2022-08-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 1st Sept 2021 31st August 2022

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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

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Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee
whole year
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1 Glenys Smith Chair
2 David Smith Secretary
3 Neville Fairbairn Treasurer
4 Ann Worthy
5 Sally Leat
6 Elizabeth Veal
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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

Type of governing document

Trust Deed

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Appointed by the Trustees Trustee selection methods

• (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

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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 THE RELIEF IN CASES OF FINANCIAL DISTRESS OF THE of the charity set out in DEPENDANTS OF SUCH PATIENTS OR OF DECEASED its governing document PATIENTS.

RAISING AWARENESS OF THE CHILDREN OF SOUTH AFRICA INFECTED OR AFFECTED BY HIV/AIDS. 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 CHILDREN WITHIN THE VILLAGE. OUR OUTREACH FUND SUPPORTS A NUMBER OF OTHER CHILD Summary of the main ORIENTATED PROJECTS IN THE RURAL AREA KNOWN TO THE activities in relation to TRUSTEES AND SUPERVISED PERSONALLY. THE EDUCATION & these objects TRAINING FUND MAKES GRANTS TO FURTHER DEVELOP SKILLS TO REHOBOTH LEAVERS & THE WIDER COMMUNITY. WE ALSO HAVE A LEAVER SUPPORT GRANT PROGAMME TO HELP REHOBOTH YOUNG ADULTS TRANSITION INTO THE COMMUNITY. 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 Hope (Safe Place) & Vredenburg Church (Kingdom Kids). We continue to support a number of rural crèches via Green Sparks Education, a charity run by Dianne Wallace, and managed by Alison Zikalala which increasingly is supporting our Leaver Support programme. Covid 19 has had a major impact in South Africa with increasing unemployment and hardship in the rural areas.. We have, as a result, increased support for food parcels and feeding grants.

Income 2020/21

This year’s income of £42086 is a decrease of 10% over the 2020/21 fiscal. The charity’s income was made up as follows:

	2020/21 2021/ 22
INCOME
Sponsorship	16277 16234 - 0.3%
Donations	20180 11387 -44%
Gift Aid Reclaim	4578 4566 ----
Further Education Fund	4460 8451 +89%
Leaver Support Fund	425 1243 +292%

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Achievements and performance

Misc 1 205 +++ TOTAL £46921 £42086 -10% Grants Rehoboth £23460 £19984 -15% Rehoboth Education £4216 £3862 -9% Total Rehoboth Grants £27676 £23846 -14%

Grants Continued

Green Sparks Education £1150 £3109 +270% Cornerstone School £3000 £3129 +104% Khula Crèche £4352 £2789 -36% Genesis Hope £1500 £3254 +216% Leaver Support Fund £501 £897 +79% Vrendenburg Church £1200 £2304 +192% Further Education Grants £3367 £1132 -66% Donations Other £1200 £1440 +20% Sundries £133 £0 TOTAL £ 42879 £41900 -3%

EXPENSES

Expenses were zero for the financial year 21/22.. 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 by 3% a small reduction given that our income declined by 10% We have continued to support our core grant beneficiaries and further develop our Further Education & Leaver support funds. We have also been able to support Vrendenburg Church and their Kingdom Kids ministry.

Another new area of support, our Care Leaver Support fund, has been increasingly used to help our young people leaving the care of Rehoboth Children’s village; this fund supports these young folk with needs such as food, clothing, toiletries and housing which don’t come under Education and Training.

Volunteer Information

Glen and David (Chair/Secretary) have, due to Covid, not been able to visit in this financial year. They hope to visit during 2023. The ongoing economic situation remains acute with the Covid 19 virus causing economic hardships and power outages. They have been able to stay in touch with What’s App & Zoom with our partners & housemothers & young people.

Project Information

Khula Creche, part of Genesis Hope (an outreach organization of Norwegian Settlers church), goes from strength to strength with some 90 children in the crèche. Some 400+ children are taking food parcels home per week, this together with after school teaching, computer lessons and Mobile clinic visits are reaching many people in this remote area. The project also has a Marimba band doing very well in competitions.

Green Sparks Education

We have been able to once again support Green Sparks with Creche training and grants for staff training. Crawcrook Methodist church has supported the rebuilding of a crèche in the rural community.

Genesis Hope

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Achievements and performance

We have made two grants to Safe Space supporting their feeding programmes in Mkholombe, a large squatter camp close to Norwegian Settlers Church

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.

Vrendenburg Church

We again supported the Kingdom Kids programme in this very poor community. It included a much needed new laptop.

Rehoboth Children’s Village

A major area of support continues to be Rehoboth Children’s Village. The sponsorship programme has declined by 15% this year, due more challenging economic circumstances and children leaving care, resulting in some 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. Nearly 20 children left end of 2022. 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 needs updating. 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, once again, 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 CHARITY’S POLICY NOT TO MAINTAIN RESERVES FOR THE REHOBOTH TRUST (RT), HOWEVER WE RETAIN MONEY IN AN OUTEACH AND EDUCATION AND LEAVERS’ 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 SOURCE OF INCOME.

ALL EXPENDITURE CONTINUES TO SUPPORT OUR KEY OBJECTIVES.

WE HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT TO SUPPORT OUR OUTREACH PROJECTS.

• Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy 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, SECRETARY chair, etc) Date 1stMarch 2023

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestrlcted funds to neareyt£ Rèstrfeted funds to noaresi £ Endowment fund¥ to nèarè$t£ B1 Cash funds 12,722 Total eash fvnds 12.722 {4M•bA￿Ac4Iy￿th[￿8iptsand ￿YM￿￿$ ))wntl811 Unrestrlet•d funds to ntr8rEst £ Restrtcted funds to n8are8t £ Endowm•nt lunds Dètsil$ to n•argtst£ Fuftd to whlch os$•t belon Details ¢￿t loptional} Curr•nt valu• onal Fund to whlch a88et btrlon Cost loptlonall Currentvalt* 84 As$ets retalned for tho charity'8 own use Fund to whlch Amount due When due tsonal B5 Llabllltle8 Soned by one or h¥0 tru$tee$ on behalf of all the Irust8es Signature Print Nam Dale of roval Neville Fairbaim 22.11.2022 CCXX R2 a￿oUntS ISSI 2411112022

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