## **Zest for Life Annual Report 2021/2** Our purpose has always been to support the education of the poorest, most vulnerable and needy of children and young people in a small rural community living in Upper Nyakatch, Kenya. In this, our 14[th] year of operation, we continue to do this by: - Ensuring that 100+ nursery children at Innis Education Centre receive a porridge meal every morning they are at school - Supporting bright students graduating from Innis by paying the bulk of the fees they incur at national schools and, in most cases, following them into Higher Education on a variety of undergraduate programmes. We also offer support for needy ex-Miriu students struggling to stay in further education - Supporting the continuing education of vulnerable young women through our teacher training bursaries This year, three young women have graduated university with two more due to graduate in September. It is important to note that all of these young women graduated from Innis Education Centre and qualified for a bursary due to their excellent exam results. Their family situations meant that without our help they would not have made it to high achieving schools and in all likelihood would not have made it to university. They’ve all have been with us from our small beginnings; all took porridge in the mornings; all took an active part in and benefitted from our library project and all have since 2012 been sponsored throughout high school and university by Zest for Life. We currently have nine undergraduates still on the programme, one student on an occupational health Diploma course, one studying nursing and one at technical college training to work in the maritime industry. In addition we are offering further training to former students who have completed their Teacher Training Certificate and now need to upgrade to a Teaching Diploma to secure further employment. Zest for Life www.zfl.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1126679 Our Secondary School bursary scheme currently supports four students. We are in good contact with the majority of our sponsored students via the WhatsApp groups we've set up for each student. With regard to our partnership with Siatok and Jefna Widows and Orphans co-operatives, we are moving ahead with the establishment of new poultry units. A successful two day training session was delivered to 40 women in September 2021 and in February 2022 stage two began with the building of new housing for 150 chicks for each group. On the ground management has been undertaken by Martin Ogondi - Martin has become central to our monitoring and communication system with the groups and we continue to be very grateful for his enthusiasm and diligence. This complex project will be delivered in line with the stipulations set down by the grant funder over the next 18 months. Essentially, we’re aiming for a sustainable income generating business that is manageable in size for the women’s groups, offers the members chance to improve their animal husbandry skills and generates income to enable them to better support their families. In terms of income generation for our work, we are still building back our face to face fundraising but we are hoping to be able to organise some events in the next 12 months. We’re hoping to be able to invite you to a few events, outdoor coffee mornings or guided walks for example, in 2022 to enable us to put names to faces! In the meantime, alternative income generating activity e.g. recycling printer ink cartridges and online shopping initiatives continues to generate small but valuable donations. Encouraging donors to register for Gift Aid continues to make a significant contribution to our income and in this respect we continue to be grateful for the diligent oversight of the Treasurer for making regular claims as well as keeping a close eye on our income and expenditure. Our heartfelt thanks go to all those who support us on a regular basis through monthly or annual donations and to our friends and neighbours who contribute to our appeals. I also want to take this opportunity to thank my fellow Trustees for their hard work and dedication. Karen Jones Chairman, 5th April 2022 Zest for Life www.zfl.org.uk Registered Charity No: 1126679 ## **ZEST FOR LIFE** **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31ST AUGUST 2021** |**INCOMING RESOURCES**
General donations
Other grants received
Walk The Wight Fundraiser
Quiz Night
Afternoon Tea
Curry Night
Market Drayton Walk
Christmas Fairs and Crafts
Coffee Morning, Table Top Sale, Garden Party
Christmas Cards
Rose sales & commissions
T shirt, USB stick, card & sundry sales
Gift Aid scheme claim
**TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES**
**RESOURCES EXPENDED**
Fundraising Costs
Christmas cards
Roses, tea towels, bags, USB sticks & craft materials
Other fundraising costs
Charitable Expenditure
Miriu School students partnership programme
Miriu students further education
Miriu School latrines project
Innis School library project
Innis School building programme
Girls' Latrines & Nursery Classroom
Innis School porridge project
Innis School water harvesting project
Innis students secondary education
Innis students further education
Other students further education (see note 3)
Further Education Students - Laptops
Miriu & Innis Schools sundry expenses
Agoro Lieye School Library Stocking
Siatok Widows and Orphans Community project
Siatok & Jefna Widows Groups - Catering Enterprise Training
& Seed Corn Funding
Siatok & Jefna Widows Groups - Poultry Enterprise Training
Phenny Awuor - Beekeeping enterprise
COVID 19 Support Payments
Widows Groups
Students/Former Students etc
Expenses
Project management & training
Travel to Kenya
Administration Costs
Website hosting etc
Monthly subscription - JustGiving .Com
Postage, stationery & sundry expenses
Bank charges
**TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED**
**NET INCOMING RESOURCES**
**TRANSFER OF FUNDS**
**TOTAL FUNDS BROUGHT FORWARD**
**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||Restricted
£10,000.00
£10,000.00
£0.00
£10,000.00
£0.00
£1,464.78
£11,464.78|Unrestricted
2021
£10,680.24
£10,680.24
£3,000.00
£13,000.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£838.31
£838.31
£0.00
£387.82
£387.82
£0.00
£119.68
£119.68
£2,614.58
£2,614.58
£17,640.63
£27,640.63
£234.00
£234.00
£96.56
£96.56
£0.00
£0.00
£1,285.05
£1,285.05
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£463.23
£463.23
£0.00
£1,288.77
£1,288.77
£5,613.03
£5,613.03
£2,008.52
£2,008.52
£520.50
£520.50
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£361.78
£361.78
£67.83
£67.83
£67.85
£67.85
£179.83
£179.83
£0.00
£0.00
£126.00
£126.00
£105.01
£105.01
£69.44
£69.44
£12,487.40
£12,487.40
£5,153.23
£15,153.23
£0.00
£0.00
£15,567.58
£17,032.36
£20,720.81
£32,185.59|2020
£8,982.47
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£1,154.34
£0.00
£0.00
£140.96
£58.89
£0.00
£10,336.66
£0.00
£69.99
£0.00
£0.00
£1,133.57
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£955.58
£0.00
£1,243.83
£2,549.32
£791.74
£635.23
£0.00
£74.67
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£209.10
£566.96
£147.38
£56.39
£127.83
£0.00
£32.00
£216.00
£0.00
£64.66
£8,874.25
£1,462.41
£0.00
£15,569.95
£17,032.36|2019
£10,428.21
£0.00
£0.00
£199.00
£668.00
£283.00
£450.00
£0.00
£161.00
£608.17
£0.00
£54.75
£3,124.60
£15,976.73
£330.00
£0.00
£40.00
£144.26
£927.22
£0.00
£607.29
£9,488.79
£1,455.08
£0.00
£1,098.42
£4,015.50
£400.54
£0.00
£194.26
£204.92
£0.00
£1,021.76
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£840.64
£749.99
£500.00
£216.00
£0.00
£28.89
£22,773.56
-£6,796.83
£0.00
£22,366.78
£15,569.95|2018
£7,559.03
£12,272.00
£0.00
£267.00
£140.00
£0.00
£0.00
£574.70
£0.00
£659.64
£20.00
£31.00
£1,100.00
£22,623.37
£870.00
£0.00
£39.50
£911.52
£2,052.72
£2,210.14
£0.00
£0.00
£1,185.06
£0.00
£1,871.56
£835.84
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£1,388.72
£588.79
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£0.00
£116.66
£1,425.62
£112.00
£216.00
£107.00
£8.60
£13,939.73
£8,683.64
£0.00
£13,571.40
£22,366.78| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| There were no recognised gains or losses during this period, other than those included in the Statement of Financial Activities. - 1 - ## **ZEST FOR LIFE BALANCE SHEET 31ST AUGUST 2021** |**CURRENT ASSETS**
Gift Aid claim
Float - James Holyoak & Parker
Cash at bank
Petty cash
**NET ASSETS**
**REPRESENTED BY**
Unrestricted fund
Restricted funds - (note 2)|2021
£0.00
£0.00
£32,100.35
£85.24
£32,185.59
£20,720.81
£11,464.78
£32,185.59
£0.00|2020
£0.00
£500.00
£16,532.36
£0.00
£17,032.36
£15,567.58
£1,464.78
£17,032.36|2019
£0.00
£500.00
£15,069.95
£0.00
£15,569.95
£14,105.17
£1,464.78
£15,569.95|2018
£1,100.00
£500.00
£20,766.78
£0.00
£22,366.78
£8,193.53
£14,173.25
£22,366.78| |---|---|---|---|---| Approved by the trustees on 24 March 2021 Karen Jones - Chair of Trustees Keith - Edwards - Treasurer ## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS** ## **1 Accounting policies** The accounts are prepared under the historic cost convention and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice : Accounting and Reporting by Charities (SORP 2005) issued in March 2005. ## Fund Accounting Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the charities objectives. Restricted funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor. ## **2 Summary of movements on restricted funds** |Oboch Community Centre Fund
Waterloo Foundaton|Brought
Forward
Income
Expenditure
Carried
Forward
£1,464.78
£0.00
£0.00
£1,464.78
£0.00
£10,000.00
£0.00
£10,000.00
£1,464.78
£0.00
£0.00
£11,464.78| |---|---| ## **3** Other students further education These costs include contributions to the medical fees of a sponsored student who contracted Covid. - 2 - ## **Independent examiner’s report to the Trustees of ZEST FOR LIFE** We report to the trustees on our examination of the charity's accounts for the year ended 31 August 2021 laid out on pages 3 and 4. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). We report in respect of our examination of the charity's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out our examination we have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. ## **Independent examiner’s statement** We have completed our examination. We confirm that no material matters have come to our attention in connection with the examination giving us cause to believe that in any material respect:- 1 accounting records were not kept in respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2 the accounts do not accord with those records; or 3 the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view' which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. We have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. ## **James Holyoak & Parker Limited** Chartered Accountants Shrewsbury SY1 3GA Dated 31 March 2022 -5-