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
($88 not8 below)
8,779
4,390
5,972
932
482
14.607
7,148
-5,828
-2,757
5,972
879
-318
9,410
4,705
7,897
857
415
16,243
8,135
4,833
-3.430
7.897
480
415
-577
253
800
480
376
577
21.014
23,266
-2,252
23,284
26,332
-2,048
Evonts
MSJ Cultural weekénd- 202212021)
Cookery classes
11,290
10,802
488
120
-120
38
42
432
432
11,290
10,802
488
514
PubllG•tlon•
Calendar
1,637
910
727
1,870
789
B81
1,637
910
727
1.670
881
M•mb•rydhlp
Subscripligns
Bank interest
Newsletter. Malllngs. & Other
Insurance
2,440
2,074
2,340
456
1,884
25
116
507
-25
-116
1,935
521
-521
2.442
2,340
977
1,364
Totsl•
35,485
89
27,726
27.612
115
Balance b1fv￿ 01109121
Def￿11 18urplu8 for the year
Balance cl￿d 31108122
10,416
899
11.315
10,302
115
10.416
B4nk Gurrent account
8,077
2,838
11.315
7,778
2,638
Bonk deFoJit account
Note.. Gift Al¢J claim$ 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 InI￿atIVe.
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, ￿1￿ht1¥ 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
dIffere￿e 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

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SIIATEMALAN FAMLIES
Re￿st￿￿ lJ*ity 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.
R￿Pective re8pottsAbilAties OTt￿$tec3 and ez*miner
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 dos*m 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 ex*miDer'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 rtyul￿d in an audit, and
con￿qUentIY 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 r￿ordS in p&cOrda￿% with section 41 of the 1993 Act: and
To ptEpare aceounts which acwrd with the acwunting re¢ords 9￿1 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¢:
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