THE GUATEMALAN FAMILIES AS8OCIATION Reg Charity No 1105241 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2022 IJA7EMALAN FAMILIES A%SflllATION Year 8nd•d 31 August 2022 Year •nd•d 31 August 2021 R•coipts Payments Balanc• R•c•ipt* Paymants Balanc• Fundral$lng Regular donations IALDEAI Regular donations (Lo$ Patsjos IPueblol Specthc Appeal 2022 {Independence 2021) 25th Annlversary lundraising Fundraislng for Bursary Fund other donations GiftA ($88 not8 below) 8,779 4,390 5,972 932 482 14.607 7,148 -5,828 -2,757 5,972 879 -318 9,410 4,705 7,897 857 415 16,243 8,135 4,833 -3.430 7.897 480 415 -577 253 800 480 376 577 21.014 23,266 -2,252 23,284 26,332 -2,048 Evonts MSJ Cultural weekénd- 202212021) Cookery classes 11,290 10,802 488 120 -120 38 42 432 432 11,290 10,802 488 514 PubllG•tlon• Calendar 1,637 910 727 1,870 789 B81 1,637 910 727 1.670 881 M•mb•rydhlp Subscripligns Bank interest Newsletter. Malllngs. & Other Insurance 2,440 2,074 2,340 456 1,884 25 116 507 -25 -116 1,935 521 -521 2.442 2,340 977 1,364 Totsl• 35,485 89 27,726 27.612 115 Balance b1fv 01109121 Def11 18urplu8 for the year Balance cld 31108122 10,416 899 11.315 10,302 115 10.416 B4nk Gurrent account 8,077 2,838 11.315 7,778 2,638 Bonk deFoJit account Note.. Gift Al¢J claim$ of £3,579 in the wiod12021'. £2.742) have been allocated to the 8pecMc fundr8lslng they relate lo. Approved by the Trustee8 on 2023 and signed on their beha.
THE GUATEMALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION GIIATEMILAN FAMILIES ASSOIIATIQN Reg Charity No 1105241 Treasurer's Report on the Accounts for the 12 Months Ended 31st August 2022 The Accounts have been examined and si8ned by ow Independent Exarniner-jo eenoy, CIPFA and her report Ss attached. Comments on the accounts arp below. Recelpts T¢>tsl recelpts in the year were £36,383, an Intrease of 31% on the prevlousyear as we werè able to hold the Cultural Weekend for the fir5ttirne in three year& The lar8est part of this was fundralsln8 for our Guatsmalan charlties, whlch accounted for £21014, through a combination of regular donatlon5 and specifTc fundrasln8 campaigns. Re8ular donatlons totèlled £13.169, including Gift Aid, and fell by 7%. Specific fundraisSng campal8ns ralsed a further £6,904, mostly from the Spedal Fuftdralslng campalgn. The comparable figure last year for speclfk ¢ampal8ns was £8,754, largely from the Indepèndence Fundraislng InIatIVe. As referred to above. thè 2022 Cultural Weekend was held In Malvem In Aprll and wasvery successful. Recelpts were £11,290 and after all costs wwe taken Into Kcount we rnade a small surplus. The balance of receipts came from membershlp subscrlptlons and the annual GFA calendar whl¢h was agaln very well recelved and made a profit of £727. Pqyments Total payrnents In the yearwwe £35,485, hlgh•rthan the pr•vlc¥Js year1£27,6121 due to payments relatlng to the Cultural Weekend. Out8oln8 Donatlons in totl were £23.266, 1ht1¥ lower than last year due to thelower funds raised. In terms of donations to our Guaternalan charitles we dlstributed £14,fA)712021'. £16.2431 to our flrst deslgnated charlty, Aldea, and £7,14612021.. E£8,1351 to the second charlty Los PataS05, a school In Jocotenan80. Overthe last 20 years the GFA has now sent close to É370.0(J) to organlsatlon5 In Guatemala and we are proud to have made dIfferee to the lives of many Guatemalan people. Overall the SUry>l of receipts over pawnents for the year was £89912021.. £1151. Bttnk Balances Bank balances totalled £11,315 as at 31 Au8USt 202212021.. £10,416). Bursary and Oasls Funds The GFA has Set up two Bursary Fund5 to support young adopteestravelling back to Guatemala and attendlng GFA event5 Sn the UK. Two travel bursariès were pald In the yeaT and at 31 Augustthe Travel Bursary stood at £4,894 and the Event Bursary at £519. In addition we hold a total of £437 from the money donated followinB the c105ure of OASIS. which Is used to fund talks and activities on Inter•country adoptlon. Genen71 FlnanclalPosldon The GFA'S financial p051tion continuesto be sound. We malntain ServeS of apm)ximately £3,¢J)O to cover 8en¥al running costs and spKial paymwts as wdl as £5,850 fr)r the Bur53ry and 03515 funds. Sarah Moore. Treasurer 16 January 2023
TKYK SIIATEMALAN FAMLIES Rest lJity Nutllbu 1105241 Independent Exvéminer's Report to ¢be Trustees of the Guatemalan Families knociatio I rewjrt on the xcounts of the Associatton for the 12 months ended 31 August 2022. RPective re8pottsAbilAties OTt$tec3 and ezminer The charity's tru51e¢s ore r¢5ponsible forthe preparation of the )unts. The chwity's trust ¢onsid¢r that an audit is not required for this year (und<¥ section 43(2) of the Charities Act1993 (the 1993 Act)) and that an iTKletxndent examination is n¢&d. It is my responsibtlity to.. F.xamine the 8ee4)unts (under s¢ction 43(3Xa) of 1993 Act). To follow the procedure5 laid dosm in the Genernl Dirr%tions given by the Charitics Commissioncts (under se¢tiirt143(7Xb) of the 1993 Art): at¥1 To state whether particular mattets have wme to my all¢DtiotL Basil of inde Ddent exmiDer's report My examination w&8 carried out in with the Genernl Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the a¢ts)unting records kept by the tharity and a comparison of the accounts pres¢nted with those records. It 41s0 Incl¢5 ¢onsid¢ration of any unusual items or disclosur¢s in the OUn and seeking explanaiions from you as trustees concernin8 any such matters. 'I'he procedures unthrtaken do not provide all the ¢vid¢n¢e that would be rtyuld in an audit, and conqUentIY I do nol express an audit opinion on the vi¢w given by the account& Independent ex•miner'J ststemeDt In wnnccti¢)n with my examinatior4 no matter h&8 come lo my attention.. (l) which gives me rea8onable cau8e to lieve tha¢ in any material the requirements To keep accountiDg rordS in p&cOrda% with section 41 of the 1993 Act: and To ptEpare aceounts which acwrd with the acwunting re¢ords 91 comply with the aL*ounting uirernents of the 1993 Act have not been mel or (2) lo whi¢l4 in my opiniofy attention 5hou]d i% drnwD in othto ¢J)abl¢ a ryOPeT understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Narne: Jo B¢noy A¢knss: 22 St mwEa'S Drive, Henleaz4 BristoL BS9 4LW Dat¢: _oi-z3