2023-01-31-accounts - Rosie May Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date
From	01	02	2022	To	31 01	2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name ROSIE MAY FOUNDATION RMF

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1113049

Charity's principal address PO Box 9440 Nottingham Postcode NG13 0WQ

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Mr Neil Price	Chair	Committee
Ms Jane Bungay		Committee
Mr Graham Storrie		Committee
Ms Helen Wells	Treasurer	Committee
Mr John Elliot		Committee
Mrs Sam Ellis		Committee
Ms Daksha Patel		Committee

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Mrs Mary Storrie CEO

Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) TRUST DEED DATED 20thFEBRUARY 2006 How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) CONSISTING OF NINE TRUSTEES Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by) TRUSTEES ARE RE-APPOINTED EVERY THREE YEARS Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Youmay chooseto include
additional information, where
relevant, about:
•policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees;
•the charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works;
•relationship with any related
parties;
•trustees’ consideration of
major risks and the system
and procedures to manage
them.

In Sri Lanka, RM Foundation Lanka is registered as a charitable,
nonprofit company to deliver programmes through Project Hope directly
on the ground.
In Nepal, we are funding partners for selected local NGO's.
Our implementing partners are SAHAS/NEPAL and ASHA/NEPAL.
In the UK, we collaborate with partners Travelteer to facilitate
volunteering opportunities at our projects overseas.
We facilitate internship programmes with Nottingham Trent University
and The University of Nottingham.
Local collaborations to deliver programmes with Lidil, Bingham and DG
Cars, Nottingham.
Related Party Transactions – Mrs Mary Storrie, the spouse of Trustee
Graham Storrie, is employed by the Rosie May Foundation.

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Section C Objectives and activities

The charity aims to protect children, achieve sustained poverty reduction, and economically empower vulnerable and marginalized families. In Sri Lanka, the focus is on provision of direct family support, access to quality education, skills training and women’s economic empowerment through projects in the Galle District.

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

In rural Nepal, the emphasis is on economically empowering survivors of trafficking, implementing income-generating programs, and promoting quality education.

In the UK, we continue to support families with food security, economically empower women through access to skills training and develop educational partnerships to build mental resilience and inspire young minds.

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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)

Think Pink Sri Lanka: trains women to drive pink tuk-tuk taxis, breaking gender barriers, ensuring safe journeys for women and children, and providing economic empowerment for single mothers. 2. Project Hope: community outreach in Sri Lanka supports vulnerable families, offering holistic care, income generation skills training, education, and counselling to prevent family separation and lift families out of poverty. 4. Rosie May Pre-school: ** free early years education and school meals for children from low-income families in Sri Lanka, aiming to reduce inequalities through quality education. 5. Rosie May Education For All: empowers vulnerable children in Sri Lanka through child rights education, English proficiency, literacy, numeracy, sports, and IT in rural communities. 6. Eye Screening Camps: free eye screenings, provide prescription spectacles, cataract surgery, and early intervention education for vulnerable families in poverty-stricken rural communities in Sri Lanka. 7. Meselmi Primary School: rebuild of an earthquake-resilient school in rural Nepal, preventing child trafficking by resuming primary education. Provision of solar panels, sanitation, water, uniforms, resources, and free meals to improve attendance and education standards. 8. Mangri Hostel for Senior Girls: situated in rural Nepal, a refurbished hostel, improves facilities, provides resources, and uniforms to enhance educational achievement, personal safety, hygiene, and nutrition for girls. 9. One Light One Child: delivers solar lights to off-grid children in remote parts of Nepal and Sri Lanka, reducing energy poverty, promoting safe studying, and raising education standards. 10. Water for Girls: provides safe drinking water to households in remote Mangri, Nepal, reducing disease, improving hygiene, and allowing girls more time for study by eliminating the need to collect water. 11. Female Farmers: a women's farming co-operative in Nepal, promoting organic produce for food security and income by providing vital infrastructure to smallholder farmers. 12. Survivors of Trafficking: reintegrates female survivors of trafficking into communities, offering housing, food security, medical aid, counselling, access to higher education and career advice, 13. ** Pink TukTuks: support local initiatives reigniting and reintegrating communities, promoting positive mental health and community spirit. 14. ** Food Support: in partnership with Lidl, Bingham supported by Neighbourly, we collect and distribute food waste and food donations from customers to support local families living in income poverty. 15. ThinkPink;** in collaboration with DG Cars, Nottingham, Derby and Cambridge works to address the gender imbalance in the taxi industry, promoting safety and economic empowerment of women by facilitating mentoring, additional training and a supportive community of women drivers.

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Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

A voluntary International Internship Research Programme contributes to the monitoring and evaluation of impact in both Sri Lanka and Nepal.

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

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
contribution made by volunteers.
A voluntary Internship Programme for undergraduates and graduates from local universities contributes to our UK fundraising and operations.
Professional skills - are volunteered through pro-bono support and corporate partnerships which contribute to capacity building of the RMF team by delivering specialised skill sets and training, reducing overhead expenses for the charity.
Volunteers - support our community programmes both in the UK and overseas, offering additional manpower and specific skill sets to enhance programmes and deliver social value to communities.

Section D Achievements and performance

Most of all

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

In the aftermath of the pandemic, we've rebuilt our team to sustain fundraising and advance projects, crucial for ensuring sustainability and expanding our impact when those relying on our support need us more than ever. Managing the pandemic's repercussions continues to be a substantial challenge for our donors, volunteers, and especially for those we support. Incorporating a commercial trading arm has been a strategic move to increase revenue. Roxy, Rosie and Ruby, our electric tuk-tuk, are now available for hire, generating income to support local community programs. Our pink fleet of tuk tuks have become iconic figures, alleviating chronic loneliness, and promoting positive mental health in our local community. Our volunteer drivers, integral to this vital work, continue local initiatives such as delivering Fish and Chip Friday, visits from Tuk Tuk Santa, facilitating social tables and distributing food waste to local schools for families in need of food support to reintegrate and reignite communities. In Sri Lanka the economic crisis continues to push families onto or below the poverty line. Our focus on education has been vital and numbers have increased at the Rosie May Pre-School, as parents cannot access fee paying pre-schools, mostly the only option. We continue to provide free early years education and a nutritious lunch for 35 children each year. This year we introduced afterschool classes for graduates in their first year of primary school, to build on numeracy/literacy skills and close the gap. After-school classes for children 6-16 years have also been increased to develop English conversational skills and increase social mobility. Economic empowerment of families living in financial poverty continues to be challenging in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Our tuk tuk taxi drivers struggle with restricted fuel and increased prices, nevertheless these resilient women continue to support their families during this crisis with our continued funding. Families are kept together as single mothers are prevented from having to make the heartbreaking decision of relinquishing their children to an orphanage. The concept of women taxi drivers has been introduced into our hometown of Nottingham this year. In the UK less than 2% of taxi drivers are women so Think Pink addresses this shortage of female drivers by recruiting, mentoring, and training through a collaboration with DG Cars, Nottingham. The women drivers benefit from joining a supportive community of women drivers to create change in the industry and ultimately personal safety for other women.

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Section E Financial review

To ensure the charity can meet both current commitments and ensure
Brief statement of the long term sustainability, Rosie May Foundation has determined that the
charity’s policy on reserves reserves should be held in unrestricted funds to cover: • a minimum of one year’s operating costs of projects and employee liabilities.
• Meet current cashflow requirements.
• Opportunities to invest in new projects prior to securing full funding. As of 31 January 2023, reserves meet this requirement.
Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include Fundraising revenue streams:
additional information, where 69% Events and Donations
relevant about: 8% Sponsorships
• the charity’s principal 16% Trust Funds and Grants sources of funds (including 0% Legacies any fundraising); 6% Gift aid
• how expenditure has 1% Other supported the key objectives Expenditure both direct and indirect has supported the key objectives
of the charity; of the charity, reduction of poverty, education, economic
• investment policy and empowerment, family strengthening, mental health, and community objectives including any cohesion. ethical investment policy adopted. As part of the due diligence process, we continue to update our policies and procedures, with a focus on safeguarding. This has been achieved through a considerable amount of support from volunteer trustees and pro bono support. These are reviewed and updated to an agreed schedule.

Section F Other optional information

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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) Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date
	Helen Wells	Graham Storrie
	Treasurer	Secretary
	10 November 2023
	10 November 2023

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ROSIE MAY FOUNDATION	No (if any)
	1113049
Receipts andpayments accounts		CC16a
Period start date For the period	Period end date
from 01.02.22	31.01.23

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Voluntaryincome	7,070	41,029	-	48,099	24,615
Activities forgeneratingfunds	153,138	-	-	153,138	114,043
Investment income	358	-	-	358	507
Incomingresources from	-	-	-	-	-
charitable activities	-	2,000	-	2,000	17,606
Furlough	-	-	-	-	17,560
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	160,566	43,029	-	203,595	174,331

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-
	-				-
*Sub total*	-				-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					174,331

Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryincome	15,544	-	-	15,544	49,722
Fundraisingtradingcosts	49,453	-	-	49,453	15,737
Charitable activities	140,891	46,497	-	187,388	60,999
Furlough	-	-	-	-	17,560
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
**Sub total **	205,888	46,497	-	252,385	144,018

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Tuk tuk	19,253				10,500
Other					1,169
**Sub total **	19,253				11,669
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					155,687

	- 64,575				18,644
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	181,383				202,436
	116,808				221,080

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

22/11/2023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	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 B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B1 Cash funds	Details Investment Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Deferred income Prepayments Bank and cash Details Details Capital assets Details Accruals Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 116,808 36,229 - - - - 116,808 36,229 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 11,795 - 745 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) 30,000 - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) 34,198 - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) 394 - - - - - Print Name Helen Lesley Wells Graham Storrie	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		Helen Lesley Wells	10-Nov-23
		Graham Storrie	10-Nov-23

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

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CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustee81 members of ROSIE MAY FOUNDATION On accounts for the year ended 3191 January 2023 Charlty no (if any) 1113049 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (Ihe Trust") for the year ended 3110112023 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.). 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 gNen by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no concems 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 rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: th 10 November 2023 Name: n Abdul Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Association of Chartered Certified Accountants Address: Flat 4 7 Pelham Crescent Nottingham, NG7 1AU Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concem (see CC32. Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). IER October 2018

Glve here brief detalls of any Item8 that tho examiner wishes to dlsclose. IER October 2018