## **THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION** ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** ## **5 April 2021** Charity Number 1125419 ## **THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT** ## **YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2021** The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2021. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** The Footprints Foundation **Registered charity name Charity Registration number** 1125419 **Registered Office** 37 St George’s Road Cheltenham GL50 3DU ## **The Trustees** The trustees who served the charity during the period were as follows Mr Robert Holt Ms Angela Burnett Ms Diana Green Mr John Keyes Ms Carmen St John ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The charity maintains accounting records and reconciles the bank for the trust. The trustees consider the most effective use of it’s funds, held for the benefit of the trust and ensure that the best returns are made whilst the capital is not actively employed. The charity adopts a policy in respect of expenses only incurred in relation to duties carried out by the Trustees and others in respect of Trust affairs. The trustees meet on a regular basis, with minutes taken of the meeting to record matters discussed and decisions made. An annual financial review meeting is held, where the accounts, annual return and annual report are discussed. The charity reassesses its purpose and achievements each year. During the year, the Trustee, Robert Holt incurred NIL (2020:£6,809) expenditure on behalf of the charity. All receipts and documentation are retained by the charity. ## **Objectives and Activities** The charity undertakes to raise money through charitable donations and fundraising activities. The income of the trust is then applied to such charity or charities or for such charitable purpose or purposes as the trustees shall, from time to time in their absolute discretion determine, in line with their governing document. The charity aims to tackle the problems and issues facing disadvantaged and elderly people, and those people with significant health issues. The aim is to support these people during the most trying periods of their lives and help give them the strength and confidence to enjoy a fulfilled life. The support is offered not solely through financial support but also through volunteering and hands on help. The charity considers all requests for funding. Applications for assistance are made in writing to the Charity and all requests are reviewed by the Trustees to determine action to be undertaken. Page 1 ## **Achievements and Performance** Due to the impact of COVID 19, fundraising of the charity was significantly reduced in 2020-21. The charity has raised funds in excess of £36K during the financial year, (falling from £173K in the previous year) which are available for distribution to a wide range of worthy causes. Donations amounting to £2,800 were made during the year, to the following donee's. £250 Winne Mobaso £250 Young and Inspired £250 Up and Away £350 Drama Expressions £100 Cpotential £100 Sanitations First £250 Young and Free £250 Easton Community Centre £250 3H Helping Hands £250 Tiny Tims Centre £250 Grove Adventure Donation £250 Mount Olive The Footprints Foundation have also sponsored Meadowlands Soccer Academy in Soweto, South Africa for a number of years, providing financial and education and support. In the year, payments of £7,834 were made to the project. The Footprints Foundation started volunteering programs in South Africa in 2007 and have taken volunteers back every year since then, however during the financial year due to COVID 19 no project has been undertaken. Expenditure has been incurred however supporting a food station in South Africa. This expenditure in the year amounted to £8,971. The program has been managed by local volunteers in South Africa and managed remotely by the Trustees. The Trustees are hopeful of restarting the projects as soon as it is practical and safe to travel to South Africa ## **Financial Review** The balance sheet shows a bank balance of c£34K. ## **Plans for Future Periods** The charity will continue with its South Africa projects, offering support to orphanages through funding and its volunteering programme, as well as supporting a number of other projects. In addition, the charity will consider all funding requests from worthy causes and apply its funds at the Trustees discretion. Signed on behalf of all the trustees ## _Diana Green_ 23.08.2021 _…........................................._ …........................................... Page 2 **Charity Name No (if any) THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION 1125419 Receipts and payments accounts** Period start date Period end date **For the period from To** 06.04.2020 05.04.2021 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**36,901**
**5**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,906**
**-**
**-**
**36,906**
**2,800**
**562**
**235**
**-**
**4,800**
**578**
**-**
**-**
**8,971**
**9,198**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17**
**27,161**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**36,901**
**5**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,906**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**36,906**
**2,800**
**562**
**235**
**-**
**4,800**
**578**
**-**
**-**
**8,971**
**9,198**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**17**
**27,161**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |DONATIONS|**36,901**||||**173,415**| |BANK INTEREST RECEIVED|**5**||||**22**| |HMRC INCOME|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**36,906**||||**173,437**| ||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||| |ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA|**-**||||**-**| ||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_ **
**A3 Payments**|||||| ||||||**173,437**| ||||||| |DONATIONS PAID|**2,800**|**-**|**-**|**2,800**|**1,660**| |JUST GIVING EXPENSES|**562**|**-**|**-**|**562**|**562**| |WEBSITE COSTS|**235**|**-**|**-**|**235**|**375**| |ADVERTISING AND MARKETING|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |CONSULTANCY AND COMMISSION|**4,800**|**-**|**-**|**4,800**|**8,789**| |BANK AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES|**578**|**-**|**-**|**578**|**1,964**| |ACCOUNTANCY|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |INSURANCE|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |SOUTH AFRICA PROJECT|**8,971**|**-**|**-**|**8,971**|**135,401**| |FOOTBALL COSTS|**9,198**|**-**|**-**|**9,198**|**15,816**| |FUNDRAISING COSTS|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**12,657**| |SUNDRY COSTS|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**- 6**| |TRAVEL COSTS|**-**|||**-**|**302**| |EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES|**17**|**-**|**-**|**17**|**- 476**| |**_Sub total_ **|**27,161**|**-**|**-**|**27,161**|**177,044**| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table)**|||||||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA|**-**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**27,161**||**-**|||**-**||**27,161**||**177,044**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**9,745**||**-**|||**-**||**9,745**||**- 3,607**|| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**|||**-**||**-**|| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**23,740**||**-**||**-**|||**23,740**||**27,347**|| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**33,485**||**-**|||**-**||**33,485**||**23,740**|| Page 3 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**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))
BANK CURRENT ACCOUNT
BANK RAND ACCOUNT
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
BANK DEPOSIT ACCOUNT|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**22,214**
**11,211**
**60**
**33,485**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**belongs**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
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**liability relates**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**(optional)**
**-**
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**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
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