Company Number 6983520 Charity Number 1137207
St. Anna
(A Company Limited by Guarantee)
Trustees' Report and
Financial Statements
For the year ended 31 December 2024
ST. ANNA
COMPANY INFORMATION
| Trustees / Directors | Mr A Botha |
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| Mr D Jones | |
| Dr E Tamkin | |
| Dr W Tamkin | |
| Company Secretary | Mr D Jones |
| Company Number | 6983520 |
| Charity Number | 1137207 |
| Registered Office | 82 Culvers Way |
| Carshalton | |
| Surrey | |
| SM5 2LP | |
| Bankers | HSBC |
| 90 Baker Street | |
| London | |
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ST. ANNA
CONTENTS
| Page | |
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| Trustees' Report | 1 - 3 |
| Independent Examiner's Report | 4 |
| Statement of Financial Activities | 5 |
| Balance Sheet | 6 |
| Notes to the Financial Statements | 7 - 8 |
ST. ANNA
TRUSTEES’ REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
The trustees (who are also directors of St. Anna under Company Law) present their report together with the financial statements for the year ended 31 December 2024. The financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Companies Act 2006, the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice ("Charities SORP") (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland; FRS 102) issued in October 2019.
Principal Activity
St. Anna is a Christian charity committed to the relief of persons suffering hardship as a result of drought, earthquake, flood or other natural disaster, or who by reason of their social or economic conditions are in need of assistance.
St. Anna works primarily in East Africa, and its activities are made available to all without regard to race, religion or ethnic background.
The trustees believe that St. Anna provides a benefit to the public through support of the work carried out at the St. Anna Day Care Centre in the Murang'a district of Kenya (designated "St. Anna (Kenya)" in this report). This centre exists to provide care and schooling for local disadvantaged children (many of whom are orphans), and support for people (regardless of race, age or religion) suffering from hardship and poverty in the local community, in accordance with the Christian faith.
Structure, Governance and Management
The trustees who served during the year were Mr Alex Botha, Mr Douglas Jones, Dr Elaine Tamkin and Dr William Tamkin. Each trustee has issued a guarantee on behalf of the company to the extent of £1. Mr Douglas Jones was the Company Secretary.
The trustees are involved in the day to day running of the company, and there are no paid staff members.
The company is limited by guarantee, number 6983520 and is governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association. St. Anna has charitable objectives, and registration with the Charity Commission was sought and gained in 2010.
St. Anna Activities 2024
The child sponsorship model, as well as various other forms of fundraising, continued throughout the year. In 2024, 63 children at the St. Anna (Kenya) were being supported through standing orders paid to St. Anna in the UK.
The Centre has continued to support its pupils and the elderly in the local community through a year of high inflation in Kenya.
It remains our pleasure and privilege to be one of the partners of St. Anna (Kenya), and to continue the strategic engagement with its partners across the world in periodic group video calls. During the year, in addition to the child sponsorship donations, we were able to support St. Anna (Kenya) with targeted grants to assist with the increasing costs of high school fees for those children the centre continues to support into secondary education, and with a building project to expand classroom capacity.
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Plans for Future Periods
Our intention - arising from our Principal Activity stated above - is to provide relief and assistance to those who need it in East Africa, in accordance with the Christian faith. This will be carried out primarily by our continuing support of St. Anna (Kenya) through friendship, advice and financial assistance. We intend to identify and fundraise for larger capital projects to support St. Anna (Kenya) as the need arises in future, with the hopes of helping them to build their sustainability and reduce unnecessary overheads. Matching children in need identified by the Centre with long-term sponsors in the UK will remain one of the primary means by which we provide support in the years ahead.
In the forthcoming years we are also open to working with other similar organisations providing grass-roots development services in that area, and to supporting them in whatever way we are able to.
Financial Review
Income and Expenditure: Incoming resources of £25,503 (2023: £23,842) consisted mostly of donations, and were a little higher than the previous year as some donors were able to increase the amount they give monthly. Expenditure of £32,772 (2023: £29,254) related mostly to monetary support paid across as grants to the St. Anna Day Care Centre, Kenya; together with small administrative costs incurred in the UK. The targeted grants referred to above (in addition to child sponsorship grants) were made possible by restricted funds built up in St. Anna over the past few years. This excess of grants made over income in the year was the cause of the deficit of £7,269 (2023: Deficit of £5,412), and accords with the trustees' strategic funding approach.
Restricted Funds: On restricted income St. Anna had reserves at year end of £10,404 (2023: £18,365) related to unspent specified donations and grants intended for the St. Anna Day Care Centre, Kenya (partly regular child sponsorship amounts paid across in early 2025, and partly a strategic fund which will be used by the trustees when a suitable project or a particularly urgent need arises at the Centre.)
Reserves Policy: The policy of the trustees is deliberately not to build up general reserves beyond the operating needs of the charity. As the charity currently has no paid staff and meets its limited expenses from donations, there are minimal general reserves of £1,765 at 31 December 2024 (2023: £1,073). Most donations are specified towards the work of the St. Anna Day Care Centre, Kenya.
Investment Policy: Due to the reserves policy outlined above, St. Anna will rarely have large excess funds to invest. However, from time to time when surpluses occur (due to the timing of grants or large donations received), the funds will be placed in a savings account with our commercial bank if the rate of interest is significantly better than our current account rate.
Policy on Grants: The trustees' policy is to pursue the charitable objects by making supportive grants to charities with similar objects where that is the most effective approach.
Remuneration Policy: As the charity currently employs no staff, and has no intention of doing so in the near future, we have not formulated a remuneration policy.
Risk Management
The trustees have considered the risks which the organisation faces, and have ensured that appropriate systems, policies and procedures are in place to manage and mitigate risk. Review and consideration of risk is a formal, annual event preceding the Trustees' Report.
In particular the trustees recognise the risk of fraud and misappropriation of funds surrounding the type of projects which the charity is set up to support. This risk will be mitigated by regular assessment of our partners' financial processes and controls to gain assurance that the funds provided are spent for the intended purposes. Two of the trustees' were able to visit the school in 2024, to review its operations and achievements, and to meet the children who are sponsored through the UK charity.
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Trustees’ Responsibilities
Company law requires the trustees to prepare accounts for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company as at the end of the financial year and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these accounts, the trustees are required to:
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Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
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Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
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Follow applicable accounting standards, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the
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financial statements.
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Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
Any new trustees appointed to St. Anna attend a briefing by the Company Secretary on their responsibilities. They are provided with a copy of the Charity Commission guideline 'The Essential Trustee', as well as the Memorandum and Articles of the company, and the financial statements of the previous year.
All trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefit from the Company. None of the trustees were reimbursed any expense during the year. The trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the guidance on public benefit published by the Charity Commission in exercising their powers and duties.
Approved by the board of trustees of St.Anna on 7th September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Douglas Jones
Mr Douglas Jones (Trustee)
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INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT
TO THE TRUSTEES OF
ST ANNA ('the Company')
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Company for the year ended 31 December 2024 on pages 5 to 8 following, which have been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out on page 7.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity’s trustees of the Company (and also its directors 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 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 matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
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accounting records were not kept in respect of the Company as required by section 386 of the 2006 Act; or
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the accounts do not accord with those records; or
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the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of section 396 of the 2006 Act 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
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the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the methods and principles of the Statement of Recommended Practice for accounting and reporting by charities applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102).
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.
Archie McDowall
Archie McDowall, BA CA Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB
Date:
18 September 2025
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ST. ANNA
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES (INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024 2024 2024 2023
Unrestricted Restricted Total Total
Notes £ £ £ £
INCOME
Donations Under Gift Aid
One Off - 813 813 270
Regular 690 14,749 15,439 13,398
Income tax recovered 173 2,644 2,817 3,423
863 18,206 19,069 17,091
Other Donations and Grants
One Off - - - 350
Regular - 6,145 6,145 6,191
- 6,145 6,145 6,541
Total donations 863 24,351 25,214 23,632
Other Income
Interest earned 289 - 289 210
Total income 1,152 24,351 25,503 23,842
EXPENDITURE 4
Charitable activities 460 32,312 32,772 29,254
Total expenditure 460 32,312 32,772 29,254
Net income / (expenditure) before transfers 692 (7,961) (7,269) (5,412)
Transfers between funds - - - -
Net movement in funds 692 (7,961) (7,269) (5,412)
Funds brought forward at 1 January 1,073 18,365 19,438 24,850
Funds carried forward at 31 December 1,765 10,404 12,169 19,438
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All activities are classed as continuing. The notes on page 7-8 form part of these financial statements. All recognised gains and losses are included in the statement of financial activities.
The Statement of Financial Activities also complies with the requirement for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.
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ST. ANNA
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024
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2024 2023
Notes £ £
Assets
Sundry debtors 1,003 865
Cash at bank 11,626 18,573
Total Assets 12,629 19,438
Liabilities (460) -
Total net assets 12,169 19,438
Fund balances
Restricted funds 5 10,404 18,365
Unrestricted funds 1,765 1,073
Total funds 12,169 19,438
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For the year ending 31/12/24 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibility for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and for the preparation of accounts.
In accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011, the accounts have been examined by an independent examiner and their report has been included in these financial statements.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions of Part 15 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
Approved by the board of trustees on 7th September 2025 and signed on its behalf by
Douglas Jones
Douglas Jones Trustee St.Anna - Company Number 6983520
The notes on pages 7-8 form part of these financial statements.
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ST. ANNA
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
1. Accounting Policies
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice (applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102)) (issued in October 2019) - (Charities SORP (FRS 102)), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Companies Act 2006.
Funds
Unrestricted funds represent the funds of the charity that are not subject to any restrictions regarding their use and are available for application on the general purposes of the charity.
Restricted funds represent those received for specific purposes as specified by the donor, or the terms under which the funds were received.
The accounts include all transactions, assets and liabilities for which the company is responsible in law.
Incoming Resources
Voluntary income and capital sources
Donations, gifts and other income are recognised as income when they are received. Donations and grants received for specific purposes are accounted for as restricted funds. Where appropriate the charity has taken advantage of the Gift Aid scheme. Tax recovered and recoverable is credited as income in the year in which the related donation is recognised.
Grants are credited as income in the year in which they are receivable.
Income from investments
Interest entitlements on bank accounts are accounted for as they accrue.
Resources expended
Resources expended are accounted for on an accruals basis and recognised when they fall due.
Going concern
The trustees (who are the charitable company's directors for the purposes of company law) have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and have considered possible events or conditions that might cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees have made this assessment for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements.
In particular the trustees have considered the charity's forecasts and projections and the possible implications should projected income and / or expenditure vary unexpectedly. The trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
2. Staff costs
There were no staff members employed by the charity in 2024 or 2023.
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ST. ANNA
NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
3. Trustees (Directors under Company Law)
The trustees received no remuneration or expenses during the year.
4. Resources Expended
All resources expended were costs in furtherance of the charity's objectives. There were no governance costs incurred during the year. The only support costs were bank charges of £217 (2023: £234), and an independent examination fee of £460 (2023: £450).
5. Restricted funds
| St. Anna Centre-Kenya | Opening balance Income Expenditure Transfer to unrestricted fund Closing balance £ £ £ £ £ 18,365 24,351 (32,312) - 10,404 18,365 24,351 (32,312) - 10,404 |
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6. Transactions with related parties
During the year the charity received donations totalling £2,240 (2023: £1,545) from related parties (which includes trustees and anyone closely connected to them).
7. Prior year statement of Financial Activities
| INCOME Donations Under Gift Aid Other Donations and Grants Total donations Other Income - interest earned Total income EXPENDITURE Total expenditure - charitable activities Net income / (expenditure) before transfers Transfers between funds Net movement in funds Funds brought forward at 1 January Funds carried forward at 31 December |
2023 2023 2023 Unrestricted Restricted Total £ £ £ 375 16,716 17,091 - 6,541 6,541 375 23,257 23,632 210 - 210 585 23,257 23,842 450 28,804 29,254 135 (5,547) (5,412) 938 (938) - 1,073 (6,485) (5,412) - 24,850 24,850 1,073 18,365 19,438 |
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