||**Trustees' Annual Report 2023**|**Trustees' Annual Report 2023**|**Trustees' Annual Report 2023**|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |A|**From**
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Uganda Humanist Schools Trust|||| |**Other names charity is known by**
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UHST
**Registered charity number (if any)**1228762
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31 Greenmeadows Road|||| ||||Madeley|||| ||||Crewe|||| ||||**Postcode**
**CW3 9EY**|**CW3 9EY**||| Section A Reference and administration details ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---| |1 Steve Hurd|Chair||| |2 Prof HilaryHurd|Scholarships||| |3 Christine Smith|Education||| |4 Glenda Miller|Legal||| |5 Daniel Hurd|Finance||| |6 Derek Miller|Legal||| |7|||| |8|||| |9|||| |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 TAR** 1 July 2024 ## **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** **TAR** July 2024 2 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, **Summary of the objects of the** Mustard Seed Humanist Schools, Busota, Kamuli, Katumba Parents **charity set out in its** Humanist Primary School, Bundibugyo, Kanungu Humanist Primary **governing document** School, Kasese Humanist Schools. We also provide scholarships to allow bright but needy children to attend Humanist schools. 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. We visited in March and August 2023. By having a trustee on the Management Board of each school we can play a full role as partners in key decisions concerning the development and management of the schools. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** We have improved the tracing of funds. We receive the accounts **public benefit in relation to** of the school board and can see that funds that we provide a **these objects (include within** properly recorded. Furthermore, we receive school bank **this section the statutory** statements, so we can see where money is received and each **declaration that trustees have** time it is transferred e.g. to builders for construction projects. **had regard to the guidance** UHST employs a qualified public service accountant in Uganda **issued by the Charity** Mentors school bursars and audits their accounts. Our Uganda **Commission on public** accountant has been helping the schools to implement digitised **benefit)** accounts with termly reporting. Our focus throughout has been on allocating funds to have the maximum impact of the quality of learning and the welfare of students and staff. We promote collaboration among the Humanist Schools 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. In August 2023 we brought teachers from all schools together for the 3[rd] Humanist Schools Conference. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** **TAR** July 2024 3 You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** July 2024 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** In 2023 our main achievements were to: 1. provide 160 scholarships to enable bright but needy children to attend the Humanist secondary schools. 2. We continued to promote independent learning by providing money for books, science and other learning materials. 3. Our provision of re-useable sanitary pads continued to maintain high level of participation by girls. 4. To promote team building we funded a Schools’ Conference and follow-up staff development workshops at each of the schools to enable staff, including many new ones, to review their understanding of the Humanist Ethos of the schools. 5. At Isaac Newton Primary School we funded the construction of 4 new classrooms for Junior children and created a new playing field for school sports. 6. At Mustard Seed School we provided funds for refurbishing the Boys’ dormitories, building a new kitchen and buying more computers. 7. At Katumba Parents Humanist Primary School, near the Congo border, we gave funds for a school hall, staffrooms and girls toilets, wash and changing rooms, and staff toilets. 8. At Kanungu Humanist Primary School we funded the construction of a book room, improved water supply and kitchen equipment. 9. We have increased expenditure on books, science materials, computers, sport and other learning materials and trips across the schools. 10. Academic performance in National Examinations is good and continues to improve across the schools. **TAR** July 2024 5 **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 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 **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc)** **TAR** July 2024 6 Dale 19 July 2024 TAR July 2024 R•cel and CC16• 01101r2023 T• 31112m23 -.clion A Rprc-tiity .'411(I payiiients Total Al Rot tixp. ¥Yi •• tybknl rM•r •fid •v •nd SeLlion B Stalemenl of assols aiid lihbililios at the ond of Iho period ••LYted Eiirf4XTn• rntsin•d CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent exarniner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examlner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of Uganda Humanist School8 Tru8t On account• for the year •nded 31 Decamber 2023 Charlty no (If any) 1128762 Sot out on pag•• I report to the trustees on my examSnatlon of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended 31112 12023. R•8ponglbllltl•s and As the charty trust888 of the Trust, you arn responsible for the preparation bas1• of rnport of the accounts in accordance with the requirement$ of the Charities Act 2011 Iyhe Acr). I report In resped of my examlnation of tha Tru8t'8 accounts caffied out under 8ection 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have lollowed the applicable Directlon8 given by the Charity Commi•sion under section 145{5llbl of the Ad. I have completed my examlnatlon. I c4)nfinn that no mat•riAI mattern have ome to my attention in connection with the examinalion whith give3 me cause to belifjv8 that in, any material respect.. accountlng record8 vnre nol kept In accordance wth ￿¢tIOn 130 of the Act or the ac¢ount8 do not accord wlth tho accountlng rocord8 Independont examlngrfg •tstsmont I have no concern8 and hove come acrosg no other matterB in ¢onn8Ction with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order Io 8n8ble prop8r understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please elete the words in the brnckets rfthey do not 8ppIy. 81gn•d: Dat•: 9.7.101 Nam•: £AfvJ R8l•vant profea*lonal qualSflcatlon{8) or body (If •ny}: A.- Addro8S: fUJ 4< KIAY OLJf I ILP IER October 2018 ection isclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs lo highlight matters of con*m (see CC32. Independent examination of Gharity accounts.. diractions and guidance for examiners). Glvo horo brl•f dots11s of any Items that thè examiner wishes to disclose. IER Octobor 2018