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Trustees, Annual Report for the period I Period stsrt dale ' Period end date ". Mvnin Yesr 2022 From Ye8f 2022 01 01 Section A Reference and administration details Charlty name Friends of Hope for Africa Missions Othor namos charlty is known by FHAM Registsred charity number (If any 1107368 Charity's prfncipal address 37 Fifth Road Newbury Berkshire RG14 6DN Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Truste• name Office lif any) Dat88 aeted if not for whole year Narne of ￿rSOn lor body entitled to appoint trustse lif an Mr David Staunton Chairman Mr Christopher Evans Mr James Mabbett Mrs Vivien Staunton Mr Kevin Staunton Resigned 4th August 2Q22 Treasurer 10 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Names of tha trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted If not for whole ear TAR January 2023

Names and addresses of advisers Ioptional information) e of adviser Name Address Narne of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional inforniationl Section B Structure, overnance and mana ement Description of the charity's trusts MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION Irrtowrated on 27 August 2004 as amonded by speGral resolution dated 26 Novernber 2004. Certffjcate of InC0wrat￿n on change of name dated 2 December 2004 Type of governing document How the charity is constituted Thi% is a company limited by guaraniet. a charity sel up to promote chr￿tI3nty wrthin the Al￿an conlin8nt The company has to compty both th& Compan￿8 Act 1985 and the SORP. The charty operates insKle an¢ outside England and Wak$ and Afric•. Trustee selection melhods The current trustees have been C￿pted,. they volunlarity offered their seN1￿8 lo create thk4 charity and work together 10 $UPPDrt the work thai it was sei up to do. They all have 8 desire to 8?N8 God in the procL8malion of the Gospel of Jesus ChrLI and We￿ already illv0￿ed in $imiL4r aclNIlEs in En9land In Africa. No time hrnrt h8s been set by the chanly as lo their penod of Service. their coniinu8nce will a￿ayS be Subject 10 their sympathy and compliancè with organisalions Obje￿￿05. bel￿ts and winciples. Foi the near futu￿. the charity arro5 to $lrengtr¢n its base by rtropting other Iike-mind8d Additional governance Issues (Optional infomiation) You may choose lo include additional information, where relevant. about.. Frieftds ol Hop? for Afrlca Missions IFHAMI, Is a non-profit making Chnslian org2ni&ation, vJho$è primary aim is lo partner and support the Charitab￿ work that is caffted OLrt by Ilop8 for Afitè Mis&ons IHfAMI. HfAM Is 8 South Atrun Charty, whrh ￿rrentlY provwJes spiritual IBtsI? basedl, financial and practrtal assistance 10 various ￿MMunrtles in Northern South Africa, in tnany African counlrEs. especiaNy In M02ambique. Mal8wI, Zimbabwe. Lesotho and Swazilan(l. Its projects are church b&sed and Include agncullural devebyrent, education for ¢Yphgns, t￿hniCal training. and ￿ad￿rshiP training. We aim 10 SUPPOrf HfAM and 115 programme of Chriiian. c(xnmunty based 5u5tsInab￿ development. In particular we sh811 be responsibk for European 8clivities In co-ordinating. the raising and donation of funds by Individuals. groups and churthe$ vi4rts to ￿tAM. lo gNe help and a5818tsnce in their wo assistance to those who are cal￿d 10 Serve God %vrthin HfAM. short or knn9er iemi provision of pasloTal and deve1Dw￿￿tal (spiritual. financial and praclrall sUPPOrt, lo of HrAM. We will work wrth PtrAM as Ihelr partners, by followSng oui Lord Jesus. examp￿ in providltyj fof thèir physitAI need. We believe that Jesu5 ￿ the Cttri8t. Ibe Son of God, and by belbving In Him we hava hfe Ihrougtt His name. As chihJren of GCNJ. w8 8éek to serv? Him. as H? wouk1 like us to. in shariw the me9$8ge of H gospel that all Should corr£ lo him Ihrough repentsnce 8nd tsiltt. Vve believe that the Bib￿ ts God's word and desire lo I1¥& by ils standards and prattice$ We balieye that as th8 Lord Jesu$ tarèd for tliose %Yith %Yhom ￿ tame into contsGt that we shoul¢ top. We believe lttat 88 Ihe &"ble teaches, Ihe prayer of the righ￿0￿8 man k8 powerful and elfectwe" lJame$ 5 161 We believe In the sharing of Go(S'8 love lo all."for Gc¢J so h)¥ed I￿ WOfk1, that He gave his on $on' (John 3.161- We beliwe that God has mad? rt POS8ibk frJr all our needs lo be sUp￿￿d through The Lotd Jesus Christ policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees., the charity's organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works.. relationship with any related parties., trustees, consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage Ihem. Flnanco and Administration- The Board of Direcots and Trustaes hav& overall resw)n8ibihty for al the deusion making and actMdie5 Wrth FHAM Certain re5p0ll5ib11rt￿S and function5 h8¥e been delegated to rtiwlors. trnslees arKJ others ￿t￿1Th the oryan1s8110n. Our bankers are HSBC Pk, 26 Broad Street. Reading. Berkshire. RG1 28U. There is more than one sKJnalure lo these accounts. We ar8 bound 10 compty wrth all the financial 189ulations. as stipulated by Compans House and The Charitie5 Commis5￿n. and 95 5u¢h we maintain propBr fina￿￿1 ￿CordS. and publish fe9ular finanrjal stalements. We afe regislered for receiving gfft aided donations We are du bound lo ensure that all transactions OF activiligs yndertaken are in the b•st Int•re$t of TAR January 2023

'Ihe Charity, and that God's name Is not in anyw3y dksttonoured or broughi Into ¢Jisrepute. Fundr8i&ing- perm15sion lo be souyht and gNen b￿Ore prO￿edIng. Gift¥ and or donation3 will te relused, which are deemed lo be obtained Illegalty or fr8udulenlty e.g. drug related, proslrtulion, bnb8ry or If for any other reason that Ihe 'board' may feel unwis? lo accept such a grft Accountlng for Prol8Cts- Projeths are assessed, iustffied and agréed upon by tthh reopienis and FHAM. In'lhe fiel¢'. they are rnonilored and Iradfed by desigfialed Indi¥iduals. Tralnlng The pwenl Iru5tees a￿ aware from pa$1 experiences of the responsibilrtie$ Involved In hDl¢ing the posrtion and, as a b(￿y. we con51anUy remin¢ oursefve5 Qf our dut￿$. As new Iruslees join, training area which addre55ed Relatsonship with our main beneliciary Hope for Aln"ca Mi88ion$ IHfAMI To ensure accountability. ¢r8dibility and susiainabihty with HfAM we work continually on our proc6$s8S, establishing working procedures and vaiious repoTIiry systems. In addit￿ll there are appraisal vL%i15 nd constsnl communr81ion with their officiaL5. RecognBing and understanding their desires, aims and cuttural difftrrence5 as VR wotk wrth them and to 8$SlSt ourselves and any one wi¥hing to be 1nVDlved. we have InlroduTrd a 'Printyple5 an¢ Practitts Guideline for UK Short Term Visrtors lo Hope For Afr￿a Mlssions {HF￿N1' Rglatsonship with our dOn0￿-￿e aim lo maintain ¢￿tsc1 and keep them up lo dale. Ourwebsite Is w¥¥w.Iham.co.uk. Section C Ob"ectives and activities Summary of tho objects of the charity set out in its governing document Th& thatity governed by the objectives. set out In the 'rnernorandum of a5$0?ation'. the prime airn being. lo promote Christianity 88￿CIalty In the African conlinenl". The Ct>mp8ny ￿ governed by all the obiectnfes slale(J In the Memorandum and Article5 of A&80C18tion and all its busine$$ 1$ to be ¢ondu¢ted att(dingly. In addilion thère are other p(Aicies an# guidelines. which may be Introduced by the 'd1￿clOr5 and Iruslees. of the CTrTpanylChanty. which are deetned necessary 10 35sisI in the smooth tunning Df the Charity and lo ensure the safety and secur of all those Involved In the exeartion of tasks associated with rt. Summary ol the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects {include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance Issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit) To woth In partnership with org8nLations and bodies of all kinds. whether In Afnca or elsewhere, IQT the furtherance of the Christian Gospel. Providin9 spiritual. financial and piaditAI ats$istanc& ￿ thè Christian churth in Africa and to organi5alions 8nd groups, which fvrther the Christ18n farth in Afru. Promoting and facilrtating of Chnsiian education. Encour3giry a5s1s1ing wetrare adivilie5 and projelts. Raising funds, Inviting snd ￿ceIVing conlribulions. Establishiny and svpporting or giving aid tts charitaNe tmsL8. assorAations or institutions and 10 subscribe or guarantse mon8y lor chamabk purpo88$ In any way o)nnected wrth or calculated lo further any of the objec15 of the Company. Doing all or any Ihirvjs hereinbÈfo￿ aulhorised erther alone. or In conjunction With any othÈr chanlabk organ￿atIon, institution, sOCEty or body with which this company 15 3ulhor4sed lo arnalgamate. TAR January 2023

Additional details of objectives and activities Ioptlonal infomiatlonl You may ch005e to include further statements, where relevanl, about". policy on grantmaking., policy programme related investment., contribution made by volunteers. Section D Achievements and performance TAR January 2023

Section D Achievements and performance Summary ofthe main achievements of the charity during the year 31 Development COillin..e: expand our donor base. We are still pursuing aim of strenglheniry our board of Iluslees. bl During the year finanual support In the rnain was raised to assist Grace Chn51ian Schoo building proje&, owned by Hope For Africa M￿S1On8 In Siyabuswa . Pretoria , South Athca and the development work In Lesotho. el Inc0￿e of £26,906, was raised in the year - 51% for the developrnenl woik in Lesotho, 370 supportlng the buikjing exltrnsion project al Tr Giac& School S4vabuswa. 8% supporting $ludents eduGalion in Swabusw3. a￿1 4% oth91 minor projects. TAR January 2023

Section E Financial review Funds In the main are proJ8o rela￿j and disbursed a8 recewed. Brief statement of the charity's policy on reseThes Details of any funds materially in deficit There are ￿￿entlY nofunds matenally in deficbt. Further financial review details (Optional information) You may choose lo include additional information, where relevant about: the charrty's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)", how expenditure has supported the key objectives of Ihe charrty., investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. Prfn¢lp818oU￿￿8 of lunth- Funds were donated by a vanous Individua connected wrth churches. by Ghurches. Schools and fundrai$￿9 event$ Expendlttsre mad8to supportthe char6ty'8 key objec￿Ves-The monEs receNed supported the 04'ectr4ÉS they strt out kn achve. Inv8sbnent policy and obl8¢￿Ve8- Curienly we have no inve51menl pdry or objectwes. Section F Other optional information Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Signed on behalf of the charity's trustees Signaturels} Full name{s) Position le.g. Secretsry, Chair, elc) Kevin Michael Staunton Treasurer Date 14th February 2023 TAR January 2023

Frfgnds ol ForAthca Receipts and pa ments accounts CC16a Fortho penod from To Section A Receipts and payments Endowment lund8 lund8 tothvrM￿If To￿1 14th11a8 Last yfraT A1 Recei FHAM Proi8cl¥ in S¢um Afnc FA Projects In Sotsih Afncg HFA Gra￿ SdKW £12• £120 £12 FA B￿e Cd £7DD E1.5 HFA Scmoi BU1￿1￿ Proièr HFA Ptole￿¥ in Zifflbatrwe FA Proiecls In Moz8rntrMqub HFA Pro￿￿$ In Mala HFA Proiecis In LeBOtho HFA Pioiea¥ in S¥vazll￿d 14155l0r￿ry Sup Swsor A siudent Sronsor A Owh8n App2BI3 Admini5ttst￿ Supwi GeDwal FunLlng £I0.OOD £1 É7.190 É7.190 É30.8$2 È16 É7.580 El125 È4 Sub tot81 A2 A•3•t and iTrv•Btrn•Dt •t£. Total rtc•Apts A3 Ptym•nts FHAM ProJ8Ct¥ South Afn HFA ProJ£cts In SothhAfnca ￿FAG￿ Spthoc HFA Bl￿e Cdlege FA S¢rwl Buildiry Prqeci SwsorA Student Srty¥or An OTphan HFA Projecis In Zimbe￿Ie HFA Pro￿￿3 in Moz8fflixque HFA Proje￿5 In Malw*i HFA Proeths In Lesotho HFA Pr￿5 In S¥R21￿nd Mis8ion8ry Supp Appeals Fundraisin9 ExpBnsèA A£Jministt3I￿ Support GeTh￿l Funclng EIJOD E1.978 ElS41 £404 £404 E15.15 £1129 E27,661 EO,228 7.7 £6J$ Sub total A4 tsset and lThv••trn•nt rotslpayments £56,292 £38193 £39,4eo Netofr8c81plg(￿¥morfs) AS bwlwfjen fuDd 11.3841 A6 Cash lunds l&siy•fjrénd Cash lunds this yearend £26.486 £26M86 £15,101 £21.127 £26.485

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period UnrÈstriCt•d lunds REstrictid funds lunds 81 Cash lunds NJc7142¢d29 £12.947 71440179 Je I142￿7 roi cash lunds £15,101 Unrestrfct¢d fu￿•y￿ R4striCtsd lund• En&Dw￿￿t D¢tsil¥ 82 Oth8r monatsry a#ats Fiiidl¢ Detai18 on B3 Investment as60ts FLIOl0 thkh D¢iai18 B4 Ass6t8 r8talned lorthe chprity'¥ own use Anwntduv ONI Oelails 85 Llabllrtlgs sw byonetytth)truSte¥scn Siwaiure Pnnt Namè Daia ol VAI Kevkn Sthuoton 14-Feb.23

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Friends of Hope for Africa missions members of On accounts for the year 31 December 2022 Charity no 1107368 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 and 2 ) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2022 Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 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 I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed:
Name:
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address:
GADouglas
Date:
16 January 2023
Gaius A Douglas
Institute of Financial Accountants
Golden Grove,
Keeston Hill, Haverfordwest

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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