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2022-12-31-accounts

Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01.01.2022 Period start date To 31.12.2022 Period end date Charity name: Rainbows4children (UK) Trust

Charity registration number: 1116387

Objectives and Activities

SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document		 Para 1.17 (1) to relieve poverty and suffering in sub-
Saharan Africa and particularly (but not
exclusively) Ethiopia (the “Region”) through
the support and provision of aid for
construction and development projects with
particular emphasis on projects relating to
healthcare (including the equipping of health
facilities such as hospitals, clinics and health
centres), and self-help projects supporting
local communities (such as securing water
supplies and the development of small
agricultural projects), but excluding support
for any commercial activities or projects
which are of a purely political, religious or
pacifist nature;
(2) to promote and support the advancement
of education in the Region in particular
through projects supporting the
establishment and support of schools, and
the provision of teaching and education for
children and young people;
(3) to relieve poverty and financial hardship
among beneficiaries in the Region, by
providing or procuring, amongst other things,
financial assistance and support for the
welfare and health of beneficiaries, who by
reason of their social and economic
conditions are in need of such assistance.
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		 Fund-raising takes place in the UK to raise
money for the projects, which are currently in
Ethiopia only. Most of the donations received
from UK citizens are from individuals who
sponsor a child to attend the Nicolas
Robinson School in Mekele, Tigray, Ethiopia.
The biggest donor in 2022 supported
supplementary food during the Civil war
(November 2020-November 2022).
The project funds in 2022 have been used
for 2 main purposes: to pay the school staff
and to provide food and medical assistance
for the staff and the school children and their
families during the civil war.
The Nicolas Robinson School continues to
educate 1400 students from kindergarten
(aged 3.5 years) to graduation at Grade 12,
aged 18 years)
The building work of the essential buildings
to run the school is now complete. In 2020
we continued to improve facilities. However
formal school was suspended in mid-March
due to the Covid pandemic and teachers
prepared work for students at all levels as
paper handouts, which were collected and
distributed by family members. This
continued until the end of June and resumed
in October 2020. In November 2020 war
broke out in the region. Education continued
in Mekele until the end of November 2020
when the town was bombarded.
Throughout 2022 the school staff prepared
for the re-start of school. School restarted in
February 2022 and ran until September
2022, when the town was bombarded again.
The staff were trained in coping with their
trauma and, also, to help the children
recover from the stress and trauma of war
and family bereavements.
The school has been a feeding centre for our
community of families, always helping any
family in severe need.
The school also grew vegetables and other
crops to provide better nutrition. A donor
supported the installation of some solar
panels which were at the school, having
been donated previously.
All monies raised go directly to further the
aims of the Trust. No trustees
receive any remuneration. There are no
employees of the Trust.
Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit		 Para 1.18 The trustees have read and understood the
Charity Commission guidance on public
benefit are in compliance. The activity in the
continuing education and care of children’s
health and well-being demonstrates this

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

SORP reference
Policy on grant making Para 1.38 All monies raised go directly to further the
aims of the Trust. No trustees
receive any remuneration. There are no
employees of the Trust.
Policy on social investment
including program related
investment		 Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers		 Para 1.38 Volunteers travel to Ethiopia to help in the
school either at their own expense or
supported directly by the founders, Max and
Kathryn Robinson. Exceptionally, in 2021
and 2022 there were no volunteers at the
school due to the ongoing civil war in the
region and consequent security issues for
the volunteers.
Normally, volunteers visit the school on a
regular basis to help train the teachers and
management staff. All volunteers are DBS
checked and have to sign that they are in
compliance with the school’s child safety
policy as well as sign a contract for their
work.
Other

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 2022 was another exceptional year due to
the civil war in the region which lasted the
whole year. The focus was on education
where possible, mainly by sharing books and
remote learning exercises and in school
teaching for 1,000 students for 6 months in
2022. The school also concentrated on the
growing of food and protection of the school
assets.
The quality of the training and quality of
education given by the school
Rainbows4children, through sponsors, now
helps the education of about 800 students at
the school and a further 70 who have gone
on to University.
4 alumni of the school have won
scholarships overseas. 3 are studying at US
universities: Macalester College, Rochester
University, Trinity College, Hartford. The
fourth has been offered a scholarship at Asia
Pacific University in Japan.

Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Para 1.41 Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41

Investment performance
against objectives		 Para 1.41
Other

Financial Review

Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period		 Para 1.21 As a small charity, the policy agreed by the
trustees is to keep the equivalent of one
years’ running cost of the school available
(in the bank accounts) at all times, so that if
funds cannot be raised in a particular year
due to unforeseen circumstances, the school
can still function and the staff of the school
paid their salaries.
Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held		 Para 1.22 Any cash reserves are invested in the
deposit account at the bank. No
risk investments are made with the funds. As
a small charity, the policy agreed by the
trustees is to keep the equivalent of one
years’ running cost of the school available
(in the bank accounts) at all times, so that if
funds cannot be raised in a particular year
due to unforeseen circumstances, the school
can still function, and the staff of the school
paid their salaries.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £354,464
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		 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 Fundraising is mainly from private donations
and regular giving. This is mainly to support
the sponsorship of Ethiopian children's
education and provide funds for building the
school and providing the running costs of the
School.
Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted		 Para 1.46 The Trust document does not allow any
investment of funds in high-risk investments,
so funds are invested in a bank deposit
account. No risk investments are made with
the funds. As a small charity, the policy
agreed by the trustees is to keep the
equivalent of one years’ running cost of the
school available (in the bank accounts), at all
times, so that if funds cannot be raised in a
particular year due to unforeseen
circumstances, the school can still function,
and the staff of the school paid their salaries.
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity		 Para 1.46 If peace is not sustained in the region, there
is a danger that donors lose confidence in
the use of their funds, and it becomes
difficult to fundraise and/or maintain the
running of the school.
Other

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s
trusts:
Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)		 Para 1.25 Trust
How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)		 Para 1.25
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 nominated by one of the other,
existing trustees, their credentials presented,
and they are invited to the board if all
trustees are in agreement. Trustees are
preferred who have already visited to the
school in Mekele or have a strong
interest/connection with the region.

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 charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works		 Para 1.51 Rainbows4children (UK) Trust works closely
with Rainbows4children Stiftung, registered
in Switzerland. Funds are raised for the
same purpose and The Swiss Foundation
makes transfers of funds to Ethiopia to the
Nicolas Robinson School bank accounts for
the running costs of the school and other
related activities linked to the health and
well-being of students, staff and their
immediate families.
Relationship with any related
parties		 Para 1.51
Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charityname Rainbows4Children(UK)Trust
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 1116387
Charity’s principal address 16 Taunton Close
Sutton
Surrey
SM3 9NG

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20		 Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole
**year **		 Name of person (or body) entitled
to appoint trustee (ifany)
Richard Max
Robinson		 President
Kathryn Robinson Secretary
George Potts
Paul Reynolds 01.01.2022-18.04.2022
PhilipStockbridge
Alison Burgh 15.04.2022-31.12.2022

– 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)
Full name(s)
Position (eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)
Date
Richard Max Robinson Kathryn Warburton Robinson

President & co-founder		 Secretary & co-founder
6thApril 2023
6thApril 2023

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Rainbows4children (UK) Trust 1116387
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01.01.2022 31.12.2022
To
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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Private donations 121,541 - 121,541 125,161
Bank interest 547 - - 547 18
Gift aid refund 11,717 - - 11,717 6,776
Paypal Giving Fund - - - 1,925
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Return from AFEX account - - - 20,000
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Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 12,264 ] 121,541 - 133,805 153,880
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
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Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 12,264 121,541 - 133,805 153,880
A3 Payments
Bank charges 170 - - 170 6
Transfers to Rainbows4Children
Foundation for Mekele School building - 20,000 - 20,000 40,000
SAFE (Child safety) 50 - 50 50
M Gebreyohannes for food aid Mekele - 18,400 - 18,400 -
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Sub total [ 170 ] 38,450 - 38,620 40,056
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
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Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 170 38,450 - 38,620 40,056
Net of receipts/(payments) 12,094 83,091 - 95,185 113,824
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - 145,455
Cash funds this year end 12,094 83,091 - 95,185 259,279
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

04/01/2023

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at 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
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Total cash funds
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
HSBC A/C 41459758
HSBC A/C 01459740
Paypal
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funds
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316,034
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316,034
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RICHARD MAX ROBINSON
KATHRYN W. ROBINSON		 Endowment
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06/01/2023
06/01/2023

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

04/01/2023

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/
members of
On accounts for the year
ended
Set out on pages
Responsibilities and
basis of report		 Charity Name
Rainbows 4 Children UK Trust		 Charity Name
Rainbows 4 Children UK Trust		 Charity Name
Rainbows 4 Children UK Trust
31 December 2022 Charity no
(if any)		 1116387
CC16a 1 to 2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31 / 12 / 2022.
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.

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: Date: 5[th] April 2023 Name: Jake Jones Relevant professional MAAT qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 11 Elleray Road, Middleton, Manchester

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April 2023

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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 .

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IER

April 2023