**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ||Period start date|Period start date|||Period end date|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**From **|01|02|2023|**To**|31
01|2024| ## 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** |1
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**year **|**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** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **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)**||| |You**may choose**to 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 collaboration to deliver surplus food and instore donations with
Lidl, Bingham, Nottingham and local community groups.
Related Party Transactions – Mrs Mary Storrie, the spouse of Trustee
Graham Storrie, is employed by the Rosie May Foundation.
| |---|---| ||| March **2012** **TAR** 2 ## **Section C Objectives and activities** The charity aims to empower children through education, achieve sustained poverty reduction, and economically improve the lives of vulnerable and marginalized families. In Sri Lanka, the focus is on provision of direct family support, access to quality education for children, skills training and women’s economic empowerment to help them to lift themselves and their children out of **Summary of the objects of the** poverty. **charity set out in its governing document** In rural Nepal, the emphasis is on implementing income-generating programs for women to be able to and promoting quality education for children, especially girls. In the UK, we continue to support local families by improving food security and develop educational partnerships to build mental resilience and inspire young minds. 1. **Think Pink Sri Lanka and Nepal:** trains women to drive pink tuk-tuk taxis, breaking gender barriers, ensuring safe journeys for women and children, and providing economic empowerment for women. 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 care leavers and vulnerable children in Sri Lanka through child rights education, English **Summary of the main** proficiency, literacy, numeracy and offers support and access to further **activities undertaken for the** education and vocational training. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** 6. **Eye Screening Camps:** free eye screenings, provide prescription **this section the statutory** spectacles, cataract surgery, and early intervention education for **declaration that trustees have** vulnerable families in poverty-stricken rural communities in Sri Lanka. **had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** 7. **Meselmi Primary School:** rebuild of an earthquake-resilient school **Commission on public** in rural Nepal, preventing child trafficking by resuming primary education. **benefit)** 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, March **2012** **TAR** 3 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 surplus and instore donations to support local families living in income poverty. The charity trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers and duties. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** - **A voluntary Internship Programme** for undergraduates and graduates from local universities contributes to our UK fundraising and operations. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - **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. - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 4 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** The charity achieved several milestones this year across Sri Lanka, Nepal, and the UK: - **Sri Lanka** : - • Continued focus on education with the provision of quality early years education and daily school lunches, which helped keep 30 children above the malnutrition line. - Expanded after-school programs to build numeracy, literacy, and English skills for children aged 6-16, benefiting an additional 50 children. • Supported 10 care leavers from the Rosie May home as they pursued nursing, vocational training, O and A levels. • Introduced a new tailoring class for 20 mothers, increasing garment production with an industrial sewing machine, enhancing their income potential. Think Pink taxi drivers continue to earn robust incomes and support their families with the addition of two new drivers this year. Emotional and social support for mums and children to promote good mental health. Prevented 100% of families from being separated, ensuring single mothers didn’t have to relinquish their children to orphanages. • **Nepal** : • Launched Think Pink driving for women, empowering 8 women as taxi drivers in rural areas. These women now provide safe transportation for over 400 women and children to medical appointments, hospital, school and work, while supporting their own families. Supported 2 survivors of trafficking to complete their final year at university studying law and social policy. - **UK** : - • Continued food distribution efforts, reducing food waste and enhancing food security for 100 plus local families in need. - These achievements have contributed to improving education, economic independence, general health, alleviate poverty and increase social mobility in the communities served. - . March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 6 ## **Section E Financial review** |**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**
**Further financial review details**
You**may choose**to include
additional information, where
relevant about:
•
the charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising);
•
how expenditure has
supported the key objectives
of the charity;
•
investment policy and
objectives including any
ethical investment policy
adopted.|To ensure the charity can meet both current commitments and ensure
long term sustainability, Rosie May Foundation has determined that the
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 2024, reserves meet this requirement.| |---|---| ||| ||**(Optional information)**| ||Expenditure both direct and indirect has supported the key objectives of
the charity, reduction of poverty, improving education, economic
empowerment, family strengthening, positive mental health, and
community cohesion.
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** March **2012** **TAR** 7 ## ~~a~~ **Section G Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Graham Storrie **Full name(s)** Helen Wells ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer Secretary **etc)** ~~aeae~~ **Date** 15 Octoer 2024 ~~PO~~ March **2012** **TAR** 8 **ROSIE MAY FOUNDATION** **No (if any)** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01.02.23 31.01.24 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**Total funds**
**Last year**|| |---|---| |**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**
**to the nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**|| |Voluntaryincome
**10,811**
**19,275**
**-**
**30,086**
**48,099**
Activities forgeneratingfunds
**124,519**
**-**
**-**
**124,519**
**153,138**
Investment income
**411**
**-**
**-**
**411**
**358**
Incomingresources from
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Charitable activities
**-**
**7,097**
**-**
**7,097**
**2,000**
Furlough
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_**135,741**
**26,372**
**-**
**162,113**
**203,595**
~~==55===~~|| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**135,741**
**26,372**
**-**
**162,113**
**203,595**
~~=SSS5=~~|| |**A3 Payments**
Costs ofgeneratingvoluntaryincome
**23,441**
**-**
**-**
**23,441**
**15,544**
Fundraisingtradingcosts
**75,057**
**-**
**-**
**75,057**
**49,453**
Charitable activities
**86,934**
**55,223**
**-**
**142,157**
**187,388**
Furlough
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 185,432**
**55,223**
**-**
**240,655**
**252,385**
~~22-8~~|| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
**Tuk Tuk**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**19,253**
Other
**838**
**-**
**-**
**838**
**_Sub total_ 838**
**-**
**-**
**838**
**19,253**
**_Total payments_**
**186,270**
**55,223**
**-**
**241,493**
**271,638**
~~===~~|| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**- 50,529**
**- 28,851**
**-**
**- 79,380**
**- 68,043**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**- -**
**-**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**116,808**
**36,229**
**-**
**153,037**
**221,080**
**_Cash funds this year end_**
**66,279**
**7,378**
**- 73,657**
**153,037**
**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
~~=—>>—>~~|**043**
**-**
**221,080**
**153,037**| |**Unrestricted**
**Restricted funds**
**Endowment**|| |**Categories**
**funds**
**funds**
**Details**|| |**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**|| |**66,279**
**7,378**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**66,279**
**7,378**
**-**
**_Total cash funds_**
Bank and Cash
**B1 Cash funds**
~~==~~|| |CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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OK
OK
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))|| |||||**Unrestricted**
**Restricted funds**|**Restricted funds**|**Endowment**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||**funds**||**funds**| |||**Details**||**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**| |**B2 Other monetary assets**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~—=——~~|||||| |||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B3 Investment assets**|**30,000**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Investment
~~ne~~|||||| |||**Details**||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**|**35,036**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Capital Assets
~~ese~~|||||| |||||**Fund to which**
**Amount due**||**When due**| |||**Details**||**liability relates**
**(optional)**||**(optional)**| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**|514
**-**
8,335
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Date of approval
15th Oct 2024
15thOct2024
Accruals
Due to HMRC
Print Name
Helen Lesley Wells
Graham Storrie
Signature
~~———~~|||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 18/10/2024 2 Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the truste081 mom￿rn of ROSIE MAY FOUNDATION On account8 for the year 31 JANUARY 2024 Charlty no (if any) 1113049 I report to the trustees on rry exarrMnatK)n of the accounts of ts atove charity (Ihe Tru*) for ts year wxled 31101r2024 Responslbilill•s and bas￿ of report )unts in accc*dance vfilh ts requirements of ts Charltss Act 2011 I report in res￿￿ of nry examinatTh of the Trusvs xcounls wied out under 8ectM)n 145 01 the 2011 Act arKI in caThying oul my examination. I have followed all the applicable DirerAion8 given ty the Charity Conmnisslon under 8￿xi 145(5Mb) of the Ad. Independent I have completed nry examination. I confimi that no material rnatters have •xamlnerfs statement come to my attenlion in connection wilh the examinalion (othei than that dEsdosed bekm ') which gNes me cause to believe that in, any material the acc(￿nI]ng records were not kept in accordarte with sectlon 130 of the Chaiities Act", or the accounts did a(xord ￿th the accounting records; or the accounts dld not compty with the applicable requirements conceming the forTn and c(xrtent of set out in the Chariiies (Accounts and Reports) RegUlati(￿S 2008 olher than any requirerT that the accounts give a Irue arKI fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. with the examination to which attenlK)n shoukl be drawn in this report in ¢xder lo enable a kYDper urKlerstanding of the xcounts to be r&%hed. Signod: 15th Octob8r 2024 Namo: Ryaan ALKlul Rel•vant w￿lonal quallficatlonl$> or body (If any): Addrpss: Flat 4 7 Pelham Crescent Noth"ngham NG7 1AU IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure Onty complete rf the examiner needs io h￿hi￿ht material matters of COn￿M (see CC32. Independent examin*w)n of dwty accounts. directions and guidance for examiners). Glve hero brief dotslls of any items that tho examlnor *ishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018