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2023-03-31-accounts

Trus
tees'
Ann
ual
Rep
ort
for
the
peri
od		 Period Period Period
From Period Period
start
date		 end
date		 31
Mar
2023
1 To
Apr		 2022 31 Mar 2023
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity
name		 Jinghpaw Education Projects
Other
names
charity
is
known
by		 JEP
Regist
ered
charity
numbe
r (if
any)		 111111
1
Charity
's
princip
al
addres
s		 1 Hillside Road
Bushey
Postco
de		 WD23 2HB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1
2		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
year		 Name of person (or
body) entitled to appoint
trustee (ifany)
Jennifer Brown Chair
Helen Southwood Treasurer

1 March 2012

TAR

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4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20		 Lois Knight
Robin Knight
Joanna Brown
Elisabeth Castle
TimothyBrown
Simon Brown
Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Appointed by the Chair following discussion and agreement of all Trustee selection methods Trustees during the annual meeting (eg. appointed by, elected by)

2

March 2012

TAR

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

None

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To advance the education of persons in northern Myanmar, by the provision or assistance in the provision of educational facilities equipment, sponsorship, financial assistance and such other facilities as the trustees shall deem necessary with the object of improving their conditions of life and so as to assist them to realise their full potential as individuals and members of society.

3 March 2012

TAR

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)		 In planning which activities to support during the reporting period, the
Trustees have kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public
benefit.
In the reporting period, the majority of activities have been to the public
benefit for those in northern Myanmar. The main activities undertaken
during the period include the following. More detail on each can be found
in the Achievements section later in this report.
1.
Financial contribution towards the Kachin Relief Fund, to provide
teacher training
2.
Financial contribution towards Prat Manu, a local community
organisation established to promote ECCD and publishing
3.
Financial contribution towards a community based project run by
BRIDGE to grow and harvest bamboo and then train local people to
make and sell items from the bamboo.
4.
Financial contribution towards the Emmanuel BCMS Orphanage, to
provide general support towards the education of the children
5.
Shipment of books and other educational resources
6.
Fundraising activities led by individual Trustees

In planning which activities to support during the reporting period, the Trustees have kept in mind the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main Despite the difficult political situation in Myanmar, the Charity continued achievements of the charity to support its objectives and contribute to the educational outcomes of during the year people in northern Myanmar.

Kachin Relief Fund

The Kachin Relief Fund is a small charity that supports the Kachin people

4 March 2012

TAR

in Myanmar. It provides emergency relief, help for Internally Displaced People (IDP’s) and disadvantaged locals, education for children, and advocacy, activities and awareness to promote human rights.

In the reporting period, the Charity funded teacher training to remote areas and for IDP’s. The training covered both teaching methodologies and subject matters, to improve teaching quality and enable effective use of new resources/textbooks.

The Charity also funded training for 26 headmasters from across the region.

Prat Manu

Prat Manu is a local community organisation established to promote ECCD. One of their aims is to produce and publish books (non-fiction and traditional tales) primarily in local language (Kachin, also known as Jinghpaw).

In the reporting period, Prat Manu has continued its publishing, networking and training activities. These included publishing and republishing books in local language, providing training, running a mobile library and supporting local mini library / reading activities.

Bridge

BRIDGE is an organisation that aims to improve livelihoods, forestry and environmental conservation, and women’s empowerment in the Kachin State.

BRIDGE's Bamboo Project aims to sustainably grow and harvest bamboo to be used in training local villagers to make items ranging from school equipment, toys, to furniture and buildings; and for them to set up small enterprises so that they can support themselves and their families financially.

In the reporting period, the Charity supported internships and traineeships for young people. The Charity also provided funding for additional investment in the Bamboo farm, including planting additional varieties of bamboo, other trees and support staff.

Emmanuel Orphanage

The Emmanuel Orphanage is run by the BCMS Anglican Church in Mohnyin. Children come from remote villages in the mountains and IDP camps to gain access to education.

In the reporting period, the Charity continued to provide general support towards the education of the children through a financial contribution towards food, clothes and educational resources.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Cash reserves at 31/03/2023 were just over £10K in unrestricted funds. The Charity enters the next reporting period with no binding commitments to these funds and unclaimed Gift Aid of around £4K. As such, the Charity goes into the next reporting period in a healthy financial position to consider new proposals / requests for financial contributions.

5

March 2012

TAR

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

All funds are unrestricted.

The charity has the following main sources of funds

● We receive up to £1000 per year as a result of one-off donations and small fundraising activities (eg coffee mornings/lunches, handicraft sales).

Myanmar remains disconnected from international banking systems. This means the Charity cannot transfer money via IBAN or SWIFT. As such we continue to rely on Western Union or individuals based in third party countries such as Thailand or the US to transfer money from the UK to Myanmar. We hope that in the future Myanmar will be part of the international banking system and we can move away from reliance on Western Union and individuals.

The Charity considers all proposals and requests for funding. In general, the Charity chooses to make a financial contribution towards a project rather than funding projects in their entirety.

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

Signature(s)

Full name(s) JENNIFER BROWN

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, CHAIR etc)

6 March 2012

TAR

Date 6 Jan 2024 TAR March 2012

Jinghpaw Education Projects Jinghpaw Education Projects Jinghpaw Education Projects No (if any)
Receipts andpayments accounts
For the period
from		 Period start date
1-Apr-22		 To
 Period end date
31-Mar-23

CC16a

Section A Receipts and payments

Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £

A1 Receipts

A1 Receipts to the nearest £
Unrestricted
funds		 to the nearest £
Restricted
funds		 to the nearest £
Endowment
funds		 Total funds
to the nearest £		 Last year
to the nearest £
Regular donations(monthlydirect debits) 3,685 - - 3,685 -
Major donations(one-off / ad hoc) 14,520 - - 14,520 -
Fundraising 302 - - 302 -
Direct donation 835 - - 835 -
Gift Aid 10,312 - - 10,312 -
- - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 29,654 - - 29,654 -
Sub total(Gross income for AR) 29,654 - - 29,654 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
None - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
**Total receipts ** 29,654 - - 29,654 -

A3 Payments


Contribution towards BRIDGE Bamboo
Project (Community Based Education)		 7,000 - - 7,000 -
Contribution towards Emmanuel
Orphanage (General Educational Support)		 1,000 - - 1,000 -

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

01/19/2024

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Contribution towards Kachin Relief Fund
(Head Teacher Training) 4,000 - - 4,000 -
Contribution towards Kachin Relief Fund
(Teacher Training) 3,500 - - 3,500 -
Contribution to Prat Manu (Educational
Projects) 10,000 - - 10,000 -
Shipment of books and resources
835 835
Transfer Fees
55 - - 55 -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - -
- - - - -
**Sub total ** 26,390 - - 26,390 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
None - - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
**Total payments ** 26,390 - - 26,390 -
**Net of receipts/(payments) ** 3,264 - - 3,264 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
**Cash funds this year end ** 3,264 - - 3,264 -

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

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

01/19/2024

2

Categories

B1 Cash funds

B2 Other monetary assets

B3 Investment assets

B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use

Details
Cash at bank
Details
None
Details
None
Details
None
Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))		 to nearest £
10,962
-
-
10,962
Agreement Error
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Unrestricted
funds
Unrestricted
funds
Fund to which
asset belongs
Fund to which
asset belongs		 to nearest £
-
-
-
-
OK
to nearest £
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Cost (optional)
-
Restricted
funds
Restricted
funds		 to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
OK
to nearest £
Endowment
funds
-
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
-
-
-
-
-
Current value
(optional)
None - -

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

01/19/2024

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charity’s own use

B5 Liabilities

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees

- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
- -
Details
None		 Fund to which
liability relates		 -
-
-
-
-
Amount due
(optional)		 When due
(optional)
None -
-
-
-
-

Date of Signature Print Name approval Jennifer Brown 6-Jan-24

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

01/19/2024

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ members of

Charity Name Jinghpaw Education Projects (JEP)

On accounts for the year ended

2023

Charity no (if any)

1111111

Set out on pages

1-6

(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

Responsibilities and basis of report

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

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination 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 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:

Date:

18/01/24

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January 2024

IER

Name:

PAUL JAMES HUNTER

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

Address:

CUDDEN DRIFT, ROSUDGEON, PENZANCE TR20 9PF

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight 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 .

No concerns to raise

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January 2024

IER