2024-12-31-accounts - Friends Of Deep Griha (UK)

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cHaRmry Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
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Section A

Reference and administration details

Charity name Friends of Deep Grina (UK)

Other names charity is known by|FoDG (UK) ( working name )

Registered charity number (if any)| 1110485

Charity's principal address| 38.Maple Crescent, Penketh

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Warrington ene Cheshire a

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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3 |Mr D M Frankland Treasurer | Members of the Charity

Miss D W Ross01 January 2024 to 4 Barker 07 December 2024 5

Members of the Charity

Co-opted by Executive Committee

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) —— Dates acted if not forwhole-

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Bankers HSBC Bank plc 11 Bridge Street, Warrington WA2 2EY Independent Examiner Mr J Buxton 47 Southdale, Penketh, Warrington WAS 2AD

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information) ee —— ee |

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| Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity's trusts
Type F The Association was formed and the Constitution adopted on the
of governing document 11" August 2004 and subsequently amended on 18" June 2005 and
again on 31' August 2013
How the charity is constituted The Cheyity is constituted as an Association_—
T hods'|l" accordance with the governing document trustees are elected, or re-
rustee selection methods elected, by the members of the Charity at the Annual General Meeting or
appointed by the existing trustees
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
Vourwmey choose iotnude The Executive Committee, consisting of the elected/appointed trustees. |
y chooseto i iews the Charity’s activities and agrees grants.
additional information, where ls 9 |
relevant, about: The main risk faced by the Charity is the security of donations received
° = d procedures and of grants madeiin particular,ar, theirtl transfer to recipientspi inin India.India. A
ented torhs induction and |Procedure exists to minimise this risk.
Seanaini if eetrustees; All trustees give theira time voluntarily: and receive no remuneration or other |
e the chanity’s organisational benefits. The trustees may claim reimbursement of expenses incurred in
networkstructure and any: wider . undertaking9g their duties e.g. cost of travellingg to Executive Committee
works; with which the charity |meetings. |
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e relationship with any related
parties; |
e trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.
Section C Objectives and activities
The relief of poverty, sickness and distress in Maharashtra State in [India,] |
in particular, but not exclusively by the provision of funds to alleviate the
Summary of the objects of the | "&¢4
charityRevertingset documentout in its The advancement of education. primarilya but not exclusively. by the
provision of a child sponsorship scheme
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Donations have been received from members and supporters enabling the Charity to make grants to the Deep Griha Society in Pune, Maharashtra, India to support its work in the following areas Aadhar Kendra, which provides one balanced, nutrition-rich meal a day, educational materials and extra tuition to support school work, clothes and shoes, professional counselling services, medical care and treatment, family assistance for unexpected events and recreational activities for children who have lost one or both parents. Summary of the main ae activities undertaken forthe | City of Child residential programme public benefit in relation to 3 : these objects (include within | DeeP Griha Society administration costs this section the statutory a declaration that trustees have Senior Citizens programmme hadfeaied|byregard theto Charitythe guidance Asimit. A programme empowering; young women from low incomei Commission on public communities through skills training and development benefit! 7 . Medical and healthcare programmes providing treatment that is both preventative and curative DISHA, an HIV awareness, prevention, care, treatment and support programme.

The Trustees confirm that, at all times, they have had regard to the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Grant applications are considered and approved or rejected by the trustees having regard to the objects of the Charity set out in its Constitution

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about: e policy on grantmaking;
e policy programme related investment;
e contribution made by volunteers.

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ction D

Achievements and performance

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ction D	Achievements and performance
Summaryof themain achievementsofthecharity uringtheyear	Duringthecurrent financial yeartheCharity has GunaSocietytotaling£33,211 asfollows emage Grama tong Deer £15,887—AadharKendra
	£ 5,192— City ofChild
	£ 3,573— Deep Griha Society administration
	£ 2.516—SeniorCitizensprogramme £ 2,000—CorpusFund £ 1,644—Asimit £ 1,369 - Medical and healthcare programmes
	£1,030—HIV/Aidsprogrammes

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Section E Financial review .
Brief Statement of the budgetedThe Charity expenditure aims to holdwhich in reservrelat e s nomainly moreto thaninsurais n ecessaryce, postage,to meet its charity’s policy on reserves stationery and printer ink. The trustees keep this under review because. for example, the Charity is increasingly using email for communication with a resultant saving on postage During 2024 reserves were adequate
Details of any funds materially N in deficit ite Further financial review details (Optional information) ‘You may choose ite made is principal sources[of][ funds][are][donations][ to][ the][child][ sponsorship] additional information, where scheme and donations from supporters and members of the Charity relevant about: e the charity's principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
e how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
e investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information

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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signatures) ISI FreriCloacl
Full name(s) Ms Susannah tHodge Mr David Frankland
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Position (eg Secretary, Chair, | [Chairperson] Treasurer
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||||||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||| |Lest5)|CHARITY COMMISSION||| |At|CHAR|ULAND AND WALES|FRIENDS OF DEEP GRIHA UK||||| |“For|Receipts and payments accounts|||CC16a|©| |||athe|period||||-|ot-Jan ol|To|at Dee|J|||| |Section A Receipts and payments|Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment|Total funds|Last yeer| |funds|funds|funds| |tothe|nearest|&£|to|the|nearest|E|to|the|nearest|[£]|to|the nearest|[£]|to|the|nearest|£| |Ai|Receipts|7| |SPiyMedicalProgrammerca and Heathcare|ProgrammesSSS||Noww3dee[0.00|322.00||______0.00)|1269.00990.00]||||[__———0.00)][0.00]|‘8322.00|600.00240.00| |Nncome Generation|Programme|| Noeaa__[|0.00)|45.00]|||[0.00]| |Senior Ctizens Heathy Ageing|||_Noea5|[0.00|916.00|{————0.00|916.00,|||[0.00)]| |Icoang Appel|CT|rf|o.00o}[|[—o.oo|/———0.00)]|[|][750.00)]| |FODG|UK|Membership|Subscriptions|| Note36|||———-230.00)|r0.00}|—o.00} ||230.00) ||[265.00)]| |FODG UK Donations|||Note?|||(254.00)|r_0.00]|——0.00) ||[(254.00]|120.00| |6451.00]||—.00]|||[0.00]|6451.00|7731.00| |b|total|(Gross|income|for| |A2|Asset and|investment|sales,| |(see|table).| |Sub|total|aT| |||Total receipts|6935.00|21475.00| |A3|Payments| |AadharProgrammeKendra|Child Sponsorship|500.00|15387.00|15887.00| |MedicallciyorcnisSS~—SsCsSSC“‘SSSCL~SC‘iOOY|YT(8192.00||0.00j[—5192.00| ||422.00)| |rivand a s Progranmes an|d|Heatheare Posrammes||TT——+| ———.C|O|O|1|030.0 ]369.|0|0||[0.00]|1369.00| |Deep|Grta Academy|00]|[00] |____0.00]0.00} ||1030.0_|0.|0| |income|Generaton Progamme||||1800.00|144.00]|[0.00|1644.00| |Senior Glizens|Heatty|Ageng||||1600.00|916.00|{|0.00|||2516.00]|[__——0.00)| |Codng——SSSSCSC~sSCCSSCSCSC~CSS Appeal|CO [0|||[0.0}][ |]| |FoudaionDaycaeraiers—=«tSY|8000.00)|[0.00]|[0.00||0.00|[____0.001300.00| |lCopusFundDeepFriends Ginaof|SocietyDeep Grha Aarinsvaton UKexpenses||||Noteat|2000.00—SS«d~SSS3.00|403.00]|[—o.00|{—(0.00[00]{__0.00||___——0.00|0.00|2000.00}2573.00|(0.00)||398.00| |Sub total|9582.00|24038.00]}|[—————«.00|33620.00||||[2564.00)]| |A4|Asset|and|investment| |purchases,|(see|table)| |Sub|total|a)| |Net of receipts/(payments)|26405]|[265.0|000) (2)|[ATS| |AS Transfers between funds|v.00]|[0100]|[0.00] ||0.00]|[0.00)]||| |AG CashCash funds fundslastthisyear yearendend|Notes|[1832.00]3979.00|[215.00]2778.00||[[0.00]—st~«ii«|[_|67571547|.00|] |__|6757.00|

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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

14/02/2025

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Catoqorios Details funds funds funds
B1 Cash funds | = BANKeePLC _ : | to nearest1,332£ to nearest215£ to noarest £ |
Total
cash funds [1,332|
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behalf of all the trustees Signature. Print Name Date of
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

14/02/2025

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Charity Name: Friends of Deep Griha (UK)

UK registered charity number 1110485

Notes on the Accounts for the period from 1° January 2024 to 31* December 2024

Restricted Funds: Restricted Funds reflect money donated to the Friends of Deep Griha (UK) for a specific purpose, e.g. for the Aadhar Kendra Child Sponsorship Programme. Such funds must be used for the purpose for which they are donated
Unrestricted Funds: Unrestricted Funds reflect money donated to the Friends of Deep Griha (UK) with no purpose specified. The Trustees are able to use this money to make such grants as are deemed appropriate by the Trustees and to achieve the Charity’s Objects
Receipts: Section A1 Restricted Funds 1. Aadhar Kendra Sponsorship donations, £13,023, include £63 Gift Aid claimed via PayPal in error. This was returned to HMRC in September 2024, see Payments below.
City of Child, £5,322, consists of £4,797 from a fundraiser by one of our supporters to purchase a rickshaw for use at City of Child,

£ 266 Gift Aid claimed on donations in 2022 to be used to maintain the solar powered water filter and

£ 260 other donations

Medical and Healthcare Programmes, £1,269, consists of £600 donations to the eye clinic and
- £669 Gift Aid claimed on donations to the eye clinic between 2020 and 2024
income Generation Programme, (£45), consists of
- (£189) adjustment in respect of a donation in November 2023 and included in Section A6 Cash funds last year end, which, during 2024, the donor requested be used for Senior Citizens Healthy Ageing Programme. Adjustment was made in this year’s Accounts, and
- £144 donated during 2024
Senior Citizens Healthy Ageing Programme, £916, consists of £256 donations £471 Gift Aid claimed on donations to the COVID Appeal during 2020 and 2021. The Deep Griha Society are no longer involved in any COVID support work and will use this for the Senior Citizens Healthy Ageing Programme
- £189 adjustment in respect of a donation in November 2023 to the Income Generation Programme and included as such in Section A6 Cash funds last year end, which, during 2024, the donor requested be used for Senior Citizens Healthy Ageing Programme

FODG UK Membership Subscriptions, £230, includes £90 Gift Aid claimed on
membership subscriptions between 2020 and 2024
FODG UK Donations, £254, includes £134 Gift Aid claimed on donations between 2020 and 2024
Other Receipts, £6451, consists of

£4,771 donations and

£1,681 Gift Aid claimed on donations between 2020 and 2024

4. Payments: Section A3

Unrestricted Funds

£409 Friends of Deep Griha UK expenses, consists of

£207 - bank charges

£202 - insurance

5. Cash funds this year end:

Unrestricted Funds - £1,332, consists of

£1,000 tax recovered on donations, under the Gift Aid Scheme

£ 332 Friends of Deep Griha UK membership subscriptions and donations

Restricted Funds - £215, consists of

£ 85 - Aadhar Kendra sponsorship donations

£130 - City of Child

6. Reserves Policy:

The Trustees have decided that reserves are required only to cover expenses ; the amount of such reserves to be determined by the budget. At all times during 2024 reserves were adequate.

{[COMMISSION] ‘Independent examiner's |[CHARITY] | FOR ENGLAND AND WALES report on the accounts \

Section A Independent Examiner's Report

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Report to the trustees/ | Friends of Deep Grina UK
members of |
On accounts for the year | 31°' December 2024 Charityno 1110485
ended | (if any)
Set out on pages | 1to4
| report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (‘the Trust”) for the year ended 31°' December 2024.
Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act
2011 (“the Act’).
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| 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, | have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent | have completed my examination. | confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (etherthanthet disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: e accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or e the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

| have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn 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.

Name: | Mr J Buxton

Relevant professional | yo VE qualification(s) or body

(if any):

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Address: | 47 Southdale, Penketh, Warrington WAS 2AD

Section B

Disclosure

ne if the examiner needs to highlight matters orelanseeforCC32, Independen tate exentaiia of charity accounts: directions and g examiners).

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