## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 06 Apr 2024 05 Apr 2025 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** St Peter’s Life-Line **Other names charity is known by** **Registered charity number (if any)** 1136150 **Charity's principal address** 4 Admirals Mead Butleigh Glastonbury **Postcode BA6 8UE** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||D Baldwin MBE|Chair||| ||S Curtis|Secretary||| ||D Inglis|||| ||V Adeya|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**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 - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Trust Deed How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Charitable Trust Trustee selection methods As proposed by the two Co-founders, and unanimously endorsed by the (eg. appointed by, elected by) remaining Trustees. In keeping with our **pro bono** policy of not levying any charges for governance or any other overheads (unavoidable bank charges excepted), our Trustees give freely of their time, for which we are very grateful. ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about: Any new Trustee will normally be familiar with all aspects of our work. We will ensure induction with Charity Commission requirements. - We have informal links and contacts with other aid organisations working - policies and procedures in UK and Kenya, particularly on FGM, feeding, disability, period poverty - adopted for the induction and and cricket farming, whereby we exchange information and experiences, - training of trustees; and seek contextual advice when necessary. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider We have no formal affiliation with any other organisation. network with which the charity works; Principal risks: - • relationship with any related relationship with any related - a destabilisation of national or local government, causing lack of access to Kenya or the area. - relationship with any related relationship with any related to Kenya or the area. - parties; - a drought period so severe as to outstrip our resources to meet it. - • trustees’ consideration of - although currently low where we work, the risk of terrorism in Kenya, and major risks and the system subsequent imposed travel restrictions. and procedures to manage - Any future pandemic restrictions which could (and have previously) deny them. access to Kenya or the area. If these risks materialise there is little that we as a small charity can do to actively ameliorate or manage them. We are not an ‘arm’s length’ charity, we work directly with, and know personally, the Principals involved in running the schools and community, as well as local government and church officials, parents, school staff and most importantly, the children and other project participants. March **2012** **TAR** 2 We are a Christian based, all-volunteer organisation. However, whatever faith, or lack of it, is not an issue or a barrier for our work in UK or Kenya. None of us take fees, claim any expenses for governance, nor do we levy any expenses or overheads against the charity’s income for any administration or running costs (unavoidable bank charges excepted). So, all donations go to our projects. Our only investment is in prayer, and in our people, both in UK and in Kenya. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** “To promote education, and to prevent and relieve poverty in Kenya.” **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** We are a small grass-roots charity working in an impoverished, marginalised, semi-arid area of Kenya (County of Tharaka Nithi), based in the parish of St Peter’s, Kajuki, supporting a struggling community with a wide range of projects. These range from child education, capital projects, feeding programmes for primary school children, micro finance scheme for the disabled, caring for disabled children, provision of water and irrigation, the eradication of the foul scourge of FGM, the provision of free sanitary pads, football coaching and playing for boys and girls, and consideration of cricket farming to provide high protein food. **Summary of the main** It is confirmed that the Trustees have taken regard to the guidance **activities undertaken for the** issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit. **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)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** The only investments we make are: - time, effort and commitment of all concerned, whether it be our supporters, or the people of the St Peter’s community - - much prayer. both of which help to fulfil those needs of the community. We tend not to be too rigid in setting hard objectives – we have You **may choose** to include aspirations, and are made aware of major or minor requirements or further statements, where situations – and if we feel called – we attempt to meet and sustain them. relevant, about: All these as described in the Report, and as in previous years, have been • policy on grantmaking; policy on grantmaking; achieved by the grace of God, who has always met our needs (not necessarily our wants!). - policy on grantmaking; policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; We work and consult with local community authorities, individuals and organisations. This empowers ‘local ownership’, and our donors’ ‘spending intentions’ are validated by us during our regular visits by seeing the results ‘on the ground’, as well as examining the relevant accounts during our visits. - contribution made by volunteers. We very much value our seven-person local Community Board who give of their time and experience – as respected community leaders – to meeting with probity and integrity, the needs of their community. In UK we are an ‘all volunteer’ organisation and are deeply grateful for their unstinting and selfless efforts. Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main** Funding and fund raising, as ever, remains a challenge in the fiercely **achievements of the charity** competitive world of aid charity’s work, exacerbated by the ongoing ‘cost **during the year** of living crisis’. **Schools:** We continue to support the two parish schools (St Peter’s and Our Lady of Consolation (OLC)) mainly by funding school fees for orphans, vulnerable and impoverished children who would otherwise not receive a primary education. Part of our support is a programme to supply library books for the two schools. The schools continue to maintain their high academic performance ratings, being well at the top of regional league tables. Our **Transforming Lives** scheme is based at these schools where we are funding the fees of 65 primary schoolchildren at these two schools. In the wider field of education we are sponsoring 17 pupils in **secondary schools** (which is not free in Kenya), with 10 at **college** or **university** . For the **disabled community** we are sponsoring 17 children at **3 specialist schools** , offering these children, who would otherwise never have this opportunity, that precious gift of a mainstream education. As a result of demand on classroom space at St Peter’s we relocated our **free Clinic for disabled** into a new build next to our office block. We continue to maintain a full programme of regularly treating mainly children of over 120 families, providing beneficial therapy, as well as the social dynamic of these families meeting regularly to offer support and exchange experiences and advice. We continue to work amongst the wider community to remove the stigma of the disabled of being ‘cursed’ and encouraging and ensuring full inclusion. But above all we show these children and their families that they are LOVED. This continues to be the only service of its kind in the wider area, so **demand for treating disabled children** (and adults) is ever growing, as are the wider free services that we provide to the disabled community – it is a struggle to meet all these increasing demands. We are now finding mainstream hospitals referring patients to our Clinic. Sometimes heartrending decisions have to be made by our Community Board in reconciling priorities and affordability. Our custom-designed **Respite House** caring 24/7 for the two brothers with muscular dystrophy and the two young boys with mobility challenges, continues to operate with their dedicated carers. It is also something of a social centre with members of our team gathering there with their families. With the closure of our sanitary pad factory – through prices of our imported materials quadrupling – we continue to bulk buy from a supplier in Nairobi, **providing packs of san pads** to 2,500 girls in 52 local schools. Our **micro finance project for the disabled community** (disabled, widows, vulnerable and other disadvantaged adults) has just over 1,608 members of whom 475 have been granted loans to start their small local businesses. We are indebted to the Walkabout Foundation for the provision of free **wheelchairs** , some customised for patients’ needs. Also to the Fred Hollows Foundation for staging **free eye tests** for a large gathering at St March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section D Achievements and performance Peter’s. Our most successful outcome this year was finally the **termination of the foul scourge of FGM** – freeing young women to reach for their dreams – for which we will continue to support and encourage – particularly in the field of education and career development. There are known ‘hotspots’ in the area, of which through our networks of women and church, we continually monitor, and of which pre-emptive action will be taken by the Chairman of our Board, a retired Principal Tribal Chief, if there is any indication of preparations being made for ‘circumcising’ young girls. There is a rise in **unwanted pregnancies** in the teenage population generally throughout Kenya. To stem this we are conducting a series of one day fora, addressing this issue, as well as other facets of adopting a modern feminine and wholesome lifestyle. The abandoned **cricket project** continues to remain on our wish list. We need to gather the correct equipment (and funds!), and be properly trained in the farming and production of what provides a high protein content for this protein deficient community. Continue watching this space! With use of the redundant milling machines from the cricket project, we continue to provide **general milling facilities** for the community to bring their maize and beans to be milled. Alongside this is our **porridge wayside café** , which is building a reputation in the community for delicious refreshment and gossip to be purveyed! Both of these activities provide a positive income, enabling us to fund the three ladies who work on this project, as well as for the education of a disabled child at a specialist school. Our **football project** – is part of our programme to stem unwanted pregnancies – as well as provide a much-needed sports activity in the area for boys and girls, and continues to grow in numbers and enthusiasm. We are seeking a professional coach to improve skills and teamwork, as well as to strive towards our long term goal of providing at least four players to the Kenya National Team! **Twinning with our two primary schools** in Somerset (Butleigh and Puriton) continues with exchanges of posters, letters, poems etc, with our two Kenya schools (St Peter’s and Our Lady of Consolation) enabling these children to see something of how their peers live and learn. The Somerset schools also stage fundraisers, again demonstrating positive support for our schools. Children caring for Children. We had the privilege of hosting the **RC Bishop of the Armed Forces** and two RAF officers at St Peter’s, whilst they were in Kenya for a Military Christian conference – much appreciated by the local community! We had the great pleasure of **hosting Veronica** , our Project Coordinator, to visit us in UK, in which she met and thanked many of our supporters, as well as experiencing life in England – and what was to her a very chilly English summer! With our two or three regular visits to Kenya, we always take **a small group of visitors** – with the emphasis on young adults – to experience first-hand our work, as well as experiencing the other aspects of this marvellous country. March **2012** **TAR** 6 Section D Achievements and performance Our Supporters and donors are the practical bedrock of our charity, giving of their time, treasure, expertise and contributing to our spiritual bedrock – prayer. Our gratitude knows no depth for these generous people. Our deep gratitude for the work done by our **Community Board** in Kajuki, under the selfless leadership of Principal Chief, Simon, and the tireless work of Veronica our Projects Co-ordinator and other members of the Board, who all give freely of their time and expertise. Huge thanks, also, for the community’s very warm welcome, care and generosity during our visits, and the hospitality of the whole community. In material and relative terms we provide a lot for them, with love. They all, in return, freely give us that most precious gift – their **loving prayers** . As our **projects grow in scope and capacity, our reputation is starting to spread** . It is therefore heartening to see greater interest being taken by local government and other NGO/organisations in Kenya of our work. Of course this has the effect of widening exposure, and subsequent increasing demand for our services. These we will attempt to meet, but we must also always bear in mind our long-term goal – to pack up, leaving behind **totally sustainable projects** , all running successfully, of which we can now give a big ‘tick’ to FGM no longer burdening this community – we have seen the power of persistent, patient education! March **2012** **TAR** 7 **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** We aim to maintain a minimum balance of £2,000 in our current account in UK, to cope with any unforeseen situations in Kenya – usually medical emergencies. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** N/A ## **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. ## **Our Income:** |Major donors < £1,000
Festival Medical Services|9,709| |---|---| |HMRC Gift Aid|12,367| |St Peter & St Paul|2,000| |Anon
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1,000| |Stoneman|3,860| |Anon|5,000| |White|1,000| |Warfield Churches|4,898| |Glastonbury Festival|1,600| |Bridging loan|3,000| |Kenya visits|1,010| |Total|70,974| |JustGiving|10,772| |PayPal|2,334| |Total|13,106| |Minor & monthly donors|38,655| |Total Income|122,735| |C/F from previous year|23,266| |Total available|146,001| |Expenditure|| |**Expenditure:**|| |Salaries|22,456| |Education fees|35,763| |Disabled mic fin|4,198| |Early pregnancy prog|4,025| |Disabled Action Plan|19,582| |San pads|5,033| |Capital works|1,000| |Schools’ feeding prog|13,793| |Football project|3,604| |Kenya visits|5,081| |Misc|346| |Repay bridging loan|3,000| March **2012** **TAR** 8 Bank & JG charges 1,100 Expenses 0 Overheads 0 Total 118,981 Excess of Income over Expenditure 27,020 ## **Section F Other optional information** We also receive a lot of work in kind (pro bono) from many generous people who have the know-how and are prepared to give their time, expertise and enthusiasm. ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** (in the original) (in the original) March **2012** **TAR** 9 Susannah Curtis **Full name(s)** David Baldwin MBE **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair Secretary **etc) Date** 7 Dec 2025 March **2012** **TAR** 10 **Charity Name St Peter's Life-Line** **No (if any) 1136150** **Receipts and payments accounts For the period** Period start date Period end date **To** ~~ee~~ **from** 06/04/2024 05/04/2025 ~~ee~~ ## **Section A Receipts and payments** ||**Unrestricted**
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**funds**||**Total funds**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| |**A1 Receipts**|||||||| |Major donors < £1,000|**58,607**||**-**||**-**||**58,607**| |Minor & monthlydonors|**38,655**||**-**||**-**||**38,655**| |HMRC Gift Aid|**12,367**||**-**||**-**||**12,367**| |JustGiving|**10,772**||**-**||**-**||**10,772**| |PayPal|**2,334**||**-**||**-**||**2,334**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|_(Gross income for AR)_**122,735**||**-**||**-**||**122,735**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
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~~====~~||||||| |**A3 Payments**|||||||| |Salaries|**22,456**||**-**||**-**||**22,456**| |Education fees|**35,763**||**-**||**-**||**35,763**| |FGM/ARP|**-**||||||**-**| |KingDavid micro finance|**4,198**||**-**||**-**||**4,198**| |Early pregnancy programme|**4,025**||**-**||**-**||**4,025**| |Disabled Action Plan|**19,582**||**-**||**-**||**19,582**| |Sanitary pads|**5,033**||**-**||**-**||**5,033**| |Capital works|**1,000**||**-**||**-**||**1,000**| |Schools' feeding programme|**13,793**||||||**13,793**| |Footballproject|**3,604**||||||**3,604**| |Cricketproject|||||||**-**| |Kenya visits|**5,081**||||||**5,081**| |Misc|**346**||||||**346**| |Repaybridgingloan|**3,000**||||||**3,000**| |Bank & JustGivingcharges|**1,100**||||||**1,100**| |Expenses|**-**||||||**-**| |Overheads|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**118,981**||**-**||**-**||**118,981**| **A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - -** _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total payments**_ **118,981 - - 118,981** ~~=————~~ _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **3,754 - - 3,754 A5 Transfers between funds - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 23,266 - - 23,266** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **27,020 - - 27,020** ~~== |——~~ CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 16/12/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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## **Last year** ## **to the nearest £** **105,874 27,320 6,164 6,926 1,963 - - - 148,247** **148,247** **18,357 29,766 7,530 12,063 - 12,911 4,555 15,843 25,306 749 307 1,127 759 3,500 1,208 - - - 133,981** **133,981 14,266 - 9,000 23,266** CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 16/12/2025 3 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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OK **Endowment funds to nearest £** **-** **Current value (optional) - - - - -** **Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - -** **When due (optional)** Date of approval CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 16/12/2025 4 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/** Charity Name St Peter’s Life-Line **members of On accounts for the year** 5 Apr 2025 **Charity no** 1136150 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** . - **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 Act”). 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 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which 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._ |**Signed:**(in the original)
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~~[~~| |---|---|---|---| |**Name:**|JA Goolden||| ||||| |**Relevant professional**|MAAT||| |**qualification(s) or body**|||| |**(if any):**|||| ||||| |**Address:**|6 Admirals Mead, Butleigh||| ||Glastonbury||| ||Somerset BA6 8UE||| 1 **October 2018** **IER** **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 details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**