The Catherine Bullen Foundation
Annual Accounts
(Sterling and Rand Accounts) 1 September 2024 – 31 August 2025
The Catherine Bullen Foundation Annual Accounts 2024 - 2025
Notes: The accounts are in two parts, a number of sterling accounts and a South African Rand Account. The majority of fundraising and grant donations are facilitated in the UK and monies are paid into sterling accounts
When the exchange rate is favourable, monies are transferred from the Sterling accounts to the Rand account.
Our projects in Namibia a priced in Namibian Dollars and are on parity with the Rand, which is also accepted in Namibia. All payments for our projects are made in Rands
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Charity Name No (if any) Catherine Bullen Foundation 1110516 Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y Period start Period end For the period date To date from 01-Sep-24 31-Aug-25
CC16a
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricte d funds to the nearest £ 50,259.00 5,113 68 - - - - 55,440 - 55,440 415 447 26 135 298 590 41,602 - 741 219 |
Unrestricte d funds to the nearest £ 50,259.00 5,113 68 - - - - 55,440 - 55,440 415 447 26 135 298 590 41,602 - 741 219 |
Restricte d funds to the nearest £ |
Endowme nt funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowme nt funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest £ 50,259.00 5,113 5 - - - - 55,440 - 55,440 415 447 26 135 298 41,602 741 219 |
Total funds to the nearest £ 50,259.00 5,113 5 - - - - 55,440 - 55,440 415 447 26 135 298 41,602 741 219 |
Last year to the nearest £ 43,123.00 5,896 |
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| Donations Received | - | ||||||||
| Tax Refunds & Charities Aid Income |
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| - | |||||||||
| Bank interest | 68 | - | 5 | ||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| Sub total | 55,440 |
- | 49,035 | ||||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, etc. Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| - | - | ||||||||
| - | 49,035 | ||||||||
| Calendars and postage | 415 | - | - | 415 | 276 | ||||
| Bank Charges Etc Inc O/Seas | 447 | - | - | 447 | 352 | ||||
| Valves for borehole | 26 | - | - | 26 | 140 | ||||
| Stock for cake stall | 135 | - | - | 135 | 81 | ||||
| Public Liability Ins | 298 | - | - | 298 | 322 | ||||
| School projects | 590 | - | - | ||||||
| Transfer to Rand Acc no 68000922 |
41,602 | - | - | 41,602 | 37,000 | ||||
| Ambulance suspension | - | - | - | 1,958 | |||||
| Indian lunch expenses | 741 | - | - | 741 | 850 | ||||
| Clinic projects | 219 | 219 | 473 | ||||||
| Barclays correction error | 60 | - | - | 60 | 276 |
| Sub total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 49,533 | - | - | 44,533 | 41,728 | ||||||
| A4 Asset and investment | ||||||||||
| purchases, etc. | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Total payments | 49,533 | - | - | 49,533 | 41,728 | |||||
| Net of | ||||||||||
| receipts/(payments) | 55,440 | - | - | 55,440 | 49,035 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between | ||||||||||
| funds | - | - | ||||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year | ||||||||||
| end | 9,621 | - | - | 9,621 | 2,351 | |||||
| Cash funds this year | ||||||||||
| end | 15,383 | - | - | 15,383 | 9,658 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories
B1 Cash funds
B2 Other monetary assets
B3 Investment assets
Details
Barclays Bank plc PayPal Cash
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
Details
Details
Unrestricte Restricte Endowmen d funds d funds t funds to nearest £ to nearest to nearest £ £ - - 14,916 437 - - 30 - - 15,383 - - OK OK OK Unrestrict Restrict Endowme ed funds ed funds nt funds to nearest £ to nearest to nearest £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to Current Cost which asset value (optional) belongs (optional) - - - - - - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Fund to Current Cost which asset value (optional) Details belongs (optional) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to Amount When due which due (optional) liability (optional) Details relates - - - - - Date of Signature Print Name approval L S Bullen 23-Apr-26
Charity Name Catherine Bullen Foundation
CC16a
No (if any) 1110516
Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y Period start Period end For the period date To date from 01-Sep-24 31-Aug-25
Section A Receipts and payments
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricte d funds to the nearest Rand |
Restricte d funds to the nearest Rand - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Endowme nt funds to the nearest Rand - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - |
Total funds to the nearest Rand 1,100,540. 00 - - - - 1,100,540 - 1,100,540 22,316 90,816 248,246 36,000 133,000 30,000 350,455 85,000 155,388 1,151,221 - |
Last year to the nearest Rand 864,845.00 |
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| Transfer from Sterling acc 53717690 |
1,100,540.00 | |||||
| £46,602 | ||||||
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| - | ||||||
| - | ||||||
| Sub total | 1,100,540 |
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| A2 Asset and investment sales, etc. Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 1,100,540 | 864,845 | |||||
| Ongombe Soup Kitchen | 22,316 | |||||
| Eiseb School equipment | 90,816 | 134,504 | ||||
| Donkerbos School - computers | 248,246 | 54,900 | ||||
| Hilux service | 36,000 | 282,219 | ||||
| Good Hope Computers etc | 133,000 | 46,870 | ||||
| Sponsorship | 30,000 | 80,178 | ||||
| CBPHC renovations | 350,455 | 236,735 | ||||
| Projects | 85,000 | 4,000 | ||||
| Purchase of Vasdraii tractor | 155,388 | |||||
| Sub total | 1,151,221 | 859,406 | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc. |
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| - | - | - | - |
| Total payments | 1,151,221 | - | - | 1,151,221 | 859,406 | |||||||
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| Net of | ||||||||||||
| receipts/(payments) | 1,100,540 | - | - | 1,100,540 | 864,845 | |||||||
| A5 Transfers between | ||||||||||||
| funds | - | - | ||||||||||
| A6 Cash funds last year | ||||||||||||
| end | 620,607 | - | - | 620,607 | 615,166 | |||||||
| Cash funds this year | ||||||||||||
| end | 569,926 | - | - | 569,926 | 620,607 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestricte Restricted Endowmen Categories Details d funds funds t funds to nearest to nearest to nearest Rand Rand Rand B1 Cash funds Barclays Bank plc 569,776 - - - - - Total cash funds 569,776 (agree balances with receipts and Agreement payments account(s)) Error OK OK Unrestrict Restricte Endowme ed funds d funds nt funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B2 Other monetary assets - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to Current Cost which asset value Details belongs (optional) (optional) B3 Investment assets - - - - - - - - - - Fund to Current Cost which asset value (optional) Details belongs (optional) - -
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use
B5 Liabilities
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees
Details
Fund to Amount When due which due (optional) liability (optional) relates - - - - - Date of Signature Print Name approval L S Bullen 25-Apr-26
The Catherine Bullen Foundation
Annual Report
2024 – 2025
Contents
Chairperson’s Report
Funding
Projects
Chairperson’s Report
The contents of this Annual Report relate to the period from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025. However, with regards to Projects, it includes updated information that was available at the time of producing this report.
We have been extremely lucky in that the Foundation’s aims and projects continue to inspire individuals and organisations to support us by attending fund raising events, assisting on fundraising activities and donations.
We were able to carry out a full programme of shop collections and also take part in the round the Island Yard Sale. In addition, we manned the car park at Waldegraves Car boot sale. For the third year running we attended the Colchester Food and Drink Fair which was held in the Colchester Castle Park in June with our homemade cake stall. The Indian Lunch at Titash took take place in July 2025 and it was very successful. Many thanks to our volunteers who helped at all the fundraising activities.
In September 2024, we hosted an event at the MICA,titled ‘A Little Bit of Soap’, presented by Chrissie Westgate which was a photographic record of the visit she and her husband, Colin took with us to Namibia to see our projects in November 2023. It was a very heartfelt presentation, full of emotion, and one which will never be forgotten.
We were able to do two trips to Namibia in the financial year. This was the second year that we put into practice the Foundation’s change of policy of no longer doing capital projects but concentrating on supporting the two clinics and three schools.
Finally, I would like to say a big thank you to our trustees and all those individuals and organisations that have again made this past year a successful one.
– Roger Bullen Chairperson
March 2026
Funding
The Funding report is split into the following categories. Below are the main items and events that contributed to our total.
Event and Stalls
This covers the period from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025. We attended two events with our Sales and Publicity stall raising a total of £189.71 ( £252) . At the Mersea Island Car Boot Sale we manned the car park – £241.20 ( £200.34). We had a cake stall at the Colchester Food and Drink Fair which raised £633.18 ( £700). The presentation ‘A Little Bit of Soap’ raised £1,640.50 . Indian Lunch at Titash - £1,565 . Finally we had a stall during the Christmas period at Mersea Lights up with £432.70 ( £381.20) raised. Also at Christmas, Peter Inson and his wife organised a carol evening at the Dog Pheasant at East Mersea raising £378.88 (£236.51)
Grants and donations from organisations
We have received a number of grants and donations from the following organisations.
Colin Westgate lectures to camera clubs around the country on Zoom. Instead of charging a fee, he asks for donations to the Foundation which were as follows:
Mr Crupi bequest - £10,000 Ware & District PH - £25 Lion Walk Church - £200 Stokesley Photo - £25 Barclays Business - £247.65 The PCC of St Francis - £25 Hornchurch Photo - £25 Ely Photo Club - £25 Colchester Masonic Lodge - £156.14 Colchester County High School for Girls - £3,353 Ladies Fellowship – Leigh on sea - £120
Individual donations
Throughout the year the Foundation received individual donations which totalled £18,116.67 ( £14,651) . Each donation receives an acknowledgement of thanks from the Foundation. In addition, there were donations by monthly standing order - £4,850 £3,650), and donations through the website portals (PayPal, and JustGiving) – £1,377.71 ( £1,658.05). Total donations were £24,344.38 (£19,959.05). This is up from the previous year, and we thank everyone for their donations. As last year it is encouraging to see that there has been an increase in the number of people committing to a monthly donation through the bank.
Shop Collections
We were able to carry out a full programme of shop collections.
Collections were undertaken at various Co-ops in the locality, Morrisons and Tesco, West Mersea. Total raised - £2,123.46 ( £2,451.92)
Events
Titash Indian Fundraising Lunch - £1,565
A Little Bit of Soap - £1,640.50
Gift Aid
Gift Aid was claimed on donations for this financial year and was £5,113.25
Schools
The supporting of charities has been adopted by schools as part of being socially aware to the needs of others. As we are hands on and are willing to go into schools and tell them about the Foundation’s work. Donations from schools were as follows:
St Mary’s Senior School for Girls
St Mary’s are raising funds to provide netball kit for Good Hope Primary School.
Colchester High School for Girls
This was Catherine’s former school and they have made the Foundation, the school charity for the next academic year starting in September 2024 and raised £3,353
Partnerships
ATI/Audley Travel
Audley Travel is ATI Holidays largest partner in the United Kingdom selling holidays to Namibia. They were looking for a local Namibian charity to support and the Foundation was put forward for consideration. It was chosen by the Audley Travel Namibia destination experts in London, Witney and Boston as the charity which should benefit from the monies collected from guests travelling to Namibia with them by adding N$100 to each invoice and advising their clients that by travelling with Audley, they were supporting a local charity. ATI donated N$50,000 towards a tractor for Vasdraii.
Projects
The Foundation continues to monitor past projects to ensure proper maintenance procedures are carried out and are sustained and to encourage best practice.
Otjimanangombe Primary Healthcare Clinic.
The Foundation purchased a special delivery bed for the maternity room in the clinic
Omuhaturua Primary School Hostel and hostel
In February 2025, the Foundation paid for repairs to the solar equipment for the school borehole which had been struck by lightning.
Goeie Hoop Primary School - Post 10
St Mary’s Senior School for Girls – the computers had been purchased and they are now raising funds for netball kit.
Donkerbos Primary School and Hostel
The Foundation has provided additional bench sets for the dining hall and a large electrical cooking pot for the kitchen.
The Foundation also provided laptops for the school.
We have received a quotation for the construction of a water point in the hostel grounds to provide drinking water and for washing hands.
Work has started at last to equip the second borehole to provide water for Sondenblom, a nearby San settlement. This being funded by a grant sourced by the constituency councillor.
Eiseb Primary Primary School and Hostel
There are still ongoing problems with the water supply. The drilling of a new borehole was abandoned, and it was decided to renovate the existing borehole. This work is still outstanding.
The Foundation has provided funds to purchase school uniforms.
Ongombe Soup Kitchen, Eiseb Post 10
In early June, 2025, we were contacted by Ms Grita Ngero Tjitunga, who is the office Administrator at Eiseb Primary School requesting assistance to set up a soup kitchen nearby the school to be known as the Ongombe Soup Kitchen.
Malnutrition remains a significant challenge among children in Eiseb Block Post 10, particularly among vulnerable children and those from the San community who do not reside in the Eiseb School Hostel. Many of these children suffer from malnutrition which impacts their physical and cognitive development., These have been identified within the community reinforcing the need for urgent intervention and addressing this issue will require access to balanced meals, particularly for those who lack consistent nutrition at home.
The objective of the soup kitchen is to provide daily nutritious meals initially to fifty vulnerable children in the Eiseb Block Post 10 and to reduce cases of malnutrition among children aged 6 months to 11 years. It will compliment efforts by the Ministry of Health and the World Health Programme in providing a balanced diet. Both these organisations have pledged to assist with food supplies to ensure balanced nutrition. The effectiveness of the soup kitchen will be evaluated based on the number of children served daily and the improvements in the children’s nutritional health based on assessments from professionals
The Foundation has agreed to support this endeavour by purchasing kitchen utensils, equipment including cooking pots, a fridge and equipment to provide a water supply to the kitchen. (The photo on the front of this report shows some of the children attending the soup kitchen).
Otjimanangombe Village
At the end of November 2025, the engine that drives the pump for the community borehole failed after fifteen years use which left the village without a water supply. The Foundation was contacted to see if we could be of any help with the purchase of a new engine. It was agreed that whatever the community raised, we would fund the balance which we did, and the new engine was installed on the 10 December.
The Catherine Bullen Primary Healthcare Clinic, Oshivelo
Renovation work on the clinic was completed in November 2024 and we commissioned the contractor to carry out renovation work on the nurse’s accommodation which was completed by March 2025. During this visit we identified a number of additional items which were minor repairs and these are now complete.
During our last visit in April 2025, we noticed that the ambulance was in desperate need of a service and the Foundation agreed to pay for this. Unfortunately, on 31 December 2025, the ambulance was travelling to Tsumeb with a patient when the driver tried to avoid a Kudu and in doing so the ambulance turned over and it has been declared a write-off. Thankfully, there were no serious injuries.
Vasadraii Agricultural and Horticultural Vocational Training Centre
The Foundation was advised that students could not start their training until renovations had taken place identified by the National Training Authority. Komeho asked if the Foundation could assist with this, so we have donated N$35,000 (£1,576) for this work to be carried out.
Conclusion
The decision by the Foundation Trustees to concentrate on supporting Omuhaturua Primary School and Hostel, Eiseb Primary School and Hostel and Donkerbos Primary School and Hostel together with both clinics has proved to be the right one. We have seen how small projects make a big difference.
ACCOUNTANTS, REPORTTO THE DIRECTORS ON THE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE CATHERINE BULLEN FOUNDATION I report on the financial statements of The Catherine Bullen Foundation for the year ended 31 August 2025 as set out in the receipts and payments accounts as submitted to the Charity Commission. The accounts comprise the Receipts and Payments Account and the Statement of Assets and liabilities as at August 2025 This report 15 made solely to the Foundation's Trustees. as a body. Respective responsibilities of trustees and reporting accountants The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts showing a true and fair view. Report I report that, in accordance with your instruction and in order to assist you to fulfil your responsibilities to the Charity Commission, I have examined, the accounts of the charity and from such examination and information and explanations supplied to me, I consider the accounts to be accurate in every respect. Alan Irvine Retired Accountant 20 East Road West Mersea Colchester Essex C05 8EB 23" April 2026