2025-03-31-accounts

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From	Period start date			To	Period end date
	Day 1st	Month April	Year 2024		Day 31st	Month March	Year 2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[Hope and Kindness Ministry ]

965558.

Registered charity number (if any)1108996 1 Mulgrave Road Middlesbrough North Yorkshire Postcode TS5 6PU ~~——~~	Registered charity number (if any)1108996 1 Mulgrave Road Middlesbrough North Yorkshire Postcode TS5 6PU ~~——~~
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Mr Terry Mott Treasurer 2 Mrs Judith Mott Secretary 3 Mr Robin Baker Chairman 4 Mr Jonathan May 5 Dr Tim Kenny ~~ae~~
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year ~~ae~~

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

TAR

April 2009

1

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

TAR

April 2009

2

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

Trust Deed

How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trust

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.

Section C Objectives and activities

• 1) The advancement of the Christian Faith

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its 2) The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship or governing document distress or who are orphaned, aged or sick in the United Kingdom, Kenya and elsewhere.

TAR

April 2009

3

Summary of 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)

3) The advancement of education, in the United Kingdom, Kenya and elsewhere, on the basis of Christian principles and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing the provisions of such education in any educational establishment and if the trustees so decide the provision of one or more charitable educational establishments for the general education of children or adults on the basis of such Christian principle. 4) The provision of resources and financial support in the United Kingdom, Kenya and elsewhere that enable poor and needy people to improve their quality of life.

1)The advancement of the Christian Faith._Church growth continued during this year. The leadership team became increasingly confident. The work of our youth church leaders has been very fruitful. In October, 22 young people aged 15 to 20 and 6 ladies from the adult church were baptised. The church also continued to meet the needs of members in a practical way. The whole church, young and old, completed a house building project, living out the guiding scripture of the church, John 13:25, which says, “By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” 2)_The relief of persons who are in conditions of need, hardship, or distress or who are orphaned aged or sick. During this year people living in Kenya experienced a period of severe flooding and a very poor harvest. As a result of the unexpected donations that keep coming in to Hope and Kindness, we were able to provide food assistance to some of our neighbours and to the families of our school children during the August and end of year school holidays. Hope and kindness also continued to give housing assistance to a number of families. Hope and Kindness Ministry provided residential care for children and young people in Kosele, Western Kenya. The number of children permanently cared for in the Children’s Home remained at 12. 3)The advancement of education, in the United Kingdom, Kenya and elsewhere. The Nursery and Primary Schools that Hope and Kindness maintains continued to provide for the educational needs of 250 children. Teacher training continued during the year. New teachers benefitted from our well-established training in pedagogical skills, delivered by our team of Kenyan school leaders, as well as by Terry and Judi Mott. The use and development of ICT resources in teaching and learning continued. The Junior High School expanded in January 2025 with the addition of a Grade 9 class. This means that Hope and Kindness now provides education to children in Kenya across the full span of ECD, Primary and Junior SecondarySchool education.

TAR

April 2009

4

Hope and Kindness continued to maintain high standards in teaching and learning during this year. Our approach to education is respected within the local educational community and we enjoy a good relationship with local and county education departments. 4) The provision of resources and financial support in the United Kingdom, Kenya and elsewhere that enable poor and needy people to improve their quality of life . We are extremely thankful that Hope and Kindness Ministry has been able to maintain its provision of food and medical assistance to needy members of the local community in this period. Rent payments were maintained to meet the housing needs for needy families during this period.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

TAR

April 2009

5

Despite continuing economic uncertainties during this period Hope and Kindness has maintained a sufficient level of funding to maintain all commitments to education and community assistance in this financial year. As in previous years income has been generated through a combination of sponsorship and donations.

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

• policy on grant making;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Volunteers’ commitments to the success of Hope and Kindness have remained critical to our capacity to achieve our aims and we are extremely thankful for their continuing contribution to our work in Kenya. Income generation in Kenya remains challenging. The long-term prospects for our Fish Farming business, which involves rearing tilapia fingerlings for sale to cage fish farmers on Lake Victoria, are good. However, fluctuations in the market, caused by economic insecurity in the Kenyan economy and environmental challenges on Lake Victoria make it difficult to establish strong growth in our business.

TAR

April 2009

6

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

• Continuous provision of care for 12 orphans at the orphanage in Kosele, Western Kenya. As in previous years all running costs for the orphanage are met without incurring any debts or running an overdraft. The children receive a high standard of care, nutrition and education from a long-established team of Kenyan care staff and teachers.

• Continuing provision of full-time nursery and primary education for 250 children. All of these children receive free breakfast and lunch at school.

• Successful addition of a third class to the Junior High School.

• Further development of computer resources, especially training staff in the use of ICT to support learning and development of inhouse capacity to create more ICT based learning resources through additions to the bespoke ‘Learning Zone’ system.

• Continuing development of the fish farming business, focusing on resilience to shocks in the local market and improvements to the greenhouse infrastructure required for the success of the business. The technical demands of successfully maintaining year-round, 24/7 operating capacity are challenging, but the fish farm team has managed to keep up production in spite of the challenges.

• It has proved very difficult to establish the cricket farming project as a viable business and source of feed for our fish farming business. We remain optimistic that it can make a contribution in both of these areas in the future but during this year a decision was made to halt the project until such time as more resources (principally time and labour) are available to develop cricket production to the same level of productivity as the fish farm.

• Hope and Kindness was able to assist community members in meeting food, housing, employment, medical and other family needs during this year. Generous donations made it possible to provide more assistance than in the previous year.

• It is very challenging for people to find employment in the formal sector in Kenya. Changes to the welfare system in Kenya at government level create a challenging environment for employers. Hope and Kindness remains a significant local employer, providing very good working conditions and training for employees. Thanks to the expertise of the Kenyan management and leadership team all employer contributions to government health and social insurance schemes are paid on time every month enabling all employees to enjoy uninterrupted access to government health services.

• Hope and Kindness has raised sufficient financial support for the organisation’s work during this year, and has sustained income

TAR

April 2009

7

Section D Achievements and performance

derived from sponsorship and donations during this period. The entire Hope and Kindness team, in Kenya and in the UK, is extremely grateful for the loyalty and commitment of long-term sponsors and donors who make the work in Kosele possible.

• Hope and Kindness owns all of the land and buildings that it works from and has no debt.

• During this period Terry and Judi Mott worked with the leadership team in Kenya to plan for the continuing operation of Hope and Kindness in Kenya in the long term. As a long-established charitable organisation, the trustees of Hope and Kindness in the UK and the leadership team in Kenya recognise the necessity of legacy planning for the future. Active steps are now being taken in the form of training and review of operating procedures and systems to prepare Hope and Kindness to continue providing the services detailed elsewhere in this document in the future.

TAR

April 2009

8

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

Hope and Kindness owns all of the land, buildings and resources needed for the work carried out in Kenya and has no debt. Despite challenging operating conditions, we remain committed to developing our fish farming business as a viable, Kenya based, income generator. A Gift Aid claim will be made in 2025 covering a three-year period. Claiming Gift Aid in this way enables Hope and Kindness to inject a significant boost into our finances. Sponsorship and donations continue to be a reliable source of income.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

N/A

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

• As in previous years, Hope and Kindness Ministry has successfully maintained a commitment to keeping administrative costs low.

• The provision of education for learners from in the ECD, Primary and Junior Secondary phases of education remains the most significant activity that Hope and Kindness engages in. Previous Trustees Annual Reports (TARs) have documented the changes in the education system that the Kenyan government has brought to the education system in Kenya. These changes, while positive in intention, have created a challenging operating environment for both private and public schools. In these circumstances Hope and Kindness has benefitted from having a good in-house training system which ensures that we have well-trained teachers. In addition, our commitment to building strong leadership capacity ‘on the ground’ in Kenya is a strength of our organisation.

We continue to believe that investing time, resources and care into our staff and project development is the best way of making sure that Hope and Kindness will go forward confidently in the future. Ultimately this will ensure that Hope and Kindness remains capable of making a significant difference in the lives of children, young people and their families in and around Kosele.

Section F Other optional information

TAR

April 2009

9

Section G Declaration

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Judith Mott Full name(s) Terry Brian Mott Position (eg Secretary, Secretary Chair, etc)[Treasurer ]

Date 19[th] January 2026

TAR

April 2009

10

	Hope and Kindness Ministry	Hope and Kindness Ministry	Hope and Kindness Ministry			No (if any)	No (if any)
						1108996
	Receipts andpayments accounts								CC16a
For the period from ~~ee~~			Period start date 01/04/24 ~~ee ~~		To ~~ee ~~		Period end date 31/03/25 ~~ee~~
Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds		Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest £	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations	31,432		-		-		31,432		35,670
Sponsorship	80,204		-		-		80,204		77,214
Gift Aid Received	-		-		-		-		-
Interest Received	2		-		-		2		2
Just Giving	3,833		-		-		3,833		6,091
Paypal to NW Account			-		-		-		4,770
Paypal Sponsorship	870		-		-		870		1,200
Paypal Donations	4,276		-		-		4,276		1,391
Charities Trust	750		-		-		750
Stewardship	3,246		-		-		3,246
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	(Gross income for AR)124,613		-		-		124,613		126,338
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 124,613 - - 124,613 126,338 ~~——————~~
A3 Payments
IMT Commission	162		-		-		162		96
IMT Kosele	155,000		-		-		155,000		85,000
Just GivingFees	216		-		-		216		360
Trustee Air Fare			-		-		-		-
PayPal ProcessingFees	91		-		-		91		205
Account Correction			-		-		-		1,500
Bank Charges	682		-		-		682		666
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
**Sub total **	156,151		-		-		156,151		87,827
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 156,151 - - 156,151 87,827 ~~——————~~
Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end	- 31,538 - - - 31,538 38,511 - - - - - 75,340 - - 75,340 - 43,802 - - 43,802 38,511 ~~—S=—_=S=>==>=~~									511 - - 38,511

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

26/01/2026

1

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

					Unrestricted Restricted		Endowment
	Categories		Details		funds funds		funds
					to nearest £ to nearest £		to nearest £
	B1 Cash funds	- - - - - - - - - - - - Total cash funds ~~SS=~~
			(agree balances with receipts and payments	(agree balances with receipts and payments
			account(s))		Agreement Error OK		OK
					Unrestricted Restricted		Endowment
					funds funds		funds
			Details		to nearest £ to nearest £		to nearest £
	B2 Other monetary assets	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~===~~
			Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
	B3 Investment assets	- - - - - - - - - - ~~ae~~
			Details		Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional)		Current value (optional)
	B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~mat~~
					Fund to which Amount due		When due
			Details		liability relates (optional)		(optional)
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities CCXX R2 accounts (SS)	- - - - - Date of approval 14/01/26 Signature Print Name TERRY BRIAN MOTT 2 26/01/2026 ~~=~~

26/01/2026

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of

Charity Name

Hope and Kindness Ministry

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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended DD / MM / YYYY .

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 [The charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 and I am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examination by being a qualified member of [insert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ ] if not applicable.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have 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:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or

• the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or

• the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

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.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: JM Scott Date: 25[th] January 2026

Name:

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body

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Oct 2018

IER

(if any):

Address:

38 Park Lane Bewdley Worcs, DY12 2EU

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 .

2

Oct 2018

IER