## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
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|**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**
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8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||GerrySlater|Chairman||HYF-UK|
||Koenraad Foulon|Trustee|||
||Catherine Kerr|Trustee|||
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## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
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## **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)**|
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**Address**|||
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## **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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**TAR**
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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
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- 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
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|---|---|
|**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**
~~——~~|**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**
~~——~~|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted funds**||**Restricted funds**|**Endowment**|
||||**funds**|||||**funds**|
|||**Details**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|||**to nearest £**|
|**B2 Other monetary assets**|||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**Details**|**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**||**Cost (optional)**|||**Current value**
**(optional)**|
|**B3 Investment assets**|||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
||||||**-**|**-**||**-**|
|||**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
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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
- 2. 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