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Samburu Trust UK

Annual Report 2024

INDEX

Page
1. General Legal and Administrative Information 1
2. Trustees and Governance 2
3. History and background to the charity 2
4. Report of the Trustees 3
5. Policies of the Trustees 5
6. Declaration of the Chairman of the Trustees 5
7. Statement of Accounts 6

1. General Legal and Administrative Information

Name

The name of the charity is Samburu Trust UK. Previously known as Ol Malo Charitable Trust and The Ol Malo Trust.

Registration Number

The charity is registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, registration number 1109421.

Accounting Reference Date

31st March in each calendar year

Principal Address

Park House 103A High Street Tarporley CW6 0AB

Bankers

HSBC 47 Eastgate Street Chester CH1 1XW

Auditors

Hall, Livesey, Brown 68 High Street Tarporley CW6 0AT

Governing Document

The charity is governed by a Declaration of Trust dated 6th October 2004 as amended by supplemental deeds dated 15th April 2005, 31st August 2006 and 19th February 2013.

Objects of the charity

The charity exists for the relief of poverty, hardship and distress, the advancement of education and the protection and promotion of good health among the inhabitants of Kenya, in particular among the Samburu community of the Kirimun/ North Laikipia area, by such exclusively charitable means as the Trustees shall from time to time determine.

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2. Trustees & Governance

Trustees are appointed on the basis that they are supportive of the aims of the Trust, that they have particular talents, skills, knowledge and experience for the effective administration of the charity, and that they are willing to serve. All new Trustees are appointed by a resolution of the Trustees passed at a special meeting of Trustees.

Name of Trustee Dates during which the
named trustee acted
Emily Bell 1/4/06–current
Daniel Morris 1/4/06–current
Alun Newby 8/4/11–current

The Trustees carried out all their business via written resolutions in accordence with the amendments to the Trust Deed effected on 31st August, 2006.

3. History and background to the charity

The Samburu Trust was started on a small family run lodge in Northern Kenya during the 1998-2000 drought, out of a need to provide food to the neighbouring women and children. Julia Francombe raised money to feed the local community by selling the paintings and beadwork of the Samburu women and children to tourists.

Forging a close bond with Samburu people, Julia began to observe their physical and spiritual environment and saw that the trust could support and uplift the Samburu to do what they do best, without interfering with their lives and culture, creating a unique relationship built on mutual trust and respect.

For over 20 years, the Trust has worked tirelessly and below the radar on six key areas: education, women, health, water, security and wildlife. From eradicating trachoma in our region, responding to medical emergencies on the ground and providing clean drinking water for people and animals to partnering with the government by creating resources for the new national curriculum and providing data to protect wildlife corridors from planning and development to reduce human/wildlife conflict, our projects are continuously developing and growing in scope and ambition.

4. Report of the Trustees

Administration

Samburu Trust UK is a registered Charity with HM Revenue and Customs for tax purposes. This enables the charity to reclaim income tax in relation to donations made by UK resident individuals via the Gift Aid scheme and gives UK tax

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exemptions in relation to income and capital gains arising in the course of charitable activity. Tax Reclaims continue to be made annually at the end of every financial year.

Links have been made with the JustGiving and Donorbox platforms and the Charity Payments department of the Charities Aid Foundation. Individuals, in the UK, can give their tax repayments as a donation through their tax return by quoting reference EAS59KG in the appropriate section of their tax return.

Activities and achievements

This year the Samburu Trust UK successfully continued its ongoing fund raising activities. Grants were made to Samburu Trust Kenya to further the objects of the charity as previously stated. The grants were utilised in six main areas: Medical, Water, Beading Workshop, Wildlife/Security, Education, and Drought/Famine Relief.

Medical

The Samburu people face many hazards in their daily lives including burns, gunshots, poisoning, snakebites, and infections. For over 20 years we have provided basic in situ medical support. For more serious issues we have provided access to the nearest hospitals and covered the costs of treatment.

We have successfully undertaken a project to eradicate trachoma in the local population and are now putting a lot of effort into providing cataract treatment. We partner with the government hospitals and have built long-term partnerships with doctors and surgeons throughout Kenya.

Water

To date we have built 11 Samburu Reservoirs and estimate that each one provides clean drinking water to approximately 1000 people and their livestock. In 2023 two additional dams were built and ongoing maintenance of existing dams has been undertaken. We continue to test and implement Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR).

Beading Workshop

We continue to support women passing their traditional craft of beading on to the next generation. We give 98 women an income, celebrating and sharing their cultural traditions of beading and dancing thus enabling them to feed their families and community, giving them freedom to live how they choose

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Throughout the year our intention was to support the people, Wildlife Security via our council of elders to keep the peace, prevent illegal poaching of elephants, protect wildlife and provide safe passage through community lands, protecting people who share environments with wildlife.

The 11 Morani Ones (our team of Samburu warrior scouts who work out in the communities covering hundreds of miles) create a strong link between the ground and regional KWS stations.

Over the past 20 years our education provision has continued to Education evolve. From nomad schools to fixed classrooms on site at Ol Malo. Always focusing on local language, with excellent feedback as primary pupils go onto government school.

We trained teachers and expanded with a second school in the north of our territory.

Recognised by local government for what we achieved, we have now partnered with them, merging our existing schools with two new government schools. We help provide furnishings, teaching materials and continue to contribute to teacher training and salaries. We also support local children with school fees where necessary.

We are currently supporting 110 children enrolled in government schools and we are expanding our scope to provide culturally relevant education for all Samburu children. We have been working on a knowledge bank of Samburu wisdom and learnings, for several years and now the government has requested this work to be expanded and developed into materials for a new national curriculum specifically tailored for mother tongue learning.

Drought/Famine Relief

2023 saw the end of a very severe 3 year drought which was followed by extreme weather with devastating floods in early 2024. We experienced a larger than usual demand for drought relief in terms of feed for cattle and people. Pastoralists depend on the health of their cattle to survive. Keeping the animals alive (not just the people) gives a more long-term solution to drought relief.

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5. Policies of the Trustees

During the year the Trustees agreed that additional policies should be developed in line with recent Charity Commission guidelines. As a result, the follwing were produced:

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The Trustees also developed a Memorandum of Understanding with Samburu Trust Kenya.

These policies were formally agreed by a meeeting of the Trustees on 1st April 2024 when it was also agreed to change the financial year end from 31st march to 31st December as from 1st April 2024.

The charity holds cash in a bank account in the UK. We expect to make funding available for specific purposes and projects and there is a general fund to which application can be made for funding and support.

The Trustees have agreed to hold a reserve of £20,000 which equates to the typical annual donation to the Samburu Trust Kenya. This would enable us to continue support should the we experience a serious reduction in fundraising for at least a year. It should also ensure that sufficient funds are held to enable us to respond to unexpected events, for example, where we may need to help fly an expert medical team to Kenya.

The charity has not contemplated grants to other bodies and currently has no plans to do so, but does not rule out the possibility that we may do so in the future.

6. Declaration

In my capacity as Chairman of Trustees I declare that the Trustees have approved this report and have authorised me to sign it on their behalf.

Full Name: Daniel Morris Position: Trustee

Date: 22nd December 2024

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~~ee~~ Samburu Trust UK 1109421 ~~ee~~ Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period 4/1/2023 3/31/2024 To from

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted
funds		 Unrestricted 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 27,671 - - 27,671 11,563
Gift Aid 1,133 - - 1,133 2,913
Bank interest 395 - - 395 -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) (Gross income for AR) 29,199 - - 29,199 14,476
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
-
-
-
-
Total receipts 29,199
-
-
29,199
14,476
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
~~—————~~
A3 Payments
Bank fees 104 - - 104 197
Donationplatform fees 216 - - 216 206
Transfers to Samburu Trust Kenya - - - - - 5,800
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
Sub total 320
-
-
320
6,203
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Sub total -
-
-
-
-
Total payments 320
-
-
320
6,203
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
~~—————=—~~
Net of receipts/(payments) 28,879
-
-
28,879
8,273
A5 Transfers between funds
-
-
-
-
-
A6 Cash funds last year end
17,437
-
-
17,437
9,165
Cash funds this year end 46,316
-
-
46,316
17,438
~~SSS]~~

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
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees		 Details
Bank current a/c
Bank savings a/c
Details
Gift Aid accrued
Details
Details
Details
Signature
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
to nearest £
69
-
46,248
-
-
-
46,316
-
OK
OK
to nearest £
to nearest £
2,965
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-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Print Name
Alun Newby
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Restricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
liability relates
Amount due
(optional)		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
When due
(optional)
Date of
approval
Alun Newby 4/10/2024

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLANO AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report I.￿,. Report to the trustees Ch4[rt.. ¥3me SAMBURU TRUST UK On aGcounts for the year ended 31 MARCH 2024 Charity no (if any) 1109421 Set out on pages {rwnember to indudo the page number5 01 aldltlonal sheets) I report to the trustees on my exarnination of the accounts of Ihe above charity (Ihe Trusf) for the year ended 31.03.2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (°the Acf). I report in respect of my exarnination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying 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 ststement 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 Ihe Charities Act., or the account8 did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the fomi 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 cOn￿mS and have come across no other rnatters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enablé a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Pl88se delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Slgne Dats: 22.10.2024 Name: REBECCA ELLAMS FCCA Relevant professional qualification<s) or body (if any): CHARTERED CERTIFIED ACCOUNTANT Address: 68 HIGH STREET, TARPORLEY. CHESHIRE, CW6 OAT IER Oct 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con￿rn (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018