2023-03-31-accounts - Action With Awareness Regarding Education Foundation

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 April 2022 31 March 2023 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name[ACTION WITH AWARENESS REGARDING EDUCATION ] FOUNDATION

Other names charity is known by THE AWARE FOUNDATION (TAF, in short)

Registered charity number (if any) 1119897

Charity's principal address

“URMILA”, TESTON ROAD, OFFHAM, KENT Postcode ME19 5NB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
Jayesh R. Patel	ManagingTrustee	Whole Year	Board of Trustees(BoT)
Rajesh Bhat	Founder Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT
Prashant Patel	Treasurer	Wholeyear	BoT
Amit Patel	Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT
Rakesh Patel	Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT
Allan Blaydon	Trustee	Wholeyear	BoT

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Not Applicable

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

TRUST DEED

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

How the charity is constituted

Charity Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointment by the Board of Trustees.

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Policy to appoint trustees who commit time/ideas/skills/other resources.
Policy to train/sensitize the trustees by visits to field projects and interacting with the filed staff and other local resource persons.
AWARE encourages partner organisations to mobilise local and other funds, using AWARE’s funding as a leverage. Most partners have multiple funding and AWARE’s funds are used mostly on expenses on activities towards achieving the objects of the project.
Internationally/ locally recognised individuals are invited to be Patrons with the aim of enhancing the credibility of the Trust in various countries and communities. Currently, Mr. John Wright (New Zealand), and Mr. Paul Kenyon (U.K.) are the Patrons of the AWARE Foundation.

Section C Objectives and activities

(1) To mobilise funds for projects related to underprivileged children in other countries, esp. India.

(2) To mobilise resources for calamities

(3) To organise events to generate awareness on specific developmental issues, especially related to children

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(4) To collect regular contributions by “pay roll paying” or “Direct Debit”
(5) To partner with organisations for better services
(6) To identify partners/projects/programmes for support
(7) To build up capacities of partners
(8) To monitor/review projects, if & when required
(9) To advocate for policy changes
(10) To conduct campaigns/ research etc.
(11) To organise seminars, workshops etc.

The reporting period (1/4/2022 to 31/3/2023) was marked as a period to invigorate after a challenging phase due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The projects were getting back on their original paths after deviating a bit to respond to the crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Some partners are also scaling up their projects.

(1) With regards to the first objective of mobilising funds, The AWARE Foundation (TAF) is happy to report having mobilised £134,311/-, which after deduction of expenses (£ 63,145/-) and release of grants to projects in India (£107954/-) and adding previous bank balance as on 31/3/2022 (£134,311/-), resulted in a net surplus of £ 110,179/- at the end of the financial year ’22-‘23 (audited a/c. submitted).
(2) Back home in the UK, TAF organised a Golf Tourney to raise funds and awareness about its work once in February 2023.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

(3) TAF had collaborations in India with four organisations (and seven projects) during the year. Brief reports of work by the collaborating organisations this year follow in the next section. The organisations were: (i) Citizen’s Alliance for Rural Development & Training Society (CARDTS), Bengaluru, which manages a shelter home for HIV affected children at a village 120 kms south-west of Bengaluru (ii) Vishwagram is a Mehsana-based Trust and manages a shelter home for Street Children (now only boys) at a village near Mehsana in North Gujarat as well as works in Kasmir children; (iii) Swapath Trust manages three educational programmes in Gujarat for some of the most vulnerable children and leads a network of Vos in the state called “Child Rights Collective Gujarat” (CRCG). Swapath Trust also monitors TAF programmes in India (iv) Shaishav Trust manages a programme called Aranyak (The Forest Dwellers) with the children of disadvantaged Tribal children.
(4) As mentioned above, during the financial year TAF directly supported seven projects in India through 4 organisations. Brief details follow:
The two projects by CARDTS supported by TAF were Samaadaan and Samvedana shelter homes. “Samaadan”- a shelter home for HIV affected children at a village called Girigowdanapalya near Kunigal about 120 kms south of Bengalur. The Home used to have both boys and girls but since October 2021, due to restrictions by the government, the Home has only 32 boys now. “Samvedana” is the other Home at Mangalore which shelters 37 HIV infected children. The quality of services offered by the Home are excellent and the children also do well at studies and extra-curricular activities at the schools, as reflected in the various trophies and certificates they have received.
The second organisation collaborating with TAF is Vishwgram, a Mehsana-based VO. Earlier it was supported to manage a shelter home for street children. Now, however, most of them have grown up and well settled in their lives, and as stricter inter-district transfer rules do not allow children to be sourced from busier city stations, the home has been used as a training centre. The VO was supported this year for its ongoing project in Kashmir with children affected by violence in the state. Swapath and Vishwagram have been working with over 100 school children in the state.
Swapath Trust – Organisation’s focus being education of migrant families in the Dang District, it caters to 423 children with nine Seasonal Hostels and reaches out to 360 children in the age group of 3 to 6 years through a well-planned pre-primary education. Thus, in Dang alone, works with 783 children. At the University level, currently 42 students are being supported. In collaboration with

Vishwa Gram, for the third year in a row, 552 children who lost ether one or both parents to Covid-19 are being added for their education along with a mentoring. Thus, the total outreach is 1377 children across the State of Gujarat. TAF also supported Child Rights Collective, Gujarat (CRCG) – a state level network of around 75 organisations working with / for children. CRCG works on networking and advocacy on child rights and children’s right to education. As a partner of the national network named “Campaign Against Child Labour - CACL”, CRCG lead a 44-day campaign between 30[th] April and 12[th] June in the state to eradicate child labour. ---- partner organisations participated and organised a campaign in ---districts with a common banner and under uniform guidelines.

Shaishav is currently working under the banner of Aaranyak Project with 788 children 11 Ashram Shalas (Rural Residential Schools) in as many villages. The project is also working towards making 14 villages “child-friendly villages” by improving the situation of child rights and providing awareness, education and life skills to the children and School Management Committee and Panchayat (Council) members.
(5) Mr. Rajesh Bhat guided the partners for implementing projects as per AF’s policy guidelines. He does this by regular visits to projects.
(6) Rajesh Bhat has identified one more project for support and the due diligence process z

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grant making.
policy programme related investment;
Contribution made by volunteers.
TAF’s policy is to select partners very carefully so that all the four basic rights (as defined by UNCRC) of the children are protected/promoted.
For educational support, a need-based approach (rather than a meritbased one) is adopted.
TAF believes in working in partnerships and aims at evolving a network of organisations working with common objectives and converging activities.
Currently TAF plans to concentrate its partnerships in India. Unless and until a regional or global level agenda evolves on its own, it has no immediate plans to spread to other countries/regions.

Section D Achievements and erformance p

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

AWARE Foundation during 2022-23, TAF supported 2,360 children across eight projects managed by four organisations. TAF has supported over 20,250 children since it started in 1997 (registered in 2007 but earlier working as a CSR activity of Delmergate Pvt. Ltd.)

In the UK, TAF did extremely well to raise £ £134,311/- through dedicated work of its trustees and volunteers from the civil society to help raise funds. The financial year of 2022-23 closed with an unspent balance of £ 110,179/- to support more children in the coming year.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

As TAF plans to raise most of its funds from donations by individuals or companies. TAF will use funds very carefully and will generally try and utilise 80% of the funds raised in the following three years’ time. There is no corpus being accumulated by AWARE Foundation.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
TAF’s principal source of funding is contributions by individuals and private companies. Most donations are collected at fund-raising events inviting ongoing / new supporters, well-wishers, and corporate companies.
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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)

Full name(s) Mr Prashant Patel

Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Trustee etc)

Date 26/01/2024

Charity Name No (if any) Action With Awareness Regarding Education 1119897 Foundation CC16a Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01/04/2022 31/03/2023

Section A Receipts and payments

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 145,426 1,541 - - - - - 146,967 - - - 146,967 27,931 97,854 10,100 - 266 237 7,150 27,560 - 171,098 - - - 171,098 - 24,131 - 134,311 110,180	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £ 145,426 1,541 - - - - - - 146,967 - - - 146,967 27,931 97,854 10,100 266 237 7,150 27,560 - 171,098 - - - 171,098 - 24,131	Last year to the nearest £
Donation Receipt includingGift Aid	145,426		- - - - - - - - -	145,426	149,662
Direrct Debit in BMM Account	1,541			1,541	1,620
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	146,967			146,967	151,282

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
			-	146,967	151,282

Cost of Fund RaisingEvents	27,931		- - - - - - - - - -	27,931	11,235
Donations Made	97,854			97,854	88,448
NGO Reimbursement	10,100			10,100	4,800
Advertising	-				-
Bank Charges	266			266	141
CharityInsurance	237			237	237
Administration	7,150			7,150	6,840
Other	27,560			27,560
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**Sub total **	171,098			171,098	111,701

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
			-	171,098

	- 24,131	-	-	- 24,131
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	134,311	-		134,311	-
	110,180	-	-	110,180	-

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

26/01/2024

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 Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Opening Balance 01/04/2023 Details Details Details Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - 110,180 - 110,180 - OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name Mr Prashant Patel Trustee	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		Mr Prashant Patel	12/01/2023
		Trustee

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

26/01/2024

Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of AWARE Foundation

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the AWARE Foundation for the year ended 31 March 2023.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust 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.

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 giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 30 of the Act; or
The accounts do not accord with those records.

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:

Name: Nirav Patel

Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any):

ICAEW (membership number 2260748)

Address: 3 Windmill Rise, Warlingham, Surrey, CR6 9FB Date: 12/01/2024