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2022-07-31-accounts

Charity Number 1128990 Company Number 6708368

GO MAD IN TANZANIA A charitable company limited by guarantee

Report & Financial Statements for the Year ended 31[st] July 2022

GO MAD IN TANZANIA A charitable company limited by guarantee

Report & Financial Statements for the Year ended 31[st ] July 2022

Contents Page
Legal & Administrative Information 1
Report of the Management Committee 2 - 6
Independent Examiner’s Report 7
Statement of Financial Activities 8
Balance Sheet 9
Notes forming part of the financial statements 10 - 14

Report of the Management Committee

The Management Committee presents its report and independently examined financial statements for the period ended 31[st] July 2022

Legal & Administrative Information

Charity Name Go Mad in Tanzania (The Operating Name)
Company Registration Number 6708368
Charity Registration Number 1128990
Registered Office & 2 Ashfield Road
Sleaford
Lincolnshire NG34 7DZ
Correspondence Address 53 Ilges Lane
Cholsey, Wallingford
Oxfordshire OX10 9NX
Trustees: Beverley Campbell (Treasurer)
Jeremy Green (Chair)
David Halford
Thomas Hutt
Corrie Thompson
Keady Smith (appointed 16/06/2022)
Independent Examiner Peter Saltiel
Church & Charity Accounts Service
7 Planchadeau
23460 St Pierre Bellevue
France
Bankers The Co-operative Bank
P O Box 250
Delf House
Skelmersdale
WN8 6WT

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Structure, Governance and Management

Go MAD is a registered charitable company limited by guarantee, following incorporation on 25[th] September 2008. It is governed by the regulations set out in its Memorandum & Articles of Association and is run by a voluntary Management Committee. GoMAD registered with the Charity Commission on 2[nd] April 2009. In accordance with the governing document members are elected for an indefinite period subject to retiring by rotation each year.

GoMAD is a volunteer led organisation and trustees are encouraged to take an active role in enabling the organisation to fulfil its objectives. This allows trustees to get a clear understanding of what the charity does and the complexity involved in co-ordinating activities in the UK to deliver projects in Tanzania. We are blessed to have trustees who bring with them the skills and expertise we need to enhance the governance of the charity. This year we were pleased to welcome a new trustee, Keady Smith who has been on several GoMAD trips over the years and her medical expertise will invaluable to support our health projects and the wellbeing of our gap year volunteers.

The Committee meets formally 4 times a year, in line with the timing of the quarterly trips. However, the complexity of organising trips means that there are frequent planning meetings and discussions during the intervening period to oversee the work of the charity.

Objectives and Activities

GoMAD is set up to provide volunteers with the opportunity to make a difference in rural communities in Tanzania, the main focus is the region the Diocese of Mara and the surrounding area. Our volunteer teams take part if trips ranging from 2 weeks to 6 months placement and are able to get involved in a range of activities:

As well as being involved in delivering practical support, the aim of the charity is also to enable volunteers to develop and grow in their emotional and spiritual wellbeing. A key part of that is building relationships with the people in the local village communities; learning about other people’s faith and developing their own, as well as making lifelong friendships.

Public Benefit

In reviewing the scope of the activities delivered by the charity the trustees have considered the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and are satisfied that the purposes for which the charity has been established and the activities undertaken demonstrate how we meet the requirements of the test.

Policies and Procedures

A key objective for the trustees is to review the charity’s operating practice to ensure that we are operating in compliance of our policies and procedures, particularly around, safeguarding, financial controls and data protection. In line with the Commission guidance on the relationship between charities and non-charities the trustees have produced a scheme of delegation to clarify the roles and responsibilities between GoMAD and Eagle Lodge Development who manage the delivery of the mission activities in Tanzania.

Risk Assessment

The Management Committee are aware of the potential risks to the organisation. There is a procedure in place to regular review the risks, both financial and non-financial facing the

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charity and the trustees are satisfied that appropriate measures are in to address any identified risks. During 2020/21 the trustees conducted regular reviews of the risk register to consider the ongoing impact of the pandemic on the charity’s ability to fulfil its objectives. This has included exploring options for delivering community projects in Kenya. Where possible action is taken to mitigate the impact of the risk. Internal controls cover all forms of activity and expenditure continues to be closely monitored, particularly in regard to the transfer of funds overseas and the allocation of costs across the different projects in Tanzania.

Ongoing Impact of Covid -19

During 2022 the charity was still affected by the implications of Covid-19. Even though restrictions on travel and the requirement for testing reduced there was still a lot of work needed to rebuild interest overseas trips to pre-Covid levels. In the latter part of the financial year the situation has been impacted by the cost of living crisis, which has seen a sharp increase in the cost of flights. We are encouraged that in 2023 school teams from Northern Ireland, St Bede’s and Thames Christian College will be resuming their trips.

Achievements for the Year

The trustees want to express their thanks to our delivery partners Eagle Lodge Developments (ELD), especially Graham & Irene McClure and Claire Anderson, who take the lead on overseeing the mission trips and projects as well as managing the workers in Tanzania, particularly, Samson, Phillipo, Freddie, Pendo, and Samwelly.

We has a total of 56 volunteers participating in trips across the year.

Health Projects

Butuguri Health Centre – Choko a charity in Oxford chose GoMAD as the charity to benefit from their annual fundraising event. The funds raised were used to upgrade the Health Centre to enable pregnant women to access birthing facilities. We successfully conducted a consultation exercise interviewing, patients and medical staff on the improvements they wanted. As a result of the feedback, it was agreed to build an annex for women in the final stages of pregnancy to stay and have a safe delivery; also to create a space for a midwife to be on call in the evenings. We are delighted that this work has been completed and the Health Centre is fully operational.

We are liaising with the District Medical Officer to ensuring the long-term sustainability of the centre, including establishing an ambulance service for those mothers needing emergency treatment.

Isaba Health Centre – Funds from Thames Christian College has enabled us to ensure that the current Centre was constructed in compliance with the local required building regulations. People from the local villages are involved in working with GoMAD to complete the building work. We are developing a partnership with the District Health Officer, who will be responsible for staffing the facility once the building has been completed.

Malaria Testing & Treatment in Schools – This programme was seriously disrupted due to Covid and staffing issues. However, the hiatus has allowed us to review how the programme could be delivered more effectively going forward, incorporating our menstrual health project, the other activity we do in schools. We submitted a proposal to the District Medical Officer to work in partnership with the Malaria Outreach Coordinator on how the programme could operate and the budget implications. We are pleased that the proposal has been approved and we hope to restart the malaria programme soon. The menstrual health project has restarted on a small scale in schools in Kibubwa – 200 packs have been distributed so far.

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Goat Project

We have 4 established goat projects in different areas, Nyambeshi, Mkiringo, Nyankanga and Kyamajoje. Recently, have moved to two further areas, Mikirira and Isaba. In August 2022, Katie Russell a veterinary graduate joined us in Tanzania to conduct a review of the goat project which showed very positive results of the health and wellbeing of the goats. We are happy with the hard work and commitment to the project of the Goat Co-ordinators, however further education needs to be done to promote the benefit of the milk produced, rather than focus on the meat. We continued our work to replace the wooden posts on the goat sheds with concrete ones.

At the start of the year there were 249 goats, at year’s end this figure fell slightly

Nyakanga 117 (85 female & 32 male) Nyankanga 110 (78 female & 32 male)
Nyambeshi 47 (30 female & 17 male) Nyambeshi 56 (46 female & 10 male)
Mkiringo 55 (49 female & 6 male) Mkiringo 47 (29 female & 18 male)
Kyamajoje 30 (21 female & 9 male) Kyamajoje27(23 female & 4 male)
249 243

Tree Project

Thanks to Sam Newton a former volunteer now living in Kenya who was able to travel to Tanzania and visit the four tree farms and review progress on how things are going and make suggestions for areas for improvement. We have now developed a tree tracker spreadsheet to allow us to effectively monitor the number of trees planted on each farm. The data will be used to help us analyse the effectiveness of the irrigation process in respond to the rains (or lack of) and other climate issues.

Summary of what is happening at two of our tree projects:

In July 2022 we sent its first team to Watamu, Kenya to work with A Rocha, a Christian conservation charity. The team was led by previous volunteers, Jason and Samantha Holme and consisted of 6 members of their family. Some of them had previously been on trips to Musoma, Tanzania but for others it was their first trip to Africa. They embarked on a number of projects which included building a large water tank at Gede, Community Centre and Tree Nursery and repairing a tank at Girimacha Primary School. In between helping with the practical tasks, the team also set to work preparing for the Menstrual Health sessions which were well received in many schools."

Plans for the Future

Our plans for 2023 are to:

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Financial Review

During the year GoMAD received £134,425 (2021 - £184,632). The majority – 79.4 % of the income (106,680) is restricted to meeting the costs of trips and mission activities in Tanzania. Expenditure was £207,247 (2021 - £165,878).

We are especially grateful for all those who did fundraising events for GoMAD - Choko’s Annual Beer Festival raising funds for the building of the Health Centres (£7,000 raised); Root One’s buy one, plant one scheme for customers buying Christmas trees (£10,000 donated)

a) Reserves Policy

As a mission charity we feel strongly that the priority for the funds received should be to use them to achieve our charitable purposes, this means that we keep our reserves low. During the year the trustees reviewed the requirements for a suitable reserves position for the charity. It was agreed that the safeguard the charity it would continue to ringfence a 10% of the trip costs to provide a contingency to respond to changing situations in-country. For example, land rover costs, additional transport costs.

b) Fundraising Policy

The primary source of income for GoMAD is based on the number of volunteers signing up to go on trips, who raise funds for the various projects they are going to carry out. We have also seen an increase in the number of people who support us through regular giving and one-off donations which has been augmented by claiming the additional gift aid

Statement of Trustees Responsibilities and corporate governance

The trustees are responsible for their annual report and for the preparation of financial statements for each financial year, which give a true and fair view of the incoming resources and application of the resources of the charity during the year, and of the state of affairs at the end of the financial year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees have overall responsibility for ensuring that the charity has appropriate systems and controls, financial and otherwise. They are also responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for their proper application, as required by charity law, and hence for taking reasonable steps for prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and to provide reasonable assurance that:

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This report was approved by the Trustees/Directors on 10[th] March 2023 and signed on their behalf by:

Beverley Campbell Trustee

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees/Directors of the Go Mad in Tanzania Charity no.: 1128990 Company no.: 6708368

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Go Mad in Tanzania for the year ended 31[st] July 2022 set out on pages 8 to 14.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees of the Company (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law), you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 (“the 2006 Act”).

Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Company are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that:

I 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.

Peter Saltiel Church & Charity Accounts Service 7 Planchadeau, 23460 Saint-Pierre-Bellevue France formerly, 69 Portland Place, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9FE

Dated 16[th] March 2023

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Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31[st] July 2022 (including income & expenditure account)

Incoming resources;
Voluntary income
Charitable activities
Investments
Other income
Expenditure on:
Raising funds
Charitable activities
Net movement in funds
Total funds brought forward
Total funds carried forward		 Notes Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
27,239
106,583
133,822
184,629
300
-
300
-
-
-
-
3
206
97
303
-
27,745
106,680
134,425
184,632
8,741
216
8,957
3,774
59,892
138,398
198,290
162,104
68,633
138,614
207,247
165,878
(40,888)
(31,934)
(72,822)
18,754
82,453
31,934
114,387
95,633
41,565
-
41,565
114,387		 Total
2021
3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
4.1
4.2

All activities are regarded as continuing.

The above statement includes all recognised gains and losses during the year.

The Notes to the Accounts form part of these Financial Statements

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Balance Sheet as at 31[st] July 2022

Notes 2022 2021
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets 6 - -
Current assets
Cash at bank 42,815 115,587
Debtors 7 - -
42,815 115,587
Current liabilities
Creditors 8 (1,250) (1,200)
Net current assets 41,565 114,387
Net assets 41,565 114,387
Funds of the charity
Restricted funds - 31,934
Unrestricted funds 41,565 82,453
Total funds 41,565 114,387

The trustees (who are also the directors of the company for the purposes of company law) confirm that for the year ended 31[st] July 2022:

The accounts have been examined by an independent examiner whose report appears on page 7.

The trustees acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

The Notes on pages 10 to 14 form an integral part of these accounts.

These accounts, which have been prepared in accordance with the provisions in the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies, were approved by the trustees / Directors on 10[th] March 2023 and signed on their behalf by:

Beverley Campbell Director

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Company No: 6708368 GO MAD IN TANZANIA

Notes to the Accounts

1 Basis of preparation

These accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historic cost convention, with items recognised at cost or transaction value, unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes(s), in accordance with the Companies Act (Charitable Companies), and with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014, and with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)

2 Accounting policies

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Notes to the Accounts (cont’d)

2 Accounting policies (cont’d)

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Notes to the Accounts (cont’d)

3 Analysis of income

3.1 Donations & legacies
Donations
In county support G McClure
Building project
Mission trip fees
Mission trip flights
3.2 Charitable activities
T-Shirts
3.3 Income from Investments
Interest
3.4 Other Income
Online shop
Miscellaneous
Total income		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
27,239
37,215
64,454
98,264
-
1,980
1,980
1,985
-
18,800
18,800
23,856
-
36,872
36,872
52,646
-
11,716
11,716
7,878
27,239
106,583
133,822
184,629
300
-
300
-
300
-
300
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
3
166
97
263
-
40
-
40
-
206
97
303
-
27,745
106,680
134,425
184,632

4 Analysis of expenditure

4.1 Expenditure on raising funds
Marketing & publicity
Internet
Fundraising costs
Fundraising bank charges		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
6,486
-
6,486
3,774
1,025
-
1,025
-
1,019
216
1,235
-
211
-
211
-		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
6,486
-
6,486
3,774
1,025
-
1,025
-
1,019
216
1,235
-
211
-
211
-
8,741 216
8,957
3,774

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Notes to the Accounts (cont’d)

4 Analysis of expenditure (cont’d)

4.2 Expenditure on charitable expenditure
Depreciation of vehicle
Vehicle repair costs
Tanzania trip costs
In country support
in country support G McClure
Tanzania building project
Healthcare project
Educational Project - School Porridge
Farming/Irrigation/Goat Project
Tree project
Bursary funds award
Flights to Tanzania
Public liability & travel insurance
Support costs
Miscellaneous
Support costs
Independent examination
Miscellaneous
Total expenditure		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Total
Total
Fund
Fund
2022
2021
£
£
£
£
-
-
-
4,000
-
5,622
5,622
707
-
51,186
51,186
47,232
-
2,640
2,640
12,075
-
-
-
1,985
50,801
24,392
75,193
42,796
-
27,150
27,150
18,601
-
3,525
3,525
3,400
-
-
-
5,300
-
2,034
2,034
11,603
-
-
-
330
-
21,849
21,849
(1,346)
4,799
-
4,799
5,008
1,250
-
1,250
10,413
3,042
-
3,042
-
59,892
138,398
198,290
162,104
1,250
-
1,250
1,200
-
-
-
9,213
1,250
-
1,250
10,413
68,633
138,614
207,247
165,878

5 Fund analysis

General fund
Restricted fund
Tanzania Development		 1st August
£
82,453
31,934		 Income
£
27,745
106,680		 Expenditure
£
68,633
138,614		 Transfers
£
-
-		 31st Julu
£
41,565
-
114,387 134,425 207,247 - 41,565

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Notes to the Accounts (cont’d)

6 Tangible fixed assets

Cost of vehicles
Additions
Depreciation at the beginning of the year
Charge for the year
Depreciation at the end of the year
Net book value at the beginning of the year
Net book value at the end of the year
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Debtors
Prepaid expenses
8
Creditors
Creditors
Deferred Income (released in full during the following year)		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
£
£
3,858
52,119
-
-		 Unrestricted
Restricted
Fund
Fund
£
£
3,858
52,119
-
-		 Vehicle
£
55,977
-
3,858 52,119 55,977
3,858
-		 52,119
-		 55,977
-
3,858 52,119 55,977
- - -
- - -
Total
2022
£
-		 Total
2021
£
-
Total
2022
£
1,250
-		 Total
2021
£
1,200
-
1,250 1,200

9 Staff costs

The charity has no employees and therefore no employee was paid more than £60,000.

10 Trustee remuneration

No trustee has been paid any remuneration or received any other benefits from an employment with their charity or a related entity during the year.

No trustee expenses have been incurred during the year.

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