conslstentty.. observe the methodsand princlples Inthe Charftles SORP- makeludgements and acci>untln8 esfjmates that are rÈa50nHble and pwdenL' state whetheroppllcable UKActwntlngStandards hve beÈn followÈd. subjertto ajty materlal departures dSxlosed l explained in the financi?1 statements.. an prepare the finandal ststements on the ￿In¥cOnCern ba51$ unle55*t Is inapproprlate to presumethat charTtywlll contlnue in busines Thetrusthes art rEspon51ble for kee￿n¥adeqUatE accountlng records th￿ are sufficientto show and expl8ln the rh4riVs transacUoAsand dlsE105e wlth reasonablt at¢urdcyatairy tirne the finaftclaS pos1￿01) ofthe charfty and enable thern to ensure that thellnancièl %tsternentscomply wlth the Charities Act2011. the Charlty (Accounts and Reportsl Regulatlonsand the Pfovislons of the tr%Jst deed. The¥arealso responstble for 5afeguardlngthe assets Df the charity and hence lortskin8 reasonable stepsforthÈ prEvention and detethon of frbud and othef irre4ularitiÈs. BVORDEROFTHETALISTEES Or ft Pirther 19.7.24 HELPING VfjANDA SCHOOLS Flnanclal Ststementslorthe y•arended 31 December 2023 Independent EJtarnlner< Report to the Trustees of H•lpln8 U8anda Schools I reporton the accounts of the Charftyforthe year ended 31 December2023. whlch are setoui on pa8es 4 to 7. Rewive respoTrsibllltles and ba$is of report As the charity trustees of the Trust yi)u are responsible forthe preparation of theaccounts in accordance with the Tequirements of the Charfties Act 20111.the Arfl. I report In respectoFmyex4mination of the Trustee's accountsc8rried out undersettion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable DireLtionsgiven bythe Charity Commission under section 1451Sllbl ofthe 2011A¢L IndepeThdeht ex•mln¢¢$ Statement I have completed rrry examin?tion. I confirm that no materlal motter5 have come to myattention in connection with the examinatlon glvlng me cause to believe that in any rnaterlal respett.. counting records were not kept In respert of the Trust as ￿UlTed by setbon 130of theAit or the accounts do not actord with those records or; the accounts do not comply wth the applicable Tequirements concemin8 thefomi and content of accouTrts set oirt In the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 otherthan any requirernentthatthe accounts glve a ttrue and lalr view, which is not a mattertonsidered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connectlon wlth the emamlnatlon to whlch attention should be drawn in this report in orderto enable a prope¥ understandlng of the accounts to be reached. j￿tin Colll8han ACA Iymore Pleasin8ton Lar Blackburn BB2 SJE ,41?￿* HELPIN6 UGANDA SCHOOLS Flnancial Statements forthe year ended 31 DecÈmbÈr 2023 ststements of flnanclal actlvltles 31 December2023 Unrestrf¢ted 31 December2022 Unrestrlrted Note In¢ome from donation5 Oonations. including Gift Aid 322547 172,484 Investment income- bank interest recelved 115 Total 322,662 172,489 Empendlture Charftable attfvitle5 Charitable activitie5-donations Other resources expended-support costs Bank charges 1332,6601 12,8191 14731 1165,2271 175831 15151 NET INCOME 13.290 836 TOTAL FUNDSC4RRIED FORWARD 13,290 836 HELPING UGANDA SCHOOiS Flnandal Statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 Balance sheet 3104cembor 2023 31 D•cember 2022 Cash at bank and in hand Prepayments 36.584 49.874 36.584 49.874 rrent liabilities Acccruals 36.584 49.874 Fund$ Openlng unrestritted fun 310&*mber OoTraUon5 Oollations. iKludln8 Grfi Ald 322,547 CharItable￿Il¥1￿es and SUPPDrtC05ts Charitable don*ion5 Resources expended Ba￿k(hav8es 332.660 2,829 473 335 952 165,227 7.583 515 173 325 Triwoes, remunerauon and bwefits The Trustee5 do not re￿fve any remunerdtion. Analys1sofn#a5ws bthveen fim05 Currentassets 36,584 49.874 Totsi funtbs 36.584 IlelaiEd pllrty thsdosur•s Tret￿￿ee5 have not recewed any remuneratlon or reimbursementolexpense4 and t￿rewEre noempbyees durinBtheye'. Uttlmatetoaimlling p Thecharitywas conrrolled bythe Btsard of Trusteesthroughouithe year underreviÈw.