2020-12-31-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report 2020

Period start date Period end date 01 01 2020 31 12 2020 From To Section A Reference and administration details Charity name Uganda Humanist Schools Trust Other names charity is known by UHST Registered charity number (if any) 1228762 Charity's principal address 31 Greenmeadows Road Madeley Crewe Postcode CW3 9EY Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity Dates acted if not for whole Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Steve Hurd Chair 2 Prof Hilary Hurd Scholarships 3 Paul Ewans 4 Christine Smith 5 Glenda Miller 6 Krystal White 7 Daniel Hurd Finance 8 Lee Denison 9 Derek Miller 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 ~~=~~ Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees) Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Section A Reference and administration details

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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

Trust Deed

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

By invitation of current trustees

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

UHST raises funds to support education in humanist schools in Uganda. Our funds go to schools that belong to the Uganda Humanist Schools Association: Isaac Newton High Schools at Kateera, Masaka, Mustard Seed High School, Busota, Kamuli, Katumba Parents Humanist Primary School, Bundibugyo, Kanungu Humanist Primary School, Kasese Humanist Schools. We also provide scholarships to allow bright but needy children to attend Humanist schools.

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As in previous years, Uganda Humanist Schools Trust places considerable emphasis on keeping supporters informed about the progress of the schools. We normally visit the schools each year and write detailed reports for donors. Covid prevented the visit in 2020.

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)

By having a trustee on the Management Board of each school we are able to play a full role as partners in key decisions concerning the development and management of the schools.

We have improved the tracing of funds. We receive the accounts of the school board and can see that funds that we provide a properly recorded. Furthermore, from 2017, we receive school bank statements, so we can see where money is received and each time it is transferred e.g. to builders for construction projects. UHST employs and accountant in Uganda to produce audited accounts for the 4 schools in which we have a Director.

Our focus throughout has been on allocating funds so as to have the maximum impact of the quality of learning and the welfare of students and staff.

As reading is such an important skill we have been running a very successful Reading for Pleasure Project in the schools.

We have also promoted a Humanist Ethos Project to increase awareness of Humanist values and their application to the day to day operation of the schools, where discipline is based upon guidance and empathy and not on coercion.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

• In 2020 our main achievements were to:

• provide 120 scholarships to enable bright but needy children to attend the Humanist secondary schools.

• To provide supplementary funds to help the schools through Covid, which raised school costs and reduced their income as children had long periods out of school.

• We continued to promote independent learning by providing money for books, science and other learning materials.

• Our provision of re-useable sanitary pads continued to maintain high level of participation by girls.

• At Isaac Newton School we completed the construction of a new multi-purpose Hall.

• At Mustard Seed School we completed the construction of a new boys’ dormitory.

• We made progress building new primary schools on safer sites for the communities of Katumba and Kanungu.

• We provided funds for books and learning materials at the two primary schools and provided financial support.

• Both secondary schools have shown substantial improvements in educational outcomes. They stand 5[th] in the ranking of 35 schools in their Districts. Isaac Newton School is 40[th] out of 3,600 secondary schools in Uganda measured by “value added” between primary leaving and O-level.

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Section E Financial review

We have brought target reserves down to £20,000 by making regular Brief statement of the monthly transfers to schools. Reserves rise when we need to have funds charity’s policy on reserves to complete building projects.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

UHST funds come from pubic appeal. We have built up a loyal group of You may choose to include supporters, many of whom send us regular annual or monthly amounts additional information, where by standing order. relevant about:

• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

~~a~~ Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Stephen John Hurd ~~oo~~ Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair etc) ~~es~~ Date 10 May 2021 ~~PO~~

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	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	Charity Name	No (if any)	No (if any)		CC16a
	UGANDA HUMANIST SCHOOLS TRUST					1128762
	Receipts and payments accounts
	For the period from		Period start date		To	Period end date
			01/01/2020			31/12/2020
Section A Receipts and payments
	Unrestricte d funds		Restricted funds		Endowmen t funds		Total funds		Last year
	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donations - unrestricted	115,096		-		-		115,096		91,237
Donations- restricted	-		21,087		-		21,087		21,788
Donations- scholarships	-		37,958		-		37,958		41,904
Gift aid	33,495		-		-		33,495		-
Interest	294		-		-		294		247
Bank charge refund	25						25
Sub total (Gross income for AR)	148,911		59,044		-		207,955		155,176
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
Sub total	-		-		-		-		-
Total receipts	148,911		59,044		-		207,955		155,176
A3 Payments
Isaac Newton Kateera - unrestricted	61,145				-		61,145		48,296
Isaac Newton Kateera - restricted			-		-		-		1,378
Isaac Newton Kateera - scholarships			22,573		-		22,573		21,340
Mustard Seed School - unrestricted	56,618				-		56,618		33,893
Mustard Seed School - restricted			1,087		-		1,087		24,142
Mustard Seed School - scholarships			17,517		-		17,517		21,714
Kasese Humanist Primary School - unrestricted	937				-		937		400
Katumba Humanist Primary School - unrestricted	22,940				-		22,940		2,800
Katumba Humanist Primary School - restricted			34,000		-		34,000		6,000
Kanungu Humanist Primary School - unrestricted	20,670						20,670
Bank charges	134				-		134		121
Sub total	162,443		75,176		-		237,620		133,415
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-
Sub total	-		-		-		-		-
Totalpayments	162,443		75,176		-		237,620		133,415
Net of receipts/(payments)	(13,533)		(16,132)		-		(29,665)		26,805
A5 Transfers between funds	-		-		-		-		-
A6 Cash funds last year end	44,887		18,412		-		63,299		41,403
Cash funds thisyear end	31,354		2,280		-		33,634		68,208

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories	Details		Unrestricte d funds		Restricted funds		Endowmen t funds
			to nearest £		to nearest £		to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Donations - unrestricted				2,280		-
	Donations - restricted		31,354		-		-
	Total cash funds		31,354	2,280			-
	(agree balances with receipts andpayments account(s))		OK		OK		OK

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of On accounts for thè year ended Charity no (if any) III S7 6L Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {'the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and As the charity trustees 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 {"the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried OLrt under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examinalion, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515)(bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters hav8 come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Acl or the accounts do not accord with the a￿oUnting records Independent examiner's statement I have no COn￿rnS 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 delete the words in Ihe br8ckets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: •g.oC.11 Name: Relevant professional qualificationW or body (if any): Address: IER October 2018

Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounls.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER October 2018