2023-07-31-accounts - Go Mad In Tanzania

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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 2023

GO MAD IN TANZANIA A charitable company limited by guarantee

Report & Financial Statements for the year ended 31[st ] July 2023

Contents	Page
Legal & Administrative Information	1
Report of the Management Committee	2 - 5
Independent Examiner’s Report	6
Statement of Financial Activities	7
Balance Sheet	8
Notes forming part of the financial statements	9 - 13

Report of the Management Committee

The Management Committee presents its report and independently examined financial statements for the year ended 31[st] July 2023

Legal & Administrative Information

Company Registration Number 6708368 Charity Registration Number 1128990 The Operating Name for the charity is GoMAD. 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 Independent Examiner Peter Saltiel Church & Charity Accounts Service Ltd 7 Planchadeau 23460 St Pierre Bellevue France Bankers The Co-operative Bank P O Box 250 Delf House Skelmersdale WN8 6WT

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.

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. Last year we had our first trustees’ weekend away to spend a longer period of time discussing the strategic direction for 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 can get involved in a range of activities:

Construct toilets and water tanks
Support local farmers to develop sustainable agriculture projects
Teaching lessons in health and sanitation to children and adults in isolated villages
Enabling access to health care support services
Provide and support educational opportunities for young people
Construct Goat Sheds

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

charity and the trustees are satisfied that appropriate measures are in to address any identified risks. During 2022/23 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 regarding the transfer of funds overseas and the allocation of costs across the different projects in Tanzania.

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, Freddy, Lazaro, Richard, Pendo, and Samweli.

In 2022/23 was our first full year post-Covid. We had a total of 136 volunteers participating in trips across the year.

We had a very busy summer with over 120 volunteers joining us over an 8 week period. We were delighted to restart trips from 4 schools in Belfast as well a school in Redhill. We also hosted families from the UK, USA, Republic of Ireland and Israel and a Church Youth Group from Reading.

Over the course of the year

16 Goat Sheds were built this year making a significant improvement to the lives and subsequently the welfare of the families.
Construct 10 family water tanks,
1 water tank at a Church,
2 water tanks at Isaba Health Centre and
3 water tanks were commissioned by an American NGO called Tanzania Development Support at Mkirira School.
2 dams were built and
Over 8,000 trees planted.

We would like to thank all the volunteers we have had over the past year for joining in with us in what we think is very worthwhile development work. Thank you for all the money that you have raised too, it really has made a huge difference.

Feedback reports

Volunteers are encouraged to complete a feedback questionnaire from their trip. This covers:

Their orientation experiences
Their experience of living at Eagle Lodge
Their general views of projects and their experience.

An executive summary of the feedback reports from each group was provided to the trustees and discussed at their quarterly meetings. The feedback reports for 2022/2023 were overwhelmingly positive and were well received by the trustees. Feedback from one of our family teams that did a trip Easter 2023 sums up the experience for many volunteers

We had never been to Africa as a family or volunteered before, so our trip to Tanzania was a big adventure. We experienced a lot of variety in the 10 days we were there, including malaria testing and education in a local school, building a water tank, building a goat shed for a local family, planting trees, visiting, and supporting a local leper community and running a children’s club. Our biggest learnings were how joyful the local people are with so very little. They literally have nothing other than each other and the clothes on their backs. Yet, they are

always smiling and making the best of things. The children we met all shrieked with laughter and although we only spoke a little Swahili, we were able to connect and communicate in so many other ways.

The team at GoMAD are wonderfully giving and friendly. They made us feel like part of the family and we will remain friends. We really enjoyed sharing our experience with the gap year students and friends too. The whole trip was an incredibly humbling and fulfilling experience and I would highly recommend it to any families who may be considering. What you get to experience is truly life changing and we have memories that will last forever and can’t wait to go back and do it again! L Berry April2023

Plans for the Future

Our plans for 2023/2024 are to:

Carry out strategic review of activities to set the objectives for the next 3-5 years
Continue to increase the number of trees planted the upscaling of the tree planting project.
Restart our health projects, particularly the malaria testing and treatment programme.
Continue to market our trips to schools, colleges, churches, and the wider community
Revamp our website and social media presence to improve the marketing trips

Financial Review

During the year GoMAD received £261,090 (2022 - £134,428). The majority – 85% of the income (£223,878) is restricted to meeting the costs of trips and mission activities in Tanzania. Expenditure was £286129 (2022- £207,247).

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); Thames Christian College also raised £7,500 for building projects. More than £5,000 was raised through the online shop.

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:

Ensure that suitable accounting policies are established and applied consistently;
Make judgements and estimates which are reasonable and prudent;
State whether the applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended accounting practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements and
Prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume the charity will continue operations

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:

The charity is operating efficiently and effectively
All assets are safeguarded against unauthorised use or disposition and are properly applied
Proper records are maintained, and financial information used within the charity, or for publication, is reliable;
The charity complies with relevant laws and regulations

This report was approved by the Directors on 4[th] April 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Jeremy Green Chair of Trustees

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 the Company for the year ended 31[st] July 2023 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:

accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or
the accounts do not accord with such records; or
the accounts do not comply with relevant accounting requirements under section 396 of the Companies Act 2006 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; or
the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102).

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 Ltd 7 Planchadeau 23460 Saint-Pierre-Bellevue France formerly, 69 Portland Place, Greenhithe, Kent, DA9 9FE

Dated 5[th] April 2024

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Statement of financial activities for the year ended 31[st] July 2023 (including income & expenditure account)

Incoming resources; Voluntary income Charitable activities 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 2023 2022 £ £ £ £ 35,223 219,673 254,896 133,822 1,738 - 1,738 300 251 4,205 4,456 303 37,212 223,878 261,090 134,425 - - 12,550 216 12,766 8,957 49,701 223,662 273,363 198,290 62,251 223,878 286,129 207,247 (35,003) 35,002 - (25,039) - (25,039) (72,822) 41,565 - 41,565 114,387 16,526 - 16,526 41,565	Total 2022
	3.1 3.2 3.3 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 2023

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Notes 2023 2022
£ £ £ £
Fixed assets 6 - -
Current assets
Cash at bank 37,148 42,815
Debtors 7 6,634 -
43,782 42,815
Current liabilities
Creditors 8 (27,256) (1,250)
Net current assets 16,526 41,565
Net assets 16,526 41,565
Funds of the charity
Restricted funds - -
Unrestricted funds 16,526 41,565
Total funds 16,526 41,565
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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 2023:

the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, and
members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476 of the Act.

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 13 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 4[th] April 2024 and signed on their behalf by:

Beverley Campbell Director Company No: 6708368

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Notes to the Accounts

1 Basis of preparation

1.1 Basis of accounting

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)

1.2 Going concern
a) At the time of approving the accounts, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has sufficient reserves and that the charity is a going concern.
1.3 Change of accounting policy
a) There have been no changes to the accounting policy.
1.4 Changes to previous accounts
a) There have been no changes to the previous accounts during the financial year.
1.5 Changes to accounting estimates
a) There have been no changes to accounting estimates.
1.6 Judgements and Estimations
a) The trustees have not made any significant judgements in the process of applying the accounting policies and there are no areas of estimation uncertainty that have a significant risk of causing a material adjustment to the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities.

2 Accounting policies

2.1 Fund accounting
a) Unrestricted funds are donations and other income received or generated for the objects of the charity without specific purpose and are available as general funds.
b) Restricted Funds are to be used for a specific purpose as laid down by the donor. Expenditure which meets these criteria is identified to the fund.

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Notes to the Accounts (cont’d)

2 Accounting policies (cont’d)

2.2 Income
a) Voluntary income is received by way of donations and gifts and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when received.
b) Where income has related expenditure, the income and related expenditure are reported gross in the SoFA.
c) Income tax recoverable as Gift Aid is accounted for on a claimed basis.
d) Investment income is included in the accounts when receivable.
2.3 Expenditure
a) Charitable expenditure comprises costs incurred by the charity providing activities and services for its beneficiaries.
b) Costs of generated funds are those costs incurred in attracting voluntary income, or incurred in trading activities undertaken to raise funds.
c) Support and administration costs of the charity relate to the costs of running the charity and includes any costs which cannot be specifically identified to another expenditure.
d) Expenditure is recognised on an accrual basis and creditor amounts are measured at settlement amounts less any trade discounts.
e) Provisions for liabilities are measured on recognition of its historical costs and then measured at the best estimate of the amount required to settle the obligation at the reporting date.
f) Deferred income has been included as an accrual in the accounts and released in the following year.
g) The charity is not registered for VAT, so all costs are inclusive of VAT charged.
h) Liabilities are recognised as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation to pay out resources.
i) Depreciation is provided on the Motor Vehicles at 25% per annum on a straight line basis.

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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 Other Income Online shop Miscellaneous Total income	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Fund Fund 2023 2022 £ £ £ £ 35,223 26,719 61,942 64,454 - 1,970 1,970 1,980 - 77,144 77,144 18,800 - 98,847 98,847 36,872 - 14,993 14,993 11,716
	35,223 219,673 254,896 133,822
	1,738 - 1,738 300
	1,738 - 1,738 300
	216 2,225 2,441 263 35 1,980 2,015 40
	251 4,205 4,456 303

	37,212 223,878 261,090 134,425

4 Analysis of expenditure

4.1 Expenditure on raising funds Marketing & publicity Internet Fundraising costs Fundraising bank charges	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Fund Fund 2023 2022 £ £ £ £ 5,846 - 5,846 6,486 - - - 1,025 1,280 - 1,280 1,235 - 216 216 211	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Fund Fund 2023 2022 £ £ £ £ 5,846 - 5,846 6,486 - - - 1,025 1,280 - 1,280 1,235 - 216 216 211
	7,126	216 7,342 8,957

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Notes to the Accounts (cont’d)

4 Analysis of expenditure (cont’d)

4.2 Expenditure on charitable expenditure Vehicle repair costs Tanzania trip costs In country support in country support G McClure Tanzania building project Healthcare project Educational Project - School Porridge Tree project Water tank Rehema Project Flights to Tanzania Public liability & travel insurance Support costs Support costs Independent examination Administration Miscellaneous Total expenditure	Unrestricted Restricted Total Total Fund Fund 2023 2022 £ £ £ £ - 15,905 15,905 5,622 - 99,103 99,103 51,186 - - - 1,485 - 3,135 3,135 3,135 40,426 57,578 98,004 67,656 - 3,824 3,824 27,150 - 968 968 5,191 - 5,070 5,070 5,925 - 617 617 - - 554 554 - - 36,908 36,908 21,849 5,327 - 5,327 4,799 9,372 - 9,372 4,292
	55,125 223,662 278,787 198,290
	1,300 - 1,300 1,250 6,504 - 6,504 3,042 1,568 - 1,568 -
	9,372 - 9,372 4,292
	62,251 223,878 286,129 207,247

5 Fund analysis

General fund Restricted fund Tanzania Development		1st August £ 41,565 -	Income £ 37,212 223,878	Expenditure £ 62,251 223,878	Transfers £ - -	31st July £ 16,526 -
		41,565	261,090	286,129	-	16,526

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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	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
	- -	-
	- -	-

7 Debtors

8 Creditors Gift Aid tax reclaim Prepaid expenses Creditors Deferred Income (released in full during the following year)	Total Total 2023 2022 £ £ 3,802 - 2,832 -
	6,634 -
	Total Total 2023 2022 £ £ 1,300 1,250 25,956 -
	27,256 1,250

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.