## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1 May 2023 To 30 April 2024** ## **Charity name: Friends of Rwandan Rugby** ## **Charity registration number: 1113179** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To benefit the people of Rwanda through the
provision of facilities for the playing of Rugby
and through the provision of support (including
coaching, organisational and financial
expertise) for the development of Rugby within
Rwanda.| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes
for the public benefit, in
particular, the activities,
projects or services identified
in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and 1.19|FoRR’s main activities are:
1)
The employment of our team of RDOs
for the purpose of directly delivering
regular rugby coaching to children and
young adults in schools and clubs
across Rwanda. This provides many
young people, boys, girls, men and
women with their only regular
organised sporting activity.
2)
The organisation of coaching visits by
(predominantly UK based) volunteer
rugby coaches with the objectives of:
delivering equipment, training our
RDOs, introducing rugby to new areas
of the country, supporting the RRF with
their development plans and reviewing
the activities of the in-countryteam.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard
to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In determining these activities the trustees
have had regard to the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|FoRR is grateful for the support received from
UK based rugby clubs and other charitable
organisatons (The Barbarians Rugby Charitable
Trust, Heb, Ffn, Bill McLaren Foundaton, King
Penguins, Connect to Africa and SOS Kit Aid),
our regular donors and from the many rugby
enthusiasts who support our work.| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**NA**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Many volunteers contribute to the smooth
running of the charity, fundraise on our behalf
and partcipate in our volunteer coaching trips.
Without the contributons made by all of the
people involved we would not have been able
to achieve so much.| |Other||**NA**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During 2023/24 FoRR employed RDOs in 12 of
Rwanda’s 30 districts. The RDOs support the
development of rugby in schools, clubs and
community groups in their Districts.
Fundraising actvity has meant we have been
able to expand our team of RDOs. We are
delighted to report that we have received a
signifcant grant from Bill McLaren Foundaton.
This will enable us to engage a further cohort
of primary school teachers, with the support of
the Rwandan Ministry for Educaton, and to
train them as Tag Rugby coaches. This will
enable us to further extend our programme of
work in new areas and to integrate further
with the natonal curriculum. We plan to be
able to expand our team of RDOs to at least 17
for the next 2 years. We have also benefted
from fundingdonated byHeb Ffnn.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
We have expanded our team of RDOs in line
with our objectves and our Tag for Teachers
Program has developed with training delivered
to 130 teachers in 11 training days
Our program for nursery age children Y’abano
bato has progressed well with all RDOs being
trained.| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|We ran a volunteer trip to Rwanda that helped
raise funds for the charity through volunteer
donatons.| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|NA| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Cash at bank at 30 April 2024 was £43.8k in
respect of the unrestricted fund and £17.2k in
respect of restricted funds.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
statingwhytheyare held|Para 1.22|The balance of funds currently available
exceeds that required to cover operatonal
expenditure for at least 12 months.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£60,985| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|
Para 1.47|
The charity’s principal source of income
remains individual donatons from supporters
and volunteers and we also beneft from
restricted grant funding support for key
projects. The charity’s main areas of
expenditure are in-country employment costs
for our RDOs, tournament costs and the costs
associated with UK volunteer coachingtrips.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Constitution adopted 6th February 2006**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Trustees are appointed or reappointed
annually at the Annual General Meetng| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|
Para 1.51|
The Trustees undertake the day-to-day
management of the charity from the UK whilst
the team of Rugby Development Ofcers
(RDOs) in Rwanda provides regular operatonal
reports to a nominated Trustee and is led by an
experienced programme lead.
There is a safeguarding policy in place and
training in this respect is provided to all RDOs
and volunteers travelling from the UK. Rugby
related frst aid training has been provided to
the RDOs along with contnuing rugby coaching
development training. New RDOs are
inducted during Trustee visits and with the
support of experienced volunteer coaches from
the UK.
All Trustees give their tme voluntarily and
receive no remuneraton or other benefts.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|The Trustees undertake regular (at least
annual) monitoring and training visits to
Rwanda.
.| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|FoRR is working with the King Penguins (A
branch of The Penguin Internatonal Rugby
Football Trust - UK Charity No 1081047) and
has partnered with the Rwandan Rugby
Federaton (RRF) to support their World Rugby
funded rugbydevelopmentprogramme| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Friends of Rwandan Rugby| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|FoRR| |Registered charity number|1113179| |Charity’s principal address|4 Seymour Avenue
Parc Seymour
Penhow
Caldicot
NP26 3AG| ||| ## **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)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Glyn Watkins|Chair||| ||Mary Watkins|Secretary||| ||Michael Watkins|Treasurer||| ||Tina Cumberlidge|||| ||Mike Jones|||| ||Mathew Phillips|||| ||Ieuan Archer|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Mary Elizabeth Watkins **Full name(s)** Glyn Watkins ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair Secretary **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 19[th] Feb 2025 19[th] Feb 2025 ~~|~~ ||**Section A Receipts and payments**
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**funds**|||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Endowment**||**Total funds**|||**Last year**| |||||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Receipts**|||||||||||||||| ||Grants and donations|||**49,130**||**3,057**|**3,057**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**52,187**|**52,187**||**33,585**| ||Gift aid receipts|||**5,638**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**5,638**|**5,638**||**3,359**| ||Interest received|||**946**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**946**|**946**||**674**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_||_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**55,714**||**3,057**|**3,057**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**58,771**|**58,771**||**37,618**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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——_——~~——~~||||||||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**|||||||||||||||| ||Staff remuneration|||**9,088**||**1,011**|**1,011**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**10,099**|**10,099**||**10,843**| ||Tournament costs|||**552**||**447**|**447**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**999**|**999**||**324**| ||Coaching tour costs|||**20,749**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**20,749**|**20,749**||**21,228**| ||Other operational costs|||**5,517**|||||**-**|**-**|**-**||**5,517**|**5,517**||**11,568**| ||Insurance|||||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**499**| ||Administration costs|||**1,016**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**1,016**|**1,016**||**615**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**| ||||**_Sub total_ **|**36,923**||**1,457**|**1,457**||**-**|**-**|**-**||**38,380**|**38,380**||**45,077**| **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **[ - ] - - - -** ———— _**Total payments**_ **36,923 1,457 -** ~~——~~ **38,380 45,077** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **18,791 1,600 - 20,391 - 7,459 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 24,978 15,617 - 40,595 48,054** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **43,769 17,217 - 60,986 40,595** — ~~—~~ = = — CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 18/02/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 18/02/2025 2 (HARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Friends of Rwandan Rugby On accounts for the year ended 30th April 2024 Charity no (if any) 1113179 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust") for the year ended 3010412024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: 14 Date: 1810212025 Name: Mark Aldridge Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): FCCA Address: 701 Stonehouse Park, Sperry Way, Stonehouse, Glos, GL10 3UT IER Oct 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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. IER Oct 2018