||**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**Trustees' Annual Report**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**|**for theperiod**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**From **|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date||| |||1st|January|2023||31st|December|2023| ## Reference and administration details **Charity name** Widows & Orphans in Rural Kenya **Other names charity is known by** W.O.R.K **Registered charity number (if any)** 1119959 **Charity's principal address** 12, High Street Silverton Devon **Postcode EX5 4JD** Widows & Orphans in Rural Kenya ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Dr Ruth O’Donovan|Chair||| ||Fr Adrian Toffolo|Vice Chair||| ||Mary Jane Butler|Treasurer||| ||Victoria Conrad|Trustee|1stJune 2023|| ||Yvonne Margaret Oram|Minute Secretary||| ||Sir Brian Gerald Pearse|Trustee|Resigned 1stJune 2023|| ||Patricia Wright|Web site
co-ordinator||| ||Tom Clark|Trustee|1st June 2023|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Name Address** ## **Type of advisor** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document Constitution as per Model Constitution for a Charitable Unincorporated Association (Form GD3) - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Unincorporated Association How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by invitation because of suitability & experience - (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. The Charity has adopted the Charity Commission’s own Constitution as per Model Constitution for a Charitable Unincorporated Association (Form GD3). The Charity was established by a small number of individuals in the UK who had contacts in Kenya, especially Bungoma & Busia Districts of Western Kenya. The inaugural meeting was on 30[th] March 2007. Trustees were chosen because of their particular skills and knowledge already shown in other employment or life settings. The Board of Trustees meets regularly, approximately every three months, throughout the year to receive reports on progress with Kenyan projects. The Treasurer makes an extended annual visit to our projects in Kenya. Accounts are also presented at all our meetings (real or virtual) where our expenditure and income are regularly monitored and Trustees make financial decisions after appropriate consideration including risk assessments. - Trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity set out in its**
**governing document**
**Summary of the main**
**activities in relation to these**
**objects**|1.
To advance the education of orphans & other vulnerable children in rural Kenya
especially in Bungoma, Busia & surrounding districts
2.
The relief of poverty in particular but not exclusively amongst vulnerable widows,
children & families in rural Kenya especially in Bungoma, Busia & surrounding
districts
3.The relief of sickness and the preservation and protection of good health in
Bungoma , Busia & surrounding districts| |---|---| ||1.
Fundraising
2.Paying school & College fees for individual students
3.Paying associated supportive educational costs (transport, books, supplies)
4.Support for widows to support their families and a achieve sustainable lifestyle
5.Set up costs for establishing identified widows & orphans in small business (e.g.
tailoring, Eco Banking)
6.Contributing to costs for health care for widows & orphans & all vulnerable
people
7.Developing the standard and effectiveness of health care for vulnerable
Communities
8.Contributing to costs of maternity care for widows and vulnerable women
9.Capital projects to support widows & orphans
10.Capital projects for schools & health institutions| ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** The registered charity in Kenya called Widows & Orphans Trust (WOT) has two UK You **may choose** to include Trustees of WORK as Board Members. further statements, where The established local committee of Kenyan trusted agents is now accountable directly to relevant, about: WOT to identify and monitor beneficiaries of our aid. |Policy on grantmaking
Policy programme related
investment
Contribution made by
Volunteers|Five Trustees have made visits to our Kenyan projects
A GIFT AID scheme is well established| |---|---| Achievements and performance |Achievements and performance|| |---|---| |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|1.
Board of Trustees fully operational
2.
We have continued with our established financial accounting and reporting
arrangements. We have had additional support and advice from a qualified
accountant.
3.
Funds raised: see accounts
4.
We have supported 117 students for educational fees during 2023
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We have supported orphans & widows in their healthcare
6.
St Bakhita MHC has initiated a local committee to ensure the Community and
the local areas are being well served for all aspects of health care
7.
We have further developed our project to support and care for vulnerable
pregnant teenage girls and their babies – the Kangaroo Project
8.
Our Gift Aid scheme continues to grow and gives us a return from donations
9.
We have 142 sponsors who regularly donate money, the majority by standing
order and a further 73 supporters who assist in a variety of ways including the
100 club
10. WORK has provided reusable, washable Sanitary pads to over 2000 girls to
keep them in full time school.
11. A deep borehole has been installed at Namboboto Mission Health Centre for the
use of the local Community as well as the Health centre
12. A water outlet has been installed in Misikhu to provide clean water to the local
Community
13. WORK has provided new water tanks and rain collecting schemes in a local
secondary school
14. WORK has provided an Ultrasound for the Maternity unit at St Bakhita Mission
Health Centre
15. WORK has developed the land designated for future development at St Bakhita
MHC. It has been planted with crops for the Hospital Kitchen to provide
for patients
16. WORK financially supports a total of 131 widows. 3 new Widows groups have
been initiated
17. We are continuing to collect enough funds for a new Children’s ward at St
Bakhita MHC
18. An external auditor has undertaken an audit of Accounts.| ## **Financial review** |**Brief statement of the**
**charity’s policy on reserves**
**Details of any funds materially**
**in deficit**
**Further financial review details**|Any carry over in our annual statement of accounts is mainly used to top up fees and
other personal requirements of children in education. We also have used financial
reserves (any excess income over expenditure) for capital investment as outlined above.
We have limited administrative costs and as one specific donor covers our costs for
administration, we are proud of our record in transferring all monies donated to assist
beneficiaries in Kenya.| |---|---| ||None| ||**(Optional information)**| Main sources of income: You **may choose** to include  additional information, where  relevant about: - Sponsorship of individual children or projects - Sponsorship general - Fundraising events - The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising). - Rotary Clubs - Church Parishes - Main Expenditure has been: - How expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity. - Educational Fees - Widows & orphans - Health treatments and supplies - Investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. - Buildings ## **Other optional information** ## **Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Mary-jane Butler Signature(s)** Adrian T. Toffolo Trustee **Full name(s)** Adrian Titian Toffolo **Position (eg secretary, chair,** Vice-Chair Treasurer **etc)** **Charity Name No (if any) Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01.01.2023 31.12.2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**62,383**
**3,332**
**17,545**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,260**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**83,260**
**-**
**25,000**
**5,500 #**
**- # **
**-**
**8,406**
**24,081**
**12,080**
**520**
**75,587**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**75,587**
**7,673**
**-**
**-**
**7,673**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,223**
**43,500**
**5,000**
**4,400**
**-**
**-**
**1,037**
**53,937**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**53,937**
**17,286**
**-**
**-**
**17,286**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**62,383**
**3,332**
**17,545**
**71,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**154,483**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**154,483**
**43,500**
**25,000**
**5,500**
**5,000**
**4,400**
**8,406**
**24,081**
**12,080**
**1,557**
**129,524**
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**-**
**-**
**129,524**
**24,959**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**62,383**
**3,332**
**17,545**
**71,223**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**154,483**
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**-**
**-**
**154,483**
**43,500**
**25,000**
**5,500**
**5,000**
**4,400**
**8,406**
**24,081**
**12,080**
**1,557**
**129,524**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**129,524**
**24,959**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |General Donations|**62,383**|||||**-**| |Fund RaisingEvent|**3,332**|||||**-**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**17,545**|||||**-**| |Sponsorship|**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**83,260**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| |Kenyan Orphans Student Fees|**-**|||||**-**| |Namboboto HC Borehole|**25,000**|||||**-**| |Other Waterprojects|**5,500**|||||**-**| |Students' Toiletries|**-**|||||**-**| |Support of Widow Groups|**-**|||||**-**| |Health Centre Projects|**8,406**|||||**-**| |MortuaryGenerator|**24,081**|||||**-**| |Projects in schools|**12,080**|||||**-**| |UK Admin, Travel, Fund Raiisng|**520**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**75,587**|||||**-**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**-**| |||||||| ||**7,673**|**17,286**|**-**|**24,959**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**7,673**|**17,286**|**-**|**24,959**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 10/01/2024 1 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|**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))
General monies
Restricted for various projects in Kenya
unrestricted funds in deposit account
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**74,849**
**-**
**81,908**
**36,439**
**-**
**111,288**
**81,908**
Agreement Error
Agreement Error
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**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
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**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
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**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
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Print Name|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
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approval| ||||| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 10/01/2024 2 Accounts for the period l January 2023-31 December 2023 I confirm that I have examined and verified the accounts for the above charity submitted to me for the period l Jan 2032 to 31 Dec 2023 and confirm that the information provided is correct. Signe Name Bruce William Pritchard Address 72 Wallingford Rd Kingsbridge TQ71NB