Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date From 1 January 2022 To 31
To 31 December 2022
Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1119275 Charity's principal address 23, Dan y Bryn Ave,
SaltPeter Trust
Radyr Cardiff Postcode CF15 8DD
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled
Trustee name Office (if any)
year to appoint trustee (if any)
1 Ian Flower Chairman
2 Helen Flower Treasurer
3 Stuart Gerrish Secretary
4 Ros Gerrish Trustee
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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
Name Dates acted if not for whole year
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
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Type of adviser Name Address
Medical Advisor Dr Mark Vaughan 6, Ygarreg Lwyd, Llanedi, Pontarddulais, SA4 0ZL
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Independent Martin Thole 6, Patmore Close, Gwaelod y Garth, Cardiff, CF159SU.
Assessor
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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Trust Deed, date 23/10/06 Type of governing document
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
Trust How the charity is constituted
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by existing trustees Trustee selection methods
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Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Section C Objectives and activities
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
To relieve poverty & sickness in needy communities in Africa; to promote urban or rural regeneration in these areas; to facilitate training in the Christian religion.
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All trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit & all activities have been undertaken with a view to them being beneficial to the public. These activities include:
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funding and supporting women’s and widows’ cooperative projects, - supporting 4 Baptist Pastors
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supporting income generating projects, - providing maintenance of project buildings, Summary of the main - providing support, management & medical training to Soroti Baptist activities undertaken for the Medical Centre public benefit in relation to - running Pop Up Clinics in and around Soroti these objects (include within - funding orphans’ & needy children’s education & training this section the statutory - providing support to Soroti Baptist Church declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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Section D Achievements and performance
Soroti Baptist Medical Centre (SBMC): Summary of the main achievements of the charity SaltPeter Trust continued to support the Medical Centre throughout the during the year year both financially and practically. A grant was awarded by Wales and Africa Fund via WCVA in early 2022 and plans made to visit in October 2022 to hold further Pop Up Clinics but there was an outbreak of Ebola in Kampala and Jinja, and so the visit was postponed until February 2023 on safety grounds. The 5-year-old CBC blood analysis machine in the Medical Centre failed and repair proved impossible. A grant was received from the Souter Charitable Trust for the purchase of a replacement from Kampala, and this was duly installed allowing work on the lab to continue.
Regular Zoom meetings were held with the administrative and medical staff, but the Centre suffered from declining patient numbers due to the effects of Covid and droughts on the local economy. The work of the Burkitt’s Lymphoma (BL) Project continued, offering financial for children travelling to Kampala for life-saving treatment. The links established with the major cancer treatment centres, in UCI Kampala, Gulu, and Soroti Regional Referral Hospital were maintained. Several patients presented themselves and were funded to travel to UCI in Kampala to receive treatment.
Ashiraf, an 8 year old boy, was identified with a serious heart defect during the Pop Up Clinics held in July 2019. A fundraising campaign in late 2020 generated funds to cover in country treatment. Attempts to arrange surgery in Ugandan Heart Institute were unsuccessful, because of delays and restrictions caused by Covid-19, and SaltPeter Trust teamed with Morning Star, a US based charity, who funded transport for him and his mother to Bangalore in India. SaltPeter Trust were able to fund the surgery. Both returned to Soroti, Uganda in December 2021, and Ashiraf’s recovery was monitored at SBMC during 2022. He went back at school and progress has been good.
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Women’s & Widows’ Cooperatives : Monitoring of the late 2021 training sessions on ‘Farming God’s Way’ in Tubur and Soroti confirmed they had been beneficial and yields increased in the trials which followed. Education : 6 children/young people continued receive financial support for education from SaltPeter Trust, following the reopening of schools in February 2022: - 1 in Primary - 1 continuing O levels in Secondary - 1 doing A levels in Secondary - 1 following a vocational course in Construction - 1 at University in his Education course. - 1 Mech Eng graduated in late 2021 and was able to gain full time employment.
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Monthly Support continued for 4 Baptist Pastors. All are involved in promoting SPT’s work in their area. Support also continued for one SPT graduate who is involved in essential guidance and support for the agricultural projects.
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Most income is specific project related & once received is transferred to projects or educational establishments at regular intervals as required. Where money may accumulate it is put into accessible interest bearing accounts. In addition, a large sum of money has been given for a specific children’s cancer project which is ongoing, with funds deposited in a savings account.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
Further financial review details (Optional information)
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Helen Margaret Flower Full name(s) Ian William Flower Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 1 October 2023
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