THE GUATEPIALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION
Reg Charity No 1105241
ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2024
GUATEMALAN FAMILIES
AssociAYION
Year ended 31 August 2024
Yoar endod 31 August 2023
Receipts Paynwnts Balanco
Receipts Payments Balance
Fundralslng
Regular donations {ALDEA)
Regular donations (Los Patajos)
Special Appeal 2024 (2023)
Specific fundraising Aldea
Christmas card fundraising
Fundraising for Bursary Fund
Other donations
Gift Aid
(see note below)
8.898
4.449
6.626
1.615
779
574
18,104
8.284
-9,207
-3,835
6.626
1,615
602
-376
8,171
4,085
5.822
110
906
465
14.359
7.032
-6,189
-2,947
5,822
110
596
65
177
950
310
400
27.515
4.575
19.560
22,102
-2,542
Events
GFA Cultural weekend - 2024 (2023)
Wellbeing Hub
1,826
310
180
490
-310
-86
-396
1.826
-22
Publl¢allons
Calendar
1,016
323
1.391
753
638
1,016
323
1.391
753
638
Membership
Subscripth'ons
Bank and other Inte￿St
Newsletter, Mailings, & Other
Insuran
2,295
62
270
2,025
62
2.320
15
270
2,050
15
2,357
270
2.087
2,335
270
2,065
Totals
28,139
30.325
-2,187
23,380
23,615
-235
Balance bl￿d 01109r23
Deficit Isurplus for the year
Balanca clfwd 31108124
11,080
2,187
8,893
11,315
235
11,080
Bank Gurrent aGGount
Bank deposit account
6,208
2.685
8.893
8,428
2,652
11.080
Note: Gift Aid daims of £4.597 in the period (2023: £3.500) have been allocated to the speafic fundraising they relate to.
Approved by the Trustees on
2025 and signed on their behalf.

GVATEMALAN FAI￿LIEs
ASSOCIATIOII
THE GUATEMALAN FAMILIES ASSOCIATION
Reg CharityNo 1105241
Treasurer's Report on the Accounts for the 12 Months Ended 31st August 2024
The Accounts have been examined and signed by our Independent Examiner- Jo Benoy, CIPFA, and her report is
attached. Comments on the accounts are below.
Receipts
Totsl receipts in the year were £28,139, an increase of 20% on the previou5 year. However part of this was due to
receipts from the 2023 Special Appeal spilling into the current year. Wtthout these additional receipts l£1.808} the
increase would have been 8%. The largest element of receipts was fundraising for our Guatemalan charities, which
accounted for £22,940, through a COTnbination of regular donations and specific fundraisin8 campaigns. Regular
donations were £13.347, including Gift ￿d. and increased by 9%. Specific fundraising tampaigns raised a fvrther
E9.594, mostly from the 2024 Special Appeal. but as covered above included £1￿08 from the 2023 Special Appeal.
The 2024 Cultural Weekend was held in Bristol in March and again the new fomiat was very successful. The
weekend was largely self-funding.
The balance of receipts came from membership subscriptions and the annual GFA calendar which was again
popular and made a profrt of £323 (2023- £6381, although this does not include donations made when ordering the
calendar of £270.
Payments
Total payments in the year were £30,325. an increase of 28% on the previous year {£23,615), largely due to the
timing of payments to our Guatemalan charities.
Outgoing Donatlons to our Guatemalan charities were £26.388. an increase of 23% on last year, partly due to the
additional payments from the 2023 campaign being made in September 2024 (£3,920). In total we distributed
£18,10412023.' £14.3591 to our first de5Tgnated charity. Aldea. and £8.28412023: ££7,032) to the second charty
Los Patajos. two schoo15 in J(￿Otenang0. The Aldea figu￿ includes some specific donation5 for that charity- all
other donations are split two third5 to Aldea and one third to Los Pataj05. Over the last 20 years, the GFA has now
sent over £415.0￿ to organisations in Guatemala which is something we can all be proud of.
Overall the deficit of receipts over payments for the year was £2.187 {2023: deficit £2351.
Bank Balances
Bank balances totalled £8.893 as at 31 August 202412023: £11.080). Last yearfs balances were higher than normal
as they included the addttional fundraising paid out in September.
Bursary and Oasis Funds
The GFA has set up two Bursary Funds to 5UPPOrt young adoptee5 travelling back to Guatemala and attendin8 GFA
events in the UK. Two travel bursarie5 were paid in the year and at 31 August the Travel Bursary stood at £4.733
and the Event Bursary at £369. In addttion we hold a total of £337 from the money donated following the closure
of OASIS, which is used to fund talks and attivities on inter-country adoption.
General Financial Position
The GFA'S financial position continues to be sound. We maintain reserves of approximately £3,OCK> to cover
general running costs and spec￿1 payments. as well a5 £5.439 for the Bursary and Oasis funds.
Sarah Moore. Treasurer
4 February 2025

GUATEblALAM FAMKIES
ASSOOATION
Registered c}￿rIty Numb¢r 1105241
Independent Examiner's Report to the of the Guatemalan Families Association
I report on the accounts of the Association for the 12 months ended 31 Allg￿st 2024.
Respective ruponsibilities of trnsteu and evdminer
The charity's trust¢¢s are res￿nsIble for the prcparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consid¢r
that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act)) and
that an indcpendent examination is nee4led.
It is my ￿spOnsI7)lI1ty to:
Examine the accounts (under section 43(3Ma) ofthe 1993 Act).
To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charities
Commissioners (under section 43(7Kb) of th¢ 1993 Act). and
To state wheth¢r particular matt¢rs have come to my att¢ntion.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was c￿Ti￿ out in accordance with the Gen¢rnl D1￿CtionS given by the Charity
Commissioners. An examination includes a revi¢w of the accounting recor(b kept by the charity and a
comparison of the &counts present¢d with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts, and se¢king explanations from you as trnstees concerning any such
tnatters. The procedures undertak¢rA do not provi(k all the evidence that would be required in au audiL and
cons¢quently I do not ¢xpress an audit opinion on the vi¢w given by the accounts.
Indepelldent exydminer's statement
In Connection with my examinatson. no matt¢r has come to my attention:
(l) which gives me reasonable cause to be]iev¢ that in any material reSp￿t the requirements
To ke¢p ￿coUntIng records in accordanc¢ with section 41 of the 1993 Act" and
To prepare accounts which accord with the acKounting records and comply with th¢ accounting
requirfflients of the 1993 Act
have not IKen met. or
(2) to whic14 in my Opinio￿ attention should be drnwn in order to ¢nable a proper widerstanding of the
accOu￿S to ￿ reac1￿£
Name: Jo Benoy
Address: 22 St Margaret's Drive. Henleaze, Bristol. BS9 4LW
Date:
.05.2f