2021-08-31-accounts - Hope For South Africa's Children

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1st Sept 2020 31st August 2021

Reference and administration details

Charity name HOPE FOR SOUTH ARICA’S CHILDREN

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1106844

Charity's principal address 1 The Fold, New Ridley Stocksfield Northumberland Postcode NE43 7RG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee(if any)
	Glenys Smith	Chair
	David Smith	Secretary
	Neville Fairbairn	Treasurer
	Ann Worthy
	SallyLeat
	Elizabeth Veal

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of advisor Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Trust Deed

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by the Trustees

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees.
The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works.
Relationship with any related parties.
Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Objectives and activities

THE RELIEF OF PATIENTS SUFFERING FROM HIV/AIDS. THE PROVISIONS IN THE INTEREST OF SOCIAL WELFARE OF RECREATIONAL FALCILITIES FOR SUCH PATIENTS. Summary of the objects of the THE RELIEF IN CASES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF THE charity set out in its DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PATIENTS OR OF DECEASED governing document PATIENTS. RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CHILDREN OF SOUTH AFRICA INFECTED OR AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS.

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Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects

OUR POLICY FOR MAKING GRANTS TO THE REHOBOTH CHILDREN’S VILLAGE REMAIN TWO FOLD, FIRSTLY FOR OPERATIONAL COSTS OF THE VILLAGE AND SECONDLY FOR EDUCATIONAL SUPPORT FOR THE CHILDREN, SPECIFICALLY FOR THE VILLAGE SCHOOL AND EARLY YEARS EDUCATION. OUR OUTREACH FUND SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF OTHER CHILD ORIENTATED PROJECTS IN THE RURAL AREA KNOWN TO THE TRUSTEES AND SUPERVISED PERSONALLY WITH AN ANNUAL VISIT.

ALL THE TRUSTEES REMAIN VOLUNTEERS AND OUR COSTS ARE LESS THAN 1% OF TURNOVER.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

Policy on grantmaking
Policy programme related investment
Contribution made by Volunteers

Achievements and performance

The main aim of the charity continues to be to support children infected/affected by HIV/AIDS and specifically, although not exclusively, to support the Rehoboth Children’s Village in South Africa. Other projects supported by HFSAC include, Khula Crèche, Cornerstone Special School, Genesis Care Centre, Genesis Trust (Safe Spaces food programme) & Vredenburg Church Kids Kingdom together with a number of rural crèches which we support via Green Sparks Education, a charity run by Dianne Wallace, delivering the Brain Boosters programme. Covid 19 has had a major impact on rural crèches with lockdowns shutting crèches. We have, as a result, increased support for food parcels and feeding programmes.

Income 2020/21

This year’s income of £46921 is a decrease of 17% over the 2019/20` fiscal. The charity’s income was made up as follows:

INCOME Sponsorship Donations Gift Aid Reclaim Further Education Fund Leaver Support Fund Misc TOTAL	2019/20 2020/21 £18531 16277 -12% £31869 20180 -37% £5314 4578 -14% 4460 425 £294 1 £56008 £46921-17% £21827 £23460 £6466 £4216 £28293£27676 -3%
Grants Rehoboth Rehoboth Education Total Rehoboth Grants

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Achievements and performance

Green Sparks Education £9036 £1150 -88% Cornerstone School £5100 £3000 -42% Khula Crèche £5807 £4352 -25% Genesis Trust £4200 £1500 -65% Leaver Support Fund £501 Nokukhanya Crèche £545 £0 Vrendenburg Church £312 £1200 +380% Further Education Grants £401 £3367 +800% POR £950 £0 Sundries £245 £133 -46% Misc £425 TOTAL £55314 £42879 -23%

EXPENSES

Expenses were £133 for Web Hosting & Paypal fees. We really appreciate our Trustees who have not claimed any expenses during this period. For overseas bank transfers we continue to use a Forex company which places a minimal cost on the recipient. This also gives better exchange rates across all of our grant recipients.

Grant Information

Our grant allocations have been reduced this year, mainly because a large anonymous grant in the 2019/20 financial year enabled us to allocate more. We have, never the less, been able to support our core grant beneficiaries and further develop our Further Education fund which included grants to Greensparks of £1974 for staff training & a staff training grant to Cornerstone Special School of £787

Another new area of support is our Care Leaver Support fund, set up to offer help to young people leaving the care of Rehoboth Children’s village; this fund supports these young folk with training opportunities/driving licenses & housing needs.

Volunteer Information

David & Glen (Chair/Secretary) have due to Covid 19 and the closure of borders for much of the year been unable to visit, the first time in 20years. The ongoing economic situation remains acute with the Covid 19 virus causing wide spread food shortages and school/ crèche closures. Riots in our area have also put a strain in the rural areas resulting in food shortages. They have been able to stay in touch with What’s App & Zoom with our partners.

Project Information

Khula Creche, part of the Genesis Trust (an outreach organization of Norwegian Settlers church), goes from strength to strength with some 90 children in the crèche and many more being fed in after school programmes. Some 300/400 children are being fed twice per week, this together with after school teaching and Mobile clinic visits are reaching many people in this remote area.

Green Sparks Education

Having made a large donation in the previous year, which was not used due to Covid, we only gave a small grant in 2020/21. We have been able to use this to provide additional support during the S.A. lockdowns to provide food parcels/vouchers for families and staff.

As previously mentioned we made grants of £1974 to Crèche staff under our Further Education programme.

Genesis Care Centre

This is the last time we will support the Care Centre as it is changing its focus to Frail Care. The Health Dept withdrew funding which sadly, made the hospice unviable, We have, however, started to support another Genesis project, Safe Space in Mkholombe, a large squatter camp close to Norwegian Settlers Church

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Achievements and performance

Cornerstone Learning Centre

We again provided a full bursary in the form of 2 half year payments for this school for children with special needs. It is planning to add a new classroom. We made additional grants totaling £787 for staff training through our Further Education fund.

Vrendenburg Church

We again supported the Kingdom Kids programme in this very poor community. A grant of £1200 was made.

Rehoboth Children’s Village

A major area of support continues to be Rehoboth Children’s Village. The sponsorship programme has declined by 12% this year, due to the loss of 4 sponsors and children leaving care, resulting in sponsors switching to our Outreach/Education Fund.

Our Education Fund continues to provide additional teaching support and includes the salaries of support staff in the early years’ department. This element of our grant is mostly funded by Hope Church in Hampshire, and corporate sponsorship from Phoenix Electrical.

The village is registered for 80 children, and is now mostly full, although more children are returning home as per guidelines from the Social Development Department who have decreed that no child should stay in the village for more than 2 years. This has resulted in a change of sponsorship from individual to house sponsorship. This might lead to sponsors being less willing to sponsor.

Website

Our website www.hopesachildren.org.uk was refreshed this year. We appreciate the support of Peter Barrett for developing and overseeing it on a voluntary basis.

Trustees

We greatly appreciate the ongoing support of our trustees. We are particularly grateful to Neville Fairbairn, our Treasurer, who keeps our finances in good order, and to John Macklin who has agreed to Independently Examine our accounts.

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Achievements and performance

Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

IT IS THE CHARITIES POLICY NOT TO MAINTAIN RESERVES FOR THE REHOBOTH TRUST (RT), HOWEVER WE RETAIN MONEY IN AN OUTEACH AND EDUCATION FUND TO IDENTIFY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN OUR AIMS AND OBJECTIVES.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

NONE

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising).
How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.

THE PRINCIPAL SOURCE OF FUNDS REMAINS THE SPONSORSHIP PROGRAMME FOR CHILDREN IN REHOBOTH CHILDREN’S VILLAGE; THIS TOGETHER WITH CORPORATE SPONSORSHIP, CHURCH AND PRIVATE DONATIONS REMAINS OUR MAIN SOURCE OF INCOME. GIFT AID IS ALSO A GOOD SOURCE OF INCOME. WE ALSO HAVE AN EDUCATION ENHANCEMENT FUND TO SUPPORT EDUCATION NEEDS IN THE VILLAGE. A CHURCH SPONSORS PART OF THIS PROGRAMME.

ALL EXPENDITURE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR KEY OBJECTIVES.

Investment policy and objectives including any WE HAVE A SAVING ACCOUNT TO SUPPORT OUR OUTREACH ethical investment policy PROJECTS. adopted.

Other optional information

Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) David Smith Full name(s) DAVID REGINALD SMITH Position (eg secretary, chair, SECRETARY etc)

Date 23rd January 2022

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	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds	Totalfunds	Totalfunds	Last year
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		20.{80			20.{80	3{,869
		16,277			16,277	18.531
		4.460			4.460	5,314
		425			425	294
		L57A			4,578
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		45,921			45,921	56,008
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Totalreceip":l	f--Il r-EFti]	ls,szrlJ	--Eqil-;
	23.460	23.460	21,827
	4,216	4,216	6.466
	4.352	4.352	5,807
Grants & Donation GenesisTrust	{.500	1.500	4,200
Grants & Donations Cornerstone	3,000	3,000	5.100
	1.150	I.150	9.58{
	1,200	1_204	2,088
	3,357	3,357
Grants & Donations Leaver Support Fund
	501	501
	.t33	,t33	245
	42,879	42,879	55,314

A5 A5	Totatpaymerrtt:l Netofreceipts/(paymengl--l TransfersbetweenfundsI Cashfundstastyearend r--1 Cashfundsthisvearendl	l-til4 -lI I--- -lI	42,879 -l 3/r4l 12,5361	l-1r-:l H	42,879 3,042 9,494 12,536	l-;-,3i4 :F-

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