## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 January 2023 To 31 December 2023**
**Charity name: Old Edwardians’ Association UK& Ireland**
## **Charity registration number: 1107118**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Association’s Object is:**
**To support and promote the**
**advancement of education at the school**
**by:**
**Raising public awareness in UK and**
**Ireland, of the run-down state of the**
**school and to assist in mobilising the**
**resources needed in the immediate and**
**long term for rehabilitation and**
**provision of facilities at the school.**
**Strengthening the Capacity of the**
**School in advancement of Secondary**
**School Education.**
**Developing and promoting measures for**
**effective cooperation between and**
**among the school, staff, pupils, parents**
**and Old Edwardians’ Associations in**
**Sierra Leone and abroad, for the**
**furtherance of the object and**
**Undertaking such other charitable**
**activities to advance education at the**
**school, as the Association may think fit.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We held a Variety show and Dinner &**
**Dance fundraising events during the**
**year.**
**We also held our annual Thanksgiving**
**Mass**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees wholeheartedly agree with**
**this policy guidance.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our members subscribe a fixed fee of**
**£50 for the calendar year plus other**
**voluntary contributions towards other**
**events such as our annual Thanksgiving**
**Mass.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Association had a successful**
**fundraising event in 2023.**
**We are able to contribute towards**
**Christmas stipend for all staff (Not just**
**teacher).**
**We also continued with our commitment**
**to pay for maintenance and additional**
**cleaning staff of the main school toilet**
**block making sure that facility is readily**
**available to the students when the**
**needs arises.**
**We funded some pipuls meal for the**
**annual feast day of St Edward, patron**
**saint of our school**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We continue to achieve our objectives**
**and looks for new initiative within our**
**scope**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Met**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Association is in a strong financial**
**position to continue supporting it aims.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Association always hold roughly**
**15,000.00 so that we are able to pay**
**deposits towards catering and**
**venues for fundraising events.**
**Reserves are held per sae, so that we**
**have enough float to use for upfront**
**costs in hiring venues and purchasing**
**merchandises required for fundraising**
**purposes.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
||||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Annual Dinner and Dance**
**Variety Show Event**
**Membership subscriptions and**
**Donations from members, Patrons and**
**well-wishers.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Cost of living crisis**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nomination and voting by Membership**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Old Edwardians’ UK Association and Ireland|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1107118|
|Charity’s principal address|19 Squires Close
Rochester
Kent
ME2 2TZ|
|||
## **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 (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Alvin Cole|President||Association members|
||Terence Johnson|Vice President||Association members|
||Michael Bangura|Secretary||Association members|
||Fatima Pratt|Assistant Secretary||Association members|
||Amilcar Lewis|Treasurer||Association members|
||Ambrose Johnson|Social Secretary||Association members|
||Amadu Dainkeh|MembershipSecretary||Association members|
||Andrew Johnson|Member||Association members|
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|ACole||
|---|---|---|
||Alvin Cole||
||
Chair||
||25/10/2023||
||25/10/2023||
## **Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2023**
|**_Notes_**
**Receipts**
**FUNDRAISING AND OTHER EVENTS**
Centenary DD Tickets
Variety Show
Dinner & Dance
Thanksgiving Celebrations
Other Schools support
Ticket exchange
GoFundMe
**MEMBERSHIP, BENEVOLENCE & DONATIONS**
Monthly Meeting Subs
Membership Subscription
Foundation Day Celebrations
Christmas Party Donations
Benevolence
Meet & Greet
Centenary Fundraising Contribution
**DONATIONS**
Hall Hire
Refreshment
**DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL**
Scholarship fund
**MERCHANDISE**
School merchandise
Postage
**OTHERS**
Kit Sponsor
Donations
Account No 2 funds transfer
**Total receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**31-Dec-23**
**£**
7,844
22,833
2,789
940
555
3,075
120
1,155
240
60
120
955
15
**40,701**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**31-Dec-22**
**£**
3,885
13,051
19,670
3,599
1,075
788
1,837
1,005
3,360
1,045
10
2,215
885
650
120
7,162
41
300
2,400
97|
|---|---|---|
|||**63,194**|
## **Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2023**
|**_Notes_**
**Payments**
**FUNDRAISING EVENTS & GRANTS**
Variety Show
Dinner & Dance
Thanksgiving Celebrations
Ticket exchange
**ASSOCIATION MERCHANDISE**
**MEMBERSHIP, BENEVOLENCE & DONATIONS**
Foundation Day Celebrations
Meet & Greet
Christmas Party
Benevolence
**DIRECT SUPPORT TO THE SCHOOL**
School Reburbishment Project
Centenary Legacy & Gifts
Scholarship / Bursary
Toilet Block Maintaince
Feast Day
**GOVERNANCE & ADMIN**
Monthly Meeting (Hall Hire & Refreshments)
Card Payment Machine
Postage/Stationery
ZOOM annual subscription
ZOOM Hybride Equipments
Trophies & Medals
Miscellaneous
Bank Charges
Other schools' functions
Website Design
Association Brass Band
**Total payments**
**Net of receipts/(payments) for the year**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**31-Dec-23**
4,571
13,803
2,655
548
997
970
1,413
1,000
100
1,128
15
244
63
1,425
370
2,289
**31,591**
9,110
30,871
**39,982**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**31-Dec-22**
9,746
13,526
2,893
416
7,935
723
182
1,052
2,660
6,797
4,681
1,113
23
22
144
947
289
10
71
755|
|---|---|---|
|||**53,984**|
|||9,211
21,661|
|||**30,871**|
## **Old Edwardians' Association UK and Ireland**
## **Statement of Financial Activities for the year ending 31 December 2023**
||**Unrestricted**|**Unrestricted**|
|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**|
|**_Notes_**|**31-Dec-23**|**31-Dec-22**|
## **Statement of financial Position as at 31 December 2023**
|Bank Account 1
39,982
Bank Account 2-
**Total at Bank**
**39,982**
**Funds of the Association**
Unrestricted funds
39,982
**Total funds**
**39,982**
**Debtors**
Hackney Council
_outstandng deposit_
200
Oasis Banqueting
_outstandng deposit_
1000
Imperial Banqueting
_outstandng deposit_
750
Association Members
_due on stocks, tickets_
405
**2,355**
**Creditors**
School Toilet Mainteance
_(Nle 7,225)_
**Remaining Stock**_(valued at selling price)_
**No**
Blanchet
9
180
Brown
10
200
Mulcahy
7
140
O'Gorman
16
320
T-Shirt
5
50
Old Ladies T Shirt
6
90
Centenary Blue
12
300
Centenary White
13
325
Caps Curve
15
300
Caps Flat
12
240
Blazer
7
455
Ceremonial ties
102
1530
Centenary ties
80
2000
Bow ties
63
945
Hat bands
35
525
Metal badges
50
500
**3,970**|30,871|
|---|---|
||**30,871**|
||30,871|
||**30,871**|
|||
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1 January 2023 To 31 December 2023**
**Charity name: Old Edwardians’ Association UK& Ireland**
## **Charity registration number: 1107118**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The Association’s Object is:**
**To support and promote the**
**advancement of education at the school**
**by:**
**Raising public awareness in UK and**
**Ireland, of the run-down state of the**
**school and to assist in mobilising the**
**resources needed in the immediate and**
**long term for rehabilitation and**
**provision of facilities at the school.**
**Strengthening the Capacity of the**
**School in advancement of Secondary**
**School Education.**
**Developing and promoting measures for**
**effective cooperation between and**
**among the school, staff, pupils, parents**
**and Old Edwardians’ Associations in**
**Sierra Leone and abroad, for the**
**furtherance of the object and**
**Undertaking such other charitable**
**activities to advance education at the**
**school, as the Association may think fit.**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**We held a Variety show and Dinner &**
**Dance fundraising events during the**
**year.**
**We also held our annual Thanksgiving**
**Mass**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees wholeheartedly agree with**
**this policy guidance.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**|
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Our members subscribe a fixed fee of**
**£50 for the calendar year plus other**
**voluntary contributions towards other**
**events such as our annual Thanksgiving**
**Mass.**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Association had a successful**
**fundraising event in 2023.**
**We are able to contribute towards**
**Christmas stipend for all staff (Not just**
**teacher).**
**We also continued with our commitment**
**to pay for maintenance and additional**
**cleaning staff of the main school toilet**
**block making sure that facility is readily**
**available to the students when the**
**needs arises.**
**We funded some pipuls meal for the**
**annual feast day of St Edward, patron**
**saint of our school**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**We continue to achieve our objectives**
**and looks for new initiative within our**
**scope**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**Met**|
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|---|---|---|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Association is in a strong financial**
**position to continue supporting it aims.**|
|---|---|---|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Association always hold roughly**
**15,000.00 so that we are able to pay**
**deposits towards catering and**
**venues for fundraising events.**
**Reserves are held per sae, so that we**
**have enough float to use for upfront**
**costs in hiring venues and purchasing**
**merchandises required for fundraising**
**purposes.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£15,000**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**|
||||
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Annual Dinner and Dance**
**Variety Show Event**
**Membership subscriptions and**
**Donations from members, Patrons and**
**well-wishers.**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Cost of living crisis**|
|Other||**N/A**|
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Association**|
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Nomination and voting by Membership**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charityname|Old Edwardians’ UK Association and Ireland|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1107118|
|Charity’s principal address|19 Squires Close
Rochester
Kent
ME2 2TZ|
|||
## **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 (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Alvin Cole|President||Association members|
||Terence Johnson|Vice President||Association members|
||Michael Bangura|Secretary||Association members|
||Fatima Pratt|Assistant Secretary||Association members|
||Amilcar Lewis|Treasurer||Association members|
||Ambrose Johnson|Social Secretary||Association members|
||Amadu Dainkeh|MembershipSecretary||Association members|
||Andrew Johnson|Member||Association members|
||||||
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
|**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**|
|---|---|---|
|**adviser**|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|ACole||
|---|---|---|
||Alvin Cole||
||
Chair||
||25/10/2023||
||25/10/2023||