## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2020** ## **Charity name: WATSAN Uganda: UK Support** ## **Charity registration number: 1123803** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The provision of safe, clean water supplies,
improved sanitation and hygiene education to
the communities of south-west Uganda;
principally in the districts of Rukungiri and
Kanungu.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|In Uganda, project definition and
management of community water and
sanitation construction projects in the districts
of Rukungiri and Kanungu, accompanied,
subject this year to Covid 19 limitations, by
concurrent health and hygiene education and
operational training programmes amongst
beneficiaries in schools and local
communities.
In the UK, management support, fundraising
and transmission of funds for the projects
undertaken by our partners in Uganda.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees have had regard to Charity
Commission guidance on public benefit in
running the charity in 2020. All projects
commissioned have provided benefit to local
communities in Uganda.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**IN THE UK**
The UK Trustees, who met in plenary as usual
twice during the year, have continued to keep
a close eye on the management and financing
of the project work in Uganda. At each meeting
we review detailed quarterly reports on the
activities of the Team in Uganda, and during
this year utilising ZOOM has enabled us to
obtain direct input and participation from our
Ugandan Field Director and his assistant. Our
main supporting charity TearFund, who
returned in 2019 after a brief hiatus, continued
their valuable support to the programme this
year. We made a number of successful
applications to grant making bodies. An
application to UKAid Direct was initially
successful, but was set on one side while we
put in place a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU), Code of Conduct and a series of eight
other policy statements. The principles of
these are required, under the MoU, to be
followed by our Ugandan partners, NKKD
WATSAN, to the full extent that they are
relevant to operations in Uganda.
Sadly July 2020 saw the sudden death from
heart failure of our Treasurer, Stephen Bullett,
who is sorely missed. Fortunately we were
able to find an able and worthy replacement in
Alison Fergusson. The global pandemic
played havoc with the whole cycle of
WATSAN’s responsibilities, from fund-raising
in the UK through to teaching and training
activities in Uganda. We were saved from
disaster by our regular donors here, and by
special Ugandan government dispensation for
vehicle movement and construction work to
continue during lockdown. However a key part
of our work, the health and hygiene education
and training component, which accompanies
every hardware intervention, and especially in
schools, was brought to a halt for many
months
by
restrictions
on
community
gatherings in Uganda. We managed a mini-
furlough scheme for the staff involved in that
work, andwe providedfunds torelieve our| |Team from hardship and to provide Covid| |---| |safety materials.| |Group visits by UK supporters to the project,| |three in 2017 and another two in 2018, have| |generated lasting interest and generous| |support for the programme. There were no| |tours or Trustee visits to the field during 2019,| |mainly because plans had been made to| |coincide with celebratory events planned in| |Kinkiizi Diocese in 2020. Sadly the pandemic| |kept UK personnel out of Uganda throughout| |2020.| |Total income for the year, despite the| |pandemic, and without our biennial Walk for| |Water this year, was £66,689, compared to| |£67,461 last year. £58,831 was despatched to| |the field. Our project Toyota Hilux truck, which| |was acquired second-hand in early 2018| |within Uganda, continued to prove expensive| |to maintain. Programme management costs,| |in support of the activities described below,| |were met in the sum of £24,300. These| |included management staff salaries, office| |and vehicle maintenance costs, including| |almost £5,500 for repairs to the project| |vehicle, and the cost of the annual audit. There| |were direct contributions for the completion of| |the Kihihi Hill project (£8200) and smaller| |school projects at KInyasano, St Williams and| |Nyakabungo (£15,900), plus £7,200 for| |general sustainability work, including the| |reconstruction of a low yield spring. Almost| |£3,000 was spent on Covid 19 material,| |hardship relief and furlough payments.| |**IN UGANDA**| |Although reported incidence of Covid 19 was| |low, Uganda was locked down from March| |until late in the year. Permission was granted| |for site construction work to continue, but not| |for
education
and
training
work.
An| |independent audit of the programme and| |accounts for the year ended 30 September,| |2019, funded by the Support Group, was| |completed in September this year, with a| |positive outcome. In-country fundraising has| |understandably been thwarted this year due to| |Covid 19 restrictions. Two Ugandan Walks-| |for-Water were held in 2018 and 2019.| |Total expenditure incurred directly by our| |partners in Uganda during 2020 was £80,000,| |compared to last year’s £81,000. The Kihihi| |Hill project, commenced in May 2019, was| |completed with the commissioning of 3 water| |storage tanks, 3 latrines and a bath shelter on| |30th. June. The second and final phase of the| |**Buhunga Gravity Flow Scheme,**which had| |awaited funds from TearFund since early| |2017, had been commenced in October 2019.| Its 11.5 km. of pipeline and 23 tapstands along with sanitation structures and a clothes washing station were commissioned on Sept. 22[nd] this year. At **Kinyasano School** 3 latrines were constructed for use by the girls, boys, and staff respectively. After some delay, whilst a sharing agreement was negotiated with the local community, the community spring at **Nyakabungo** was reconstructed, and a proportion of the yield piped into the school, the remainder reserved for the local community. A low yield spring was reconstructed at **Kishararo** , and a composting toilet at **St William’s School.** A total of 5000 people benefited from the schemes commissioned during 2020. **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|As a small charity working with partners in
south west Uganda we face the risk of
unexpected need for additional funds, or
the possibility of a sharply reduced income
from our supporters due to global or UK
financial downturns. We review the latest
financial position, forecasts and reserves
held at each meeting of the Trustees.
Reserves can be used when a significant
risk materialises in any year**.**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£5000| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Financial support is gathered in the UK
through churches, individual donations,
fundraising events and from other
charitable trusts. The total raised in 2020
was £66,689| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|N/A| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust Deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Trust**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Appointed by a resolution of trustees at**
**a special meeting, as set out in the trust**
**deed**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|WATSAN Uganda: UK Support| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1123803| |Charity’s principal address|5 Race Farm Court
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ABINGDON
Oxfordshire
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrew Murray
Maclean|||| ||Eleanor Bensted|Secretary||| ||Kate Elizabeth
Parrinder|||| ||Ian Herbert
Bensted|Chair||| ||Stephen Bullett|Treasurer|Until July2020|| ||Alison Jane
Fergusson|Treasurer|From October 2020|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** Declarations Slgned on beham of tho chartty's tr￿ta8$ 81gnature(•) Full name(s) Posftlon (09 Secretsry, Chair. etc) klGR8ERr a£￿$T1P Chair ALISCN e pER6uSSOtrJ Treasurer 12. 10 11 **----- Start of picture text -----**
Charity Name
1123803
CC16a
Receipts and payments accounts
For the period
01/01/2020 To 31/12/2020
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations including gift aid 45,396 - - 45,396 52,754
Donations for specific projects, including
21,286 - 21,286 10,300
gift aid
Bank Interest 8 - - 8 7
Accommodation fees - - - - 4,400
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for
45,404 21,286 - 66,689 67,461
AR)
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 45,404 21,286 - 66,689 67,461
A3 Payments
Transfers to team in Uganda 38,345 20,486 - 58,831 60,214
Training - - - - 150
Accommodation - fund raising event - - - - 4,109
Expenses - fund raising events 149 - - 149 1,272
Bank charges 17 - - 17 -
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- - - - -
- - - - -
- - - - -
Sub total [ 38,511 ] 20,486 - 58,997 65,745
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 38,511 20,486 - 58,997 65,745
Net of receipts/(payments) 6,893 800 - 7,693 1,716
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 7,437 6,693 - 14,130 -
Cash funds this year end 14,329 7,493 - 21,823 1,716
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
In HSBC Bank Accounts
**_Total cash funds_**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**14,329**
**-**
**-**
**14,329**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**7,493**
**-**
**-**
**7,493**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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