Charity Registration No. 1117679 UNDER TREE SCHOOLS TRUSTEES, REPORT AND ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 UNDER TREE SCHOOLS LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Trustees G Bamett P Boyling H Chauncy D Sullam 1117679 rharity numbor 2 Meredyth Road London SW13 ODY Principal address TC Groltp The Courtyard Shoreham Road Upper Beeding Steyning West Sussex BN44 3TN Independent Examiners UNDER TREE SCHOOLS CONTENTS Page Truslees, report Independenl Examinerfs report Receipts and Daymerts Accounts UNDER TREE SCHOOLS TRUSTEES, REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 The Tru51ees- Geoffrey Bamell, Chair Peter Boyling. Treasurer Helen Chauncy Ron Sullam (Resigp.ed 29 February 2024) Dainel Sullam (Appointed 23 September 2023) The Trustees preopent their Report and the Financial blatements of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation {ClO) for the year ended 31 March 2024. The Trustees confimi that the annual report and financial statements of the charity comply vlith tha Charities Acl 2011 Legal Statu. The ntharily 15 a CIO. gcverned by its Constitution. Its registered office is at 2 Mere(tyth Road London SW13 ODY. The registeied charitv numbeT is 1117679. Objective The main objective of t4e CIO is to restore and develop formal educaiion for children, for the benefit of residents of Awieil_south County, SoLilh Sudan. Actlvities The knharity's mission is to provide èducation for cli ildren, primarily girls. in a Christian context. in partnership with the local comrp.unity of M21ek, through construction and management of a school and to provide vocational and C4r¥stian teaching for adults. The Iwstees canfirm that they havé Complied with ile duty in S 17(5) of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to gijidanbe on public benefit published by the Charity Commission when reviewing the charity's objectives and in planyinq Jutijre activities. At th& tsnd 9f a long civyl war the chaflty built a sc￿.001 for girls in Malek-Alel. Aweil South County. South Sudan. It ¥K'as op•D.ed in 2.oog. It has prwvided an opportunili for educalion for girls, whose parp.nls WeTe reluctant to allow then to aV.ep.d mixed sey. schools. Normally 300400 girls per year have attended, in the age range 6-15. As well as acadeTrilC tea￿hIng the￿ is proviaion fof older girls to recEive training in sewir)g, in IT and in agronomy. hl.2nii gi., Is leave school before Ihe upper yeais. ai the behest of their parents. biJt of those staying al school, a nuMi￿r hava go.ie on to sec()ndatv school. and thereafter for training in careers. ?78 girls took t.he year end exams in November. The s-hool also provides pre-school teachinq for their lithe brothers and Sisters UD to the aga of 6, and 53 of then completed t￿e year. Payments to the school have pro￿lded income for 38 teaching and nonteaching staff, and funds to meet running costs, through the year. Ralés Oi payment have beèn increased to rgflecl subslantial inflalion in costs of purchases of food and ottrser iterr,s. Duriryg the year ftinds have also been provided to= install a lighlning protection for t￿e solar system and replace the solar system Ihat had deleriorated in tle county's climate- purchage school unrfiorms, lo enablp eacli gi-, I to receiv￿ a free unifomi ao an incentive to attend school,. buy kiygie.ne"kits for the older girls, os an ir.centive not to miss classes. pay the seGondaTr srhool fp.es for girls gcing on to secondary school after they complete year 8. to eri¢ouragr4 the￿ to r￿n.in￿e their educalion. All 20 girfs in the top year in 2023 passed ;￿.eir final exams snd all vJenl on lo secondary school in earfy 2024. raisinG number at secondary school to 88. Fln£inces The c.hari* io furyded b/ eonations from supporlery. mainly resident in England and Swilzerland. Durir.g the yoar Ihere was no concerted campaign tc raise funds. TREE SCHOOLS TP.USTEES' REPORT (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024 Total unrestricted inr.oming resources for the. year amounted to £51.155 (2023.. £66,650). Unrestricted resources 43xpended amounted to £84,107 (?023- £45,603} (x>mprising m2inly funds sent to the school to pay their staff and rJiinlng LO%t- Net uni eslfirted resources expended for the year was £32.952 (2023.. net unres;ricted surplus of £21,047). Total unrestiicted cash reserves at 31 Mar￿h 2024'Nere £61 .467 (2023.. £94 419). Thp. charitii has a fund restricted lo funding the fees for girls attending secondary srthool afler iheir education at the school iri Malek-Alel. There was no iricome to the restrided bur5arv fund in the year. Payments were made in the .in?ncial year.lo cover both the 2023 and 2024 school years. The balance of that fund al 31 March 2024 was £122 20-.3 £9, 159). At 31 March 20?4 tle total bank balance stcod at f.61.589 (2023-. £103,578). Rea￿e.rIeS The :rustee5' policy is to mairitain ail unrestriGtpd reserve of £25.000 to enable operations to conlinue temporarily mtr unp:xpecEedly drops, until rtew soJrces Jf income can be found. The tharty ¥vas acting in line wilh the T4e tryslees consider Ihe.¢har.ity to b_ C* a gGing.cciieem.. Pollcies 'rhe. tiijetees have policies frJr fwkan"c6al.cgtf4ro;. dije" diligence, conflicts of inlerest, safeguarding, sei ious incident reportin¥t, data protection and social media. These viere reviewed and vilere approprtate (sdjusted dur.ng the year.. The CIO has no employees. How.aver a proporlion of the periodic payments to meet school expanses is spent in SUPPD*t o,, the 38 school staff. Eight of the tsyeilty teachers are slate-employed. The rernaining 18 non-teachiig ff are Fespurisible for running everything ou side Ithe classroom. The head teachpr. who has been in PDSt sinne thp schoGI v.ias set ijp formally and is himself emFloyed by the slate. is responsible for all ochool activities. 13wing to hiali rales of inflation in Soulh Sudan the Plhrchasing power of the teachers, Sta'&e salaries is small, and they are not ahNays paid. Independent Examination The Trustees are responsible for the preparation of tbe accounts. which are not reqiJired lo be audited. Accordingly thei! h3)ie .been the subject cf 8 report by an ine.ependent eXa￿S[ner. whose report is set out on page 4 of this Trystees, responsih'lities in relation to the accoun.ts The TrusEeps of UndLJr Tree Qc.hGoIs 2rp resv¥o.Isik)le fc-r prp.paring the Trustees, Report and the accounts in ac"Ordan￿. viitli applicable law and United K-rygdrr! Acci)unting Standards ii B Statement of assets and Ilabllhles atthè end of the perfod Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest Endowment funds to nearest £ Categories Details B1 Cash funds Cash at bank 61,467 122 Totsj casb funds 61,467 122 lagree balances with receipts and payments accoiJni(s)) Unrestricted funds to nearest £ Restricted funds to nearest Endowment fund5 to nearest £ Dptails B2 Other monotary a8sèts Fund to . whl¢h asset belon Current Yalue hal). Cost (optlonalJ-.. 'Detsi13 B3 Investmerif asséts Fund lo which asset belon Current value (optional C05t {optional) Details B4 A5scts retaiiied forthe charity's own use Fund to which Amount When due (optlonal) (optional} Delre no other relat& paty transactions during the year12023.' none). ## **Document Activity Report** ## **Document Sent** Mon, 08 Jul 2024 12:12:47 GMT ## **Document Activity History** Document history shows most recent activity first ## **Date** ## **Activity** You can verify that this is a genuine Portal document by uploading it to the following secure web page: **http://tcgroup.accountantspace.co.uk/messages/VerifyDocument**