## The Mountain Trust’s Annual Report ## 2022 ## Prepared 11/10/2023 During 2022, the Trust was reeling from the effects of Covid given that our funding model was based on sending volunteers (mainly students) who would crowd fund for the Trust. That source of funding all but dried up as countries closed borders and panic set in. At the same time, we lost our beloved Kisan Gurung, (left) who ran the MT Office in Pokhara and succumbed to covid. The Trust paid around £10k in hospital fees and is giving his widow and autistic son a basic pension. We continued also to pay Bandana Adhikari’s salary to run MT Nepal, office expenses and supporting families and children in education. Another outcome of Covid was that Miette in Greece (MT’s Ambassador) was finding it increasingly difficult to raise funds. The Trust was also increasingly approached by Afghan women’s rights workers and others fleeing the Taliban. The Trust’s ‘Flight from Plight’ initiative began with our giving advice on how to get visas to Pakistan, how to register as refugees with the UNHCR and possible third county applications for refuge. We won the support of Baroness Helena Kennedy as Patron, together with Ruby Wax, Major General Sir Richard Barrons and other former British Army top brass who advise on helping Afghans escape. For next year (2023) we intend to breathe more life into the volunteering platform by advertising through the Student Hub and other networks. **Charity Name No (if any) Mountain Trust Charity 1112841 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2022 31/12/2022 |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**
**31,089**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,089**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,089**
**15,986**
**216**
**900**
**6,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,102**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,102**
**7,987**
**-**
**16,440**
**24,427**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**31,089**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,089**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31,089**
**15,986**
**216**
**900**
**6,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,102**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**23,102**
**7,987**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Donations received|**31,089**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**31,089**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Chartiable activities|**15,986**|||||**-**| |Charges|**216**|||||**-**| |Legal fees|**900**|||||**-**| |Suppport costs|**6,000**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**23,102**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**7,987**|**-**|**-**|**7,987**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**16,440**|**-**|**-**|**16,440**||**-**| ||**24,427**|**-**|**-**|**24,427**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 16/10/2023 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
Accruals
**Details**
**Details**
Bank balance
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**24,427**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**24,427**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 16/10/2023 2 ## **Mountain Trust** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the trustees of the Mountain Trust** I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2022 which are set out on pages 1 to 2. ## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** The trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: - examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act ; - to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity - Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act ; and - to state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ## **Basis of independent examiner's report** My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures 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 required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view' and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement. ## **Independent examiner's statement** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: - (1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements: - to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act 2011; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the - accounting requirements of the 2011 Act have not been met; or (2) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 15 Station Road Stives Cambs PE27 5BH Date :.16 October 2023 6