2025-07-31-accounts

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	Day	Month	Year		Day	Month	Year
From	1st	August	2024	To	31st	July	2025

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Himalayan Youth Foundation UK (HYF-UK)

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1124243

18 Holeyn Hall Road

Wylam Northumberland Postcode NE41 8BB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
GerrySlater	Chairman	HYF-UK
Koenraad Foulon	Trustee
Catherine Kerr	Trustee

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name	Dates acted if not for whole year
N/A

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address
N/A

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

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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

Trust

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

Appointed by Existing 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;

The charity works closely with the Himalayan Youth Foundation in the USA (HYF-US), Mountaineers for Himalayas (M4H) in Andorra.

Working with these organisations, support is provided to the following operational charities

The Himalayan Children’s Foundation (HCF) which operates the Kailash Home in Kathmandu, Nepal.
The Choki Traditional Arts School (CTAS) in Thimpu, Bhutan
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

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Section C Objectives and activities

Objectives Summary of the objects of To advance Education, relieve poverty, sickness and distress and the charity set out in its promote the good health of children, particularly those aged 6 to 18, living governing document in the Himalayan region, in such ways as the Trustees think fit. Activities The charity has continued to work with the Himalayan Youth FoundationUS and Mountaineers for Himalyas (M4H) to support the needs of both HCF in Nepal and CTAS in Bhutan. HCF in Nepal HCF in Nepal runs a hostel constructed in 2007 on the outskirts of Kathmandu which houses 100 underprivileged and/or orphaned students as well as mentoring and financial support to 40 students undertaking Higher Education in the community. The hostel provides general care and assistance for the children and provides for their education through local schools. Almost 250 children have been supported by the collective charities since inception of the Kailash Home in 2007. In the past HYF-UK have supported HCF by providing individual sponsors for each child and raising funds for other purposes connected Summary of the main with the Buildings and Facilities at the Kailash Hostel. activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to As advised in 2023 year, the Charity has scaled down it’s activities with these objects (include within respect to child Sponsorship. We continue to service the existing this section the statutory Sponsorship agreements and provide sponsor support or individual declaration that trustees children but are not actively seeking new sponsors. However, we have had regard to the continue to seek funds to support specific projects at the Kailash home. guidance issued by the Charity Commission on We are always open to approaches by individuals and this year we have public benefit) arranged funding for a Nursing student in Nepal and have provide support to another student who is also undergoing Nursing training here in the UK. CTAS in Bhutan CTAS in Bhutan is a school for traditional arts, set up to help children from broken and economically disadvantaged homes. The school provides free education, food and lodging and schools the children in the traditional arts of Lhadri(painting), Jinzo(sculpture) and Pap(carving). Construction of the Multi-purpose Hall for which funds were raised via the Trans Bhutan trek organised by our Trustee Koenraad Foulon in 2022/3 has progressed well and building work has been substantially completed. The hall is used to provide vastly improved dining facilities and is also used for indoor Cultural activities, which previously had to be held outdoors

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The Charity continues to support CTAS and additional donations have been received. Most significantly, our trustee Koenraad Foulon has donated the generous sum of £100,000, being a Directors fee he was due to receive upon his retirement. This sum has assisted the completion of the Multi Purpose Hall, and also contributed to the ongoing Annual Operating costs.

Charity Commission Guidance

In managing the charity's activities, the Trustees have taken due notice of the Guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.

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.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

HCF Nepal

The number of children the Charity supports through sponsorship in the Kailash Home in Nepal is now 19.

We now support 2 students undertaking Higher education and training.

CTAS Bhutan

Over the years the number of students resident at the CTAS school in Bhutan has increased to 180.

Fundraising

The charity is pleased to record that the following sums have been raised and distributed during the year-

Raised the sum of £153,100
Distributed the sum of £161,800.

The funds were distributed as follows: -

To Kailash Home in Kathmandu

§ £24,000 to provide sponsorship of 19 children at the Kailash home.
§ £36,00 to cover the costs of children at University.
§ £630 has been provided in additional Sponsor Support for individual children.

To Choki Arts School in Thimpu

§ £126,753 was raised and donated towards the Funds for construction of a new Multi-purpose Hall and to the Annual Operating costs.

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Recognising the responsibility of maintaining Sponsorship support for the children at HCF the Charity operates a Reserve Policy, which provides financial cover in the event of a default by sponsors.,

Additional reserves are also in place to protect the charity from exposure to adverse movement in the currency exchange rate.

We work in close co-operation with M4H in Andorra and this organisation operate reserve policies aimed at ensuring that the operating costs at HCF are fully covered.

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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).
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity.

The principal sources of funding for the Charity have been individual Child Sponsorship agreements and donations from individuals and from other charitable organisations.

The Charity has been able to support its key objectives by maintaining and its register of sponsors, and by raising funds which enable it to contribute to the educational, caring and accommodation needs of HCF and CTAS.

investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

eee Section F Other optional information Ce Section G Declaration eee The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Gerald Slater Catherine Kerr Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) ~~aee~~ Chair Trustee ~~o~~ Date 24th February 2026 6 March 2012

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No (if any) Charity Name Receipts andpayments accounts Period start date Period end date To For the period from CC16a 1124243 Himalayan Youth Foundation UK 01/08/2024 31/07/2025 _~~e===8~~
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds Last year
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts HCF Child Sponsorship 25,450 - - 25,450 - HCF UniversitySponsoship 3,612 - - 3,612 - HCF General Donations 637 - - 637 - CTAS Donations 103,890 - - 103,890 - CTAS Matched Giving 11,705 - - 11,705 - CTAS USD Donations$10,234 7,454 - - 7,454 - Bank interest 358 - - 358 - HCF Gift Aid Recovery - - - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)153,106* - - 153,106 - A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total receipts* 153,106 - - 153,106 - ~~SS~~ ~~==~~ ~~——————~~
A3 Payments Fees & Refund 1,313 - - 1,313 - Grant to Prena in UK 600 - - 600 - Transfer to CTAS 103,492 - - 103,492 - Transfer to HCF 3,599 - - 3,599 - Transfer to HCF Sponsor &support 1 15,726 - - 15,726 - Transfer to HCF Sponsor &support 2 13,242 - - 13,242 - Universityfees Lhapka 3,213 - - 3,213 - Transfer to CTAS 20,409 - - 20,409 - Fees and costs GBP Acc 260 - - 260 - Forex adjustment - - - - - Roundingerror - 1 - - - 1 - Sub total 161,853 - - 161,853 - ~~a eee=~~
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - *Total payments* 161,853 - - 161,853 - *Net of receipts/(payments)* - 8,747 - - - 8,747 - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 32,267 - - 32,267 - *Cash funds this year end* 23,520 - - 23,520 - ~~—_————~~ ~~SS~~ ~~SSSS~~

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

1 17/03/2026

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ 10,067 - - 13,405 - - 48 - - 23,520 - - Details *Total cash funds* Treasurer Account Savings Account USD Account (converted) B1 Cash funds ~~——~~
		(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))	OK	OK			OK
			Unrestricted	Restricted funds		Restricted funds	Endowment
			funds				funds
		Details	to nearest £	to nearest £			to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets			-	-	-		-
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		Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)			Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets				-	-		-
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		Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)			Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~~=~~
			Fund to which	Amount due			When due
		Details	liability relates	(optional)			(optional)
CCXX R2 accounts (SS) Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities	2 17/03/2026 - - - - - Date of approval 17-Mar-26 Print Name Gerry Slater Signature ~~aa~~

independent examiner's report on the accounts

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Section A Independent Examiner's Report ]
Report to the trustees/ | _ .
members of | Himalayan Youth Foundation UK
On accounts for the year | 3ist July 2025 Charity no | 1124243
ended (if any)
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Respective The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.
responsibilities of The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
trustees and examiner under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: e examine the accounts under section 43 of the 1993 Act, e to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act, and
e to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given examiner’s statement by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent !n connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
examiner's statement 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect, the requirements: e to keep accounting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and
e to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 1993 Act
have not been met ; or
1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
- Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.
Signed: ee Date: tS /C— (6/2 fec06
Name:| GARY j<eure

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April 2009

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Section A Reference and administration details

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

Section C Objectives and activities

Charity Commission Guidance

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

HCF Nepal

CTAS Bhutan

Fundraising

To Kailash Home in Kathmandu

To Choki Arts School in Thimpu

Section E Financial review

~~eee~~ Section F Other optional information ~~Ce~~ Section G Declaration ~~eee~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

eee Section F Other optional information Ce Section G Declaration eee The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.