Smile Malawi Annual Report 2021/22
The Covid pandemic had started to improve by April 2021 but travel to Malawi from England was still very restricted. South African Airways stopped flying to England and Malawi in 2020 due to the pandemic and had not restarted plus there were still severe restrictions to international travel.
However, life carried on much the same in Malawi and all the children were healthy and the staff well. The manager there continued to do an excellent job and there were no concerns. It was very noticeable that costs in Malawi had escalated and we were surprised how much funding was necessary to keep the children’s home going. However, due to some very generous donors, we were able to contain this. All expenditure in Malawi was receipted and checked by the trustees.
We had some great success stories in Malawi when three of our eldest children, George, Doreen and Ruth, started their journey to independence. 22-year-old George gained a City & Guilds Advanced Diploma in IT and we helped him start his own Internet Cafe in Bvumbwe and Doreen, who came to us in 2006 aged 8 passed her college course in design and dressmaking. The college was so impressed with her skills that they offered her a job and she started living in Lilongwe in a small house that we have helped her find. We also bought her a sewing machine and equipment so that she can also make her designs at home. Finally, Ruth, who also came to us in 2006 aged 8, passed her college course in hairdressing and beauty and we helped her start her own salon.
We also said goodbye to 18-year-old Magret who chose to go back to her grandmother in our local village. Margret was the orphaned daughter of one of our carers, who came to live with us several years ago when her mother passed away. We accepted another orphaned granddaughter (her mother died giving birth) and she came to live with us instead. We have known Magret’s cousin 10-year-old Shakira all her life and she was thrilled to be able to live with her friends at Smile Malawi.
We were unable to do much fundraising in 2021/2 and we were entered into several sporting events in 2020 that were all cancelled due to Covid-19. However, we still had one place at the London Marathon on 3 October 2021 which was very successful, raising over £6000.
Our lovely house mother Regina was married in November 2021 but she continued to live at Smile Malawi and will decide what her future holds in consultation with her husband later on.
Charity Name No (if any) Smile Malawi 1106225
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Smile Malawi 1106225
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 4/1/2021 3/31/2022
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Donations UK 85,772 - - 85,772
Donations Malawi 305 - - 305
Fundraising 31,443 - - 31,443
Gift Aid Repayment 15,571 - - 15,571
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
133,091 - - 133,091
Sub total (Gross income for AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 133,091 - - 133,091
A3 Payments
Fundraising 730 - - 730
Charitable Activities UK 20,167 - - 20,167
Charitable Activities Malawi 82,318 - - 82,318
Management & Administration 1,828 - - 1,828
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ 105,043 ] - - 105,043
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments 105,043 - - 105,043
Net of receipts/(payments) 28,048 - - 28,048
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 6,101 - - 6,101
Cash funds this year end 34,149 - - 34,149
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Categories | Details | funds | funds | |
| B1 Cash funds | Fund held in Malawi HSBC Bank A/C UK Cash held in UK Savings A/C UK Total cash funds |
to nearest £ 1,517 32,626 - 6 34,149 |
to nearest £ - - - - |
|
| (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | ||
| Unrestricted | Restricted | |||
| funds | funds | |||
| B2 Other monetary assets | Details | to nearest £ - - - - - - |
to nearest £ - - - - - - |
|
| B3 Investment assets | Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - - - - - |
|
| B4 Assets retained for the | Details 10 Hectares of land |
Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) - |
|
| charity’s own use | Detached 4 Bed House 2 2 Bed S/D Bungalows Toyota Landcruiser Toyota Hilux Pickup |
- - - - - - - - |
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| Fund to which | Amount due | |||
| B5 Liabilities | Details | liability relates | - - - - - (optional) |
|
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Name |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
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CC16a
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Last year
to the nearest £
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59,423
827
23,532
7,177
-
-
-
-
90,959
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90,959
16,847 551 71,181 819 - - - - - 89,398
89,398 1,561 - 6,101 7,662
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - -
OK
Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional)
-
Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)
Date of approval
Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of SMILE MALAWI On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 31° March 2022 1106225 Set out on pages Resp8ctiv8 The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year trustees and examiner under se¢tion 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to-. examine the accounts under se¢tion 145 ofthe Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under seclion 145(5){b) of the Charities Act, and to state whelher particular matters have come to my attention. Bas1$ of Independent My examination was carried out in accordan with general D1CtionS given examiner's ststement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the Irustees conceming any such matters. The prOdureS undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounls present a 'lrue and fair, view and the report is limited to Ihose matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention examiner's statsment (other than that disclosed below") which gives me reasonable Cause lo believe that in, any material respect, thè requirements. to keep accounting records in accordan with seGtion 130 of the Charities Act., and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requiremenls of the Charities Act have not been met., or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the br8ckets rf they do not 8ppIy. Signed: Date: 11-2021 Name: Martin homas of Martin Thomas & Co Relevant professional ACCA Finalist IER March 2012
qualification{sl or body (if any): Address: 3 Woodslo¢k Road Sittingbourne Kent ME10 4HH Section B Disclosure An amount of £1,700 was stolen from an employee after he had drawn some money from the bank. This was reported to the Police in Malawi and it is currently in the Court. No money has been recovered. IER March 2012