## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
Period start date Period end date 01 April 2021 03 March 2022 **From To**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1129625
African Rainforest Trust
**Charity's principal address** 41 Exeter Road London **Postcode NW2 4SE**
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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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**
Type of governing document
Deed of Trust
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointment 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**
(I) TO PROMOTE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE RAINFORESTS
**Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document**
## OF AFRICA.
(II) THE RELIEF OF POVERTY FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT OF COMMUNITIES SURROUNDING OR INHABITING THE RAINFORESTS OF AFRICA.
(III) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE
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PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF AFRICAN RAINFORESTS.
Over the course of the 2021/2 financial year, the Trust granted £26,678 to the Tanzania Forest Conservation (TFCG) group, a registered society in Tanzania, for projects which include the objects above, specifically:
1. (a) Environmental education in impoverished, isolated villages in Tanzania 2. (b) Grass roots community development in impoverished, isolated villages in Tanzania 3. (c) Protection of natural rainforests in isolated areas of Tanzania **Summary of the main** The TFCG reports regularly to the African Rainforest Trust and makes **activities undertaken for the** available financial audits at the request of the Trust. **public benefit in relation to these objects (include within** When considering a grant request, the Trust evaluates the proposal **this section the statutory** against the objectives of the Trust Deed, including their adherence to the **declaration that trustees have** principle of the public benefit. **had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** Therefore, the Trustees declare that the Trust has abided by the **Commission on public** guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
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The Trust currently employees no one. All of the work of the Trust is performed by volunteers (the Trustees).
When considering a grant request, the Trust evaluates the proposal against the objectives of the Trust Deed.
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
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## Section D Achievements and performance
**Summary of the main** The trust saw its income rise from £15,364 to £26,687. **achievements of the charity** The Trust continues to review its fund-raising strategy in order to **during the year** increase revenue to the levels of previous years, when income peaked at over £150,000.
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## **Section E Financial review**
As the Trust has no overheads—no rent, no utilities, no paid staff—the **Brief statement of the** Trust aims to keep a minimum of £1,000 in reserve, while granting the **charity’s policy on reserves** majority of the funds raised annually to worthy organisations involved in the objects of the Trust.
**Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit**
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where 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**
Reporting no serious incidents.
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** Grace Yu **Full name(s)** Finley Carter Coleman **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman **etc) Date** 12 December 2022
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
|**Report to the trustees/**
**members of**
**On accounts for the year**
**ended**
**Respective**
**responsibilities of**
**trustees and examiner**|Charity Name
African Rainforest Trust|Charity Name
African Rainforest Trust|Charity Name
African Rainforest Trust|
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||31/03/2022|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1129625|
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||The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts.
The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year
under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act) and that an
independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:|||
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities Act,
- • to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the Charities Act, and
- • to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
|**Basis of independent**
**examiner’s statement**
**Independent**
**examiner's statement**
**Signed:**
**Name:**
**Relevant professional**
**qualification(s) or body:**
**Address:**|My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given
by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the
trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true
and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the
statement below.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
(other than that disclosed below *)
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect,
the requirements:
•
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the
Charities Act; and
•
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and
comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
*_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Date:**15 December 2022|My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given
by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the
accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts
presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the
trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true
and fair’ view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the
statement below.
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention
(other than that disclosed below *)
1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in, any material respect,
the requirements:
•
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the
Charities Act; and
•
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and
comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a
proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
*_Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Date:**15 December 2022|
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||David Young||
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||CA (NZ)||
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||Young Business Services Limited
7 Bell Yard, The Strand, London, United Kingdom, WC2A 2JR||
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**IER**
**December 2022**
|**Charity Name**||**No (if any)**|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**African Rainforest Trust**||**1129625**|||
|**Receipts and payments accounts**||||**CC16a**|
|**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
01/04/2021|Period end date
**To**
31/03/2022|||
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
|**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,000**
**64**
**-**
**11,623**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,687**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,687**
**26,678**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,678**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,678**
**9**
**-**
**4,796**
**4,804.83**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,000**
**64**
**-**
**11,623**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,687**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,687**
**26,678**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,678**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,678**
**9**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**15,000**
**64**
**-**
**11,623**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,687**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,687**
**26,678**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,678**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**26,678**
**9**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Chaities Aid Foundation(William Eccles)|**15,000**|||||**15,000**|
|Amazon Europe|**64**|||||**64**|
|Individual Donations|**-**|||||**300**|
|Universityof Leeds|**11,623**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**26,687**|||||**15,364**|
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|**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||
||**-**||||||
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||
|||||||**15,364**|
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|
Grant Tanzania Forest Conservation
Group|**26,678**|||||**15,328**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
||**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Sub total_ **|**26,678**|||||**15,328**|
||||||||
|**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases (see table)**|||||||
|**,**|**-**||||||
||**-**||||||
|**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||
|||||||**15,328**|
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||**9**|**-**|
**-**|
**9**||**36**|
||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**|
||**4,796**|**-**|**-**|**4,796**||**4,760**|
||**4,804.83**|**-**|
**-**|**4,805**||**4,796**|
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
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|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at**|**the end of the period**||
|---|---|---|---|
|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
NatWest Cheque A/C 44520743
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**4,805**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**4,805**
**-**
OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
FinleyCarter Coleman|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
||||**-**|
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**(optional)**|
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**(optional)**|
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approval|
|||FinleyCarter Coleman|12/12/2022|
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CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
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