## **Trustees' Annual Report 2021** Period start date Period end date 01 01 2021 31 12 2021 **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 ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **TAR** July 2022 1 ## **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) By invitation of current trustees Trustee selection methods - (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 Humanist Schools at Kateera, Masaka, Mustard Seed Humanist Schools, Busota, Kamuli, Katumba Parents Humanist Primary School, Bundibugyo, Kanungu Humanist Primary School. We also provide scholarships to allow bright but needy children to attend Humanist schools. **TAR** July 2022 2 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 and 2021, but we visited in July/August 2022. **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. We have promote 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. **TAR** July 2022 3 Section D Achievements and performance ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** - In 2021 our main achievements were to: 1. provide 120 scholarships to enable bright but needy children to attend the Humanist secondary schools. 2. 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. 3. We continued to promote independent learning by providing money for books, science and other learning materials. 4. Our provision of re-useable sanitary pads continued to maintain high level of participation by girls. 5. At Isaac Newton School we funded work to improve site drainage, soil stability and roadways and improved water and electricity supplies. 6. At Mustard Seed School we completed a new Library & Information Centre and an additional toilet block. 7. We made further progress building new primary schools on safer sites for the communities of Katumba and Kanungu. 8. We provided funds for books and learning materials at the two primary schools and provided financial support. 9. 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. **TAR** July 2022 4 ## **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** 26 July 2022 ~~PO~~ **TAR** 5 July 2022 Charty Nomo UGANDA HUMANISTSCHOOLS TRUST Recei No lff any) 1128762 ments accounts tsand CC16a P*riod $10rt4a Pomd end dat Forth8 perfod frorn 0110112021 To 3111212021 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds tolhv Restricted fund5 Total lund5 Endowrnent fund8 Last yoar totho n•aro•t tothq A1 Recei 211617 11$,096 Z,4DD DDTh*i¢M16-Stt*IB Grtai 37,958 33,496 43,347 43J47 Bank¢h￿￿rq[ur 26 207.966 2SS A2 A8Strt and InvostrnArrts•lo8 ta 284g6 41BI 25477 2D7.95 26496 2*1.77 207.96 A3P pnts Isa% KalwA- IS￿￿ NgwloThKalÉÉra- r¢sthci¥d 02,OaD 61.145 22.721 2L721 7Y.MI 22.573 .618 1.087 slard So•d sC￿- uThYÈÈ￿￿Éd Segd sth￿- reskncied SeFd s￿￿- &chDlarthPS >ÈsSHwa￿5t Prim*ySchool-unr•*ry¢tsd PrinbarySchoD1-￿règtrlUfjd Kalumba Prirn￿ sth0l-ro&lTrtt￿ KanU￿ Hunwisl P￿rn￿ry S*￿I-L￿r￿lI1￿Èd Kan￿￿ HuniaiiÈl Pnrn4ry S&wI-M&1r￿ Benk 77,941 20.972 9J7 22.910 60.523 GOJ23 28899 20.670 2.400 Sub total .09 3DQ 2S7.&2 A4 Ass•t and Inv•8trngnt purchase8,1888 tablo Sub total 46.0gJ 305.687 237.5 Totalpaym8nts 305.687 23T,E20 Notof receIptsl(payn￿nts1 A5 TTansfers bewn funds A8 Cash funds lastyoarend Cash funds yearend 129.6561 31W4 B4295 316 Section B Statement of asset5 and liabilities at the end of the period Unrèstrl¢iÈd ruods Re5trlcthd lunds lon0a1￿1t EndoY4rnent funds Categorfes D8tai1s B1 Cash fund8 27.728 27,7 Total cash funds OK Rèstrlcto funds OK Endowmont funds to noarèJt£ Unreslrlctgd funds Details B2 Other monetary 455ets FUndtoWhl￿h etall$ B3 Inv85tffl8nt a558ts FUr￿t0￿hlch Cwt Detalls 84 As88ts r8tsln6d for the charlty's own use Fthd tQ *Jh*h Arnrjunt h•nd D8tal B5 Liabilities Signed byoneorNwtruSt*èSOn bP￿￿￿t al thB U8t•es Synature Prim Name Date of roval 81LI Stephen John Hurd (cha￿ortsU*teey OY0712022 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl LIGAKJ>A stHooLS rR On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) 31 2011 1118762 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harity ('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 ACV). 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 145151{bl of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in wnnection with the examinats'on which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records Independent examiner's statement I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to whiGh attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: 5.7.2021. Name: sAh) &£sr Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: surro￿ Co 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 detsils of any items that the examinerwishes to disclose. on IER October 2018