## **Changing Lives in Chongwe District- Charity Reg. No. 1106904** # **Annual Report 2025** ## **Registered Office: Burlton House, The Burltons, Cromhall, GL12 8BH** ## **Contact –** 01454 294200 **email: anngreenh@gmail.com** ## **Trustees:** Chair & treasurer Ann Greenhalgh Secretary Fe Gray - Trustees Penny Kells, Elaine Moore, Enid Cole, Nic Fleming, Colin Nash Sort code:08-92-99 Account number: 65156449 ## **Independent examiner –** Tony England ## **Chairman’s Report for 2025** The year began at all four schools with 22 teachers and over 1000 children studying hard. Education in Zambia is top priority for parents and children. All teachers continued to receive a basic monthly pay from CLinC and in two schools we continued to provide a hot nutritious weekly meal for around 500 children. **----- Start of picture text -----**
St Mark’s
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St Anne’s –
nshima making!
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All four schools face problems: lack of space for both teaching and recreation, lack of funds to purchase textbooks and other essential school equipment and frequent lack of electricity due to power outages. This is caused by the falling level of water in Lake Kariba resulting in less hydroelectric power being generated. Lack of electricity affected all schools with accessing water. Without power, the taps are dry! St Anne’s does have a borehole and storage tank, so they were least affected. All other schools had to buy tanks to store water for hand washing, drinking and toilets. St Mark’s school was forced to close on ten days of term when water ran out. We hope the rains will be good this year! This is the tank at the entrance to Modern City School, with grade 7 pupils proudly wearing the sports bibs we took for them in May this year! In May, three of us visited Lusaka and spent time in all four schools. Some of the teachers had been on the new curriculum training days and we saw a much more interactive approach to learning in some of the early years classes where the new curriculum has been introduced. We are encouraging more of the teachers to take advantage of these days and then come back to school and pass on the new ideas to other teachers. This is the pre-school class at Modern City school. We were delighted to see the colourful walls and teaching materials Gracious, their teacher, had produced. There may be a shortage of books for the older pupils but teachers work hard to cover the syllabus for each grade. The grade 7 results were good again this year, although many children had difficulty finding places in secondary schools to continue their education. Hopefully most of then succeeded in the end. Early in 2025 we became aware that the landlord of Modern City School was keen to sell the property the school rented. We were asked if CLinC would be able to buy this or would we build a new school for them? During our visit we looked carefully at the rented rooms and decided they were in desperate need of repair. The most sensible solution was to look at the idea of a new, purpose-built school nearby. A piece of land was found and after much consideration, we went ahead and sent funds to purchase it. Once approval was received from Ministry departments, the land purchase was completed at the end of July. In September CLinC sent £20,000 to build the first stage of the school. To our amazement, the builders managed to almost complete this in 16 weeks and in February, grade 5,6 and 7 pupils moved into their new classrooms. Week 1. Delivery of materials Week 3.classroom walls clear to see! Week 16 – the borehole and tank are in place and the first phase is almost complete. The ceiling may still need painting… but the grade 5,6 and 7 pupils are there! The toilet block and kitchen are also now finished and in use. We wish them well and are now working hard to raise the funds for phase 2 of the school building. **St Matthias school** has also managed to buy a piece of land near the St Matthias Church. It has an existing building on it and the plan is to use this as a quieter workspace for grade 6 & 7 lessons. This will leave the younger children more room in the church. ## **Looking ahead** We have our usual fundraising planned for this year. Our first event is the **Easter Coffee Morning with Crafts’** on Saturday March 21[st] in Cromhall Village Hall. **Crafts** are always on sale in ‘Crafters’ in Wotton-under-Edge. There are some amazing craft items for sale there, so do call in when you are passing. **Marmalade and jams** will be sold throughout the year. They are available outside Burlton House in dry weather! On Saturday April 18[th] , we are holding a **Coffee Morning with a Pre-loved sale** of clothes and bric a brac of all sorts. If you live near, and have any items we can sell to raise funds for CLinC, do contact one of the trustees. We now have a CLinC Facebook page where you can keep up to date with what is happening. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61583497020830 The next page shows you how we raised and spent your money last year. **Thank you to all sponsors and supporters for your generous donations to CLinC this year. Copies of all newsletters and annual reports can be found on http://www.cromhall.com/clinc** Ann Greenhalgh - on behalf of trustees of CLinC ## **Raising funds and where we spent your money in 2025** (2024 figures provided for comparison) |**Receipts £**|**Amount**
**2025**|**Notes**|**_Amount_**
**_2024_**| |---|---|---|---| |Donations|11,634|Over half of this was gift aided. Thank you!
If you pay tax and are willing to gift aid your
donations, let me know and I will send you a
simple form to complete.|_9,302_| |Fundraising|5,450|This is from tombolas, raffles, sale of jams and
crafts throughout the year, and at coffee
mornings and craft fairs. Also sale of crafts in
‘Crafters’at Wotton.|_4,548_| |Sponsorship|0|One teacher is doing a distance learning course
and was paid out of general funds.|_670_| |Modern City
Building project|20,210|These were funds raised towards the purchase
of land and building of a new school for Modern
City School|_0_| |HMRC-Gift Aid|2,408||_2,311_| |Total income|**39,702**||_16,831_| |**Payments £**|||| |Teachers’ pay|7,210|All teachers and carers received a basic pay for
all 12 months ofthe year|_8,090_| |Feeding
Programme|2,754|Two schools received funds to enable them to
provide all pupils with one good nutritious meal
each week.|_2,940_| |Teacher
sponsorship|582|One teacher is doing a distance learning course|_958_| |School
equipment/
repairs|490|This included photocopier servicing, purchase of
strong metal trunk for storage, new curriculum
books and clipboards.|_603_| |Modern City
School Building
project|8,573|A piece of land was purchased for Mod City new
school and a baby classroom was built at St
Matthias school.|_2,150_| |Mod City rent|1,225|12 weeks rent|_950_| |Fundraising
costs|0|All donated.|_40_| |Bank charges
(UK & Zambia)|220|£9.50 in UK and £15 in Zambia per money
transfer.|_260_| |**Total spending**|**21,054**||_15,991_| NB: the money for phase 1 will reflect in the 2026 accounts as our financial year ends in September **Changing Lives in Chongwe District 1106904 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Changing Lives in Chongwe District 1106904 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 10/1/2024 9/30/2025 **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Total funds Last year** |**Section A Receipts and payments**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**|**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**|**Last year**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**
Donations
**11,634**
Fundraising
**5,450**
Sponsorship
**-**
Modern CityBuildingProject
**20,210**
HMRC Gift Aid
**2,408**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**39,702**
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**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 39,702**
**A3 Payments**
Teachers Pay& Licences
**7,210**
FeedingProgramme
**2,754**
School Repairs & Equipment
**490**
Teacher Sponsorship
**582**
BuildingProject / Land Purchase
**8,573**
Modern CityRent
**1,225**
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FundraisingCosts
**-**
Bank Charges UK & Zambia
**220**
**_Sub total_ 21,054**
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**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 21,054**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ 18,648**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**3,373**
**_Cash funds this year end_ 22,021**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases,(see table)**|**to the nearest £**
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**11,634**
**5,450**
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**2,408**
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**39,702**
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**21,054**
**18,648**
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**-**|**11,634**|**9,302**| ||||**5,450**|**4,548**| ||||**-**|**670**| ||||**20,210**|**-**| ||||**2,408**|**2,311**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**39,702**|**16,831**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**|**7,210**|**8,090**| ||||**2,754**|**2,940**| ||||**490**|**603**| ||||**582**|**958**| ||||**8,573**|**2,150**| ||||**1,225**|**950**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**40**| ||||**220**|**260**| ||||**21,054**|**15,991**| |||||| |||**-**
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**-**|**18,648**|**840**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**3,373**|**2,533**| ||**-**||**22,021**|**3,373**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
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behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
Co-Op Bank
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**Details**
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M A Greenhalgh
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**22,021**
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Margaret Ann Greenhalgh
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approval| ||M A Greenhalgh|Margaret Ann Greenhalgh|5/27/2026| ||||| CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees On accounts for the year ondod Charlty no (if any) (lo6 qo Set out on pagos I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the abjve charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended Re8ponslbllltles and basis of report As the tharitys trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the aC￿UnIS in accordance with the requirements of the Chatrtbes Act 2011 {Ihe Acf). I report in respect of my examination of the Trusys accounts carried out under section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examinerfs ststement 4ppliG￿. elete l ] rfnot applicable. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination {other than that disdosed below ") which gives me Cause to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounling records were not kept in accordance with seGtK)n 130 of the Charities Act,. or the accounts did not accord with th8 accounting records., or the a¢xounls did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and ccntent of aCc￿U￿tS set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and faiff view which is a matter considered as part of an independenl examination. I have no con￿MS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to en8ble a proper understanding of the accounts to b8 reached. . Please delete the words in the brad(ets rfthey do not apply. Slgnod: Dats: Namo: Relevant professional IER Oct 2018 quallficallon(s) or body {If any): Address: q&J' Sectioii B Disclosure Only complete If the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of chartty accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). Gfve hero brief details of any Items thatthe •Yaminor Wish￿ to .sclose. IER Oct 2018