## ## ## ## |Object|i|ves and|acti|viti|es|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||SORP reference|||| |Summary||ofthe purposes||of|Para 1.17|We are a Christian
Charity committed|to|| |the charity as set out|||in its|||social justice and the provision
ofcare||to| |governing||document||||the most vulnerable
children
regardless||| |||||||of religion or social background.||| |||||||Our charity's
prime purpose continues||to| |||||||beto benefit the public and advance the||| |||||||lives ofchildren
and young people by||| |||||||relieving the needs ofthose identified|as|| |||||||suffering
because oftheir youth,||| |||||||sickness, abandonment
or financial||| |||||||hardship.||| |||||||These objectives are principally
being||| |||||||achieved through
the provision of||| |||||||support to help young people develop||| |||||||their skills, capacities and capabilities||to| |||||||enable them to participate
in society|as|| |||||||mature and responsible
adults.||| |Summary
activities||ofthe main
in relation to those|||Para 1.17and
1.19|Our charitable activities to date have
focussed on the provision ofsupport|to|| |purposes||for the public||||the many orphaned
and abandoned||| |benefit,|in particular,||the|||children
who live in extreme poverty|in|| |activities,||projects or|services|||the district of Rukungiri,
South West||| |identified||in the accounts.||||Uganda.
Whilst our stated purposes,||| |||||||aims and objectives are not||| |||||||geographically
restricted, we consider||| |||||||this area of Uganda
will continue to be||| |||||||the focus ofour activities for the||| |||||||foreseeable
future.
The prime objectives||| |||||||are to alleviate the problems associated||| |||||||with orphans
and abandoned
children||| |||||||being homeless or unable to access||| |||||||education, therefore
leaving them||| |||||||vulnerable
to emotional,
physical
and||| |||||||sexual abuse on the streets.||| |||||||The focus ofour work to date:| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||The Children's
Villa e - The provision
of| |||||||two "Family Style Homes" for homeless| |||||||and abandoned
children.| |||||||The Child S onsorshi
Pro ramme- The| |||||||sponsorship
of individual
children
who| |||||||live in the community
and are identified| |||||||as being most in need.| |||||||The Education
Pro
ramme - The| |||||||provision ofgood quality Pre-School| |||||||Nursery
&Primary Education facilities| |||||||and opportunities
for students
to| |||||||progress to Senior School and Vocational| |||||||Training.| |||||||The Protected S rin s Pro ramme-The| |||||||provision ofclean water to an acceptable| |||||||level of purity.| |||||||Bible Based Holida
Clubs - The| |||||||provision oftwo clubs run on separate| |||||||sites during school holidays for children| |||||||6-18yrs.| |||||||Youth S orts Develo
ment Pro
ramme-| |||||||The provision
ofsports activities to offer| |||||||the poorest children
the opportunity
to| |||||||gain skills.| |||||||The Communit
Su
ort Pro ramme-| |||||||The provision ofsupport for families
in| |||||||need; including
crisis intervention.| |Statement||confirming|||Para 1.18|We confirm that we have fully complied| |whether the trustees|||have|||with section 17ofthe Charities Act 2011| |had regard||to the guidance||||to have due regard to public benefit| |issued by|the Charity|||||guidance
published
by the Charity| |Commission||on public||||Commission.| |benefit||||||| |Additional||information||(optional)||| |You ma|choose to include||||further statements|where relevant about:| ||||||SORP reference|| |Contribution||made by|||Para 1.38|Our charity could not operate effectively| |volunteers||||||without the significant
but unmeasurable| |||||||contribution
made by a group of| |||||||committed
volunteers
in the UK.| |||||||Together with the Trustees they| |||||||undertake
the many tasks associated| |||||||with day to day activities which would| |||||||otherwise
be undertaken
by paid staff.| |||||||We have no paid employees
in the UK. In| |||||||addition to individuals
who launch| |||||||fundraisin
initiatives,
we have ei ht| |Advocates
and six Trustees who meet| |---| |regularly
and arrange fund raising events| |and help to make people aware ofthe| |work the charity is doing.
In this| |connection,
we understand
our| |responsibilities
in respect offundraising.| |Taking note ofCharity Commission| |guidance
"Charity Fundraising:
a guide| |to Trustee Duties (CC20)",we are| |satisfied that we comply with charity
law| |and best practice.
All events are| |overseen
by trustees who are also| |actively involved.| |All ofthe Advocates
and Trustees have| |been to Uganda
and have funded their| |own visits tosee the work first-hand
and| |observe the development
ofthe charity.| |To date 62 people have joined one ofour| |Mission Visits including
many donors| |and sponsors. We continue to offer this| |life changing
opportunity
to people.| |A founding
trustee, who discharges
all| |book keeping duties, is assisted
by a| |volunteer
when preparing
the year end| |accounts and claiming
Gift Aid. Our| |unpaid
Independent
Examiner isalso a| |volunteer
and a supporter.
She does not| |have aclose relationship
with any| |Trustee and is not involved
in the day-to-| |day administration
or decision making.| ## |Achiev|ements
and per|ements
and per|ements
and per|formance|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe main|||Para 1.20|Our charitable
activities are delivered
by| |achievements||ofthe charity,|||an NGO which we formed specifically for| |identifying|the|difference the|||that purpose.
Two ofthe UK Trustees sit| |charity's|work|has made to|||on the NGO board to help ensure| |the circumstances|||ofits||decisions made in the UK are followed
by| |beneficiaries
and|||any wider||the NGO Management
Team and staff.| |benefits to society as a|||||Money is transferred
from the UK to| |whole.|||||Uganda
only when needed so the| ||||||Trustees
in the UK maintain
control of| ||||||funds as long as possible.
Management| ||||||Accounts, prepared
by our NGO Manager| ||||||are sent to the UK monthly
and are| ||||||supported
by copies ofthe NGO Bank| ||||||Account Statements. Trustees check the| ||||||original records during
their visits.
To| ||||||further control funds the two UK Trustees| ||||||who sit on the NGO board are also| ||||||si natories
on the NGO Bank Account.| |We are aware ofthe ever-increasing|| |---|---| |incidences offraud and appreciate we are|| |not immune
from the possibility ofattack.|| |Whilst no system is fool proof, we have a|| |robust system ofcontrolling
expenditure|| |and at our Trustee meetings
in the UK we|| |visit the topic regularly.
We remain|| |aware ofthe possibility ofcyberwrime|| |and whilst not complacent,
have|| |concluded
that our present system
limits|| |our vulnerability.|| |The Children's
Villa econtinues to|| |provide 24 orphaned
or abandoned|| |children
with a secure and loving home.|| |Many ofthese children would simply|| |have died without the medical, emotional|| |and nutritional
care they receive in our|| |two Family Style Homes. The latest child|| |to be welcomed
into the village had been|| |abandoned
in the local trading centre;|| |she is around 3years old. Where|| |possible we continue to maintain
contact|| |with a child*s wider family to assess|| |whether a reunification
plan can be put in|| |place. When a child reaches the age of18|| |they are required
by law to move from the|| |Children's
Homes.|| |The Movin
On Pro
ramme isa new|| |initiative.
In order to support and plan for|| |the young people who have no family and|| |reach the age of18,we are constructing|a| |small
"Twin House" near to our|| |Children's
Village. There we aim to offer|| |these young people a period oftransition|| |with full support to ensure they can|| |adjust to community
living.|| |The Child S
nsorshi
Pr
ramme is|| |currently
supporting
afurther 145|| |children to live in the community.
Many|| |ofthese children are orphans
living with|| |elderly grandparents.
Sponsorship|| |improves
their access to education,|| |vocational
training,
nutritional
food,|| |sanitation
programmes,
and income|| |generating
activities. During our personal|| |home visits we have observed families|| |who were formerly robbed ofall hope be|| |empowered
to reach their God given|| |potential
and enabled to transform
their|| |own lives. Bursaries have enabled|| |children to progress to Secondary|| |Education
and Vocational training.|| |Examples ofthis
ear's success ofthis|| |||
subsequent
longer
enable them to bec
We are pleased to
and individual
appr
improve the lives o
es eciall
the child| |---|---|---| |Additional
information
(optional)||| |You ma
choose to include|further statements|where relevant about:| |Achievements
against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance
offundraising
activities against objectives|Para 141|| |Investment
performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## |Financ|ial review||| |---|---|---|---| |Review|ofthe charity's|Para 1.21|~Etdt| |financial|position at the end||| |ofthe period|||Charitable
Activities spend continues to| ||||be well in excess of95%ofour annual| ||||expenditure.
The Trustees are proud of| ||||this achievement
and recognise that this| ||||has been made possible mainly because| ||||there are no paid staff in the UK. All work| ||||in the UK is undertaken
by the Trustees| ||||and volunteers.| ||||We are not immune
from the effects of| ||||inflation.
Although
less than the UK| ||||figures and thankfully
now falling,
in| ||||August 2022 Uganda
reported a rate of| ||||over 9%.| ||||Although
we have no wage or salary| ||||costs in the UK, Teachers and other staff| ||||in Uganda
need to be paid a competitive| ||||wage to enable us to retain and recruit| ||||good staff. With education
spend
up by| ||||60%we wish to explain that our school is| ||||now full with 465 pupils.
During this| ||||expansion
period, we needed to promote| ||||two teachers, one to Deputy Head and| ||||another to Director ofStudies.
Also, two| ||||"floating" teachers were required to| ||||cover staff sickness, training
days and| ||||extra curricula activities.
An additional| ||||issue is that the Ugandan
Government| ||||now requires teachers to have two years| ||||extra training.
This is causing ateacher| ||||shortage so they can command
higher| ||||salaries.
The cost of providing
each| ||||schoolchild
with afree daily meal has| ||||increased to F1Kper month.| ||||Under the heading
Building Work, we| ||||now include
all such work except the| ||||construction
ofprotected springs.
Those| ||||are a separate programme.
As examples,| ||||this year we built 4 latrines for| ||||community
families, a Rain Water
Harvester
at our school, two retaining| ||||walls to prevent
land slippage and tiling| ||||and redecoration
to one ofour homes in| ||||our Childrens
Village.
Also, we have| ||||started to build a house as part ofour| ||||new "Moving On Programme".
(Seepage| ||||4).| ||||During the year, with the relaxation
of| ||||restrictions
imposed
during the| ||||andemic, we have been able to| |reintroduce
activities we had been forced| |---| |to curtail. This has inevitably
increased| |costs.| |As stated above, this year we have made| |significant
investments
for our future and| |it is not surprising
to see that our| |Charitable
Activities total has increased| |to 6109.7Kagainst 875.2K in 2022. An| |analysis
is included
in the accounts to| |aid transparency.
Itshould be noted that| |as we have changed
our recording| |system, previous year's figures are| |incomparable.| |Princi
I fundin
sources| |Total income is very similar. To aid| |clarity, our accounts show Gift Aid| |receipts separately
from Donations.| |612.0K and F65.5Krespectively.
Last| |year's combined
figure was 67&.2K.| |The Trustees continue to make donations| |according to their personal| |circumstances
and this year have| |collectively
donated F6.9Kagainst 63.7K| |in 2022. The total ofthese donations| |comfortably exceeds the total expenses| |claimed.| |We have been able to put extra effort into| |fundraising
and are pleased to report| |income has increased to 66.2K, against| |F1.6K in 2022, with no increase
in costs.| |Whilst our supporters
continue to be| |affected by the increase
in the cost of| |living, they number over 200. We are not| |reliant on any single donor, or group, to| |maintain
income at an adequate
level.| |We continue to appreciate
the prayers| |and financial support from all our| |supporters.| |Investment| |Funds are held in the UK until actually| |required
in Uganda.
Nloney not needed| |immediately
is held in our UK Community| |Bank accounts or in short-term
notice| |accounts with UK institutions,
authorised| |by the Prudential
Regulation
Authority| |and regulated
by the Financial Conduct| |Authority
and the Prudential
Regulation| |Authori
. All accounts are FSCS| |||||||protected.|protected.|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||During the||year we||have changed our||| |||||||notice account provider to take||||||| |||||||advantage||of|higher||interest rates|| |||||||offered.||||||| |Statement|explaining||the||Para 1.22|During our||meetings,|||we discuss the|| |policy for holding
reserves||||||need|for a|Reserves|||Policy. Whilst|we| |stating
why||they are|held|||are well aware|||of Charity Commission|||| |||||||guidance, we|||have|decided against||| |||||||having such a policy|||||at this time. We will|| |||||||keep|this subject before us at future|||||| |||||||Trustees meetings||||but meanwhile||believe| |||||||the "amount of reserves held" figure is||||||| |||||||more|than|adequate|||based on our|current| |||||||and envisaged|||turnover.|||| |Amount of|reserves||held||Para 1.22|P94K||||||| |Reasons for holding|||zero||Para 1.22|NIA||||||| |reserves||||||||||||| |Details offund materially||||in|Para 1.24|None.||||||| |deficit||||||||||||| |Explanation||ofany|||Para 1.23|None.||||||| |uncertainties||about|the|||||||||| |charity continuing
as a going||||||||||||| |concern||||||||||||| |Additional||information||(optional)||||||||| |You may choose to|||include further statements|||where|relevant||about:|||| |The charity's||principal||||||||||| |sources offunds (including
any fundraising)|||||Para 1.47|||||||| |investment||policy and||||||||||| |objectives including
any
social investment
policy|||||Para 1.46|||||||| |adopted||||||||||||| |A description||ofthe|principal|||||||||| |risks facing||the charity|||Para 1.46|||||||| |Other||||||||||||| |Description|ofcharity's||| |---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||| |Type of governing
document:||Para 1.25|When we founded
the charity
in 2008, we| |for example,|trust deed,||established
itas a Charitable
Company.| |memorandum|and articles of||Since 10May 2019it has been a CIO.| |association|etc||| |How is the charity||Para 1.25|As a CIO with effect from 10May 2019.| |constituted'?|||The Constitution
is based on the Charity| |for example|limited company,||Commission
Foundation
Model| |unincorporated
association,|||| |CIO|||| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|Trustees are selected by invitation
of| |including
details ofany|||existing trustees whenever
a need arises.| |constitutional|provisions e.g.||We now have 6trustees which we believe| |election to post or name of|||is an advantage.
Due to her long term| |any person|or body entitled||support as an Advocate, experience as a| |to appoint one or more|||fund raiser and the first-hand
knowledge| |trustees|||gained ofour work whiist in Uganda, we| ||||were pleased towelcome Mrs. Joan| ||||Young to the trustee's
board. Four ofthe| ||||current trustees are founding
trustees.| ||||All have visited Uganda
and subscribe to| ||||the Statement ofFaith*, as shown below.| |You ma|choose to inclu|choose to inclu|de fur|ther statement|s
where relevant about:||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Policies
adopted|and procedures
for the induction||and|Para 1.51|||| |training|oftrustees||||||| |The charity's
structure
and||organisational
any wider||Para 1.51|||| |network|with|which the|||||| |charity works|||||||| |Relationship
parties||with any related||Para 1.51|||| ||||||*Statement of Faith||| |Other|||||||| ||||||We believe in ...||| ||||||~
The one true God who lives||| ||||||eternally
in three persons —the Father,||| ||||||the Son and the Holy Spirit.||| ||||||~
The love, grace and|sovereignty|of| ||||||God in creating, sustaining,|ruling,|| ||||||redeeming
and judging the|world.|| |~
The divine inspiration
and||| |---|---|---| |supreme
authority ofthe Old and New||| |Testament
Scriptures,
which are the||| |written
Word ofGod —fully trustworthy||| |for faith and conduct.||| |~
The dignity of all people, made||| |male and female in God's image to love,||| |be holy and care for creation, yet||| |corrupted
by sin, which incurs divine||| |wrath and judgement||| |~
The incarnation
ofGod's eternal||| |Son, the Lord Jesus Christ —born of|the|| |Virgin IIary, truly divine and truly human,||| |yet without sin.||| |~
The atoning sacrifice ofChrist||on| |the cross: dying
in our place, paying|the|| |price ofsin and defeating
evil, so||| |reconciling
us with God.||| |The bodily resurrection
ofChrist,||| |the first fruits ofour resurrection;
his||| |ascension to the Father and his reign||and| |mediation
as the only Saviour ofthe||| |world.||| |~
The justification
ofsinners solely||| |by the grace ofGod through
faith in||| |Christ.||| |~
The ministry ofGod the Holy||| |Spirit, who leads us to repentance,
unites||| |us with Christ through
new birth,||| |empowers
our discipleship
and enables||| |our witness.||| |~
The church, the body ofChrist||| |both local and universal,
the priesthood||| |ofall believers —given life by the Spirit||| |and endowed
with the Spirit's gifts to||| |worship
God and proclaim the gospel,||| |promoting
justice and love.||| |~
The personal
and visible return||of| |Jesus Christ to fulfil the purposes of||| |God, who will raise all people to||| |judgement,
bring eternal life to the||| |redeemed
and eternal condemnation||to| |the lost, and establish a new heaven|and|| |new earth.||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |||~|~|||||~|~|~ ~|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|||Endowment|| ||Cate 00r Ics||Details|||||funds||funds|||funds| |||||||||to naareat 0|to|nearest 5||to nearest f|| |B1Cash|funds||Bank Account|||||4,957|||||| ||||Savings accounts||||—Instant Access|39,032|||||| ||||Savings account|||—Notice Required||50,000|||||| ||||||||Total cash funds|93,959|||||| ||||(agree|balances|||with receipts and payments||||||| ||||||||acowct(v))||||||| |||||||||Unrestricted|Restricted||P|Endowment|| |||||||||funds||funds|||funds| ||||||||||c||||| ||||Details|||||to nearest 5|to|nearest S||to noafeat 3|| |62 Other|monetary assets||Estimated|Gift|Aid||to be claimed|11,000|||||| ||||Details|||||Fund to which
asset baton a|Cost (optional}|||Current value
o tion|| |B3Investment assets|||None||||||||||| ||||Details|||||Fund to which
asset helen
a|Cost (optional)|||Currant value
(o tional|| |B4Assets retained for the|||No«||||||||||| |charity's|own use||||||||||||| |||||||||Fund to which|Amountdue||||When dce| ||||Details|||||liabil'
relates||o tional|||0 tional| |65 Liabilities|||None||||||||||| ||||We have|given|no guarantees||||||||| ||||We have|no debts|||outstanding||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf ofas the trustees|||||Signature|||Print|Name||||Date of
approval| |||||||||Ltd W|fV)uQPH|||Ii,+.202|| |||||||||||||l t|tt-. 202.w| |CCXX|R2 accounts (SS)|||||||||||16/03/2024|| ||||||||||||||/7| |Anal
sisof|Charitable|Charitable|Activities|Activities|Ex enditure| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||2023| |~Pro ramme|||||EK| |The Children's|Village||||17| |The Child Sponsorship||Programme|||22| |The Education|Programme||||24| |The Protected|Springs|Programme|||| |Bible Based Holiday Clubs|||||| |The Youth Sports Development||||Programme|| |The Community|Support Programme||||| |Constrction / Building||work|||13| |NGO Manager|S.Field|Staff|wages||| |Administration|in Uganda||||| |Truck RTransportation|||||| |Trustees'
Expenses *|||||| |Other|||||| |TOTAL|||||110| |*The Trustees|donate|funds|to|the charity|which exceed ex eses claimed.|