## **THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION** ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **5 April 2023** Charity Number 1125419 ## **THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023** The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2023. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** **Registered charity name** The Footprints Foundation **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 (retired 25.05.2022) Mr Zac Cosgrove (appointed 01.10.2023) Mr Luke Drew (appointed 01.10.2023) ## **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 £13,650 (2021:Nil) expenditure on behalf of the charity. Mr Jonh Keyes incurred expenditure of £2,445 on behalf of the charity. There amounts were reimbursed in full to the Trustees. 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. Page 1 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. ## **Achievements and Performance** Due to the impact of COVID 19, fundraising in the past couple of years charity had reduced and although it has increased from 2021-22 it is still not back to the levels or previous years. The charity has raised funds in excess of £46K during the financial year, (an increase from 2021-22 (£46k)) which are available for distribution to a wide range of worthy causes. Donations amounting to £1,035 were made during the year, to the following donee's. - £785 Zebras charity £250 Community Donation for Christmas Party 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 £5,363 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 with the exception of 2020-21 when, due to COVID 19 no project has was undertaken. 2022 was yet another successful year, especially as we were just coming out of lockdown making it a challenge. The South Africa team erected 3 classrooms from scratch for Otis Day Nursery, completed a full exterior and interior transformation ie new windows, full decoration, table chairs, books, posters etc. Urgent repairs were also undertaken for the Pina Day nursery - replacement doors and eductational equipment for the children. Paintig, maintenance and upkeep for several building in the local vicinity was also undertaken. Much need meals were also supplied for the community ## **Financial Review** The balance sheet shows a bank balance of c£28K. ## **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 …......................................... …........................................... Page 2 |**Charity Name**
**THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION**|**Charity Name**
**THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION**|**Charity Name**
**THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION**|**No (if any)**
**1125419**| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||| |**For the period from**|Period start date
06.04.2022|**To**|Period end date
05.04.2023| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |DONATIONS|**67,529**||**-**||**-**||**67,529**||**46,084**| |BANK INTEREST RECEIVED|**52**||**-**||**-**||**52**||**1**| |HMRC INCOME|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**67,581**||**-**||**-**||**67,581**||**46,085**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||||| |ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA|**-**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**46,085**| ||||||||||| |DONATIONS PAID|**1,035**||||||||**2,000**| |JUST GIVING EXPENSES|**400**||||||||**360**| |WEBSITE COSTS|**-**||||||||**316**| |ADVERTISING AND MARKETING|**-**||||||||**1,000**| |CONSULTANCY AND COMMISSION|**-**||||||||**800**| |BANK AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES|**653**||||||||**609**| |ACCOUNTANCY|**-**||||||||**792**| |INSURANCE|**-**||||||||**-**| |SOUTH AFRICA PROJECT|**74,762**||||||||**11,398**| |FOOTBALL COSTS|**7,147**||||||||**6,516**| |FUNDRAISING COSTS|**5,071**||||||||**5,000**| |SUNDRY COSTS|**367**||||||||**473**| |TRAVEL COSTS|**-**||||||||**-**| |EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES|**3**||||||||**6**| |**_Sub total_**|**89,438**||||||||**29,270**| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| |ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA|**-**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**89,438**||**-**|||**-**||**89,438**||**29,270**| |||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 21,857**||**-**|||**-**||**- 21,857**||**16,815**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**50,300**||**-**||**-**|||**50,300**||**33,485**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**28,443**||**-**|||**-**||**28,443**||**50,300**| |||||||||||| Page 3 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end**|**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 £**
**17,177**
**11,265**
**1**
**28,443**
**Unrestricted**
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**to nearest £**
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**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due (optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval Page 4 ## **THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION** ## **FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **5 April 2023** Charity Number 1125419 ## **THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT YEAR ENDED 5 APRIL 2023** The trustees have pleasure in presenting their report and the unaudited financial statements of the charity for the year ended 5 April 2023. ## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS** **Registered charity name** The Footprints Foundation **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 (retired 25.05.2022) Mr Zac Cosgrove (appointed 01.10.2023) Mr Luke Drew (appointed 01.10.2023) ## **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 £13,650 (2021:Nil) expenditure on behalf of the charity. Mr Jonh Keyes incurred expenditure of £2,445 on behalf of the charity. There amounts were reimbursed in full to the Trustees. 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. Page 1 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. ## **Achievements and Performance** Due to the impact of COVID 19, fundraising in the past couple of years charity had reduced and although it has increased from 2021-22 it is still not back to the levels or previous years. The charity has raised funds in excess of £46K during the financial year, (an increase from 2021-22 (£46k)) which are available for distribution to a wide range of worthy causes. Donations amounting to £1,035 were made during the year, to the following donee's. - £785 Zebras charity £250 Community Donation for Christmas Party 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 £5,363 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 with the exception of 2020-21 when, due to COVID 19 no project has was undertaken. 2022 was yet another successful year, especially as we were just coming out of lockdown making it a challenge. The South Africa team erected 3 classrooms from scratch for Otis Day Nursery, completed a full exterior and interior transformation ie new windows, full decoration, table chairs, books, posters etc. Urgent repairs were also undertaken for the Pina Day nursery - replacement doors and eductational equipment for the children. Paintig, maintenance and upkeep for several building in the local vicinity was also undertaken. Much need meals were also supplied for the community ## **Financial Review** The balance sheet shows a bank balance of c£28K. ## **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 …......................................... …........................................... Page 2 |**Charity Name**
**THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION**|**Charity Name**
**THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION**|**Charity Name**
**THE FOOTPRINTS FOUNDATION**|**No (if any)**
**1125419**| |---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||| |**For the period from**|Period start date
06.04.2022|**To**|Period end date
05.04.2023| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |DONATIONS|**67,529**||**-**||**-**||**67,529**||**46,084**| |BANK INTEREST RECEIVED|**52**||**-**||**-**||**52**||**1**| |HMRC INCOME|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**67,581**||**-**||**-**||**67,581**||**46,085**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see**
**table).**|||||||||| |ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA|**-**||||||||**-**| ||||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**46,085**| ||||||||||| |DONATIONS PAID|**1,035**||||||||**2,000**| |JUST GIVING EXPENSES|**400**||||||||**360**| |WEBSITE COSTS|**-**||||||||**316**| |ADVERTISING AND MARKETING|**-**||||||||**1,000**| |CONSULTANCY AND COMMISSION|**-**||||||||**800**| |BANK AND CREDIT CARD CHARGES|**653**||||||||**609**| |ACCOUNTANCY|**-**||||||||**792**| |INSURANCE|**-**||||||||**-**| |SOUTH AFRICA PROJECT|**74,762**||||||||**11,398**| |FOOTBALL COSTS|**7,147**||||||||**6,516**| |FUNDRAISING COSTS|**5,071**||||||||**5,000**| |SUNDRY COSTS|**367**||||||||**473**| |TRAVEL COSTS|**-**||||||||**-**| |EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES|**3**||||||||**6**| |**_Sub total_**|**89,438**||||||||**29,270**| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases,**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| |ORPHANAGE IN SOUTH AFRICA|**-**|||||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**89,438**||**-**|||**-**||**89,438**||**29,270**| |||||||||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**- 21,857**||**-**|||**-**||**- 21,857**||**16,815**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|||||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**50,300**||**-**||**-**|||**50,300**||**33,485**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**28,443**||**-**|||**-**||**28,443**||**50,300**| |||||||||||| Page 3 |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end**|**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 £**
**17,177**
**11,265**
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**28,443**
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**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**When due (optional)**| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| ||||**-**|| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval Page 4 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Sectlon A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Ch￿'11Y N8me On accounts for the year ended rJ Af fLIL zoz> Charity no (if any) Set out on pages (remember lo irtlude Ine toge nuinbBts of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity I'the Trust,) for the year ended OS I fiL*I LOCS. Responslbilities and As the charity Irustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 C'the Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)Ibl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below.) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe thal in, any material respect: accounting records were not kepl in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with Ihe accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please deletg the words in the brackets if they do not apply. Date: Signed: I Iq Name: To¥lOA Relevant professional qualificatlonlsl or body {if any): FccA- Address: O IASE ST OLO y ¥tAVEEKot4 HELTE IER October 2018 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018