Smile Malawi Annual Report 2023124 Travel to Malawi from England was still very restricted in 2023 after the pandemic and South African Airways were still not flying to England. SAA did start to fly to Malawi in January 2023 from Johannesburg which made our trustee journey easier in July 2023. However, life carried on much the same in Malawi and all the children were healthy and the staff well. The manager the continued to do an exlIent job and there were no concems. It was very noticeable that costs in Malawi had escalated and we were surprised how much funding was neSSary 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. Not surprisingly many people came down to visit while Elspeth was there to ask for help. Firstly, a lady came with a tragic story of two young sisters who had lost their mother during the floods further south and a kind neighbour had brought them to their relatives in our village. Unfortunately. their aunty already had 6 children to care for and could not cope with two more. We gave them a home and they settled in straight away. Then Martha, who is blind, came with her mother from our village, asking for help. We took her to the special Lions Eye Clinic at the hosprtal in Blantyre where they told us that Martha is blind due to Glaucoma, which was preventable. but the family had neglected to take her to hospital in time. That was bad enough but a few days later she was left unsuperqised at home and walked into a fire leaving her leg badly burned. She came to live with us with the full approval of the village chief and the family and we took care of her wounds and settled her. She has now started school at a special Lions school for the blind where we will pay for her accommodation and food and she will return to us during the holidays. She is such a happy little girl despite her tragic past! We continued to raise funds and we were able to arrange the purchase and distribution of 210 x 50kg bags of rnent to help the villagers rebuild their houses destroyed by the Cyclone. The cyclone also washed away all the newly planted crops and we witnessed that the villagers were getting very hungry. By December the situation was desperate and the village chiefs came to plead for help. No other agencies were coming to our villages to help so we felt compelled to assist as we have been part of this community for over 19 years. helping them through a previous famine in 2005. We set up a new appeal and managed to source 20 Tonnes of maize at the northern border with Tanzania. Very early on Christmas Day the trucks arrived at the orphanage and we were able to give out food to 400 households selected by the village chiefs. Hundreds of people came down all managed by our staff with no fuss. There were lots of changes with older children moving on and 3 new young ones coming to live with us. Firstly Brian, who has been with us for 16 years, was able to go back to his long lost family after completing college and finding them in Bangwe. a suburb of Blantyre. Similarly Junior left to retum to his family after completing secondary school. We tracked them down to a remote village and received help from the Chief there. Then Jo left to live with his sister Doreen, who also grew up in our care, as she is now a successful clothing designer in Lilongwe. Finally, Alfred passed his driving test and found work in Blantyre driving for a local company. We ended the year with 36 resident children, mostly at school or colleges.
CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Smile Malawl Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 0110412023 3110312024 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestrlcted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year to tho nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Donations (Uk) Donations (Malawil Fundraising Gift Aid Repayment Misc Sn¢omo 58.246 38.246 86,427 1,517 27,905 S.587 37.686 8.327 102 37.686 8.327 102 Sub total (Gross income for AR) 105.245 105,245 121.436 A2 Asset and invostment sales, (see table). Sub total 105.245 105.245 121,438 A3 Payments Fundraising Chariliable Adivities (UK) Charitable Activities Imalawil Management & Adminislralion 461 3,345 103,631 1,694 8S.768 1.469 85.768 1N69 Sub total A4 Assgt and investment purchases. (see tsble) 87,698 87.698 110,114 Sub total 87,698 87,698 110,114 Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year 8nd Cash funds this year end 17.547 17,547 11,322 17,547 17,547 11,322 CCXX Rl accounts (SS) 1511012024
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricted funds to noarest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to noarfrst £ Categories Details B1 Cash funds Funds Held In Malawi 4,730 HSBC 8ank c (UK) 12.811 Cash Hekl IUKI Saviros WC IUKI Total cash funds 17,547 {agree repts and payments ounllsll Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest £ Endowment funds to nearest £ Details Fund to whlch asset bolon Current value tlonal Details Cost loptlonall B3 Investment assets Fund to whl¢h asset belon Cost loptlonall Current valuè tlonal Details 10 Hedar6s of Land B4 Assets retained for the charity's own use Detached 4 Bed House 2 x 2 Bed SID Bungalows Toyota L8ndcruiser Toyots Hilux Pickup Fund to whlch Ilablll rolates Amount due tlonal When due tlonal Details BS Llabillties Signed by one or Iwo trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of roval 0411012024 CCXX R2 accounts {SS) 1511012024
Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A '.. Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustsesl members of SMILE MALAWI On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024 Charity no (if any) 1106225 Set out on pages Respective 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 section 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 section 145 of the Charities Act, to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examine$ 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 trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair, view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent In connection with my examination. no matter has come to my attention examiner's statement (other than that disclosed below ") 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: to keep accounting records in accordan with section 130 of the Charities Act. and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act have not been met", or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: Signed: Io.- Z02 Name: Martin Thomas of Martin Thomas & Co Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): ACCA Finalist IER March 2012
Address: 3 Woodstock Road Sittingboume Kent ME10 4HH Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. IER March 2012