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## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

**From 1/1/2023 To 31/12/2023** 

**Charity name: Ifakara Bakery Project** 

## **Charity registration number:1114531** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|The income of the charity is to be used for<br>the preservation and protection of health in<br>Ifakara, Kilombero District, Tanzania and<br>provide relief, where there is financial<br>hardship, for the advancement of<br>education.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Following a yearly plan, we continue to<br>send funds to trusted individuals to enable<br>them to purchase daily bread from the local<br>Bakery which is well managed by the<br>Sisters of St Francis.<br>From time to time, we fund teachers’<br>salaries and students at secondary schools<br>and colleges.<br>Provision is made for pastoral care.<br>As particular needs arise, we help develop<br>innovative work to improve local facilities<br>and utility supplies.|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|We confirm that the Trustees regularly<br>receive and consider material provided by<br>the Charity Commission at relevant<br>meetings.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Bakery was built by us in 2001 and we<br>trained the_Sisters of St Francis_in the art of<br>baking and understanding the equipment.<br>We handed the Bakery to the Sisters and<br>receive their yearly reports.<br>The business is in profit, other than from|
|Policyon social investment|Para 1.38||





|including program related<br>investment||bread which comes under the category<br>“Free Bread” for which our charity provides<br>social investment grants to various local<br>recipients (Including schools and hospitals).<br>We are pleased to report that the social<br>impact, which can be measured in many<br>ways, not only provides positive health care<br>(there continue to be no deaths from<br>starvation despite poor harvests) but also<br>through education and improvement of<br>utilities - water and electricity for example -<br>ensures increasing independence and<br>empowerment.<br>We continue to provide an emergency<br>contingency fund which has proved helpful<br>in times of personal and group need.<br>Friends of the Ifakara Bakery Project<br>provide support, advice and additional<br>fundraising activities from time to time.|
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|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||



## **Achievements and Performance** 

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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Trustees Visit to Ifakara**<br>Two trustees self funded a trip to Ifakara<br>bakery and visited all the accounts which<br>receive the “Free Bread.” The population is<br>increasing and so is the need. 8 new<br>accounts were added as a result, these<br>include 5 kindergartens, 2 day cares and 1<br>orphanage. A total of 544 more children will<br>receive free bread daily.<br>Meetings were held with a local sugar<br>refinery to discuss an annual donation of<br>sugar to the bakery.<br>A solar panel project was initiated for the<br>bakery.<br>A sanitation project was initiated at the<br>Nazareth Leprosy Centre.<br>**Supplies of free bread**<br>Our priority in 2023 was ensuring the<br>adequate provision of bread through The<br>Free Bread Fund to the existing accounts<br>we support. We funded 155,928  loaves of|





bread during 2023 and over 80% of these reached children below the age of 7 at Kindergartens and Nursery schools. This is an increase of 51,600 loaves from 2022 and reflects the addition of the orphanage, kindergartens and day cares as well as the number of hospital in-patients and leprosy centre residents. It is a lifeline for many and has helped continue to maintain improved school attendance despite the impact of Covid. The free bread provided for hospital wards goes specifically to malnourished children, neonates and TB patients and for residents and day patients at the Nazareti Leprosy Centre. **Solar Panel Project** The solar panel project at Bethlehem Centre, a residential learning centre for learning disabled children was completed to provide electricity to the dormitories and recreation room for the first time. **Bee Keeping Project Expansion** St Theresa community group is located in the rural parish of Mahutanga, one of the poorest areas in the diocese of Ifakara. The group supports vulnerable local women, in particular those living with HIV/AIDS, widows and young divorced mothers; offering them needed economic opportunities, education and social support. Income generating activities include farming land, pigs and poultry. The honey, beeswax and candle products sold provide an income for the marginalised women who in turn organise and conduct seminars on environmental conservation, HIV/AIDS and gender issues in the community. This year IBP has been able to support the expansion of this successful enterprise and send funds for ten more beehives, two more sets of overalls, more training and five bicycles to access the more remote hives. **Communication** Improvements continued to keep the many supporters of the charity updated. These included to the website, and via the mass mailing of a Christmas card which included the annual newsletter. Outreach has resulted in a subsequent increase in individual donations. 



**Expanding the Board of Trustees** Three new board members joined in 2023 and have brought a wide range of skills and experience to the charity. These skills have enabled us to develop strategic planning, fundraising and education projects. A professional fundraiser is also assisting the trustees with outreach and fundraising ideas and implementation. 

## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|All commitments were met during the year.<br>Trustee meetings were held in person and<br>on zoom to achieve these commitments.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities<br>against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|Income grew due to more outreach,<br>fundraising events and public talks.<br>Fundraising by individual efforts and the set<br>up of new standing orders supported<br>objectives.<br>The importance of holding reserves meant<br>that we were able to continue to honour our<br>commitments through the Free Bread<br>scheme.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a|
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## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity continues to enjoy a healthy<br>financial position and the Trustees are<br>satisfied with the meeting of planned<br>commitments through the year.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Reserves are held to ensure at least one<br>further year’s funding to allow (should the<br>need arise) sufficient time to make any<br>necessary adjustments in activity and<br>fundraising.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Dec 31 2023: £59,813|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a<br>going concern|Para 1.23|Following the death of the co-founder,<br>Eugene Schellenberg, in September 2021<br>and the illness of the other co-founder,<br>Margaret Schellenberg, the board of<br>trustees chose to focus primarily on the<br>provision of bread for 2022 and 2023<br>ensuring that all commitments would be<br>met, which they were. The board of<br>trustees is committed to continue its<br>expansion of skilled support as needed to<br>ensure the continuity of the charity as a<br>going concern.|



## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>Fundraising has been through the provision<br>of group talks, online and in person as well<br>as events. The first large public fundraising<br>event was held at an African Heritage Centre,<br>Akamba, near Birmingham, it was successful<br>raising over £9,000. Additionally, the many<br>friends of the Ifakara Bakery Project<br>provide freewill gifts, often via regular<br>standing orders, which enable us to receive<br>additional funds through Gift Aid.<br>Individuals have also kindly undertaken<br>“one off” fundraisingactivities.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|We continue to believe that our work is not<br>simply the relief of poverty but to empower<br>beneficiaries to achieve independence and<br>personal successes.|





|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The principal risk is related to the ability to<br>raise the required funds annually to<br>maintain the ‘Free Bread Fund’.<br>However, thanks to the highly qualified<br>support of the Trustees and a professional<br>fundraiser the charity hopes to be able to<br>continue its work and continues to develop<br>new methods to maintain the legacy left by<br>its founder which has brought confidence for<br>the future.|
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**Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25|Trust Deed|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Company|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Selection is by invitation issued by existing<br>Trustees.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
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## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|Ifakara BakeryProject|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|Free Bread Funds|
|Registered charitynumber|1114531|
|Charity’s principal address|18 Grange Hill Road<br>Kings Norton<br>Birmingham<br>B38 8RG|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
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||Revd Siôr<br>Coleman|Chair|||
||Moore, Ina|Treasurer|March 2021||
||Georgina Arnold|Secretary|||
||Schellenberg,<br>Annabelle|Administrator|||
||Johnson,Dee||||
||Johnson,Robin||||
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name Nil** 

## Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for wholeyear**||
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|**Nil**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets Nil held in this capacity Name and objects of the n/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for n/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets 



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** 

|**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|
|---|---|---|
|**Type of**<br>**adviser**|**Name**<br>**Address**||
|**Lady**<br>**president**|Margaret<br>Schellenberg|18 Grange Hill road, Kings Norton, Birmingham B38 8RG|
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## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** 

n/a 

## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

n/a 

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## **Declarations** 

**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** 

## **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

|**Signature(s)**<br>**Full name(s)**<br>**Position (eg Secretary,**<br>**Chair, etc)**<br>**Date**|Siôr Coleman|A Schellenberg|
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**The Ifakara Bakery Project** 

**The Ifakara Bakery Project 1114531 Recei ts and a ments accounts p p y For the period** 1/1/2023 12/31/2023 **To from** 

|**For the period**<br>**from**|1/1/2023|**To**|12/31/2023|
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|**Section A Receipts and payments**<br>**Utitd**|**Rtitd**|**Edt**||
|**to the nearest      £**<br>**A1 Receipts**<br>Trust Funds<br>**-**<br>Churches<br>**469**<br>Organisations<br>**1,720**<br>Individuals<br>**21,730**<br>Interest<br>**115**<br>Gift Aid<br>**-**<br>Other Income<br>**-**<br>StandingOrders<br>**6,005**<br>**30,039**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Sub total                               -**<br>**Total receipts                  30,039**<br>**A3 Payments**<br>Free Bread Funds<br>**38,982**<br>EmergencyFund<br>**-**<br>Education<br>**-**<br>Special Projects<br>**690**<br>Pastoral Care<br>**-**<br>Innovativeprojects<br>**-**<br>Akamba Fundraiser<br>**3,120**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Sub total                      42,792**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Sub total                                -**<br>**Total payments                  42,792**<br>**Net of receipts/(payments) -                12,753**<br>**A5 Transfers between funds**<br>**-**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**73,956**<br>**Cash funds this year end                  59,813**<br>**nresrce**<br>**funds**<br>**Sub total**_(Gross income for AR)_<br>**(see table).**<br>**A4 Asset and investment**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**esrce**<br>**funds**|**to the nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**nowmen**<br>**funds**|**Total funds**<br>**to the nearest £**|
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|**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**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|
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|**Categories**<br>**B1 Cash funds**<br>**B2 Other monetary assets**<br>**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B5 Liabilities**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the**<br>**charity’s own use**|**Details**<br>Nat West Current a/c<br>Nat West Reserve a/c<br>WBBS<br>**Details**<br>NIL<br>**Details**<br>NIL<br>**Details**<br>NIL<br>**Details**<br>NIL<br>**Total cash funds**<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s))|**to nearest £**<br>**49,564**<br>**10,249**<br>**59,813**<br>OK<br>**to nearest £**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Fund to which**<br>~~**asset belongs**~~<br>**Fund to which**<br>~~**asset belongs**~~<br>**Fund to which**<br>~~**li bili**~~<br>~~**l**~~|**to nearest £**<br>**Restricted**|
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Signed by one or two trustees on 

|Signature<br>**_ES Coleman_**<br>**_A Schellenberg_**|Print Name|
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|**_ES Coleman_**|ES COLEMAN|
|**_A Schellenberg_**|A SCHELLENBERG|



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## **CC16a** 

**Last year to the nearest £** 

**760 9,535 16,320 16 8,116 5,846 40,593** 

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## **40,593** 

**26,082 328 300 289 - - - - 26,999** 

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**26,999 13,593 -** 

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**to nearest £ - - - -** 

OK 

## **Endowment funds** 

**to nearest £** 

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## **Report to the trustees/ members of** 

Charity Name Ifakara Bakery Project 

**On accounts for the year** 31/12/2023 **ended** 

**Charity no** 1114531 **(if any)** 

**Set out on pages** 1 page of attached accounts in excel 

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023. 

**Responsibilities and basis of report** 

As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with 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 examiner's statement** 

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: 

- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or 

- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or 

- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 

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. 

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## **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** 

**Address:** 

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## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

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