2023-09-30-accounts - Edirisa UK Charitable Trust

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EDIRISA UK

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES 30[TH] SEPTEMBER 2023

The big news in June was our founder, Sheila Windridge being awarded an MBE by King Charles in his first Birthday Honours list. This was unexpected, was a great honour for her and well deserved.

In July Sophie Franchette, Project Manager from Give a Hand, and her family visited Uganda and we were delighted to have the opportunity to show her all of our projects. Give a Hand has been a key supporter since 2012 and have recently granted funds to build a resource centre at our special needs school next year. This will house a computer room, sewing room, library and a meeting room.

The women in our groups continue to benefit from regular workshops, which cover a variety of subjects, and our beekeeping project goes from strength to strength.

Crafts & Women's Groups

In November the new sewing and crafts workshop, where our Mugera women’s group will meet, was finished. This was thanks to a donation from St Helen’s School in Northwood.

The nutrition workshops we began in September 2021 continued until the end of March 2022. They were delivered to our six women's groups and to eighteen Health Centres in the Kabale District. More than 1200 adults (mainly women) were taught how to feed their children a balanced diet using local produce. They were shown how to prepare and cook the food, which afterwards was shared out. After the workshops children were tested and treated for malnutrition, worms and HIV. Just under 700 children were assessed.

Following on from the nutrition workshops we ran several more workshops throughout the year, covering herbal medicines and small scale agriculture. We trained the women in organic farming, crop rotation, maintaining soil fertility and how to make organic manure. Running alongside the beekeeping project our over-all aim is to enable the women to diversity their income and livelihood, become more self-reliant and more environmentally conscious.

Bee Project

This year we distributed local bee hives to the women in our groups, adding to the top bar hives they were given at the start of the project. Traditional hives are cheap to make since they use locally sourced materials. Buckets and smokers were issued in preparation for the harvest. All the women have harvested honey from both traditional hives and top bar hives and they have used the income to buy food, pay school fees and support their families. They also use the honey in cooking and for medicinal purposes.

Nursery Schools

All of our nursery schools were given more puzzles and games. We provide scholastic materials each term but it’s good for them to get more creative things now and again when funds allow.

Ryabirengye nursery had their building renovated and the gulley outside the classrooms filled in and concreted. The gulley had been formed by rain water pouring off the roof during the rainy season so we fitted gutters and installed a water harvesting tank. We also built them a new latrine.

Special Needs Education Centre

This year we ran more creative workshops at SNEC. The Splash Dance Company from Kampala visited at the end of March and Imagination Circle visited for the second time later in the year. Both groups work with the children from SNEC and from the primary school alongside. The children just love these workshops and it is lovely to see them enjoying themselves so much.

The teachers’ houses have been repaired and a new latrine constructed.

Bwama Health Centre

In partnership with the Global Livingstone Institute and Entusi Resort, Bwama Health Centre started a project in February 2023 to help and monitor patients with hypertension. A total of 35 patients were recruited and are being closely monitored. The strategies in place include ensuring drug compliance, improving the nutrition of all patients and introducing physical exercises with classes conducted by a special coach once a month.

Thanks to the Ministry of Health and GAVI the centre received a modern motor boat ambulance. Previously they had been using a motor boat to transport patients but this ambulance is fitted with life-saving equipment - what a difference it will make.

As part of the outreach programmes the midwives at Bwama Health Centre have started visiting secondary schools around the lake. The objectives are:

1) To teach pupils about good personal hygiene and to provide the girls with reusable sanitary pads.

2) To vaccinate pupils against tetanus and diphtheria.

3) To do pregnancy check-ups for the girls - this is a challenge because girls are dropping out of school due to falling pregnant.

It's been three years (thanks to Covid 19) since Bwama Health Centre welcomed groups of doctors and medics from Slovenia. In June 2023 staff were delighted to welcome a group of five doctors. In addition to all their hard work they presented the staff with a new microscope and a steriliser - as well as providing many medicines for the pharmacy.

Water

This year we installed another 10 household water harvesting tanks, mainly in the houses of widows. This brings our total to over 150 household tanks since 2010. One of the recipients, Judith Mugesha, a young widow lives in the hills an hour and a half drive from Kabale. The nearest village/trading post and small primary school, which her children walk to every day, is 4km from her house, all along dirt roads/tracks which get very muddy and sometimes impassable in the rainy season. Judith lost her husband in April when her youngest of five children was only a few months old. Until we installed the tank the journey to collect water was 1.5km down a muddy path to a small stream in the valley.

Judith has been trained in maintenance of the tank and in health and sanitation. Access to clean water means better health, more time for education and income generation (particularly for women). This has a big impact on rural life.

Coffee

We have been supporting the Gorilla Highlands Coffee organisation since 2018 and are pleased to report that on July 18th, at the AVPA Coffee contest in Paris, they won the Gold Award. Over 200 coffees from 25 countries were judged and to gain a gold award is amazing!

We recently provided funds to install a roastery machine, donated by PUM Netherlands and Climate Actions Now, into new premises next door to the GHC Cafe in Kisoro. This is the first roastery machine in the area and it will save a lot of time and money as the beans will no longer have to be transported to and from Kampala. GHC is doing great work and we are very happy to be involved.

March 2024

EDIRISA UK PROFIT & LOSS FOR YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023

	£	£
INCOME
Donations	30,637.00
Bank Interest	148.00
Total Income		30,785.00
EXPENSES
Travel Expenses	2,672.00
Office Expenses	250.00
Internet	464.00
Equipment for Uganda	2,093.00
Total Expenses		5,479.00
Profit		£25,306.00

EDIRISA UK

UGANDA PROFIT & LOSS FOR YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023

UGX
INCOME
Donations
177,500
Craft Sales
32,974,000
Total Income
Direct Expenses
Craft Materials Purchases
11,335,900
Commissions
2,635,900
Overheads
Travel Expenses
10,160,300
Office Expenses
6,660,850
Rent
5,430,000
Project Costs
Note 1
105,024,050
Special Needs Centre
21,053,800
Bwama Health Centre
14,899,400
Nursery Costs
42,749,500
Bank Charges
198,240
Staff Costs
21,854,000
Total Expenses
Profit
Note 1
Workshops and training
5,792,000
Murandi Workshop
39,097,000
Bee Project Costs
20,802,100
Medical Costs Moses and Baby
5,122,800
Sponsored Children & University Fees
11,210,150
Coffee Roastery
8,000,000
Water Tanks
15,000,000

UGX
STG
39.44
7,327.56
33,151,500
7,327.56
2,519.09
585.76
13,971,800
3,104.84
2,257.84
1,480.19
1,206.67
23,338.68
4,678.62
3,310.98
9,499.89
44.05
4,856.44
228,030,140
50,673.36
242,001,940
53,778.21
-208,850,440
-46,450.65

105,024,050

EDIRISA UK

COMBINED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS FOR YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023

UK
Uganda
£
£
INCOME
Donations
30,637
Bank Interest
148
Craft Sales
7,328
Total Income
30,785
7,328
DIRECT EXPENSES
Craft Purchases
2,519
Medical Purchases
Commissions
586
Total Direct Expenses
0
3,105
OVERHEADS
Travel Expenses
2,672
2,258
Office Expenses
250
2,687
Internet Costs
464
Project Costs
2,093
40,828
Bank Charges
44
Staff Costs
4,856
Total Overheads
5,479
50,673
Profit/Loss
25,306
-46,451

Total
£
30,637
148
7,328
38,113
2,519
0
586
3,105
4,930
2,937
464
42,921
44
4,856
56,152
-21,145

EDIRISA UK

EDIRISA UK
BALANCE SHEETS FOR YEAR ENDED 30th SEPTEMBER 2023 UK Accounts £ Fixed Assets Office Equipment 0.00 Current Assets Bank Accounts 17,840.00 . Total Current Assets Current Liabilities Current Assets less Liabilities Reserves B/Fwd 29,868.00 Profit from Sep 2022 25,306.00 To Uganda Expenditure 37,334.00 Uganda Accounts UGX Current Assets Bank Accounts 37,083,539 Cash Accounts 679,200 Crafts Stock 20,275,700 Current Liabilities 0 Current Assets less Liabilities Capital & Reserves Reserves B/Fwd 97,227,058 Ex Edirisa UK 169,661,821 P & L Loss 208,850,440 Balance	£ 0.00 17,840.00 17,840.00 0.00 17,840.00 17,840.00 UGX 58,038,439 58,038,439	£ 0.00 17,840.00 17,840.00 0.00 17,840.00
		17,840.00
	58,038,439 58,038,439

INDEPENDEMf EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF EDIRISA UK I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 30 September 2023. The charity's trustees are resp)nsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 43121 of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my spOnsIbl11ty to: lil examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act: lill to follow the procedures laid down In the general Dlrections 8Nen by the Charity Commission under section 4317llbl of the 1993 Act.. and l iii) to stste whether particular rnatters have corne to my attentM)n. 8asls of Independent examlner's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charlty Commission. An examination Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparfson of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes conslderatlon of any unusual items or dlsclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be requlred in an audit and consequently no opinion is gwen as to whether the accounts psent a 'true and falr vlew, and the report is limited to those matter5 set out in the statement below. Independent examlnerfs ststement In connection with my examlnation, no matter has come to my attention: la} which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: {il to keep accounting records in accordance with sertion 41 of the 1993 Act: and 111} to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accountlng requirements of the 1993 Art; have not been met: or Ibl to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Matthew Buchanan BA. MAPM,MAIM Dated: 29 April. 2024