Friends from Home from Home UK Annual Report to 5 December 2021 Aims of Friends of Home from Home UK Friends of Home from Home UK was set up to provide financial support to Home from Home, a Registered Charity in South Africa. The aim of Home from Home South Africa is to provide homes, education and medical care for orphaned and abandoned children in South Africa. It is also asslsting older children to make the transition into tertiary education or employment. There are currently over 200 children housed in 36 foster home5. Each home aims to house 6 children looked after by a trained house mother. The registered address of Friends of Home from Home (UK) is: Monks Retreat, Church Lane, Monkton Combe, Bath, BA2 7EX. Susannah Padiachy, Gillian Jordan and Jo Chavasse stepped down as trustees during the year. Thanks was recorded for their service and help over the years. Total Funds raised Overthe period covered in this report the total amount raised was £67,762. This comprised of £56,306 in donations and child sponsorship. £4,952 from fundraising and £6,504 related to Sporting events. This was a very satisfying result given the ongoing Covid disruptions, which required more innovative fund raising campaigns. Key highlights include. l. A healthy level of recurring child sponsorship 2. The generous support of our regular Trust donors 3. A successful Christmas Hamper project conceived and run by Katherine Tait 4. Online Pilates sessions hosted very kindly by Kay Skinner 5. Sponsorship monies raised at the Royal Parks, most notably by the Parson5 family 6. Herbert Kretzmer, a long term supporter of Home from Home, sadly passed away during 2020. We benefited from donations from his memorial during 2020 and 2021. Funds of £40,000 were remitted back to South Africa. Expenses Expenses related to Just Giving totaled £216. Expenses of £21 were incurred for bank charges. The trustees would like to thank PB Accountancy, 17 Duckmoor Road. Bristol for preparing the accounts forthe Charities Commission, free of charge. Vighnesh Padiachy on behalf of the Trustees Registered Charity No 1117433 Trustees: Vighnesh Padiachy, Jo Taylor, Mark Lawrence, Tamsin Ashmore, Jacqueline Parsons, Catherine de Maid, Katherine Tait, Joshua Mills. Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe period Section A Receipts aiid paymeiits UnrO$tri¢ierf funds Rpstricte Endowment fumd$ Total funds andSpDn￿￿Eh -Ham Fund Rai Fu￿d Fund Ra￿￿9-P￿atrS Srni JustGMny 1Q 1.751 4,748 1.758 4,746 Sub tgts1(GfOSS irJcom8 for AR) 07.702 sr.7fj2 A2 A55et and investment sales. Istre table). Sub tst&i 67.762 nts lknakn. SA crwy$ Chaniab￿G￿￿￿￿bs1t8(￿ts Royal Par 216 216 Sub total 4 and investment w¢h•$g& 810 t¥blq Sub iotai 40.237 ptstofre¢¢iptsl{p4yrnethsJ AS Trarthrs bthoen fund5 A6 Cash frjnds last year end sh funds thls yèar oftd 27.525 20.5$7 48.082 20.551 CCXX R1 aEthunL8lSSI Sectioii B Statement of assets and liabilities at the eiid of the period En*Jowm8trt funds B1 Cash IwM15 U￿5 Ba rotsi c•$h fimds 48,0*2 511 fiJnd8 funds to n•uMt£ D8*alls B4 Assets retslhwl for th• charttys own us• Fundtowtrk B5 knabilitiDs bet￿￿0[￿1th￿tsu51e4s SYJnabJ Ic[ rflp 04￿￿JA 1110W2022 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name Friends of Home from Home **members of** **On accounts for the year** 5 December 2021 **Charity no** 1117433 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **05/12/2021** . - **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 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: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do 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 order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed:** _Alison Allen_ **Date:** 11/08/2022 **Name:** Alison Allen for P B Accountancy Ltd **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 17 Duckmoor Road Ashton Bristol **October 2018** 1 **IER** **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). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . **October 2018** 2 **IER**