## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From April 1[st] 2023 To March 31[st] 2024** ## **Charity name: Step-Changers International** ## **Charity registration number: 1137337** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Poverty relief in Kenya and other places,**
**including assisting with provision of**
**education and training**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Continued support to provide teachers’**
**salaries, provide a meal each day for the**
**200 children. This current year to**
**provide funds for the replacement of six**
**dilapidated classrooms.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Guidance is circulated on receipt from**
**the C.C**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |||**Former corrugated iron classrooms**| |||**which were 14 years old and dilapidated**| |||**and subject to flooding have been**| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,|Para 1.20|**replaced.**
**New pupils continue to be amongst**| |identifying the difference the||**those who lived on the streets and**| |charity’s work has made to||**recently some refugees from South**| |the circumstances of its||**Sudan.**| |beneficiaries and any wider||**Teaching staff and support staff**| |benefits to society as a||**continue to be employed to the benefit**| |whole.||**of the wider community.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
ofthe period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No policy**| |Amount of reservesheld|Para 1.22|**None**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**All monies received are used to pay bills**
**and support the school **| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Monthly donations by approx. 10**
**persons.**
**Occasional one-off gifts by others**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**None**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**None**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Trust deed**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Shoulder tapping of interested and**
**contributing persons**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**None**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Day to day/month to month income &**
**expenditure managed by chair of**
**trustees. Contact with trustees as and**
**when necessary, plus annual trustees**
**meeting.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**Regular e-mail contact with school in**
**Kenya, including photos for**
**website/facebook page.**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Step-Changers International| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charitynumber|1137337| |Charity’s principal address|105 The Gills, LS21 2BY| ||| Names of charty tru$ts?$ vtho m#n¥g• ￿ ¢hartty . Dat*s act•d If not f•r whol• Trnst•• n•m• i)rNc• (6t any) Naffl• of p•rson lor botyl •rrtlll•d Int tTu¥t•• Il*n J Swift R Ca￿￿ght Name of tru?t*¥ holdirKJ tillg to PrO￿rtY belonging to the charity. No property Funds held as custodlan trustees on behalf of others - none Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non4isdosure of ka No staff •mployod rsonn61 dotails Declarations Th* trust••$ d•clarn that they have approv•d th• trust•es' r•port above. Slgned on bohall of the ¢h4rlty's tru$t*¢$ Slgnatur•{s) Full nam•(s) Posttlon (eg Sècrntary, Chalr, •tc) Ui<-r *¥h Date 3•2* CHARITY COMMISSION FQR ENGLIJID AND WALE st•p for the year ￿ded 3110312024. R¢swn$lbllltl•$ and As thè charlty trustees of the Trust, you are resp)nsible for the preparation basls of report of the acc£)unts in accordancè with thè requiroments of tha Charitlos Act 2011 (Ihe Acr): I report in rgsp8Ct of my •xamlnatlon of the Trust's acwunts carried out undèr sactlon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the appliGqble Directions 9iV8n by the Charity Cornmissl under $8Ction 14515){b) of the Act. I have comploted my examinati(m. I confirm Ihat no mat8ri81 matt8r5 havè come to my att8ntion (othaf than that disdtss￿ bakw ') in cOnn￿tIon with the examlnatlon whith gives m8 cause to b81i8v8 that in, any material r8sp8ct: 8ccounting re￿dS ￿re not kept in a￿rdan￿ wilh sectK)n.. 130 of the Act or th$ accounts do not accord with the accounting reo)rd8 Indepèndent examinef s statement I have no conLEms and hav• com8 across no other matters in ccmn8¢tion with the examination to whith attention should ￿ drawn ift ord8r to anabl& a propef und8rstsnding of the accounts to ￿ roach￿. ' Ploaso delete the bW)rds in the brackets rfthey do not apply, Slgned: Yc)Trf S 3£ Nam•: AL-J Relevant professlonal quallfi&*Son{s) or body (If any): Addr•ss: lo&