Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date T Day Month Year Day Month Year From 6 April 2023 o 5 April 2024
Section A Reference and administration details ~~ee~~
Charity name PROJECT ARUSHA ~~Po~~
Other names charity is known by
Registered charity number (if any) 1124283 ~~|~~
Beeston Nottingham Postcode NG9 3LG
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Trustee name Office (if any) Chair 1[Katherine ] Farrington
Dates acted if not for whole year
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Project Arusha Trustees
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2[Timothy ] O’Sullivan
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3 Nikketa Newton Secretary
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4 Veronica Neild
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5 Catherine Vasey Treasurer
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6 Kathryn Thraves
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7 Peter Thraves
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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
Charitable Trust Deed dated 30[th] January 2008 Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) New Trustees are selected by existing Trustees from parishioners of St Trustee selection methods Mary’s and Holy Family parishes in Derby or others with relevant (eg. appointed by, elected by) experience or who have a particular interest in the Project.
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY additional information, where Because the Charity is working with children there is a risk of relevant, about: unacceptable behaviour from the trustees or volunteers who visit · policies and procedures Tanzania or of the students in the schools in Tanzania. The Charity has adopted for the induction and safeguarding policies in place to minimise the chance of this occurring. training of trustees; These safeguarding policies are also in line with the Nottingham diocese · the charity’s organisational polices and are overseen by the safeguarding officer of St Marys, Holy Family and Christ the King Parishes.
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
There is the risk of money sent to Tanzania being inappropriately used. works; To mitigate this risk one of the trustees, or another suitable representative · relationship with any related of the charity, visits Arusha each year and is able to verify how the parties; donations are being used. This is mainly through meeting many of the · trustees’ consideration of different beneficiaries and also receiving letters from students whose fees major risks and the system are being paid, partially or totally, by the Project. Fifty five students in and procedures to manage three schools are currently being supported by the Project. The visitors them. also go to schools where the donations have helped to build classrooms and a science laboratory.
Our prime contact in Tanzania is a senior priest in the Arusha Archdiocese whom we have known for many years and whom also sends written confirmation that the money has been received and what it will be
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spent on. Money transfers are bank to bank and written confirmation of payment is received from the bank. All money transfers have to be authorised by two Trustees.
In order to further minimise any risk Project Arusha has insurance through the Nottingham Diocesan public, employers and trustees liability policies through the Catholic Church Insurance Association.
Section C Objectives and activities
OBJECTS
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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To help young adults from parishes in Derby in their personal and spiritual development.
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To advance the education of pupils in the Diocese of Arusha in Tanzania, East Africa, with practical help and funding.
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To relieve need and suffering in the Diocese of Arusha, when and if natural or other kinds of disaster occur, through financial donations or other means.
PUBLIC BENEFIT
In undertaking the activities to meet the charity objects the charity trustees aimed to comply with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2006 to have due regard to public benefit. The Trustees consider this is demonstrated as follows:
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sponsoring young people to teach in Tanzania for three months
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· the young people are able to make a valuable contribution to the students in Tanzania both inside and outside the classroom, academically and culturally
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)
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there is a significant reciprocal contribution made by the Tanzanian students and others to the personal and spiritual development of the young people from the UK
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the financial donations to the schools, students and some parishes in the Arusha Diocese benefit, directly and indirectly, several hundred Tanzanian students, their families and their teachers
ACTIVITIES
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In the financial year 2023/24 £21,200 was donated by the Project, mainly for individual students in four schools in the Arusha Archdiocese. This money is used to support students whose families could not pay the fees or could not afford to buy the uniform.
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We also sent out two grants for capital projects. We sent £6,000 to St Joseph’s school to help them set up a chicken coop to feed the students and to sell eggs. We also sent them £12,300 to put solar panels throughout the school for electricity.
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One of the aims of Project Arusha is to help our parishioners focus on the wider Church by better understanding and addressing the needs of our fellow Catholic Christians in a
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diocese in the developing world. Helping to raise money to donate to Arusha, hearing the young people talk about their experiences with such enthusiasm, and meeting the visiting priest from Arusha, all help to achieve this aim.
Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
The policy on grant-making focuses primarily on the costs of sponsorship of the young people travelling to and working in Tanzania, and on making donations to schools and individuals to support their education. This did not happen this year secondary to COVID-19.
The charity also aims to help with funding of the local community in terms of severe need such as drought and hunger.
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
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Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
· Donated £22,800 to four Arusha schools and fifty five sponsored students. · Donated £6,000 to set up chicken project for school · Donated £12,300 for solar panels to school.
Section E Financial review
Reserves Policy
Brief statement of the charity’s The policy of the Trustees is that reserves should be kept to a minimum. policy on reserves Income from donations is usually transferred for the causes and projects in Arusha in the year in which is it received. Surplus funds in the form of working capital are held in a bank account with Lloyds Bank.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
None
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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Funding comes from public donations, money raised at parish events, contributions from the young people selected for sponsorship, and contributions from the parishes’ general funds.
The money from parish events is donated to the beneficiaries in Tanzania, as are individual donations unless specified otherwise.
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
Section F Other optional information ~~een~~
Section G Declaration ~~ee~~ The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s) Catherine Vasey Full name(s) Katherine Louise Farrington ~~a~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair of Trustees Trustee and Treasurer Chair, etc) 06/10/24 06/10/24 ~~ee~~
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PROJECT ARUSHA
Charity Number 1124283
Statement of Financial Activity for year ended 5th April 2024
| Total | ||
|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted Funds | 2022 - 23 | |
| £ | £ | |
| Receipts | ||
| Public Donatons to Project | 28031.35 | 22053.24 |
| Old Vicarage School Events | 0.00 | 247.21 |
| St Benedict School | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Gif Aid Reclaimed | 4116.01 | 775.75 |
| Parish Events | 1527.55 | 1080.80 |
| Golden Giving | 28.85 | 318.16 |
| MyDonate/paypal/amazon smile | 43.57 | 53.46 |
| TOTAL | 33747.33 | 24528.62 |
| Payments | ||
| Donatons to Arusha Schools | 21200.00 | 20950.00 |
| Donaton for chickens and solar - St Joseph's | 6000.00 | 15.00 |
| Donaton to Arusha (bounced back) | 1000.00 | |
| Donaton to Arusha | 1000.00 | |
| Donaton solar ODS and donaton Simon | 12300.00 | |
| Bank charges for money transfers (5) | 75.00 | |
| Katherine Farrington - Priest fight | 1000.00 | |
| TOTAL | 42575.00 | 20965.00 |
| Surplus (Defcit) for year | -8827.67 | 3563.62 |
| Opening Balance | 29392.73 | 25829.11 |
| Closing Balance | 20565.06 | 29392.73 |
| Reserves Policy | ||
| The policy of the Trustees is that reserves should be kept to a minimum. Income | ||
| from donatons is usually transferred for the causes in the year in which it is received. | ||
| Surplus funds in the form of working capital are held in a bank account with Lloyds. | ||
| Restricted Funds: There are no restricted funds. |
| Signed by two Trustees on behalf of all Trustees | Print Name & Date |
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| Katherine L Farrington Catherine E Vasey |
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