## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] January 2024 To 31[st] December 2024** **Charity name: See Ability First International** **(formerly Neema Crafts Workshop)** ## **Charity registration number: 1117305** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**| |---|---|---| |SORP reference||| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
**To relieve the financial hardship or other**
**charitable needs of people with**
**disabilities in Tanzania and East Africa to**
**enable them to obtain training in**
**appropriate skills by such means as the**
**trustees determine from time to time**
**providing they are recognised as**
**charitable according to the charitable law**
**of England and Wales.**||| |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
**To raise funds to:**
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**support Neema Crafts Workshop,**
**Iringa, Tanzania**
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**support the expansion of**
**marketing of crafts made by**
**people with disabilities**||| |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 acted in accordance**
**with the guidance issued by the Charity**
**Commission on public benefit. It has**
**focussed on activities to support people**
**with disabilities in Tanzania and East**
**Africa by supporting training and**
**employment. **| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** - SORP reference **1. The Trust supported the allowances for the volunteer Directors at Neema Crafts** - Summary of the main Para 1.20 **workshop for Disabled Adults,** achievements of the charity, **Iringa, and made a grant of** identifying the difference the **£10,000 to help clear loans** charity’s work has made to **received for the purchase of** the circumstances of its **supplies.** beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a **2. The Trust offset it’s debt to Neema** whole. **Crafts workshop against the debt for purchases made on behalf of the workshop in 2024 and earlier years. This resulted in refunds of £16,330 in the Receipts and Payments account for earlier years’ transactions.** - **3. Grants were paid from restricted and General Funds to See Ability First International, Tanzania to help in the creation of a new installation for Disabled workers in Arusha, Tanzania. Once trading has been established the objective is for the project to be self-funding and sustainable without the need for funding of running expenses** **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Review of the charity’s Para 1.21
financial position at the end
of the period
Statement explaining the Para 1.22 At the meeting of the trustees on 7th
policy for holding reserves February 2017 it was
stating why they are held agreed £10,000 should be held in reserve.
This was approximately the
cost of two months’ wages at Neema
Crafts in Iringa.
.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 On 31 [st] December 2024 the Trust held
General Reserves of £32,587 which
includes cash of £8,150 plus outstanding
debts from the Neema Crafts Workshop.
Procedures are in place to reduce this
debt and restore cash reserves
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 There are no funds in deficit
deficit
Explanation of any Para 1.23 There are no uncertainties about the
uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern
charity continuing as a going
concern
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## **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|| |---|---|---| |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|**Model Declaration of Trust for a**
**Charitable Trust**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Trust**| |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|**Appointed by the existing Trustees**| ## **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|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity name Seeing Ability First International
Other name the charity uses Neema Crafts Workshop
Registered charity number 1117305
Charity’s principal address Mr M Crawford
20 Rycroft Avenue
St Neots
Cambs
PE19 1DT
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Name of person (or
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) body) entitled to
whole year
appoint trustee (if any)
1 Mr. Barry Austin Chairman Existing Trustees
2 Mrs. Debbie Austin Existing Trustees
Treasurer Existing Trustees
3 [Mr. Malcolm Crawford ]
Existing Trustees
4 [Mr. Martin Davies ]
Existing Trustees
5 [Mrs Susanna E Davies ]
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– 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 None 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)** **Type of adviser Name Address 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 t they have approved the** **Signed on behalf of the** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Barry Austin **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** 29th October 2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts S•¢tion A Indopendent Examin•r's Report Report to the trusteesl members of See Aknlity First Intemational (Neema Cr*ls Vvorkstrw UK) On accouftts for th• y•ar ended 31 December 2024 Chaflty no (If any 1117305 Set out on pages 3and4 I report Io ihe trustees on rny examination of the accounts of the above chartty (Ihe Trusf) for the year and￿1 3111212024 Responsibilities and basis of report AS the thantys trustees. ythj are responsible kn the PfepaTrtion of the cx>unts in a(xordarr* wilh the wuirenwts of the Charitses Aet 2011 (Ihe A￿). I report In respocl of fry ex￿4natIOn crf the Trusf3 ￿cOunt8 carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in carrying oth my examinatson, I have fol1¢y+￿d all the applicable Direct￿n$ given by the Charity Ccxnmlssl under 8eciw)n 145(5)(b) of the ACL Independent examlnerfs ststement I have C£•mpleied rrry examinabon. I confirm that no rnateri￿ matters have come to my attents'on in connectson ￿th the examination which gives me cause to believe that in. any matenal respect: the ax￿ntIng re￿Its were kept in &COrdan￿ with S&Xion 130 ol the Chailiies Ad: or the accounts did nol accord with the accounting records,. or the aCc￿nIS did not comply with the applicab￿ requiren*nts con￿mIng Ihe form and conterrt of accounls set out in Ihe Charities (Accounls and Re￿￿ts) Regulaiions 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 1rue and fairf view which is nol a matter C0n￿.de￿d as part of an independent examinthon. I have no COn￿mS and have come xross no other matters in connection wrth the examinaticm to whith attention should te drawn in this report in order to en8ble a proper uThderstanding of the accounts to be ￿ached. . Fyease d81ete Ihe Wofds in the brdckets if they do not apply. Slgned: Name: Relevant professlonal qualificationls) or l)ody | PFA I- IqIE IER Oct 2018 AddrnBs: 8 Kestral Plxe St Neots PE19 1TR Section B Disclosure nly COrnF*eie il thé rxaiiinei needb lti If4461 ial rdl:e.'s tsl Got￿11, (see CC32, Independent examin8bon of thaftty accounts: directions and guKlance for ex￿Nner6). Giv• h•r• brief detsils of any items that the examiner wishes to disc1•￿e. IER Oct 2018 OIARirY a)MMISSIO ¢w Ablllty Pir51 InlEma•*41 IP4*•rni Crans Recèi tsand mtnts account8 CC1 F•r t1￿ pgr4o41 IrDm To iGt 2ts24 3I*D•¢WR4 Soction A ReC￿lpts and payrn•nts tund A1 f,a7 rd a1AIIL 4RI Al A**+t 4Tr4 knvtilM•Tht Ml*•, T*t•￿ts 2ZWI .5Y2 Ti. U*Mral ¥th 3*B1q , FuwJ - Plnd 2Dt . F￿ *p ¥OOb ill.sJ fT3fJ ITXI 1 AlJ2 Sub X7JP rchaK•*. 5dthtot•l Z,73D 5D.OJPJ 51,7E5 4,497 AS Tf*nif•r• h funds la￿4 )t*r •Tr Cash Iw7dF this y•W U•7 •1,7BJ B8.B1 J4.7TT 4Z.Y27 Section B Statemeiil Df a55ets and Ilabllltles at the end of the perlod I Inr•etflrt•d fund• R••trlrt•d lund• Il•*trlr.t•A BI LISTh lun•J• 91.•14 T•XlI casii ruiids J4777 Uhr••trlcl•d R••tplel•d lund• n•rni f O•t•il• Ba knv••tsMnt *J•el• fAfvq Dctan D4 A55•t5 T•Tain•a ior m• charl￿$ own us• ID 4u• Am•urt du• BJ Print Nam• D•to of