2022-03-31-accounts - Destiny Children

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date			Period end date
From	1 April	2021	To	31 March	2022

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Destiny Children

Other names charity is known by

Registered charity number (if any) 1137680

Charity's principal address

1 Manor Crescent

Macclesfield Cheshire Postcode SK10 2EN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Alan Slater	Chair
Deborah Kennerley	Secretary
Judith A F Roper	Treasurer
Colin Cliffe	Accountant	31 September 2021
Patrick Roper
Martin Sutcliffe
Nick Burton
Julia Marshall

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)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)	Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of adviser Name Address




Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
N/A

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Constitution - adopted on 23rd November 2009 and revised at a Special (eg. trust deed, constitution) General Meeting on 10th August 2010 Charitable Association How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

The charity elects Trustees, i.e. both the Officers and the other Trustees, Trustee selection methods in general meetings. (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

Summary of the "The advancement of education of children in Kenya, in particular but not objects of the charity exclusively pupils of Destiny Garden School, Mombasa, by providing and set out in its governing assisting in the provision of educational facilities and materials and the provision document of grants."

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Destiny Children’s main aim is to support Destiny Garden School, which is located in one of the poorest suburbs of Mombasa. The school was founded in 2009 with 160 children, 6 teachers and 3 support staff, using 6 rented classrooms. It has been growing steadily since then and has now built 11 classrooms on its own land, and employs 11 teachers and 7 support staff, providing a good education for 350 children aged between 3 and 15.

The school currently relies almost totally on Destiny Children for funding. The charity covers the school’s basic running costs, paying the salaries of the teachers and support staff and providing the children with a nutritious school lunch and safe drinking water. Destiny Children achieves this by:

managing a sponsorship programme whereby sponsors choose to pay £15 per month to help educate a child, or to sponsor the school as a whole.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the 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)

organising fundraising events to help cover any shortfall in the running costs of the school, to provide lunches, educational materials, and to help with the development of the school.
encouraging the charity’s supporters to raise funds for Destiny Garden School.
using other initiatives such as ‘Gifts That Make A Difference‘ and ‘easyfundraising’ to raise further funds.
applying for funding from charitable trusts and other organisations or individuals to support the on-going development of the school, or for special projects agreed by Destiny Garden School and the charity.

Funds are sent to Destiny Garden School, Mombasa, at the end of each month and a breakdown of monies received and how it is spent is provided by the school. 100% of sponsors’ and donors’ payments, together with the Gift Aid, are sent to Destiny Garden School. The committee members cover all the administrative costs and expenses incurred by the charity.

The charity provides regular feedback on the school’s progress to those who sponsor the school or a child and to those who make donations.

Members of the committee regularly liaise with the founder of Destiny Garden School and the School Manager to monitor how the charity’s donations are spent. From time to time, members or representatives of the charity visit Destiny Garden School, at their own expense, to assess and monitor the performance of the school. Unfortunately during the pandemic it has not been possible to visit the school.

All the Trustees of Destiny Children abide by the UK Charity Commission’s guidelines and have completed their statutory declaration to this effect.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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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 erformance p

Summary Destiny Children’s achievements during the reporting period April 2021 to March 2022 were of the dominated by the global pandemic, and additional support was given during the year to ensure main DGS continued to be Covid-safe. achievem ents of Achievements are summarised below. the charity Financial during the year

Maintained a steady income which totalled £94,000 during the reporting year.
Thanks to sponsors continuing support during the year, the charity transferred sufficient monthly funds to DGS to cover all the staff salaries, and basic educational costs.
Raised enough funds for DGS, via generous donations and a grant, to continue making the school Covid-19 secure.
Although the charity’s financial liability under the Sponsorship Protocol is minimal, it continued to maintain a reserve target to cover staff redundancies in the unlikely event the school or charity has to close, or, more likely, to cover unexpected events such as adverse exchange rate fluctuations. These reserves are held in a Building Society Account to minimise risk.
Covered all costs, returning annual accounts that demonstrate this is a well-run charity.
Destiny Children Charity  Reviewed the charity’s long-term plans and put in place plans to help Destiny Garden School become more self-sufficient, and reduce the charity’s administrative workload.
Supported the running of the ‘child’ sponsorship work which is now undertaken by one of the DGS Directors in Mombasa. This has reduced the administrative workload in the UK substantially.
In December 2021 Destiny Children were successful in recruiting 10 High School sponsors for the top performers from DGS, enabling these students to continue their education at good National High Schools in Kenya. A further 12 High School supporters were recruited for the best students in the March 2022 KCPE class. The charity is now supporting 24 (22 new and 2 in place) former DGS students through High School, 2 through college, and 3 through university.
Continued to run at zero costs, with all administrative costs and expenses being borne by committee members.
Due to the pandemic the charity was unable to hold any fundraising events. However generous donations from supporters have enabled the charity to send extra funds to DGS to enhance their educational programme and provide the required materials to meet learning targets, as well as provide lunches throughout the year.
Sent regular reports to all sponsors to update them on the situation.

Destiny Garden School

In Kenya the school year is from January to December with 3 terms; however, due to the pandemic the terms have had to be adjusted and 4 terms were fitted into 2022 by taking much shorter holidays. In 2023 the school year will revert back to 3 terms.
The DGS Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) class of 2020 performed well in their final examinations. Results were received in April 2021 and out of the 33 pupils

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Section D Achievements and erformance p

who sat for the exams, 16 received more than 300 marks out of the possible 500, and 13 pupils’ marks were between 250 and 299. Only 4 pupils received marks below 250. The pupil with the highest score in DGS obtained 379 marks this year. They joined high school in July 2021. It is important to note that the candidates were doing this exam after a whole year of school closure due to the covid-19 pandemic. It is a credit to the work done by the DGS staff and pupils that they were able to achieve this. These results for the KCPE paved the way for the children to join High School in May 2022.
Having adopted the new curriculum introduced some time ago, the DGS pupils are now more involved in their studies. More practical classes are in place to enhance the skills of the children.
 Various extra-curricular activities have been taking place, such as games, music, debating, cooking, and guidance and counselling for the pupils. In addition to the existing Scouts Club, new clubs have been formed such as Wildlife, Agriculture and Journalism.
DGS was able to cut down on the heavy dust blown into classrooms by spreading murram around the compound, thanks to sponsor funding and a generous donation from a local supporter. This will improve the classroom environment enormously.
A local company refurbished the kitchen and some of the classrooms.
Covid -19 rules continue to be well observed at DGS with pupils and staff wearing masks and washing hands frequently.
During the year staff attended several training courses. Parent teacher meetings were well supported. Each class now has a parent representative.
Various inspections took place from Kenyan authorities including the County Education Department, Ministry of Quality Assurance Office, Early Childhood Education Department, Mombasa County Fire Brigade Safety Office, Mombasa County Health department, National Environment Management Authority, and the Ministry of Health, who administered polio vaccines and deworming tablets. With a few adaptations DGS passed all these inspections.
A perimeter wall was built around the school for extra security and was funded by generous donations and a grant.
The feeding programme continues to thrive. Thanks to the generous donations from our sponsors, DGS was able to provide a nutritious lunch for its pupils throughout the year. The school is working on providing a special meal of vegetable pilau for the pupils every Friday. In January 2022, the pre-primary school children were given 10 o'clock porridge – this has been funded for a year by one of the charity’s supporters.
DGS continues to support vulnerable pupils with pastoral and health care when possible.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

Brief statement of the As per our Reserves policy dated March 2022, the charity maintains a charity’s policy on reserves small reserve designed to ensure that the charity always retains sufficient cash to cover (in the worst case) DGS liabilities in the event that the school had to close, or (more likely) unexpected events such as adverse exchange rate fluctuations.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where Sponsorship is the charity’s principal regular source of income, with relevant about: sponsors choosing to sponsor a child or the school as a whole. During the charity’s principal this reporting period these funds were supplemented by donations and sources of funds (including grants.

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
Since the charity first started it has been able to send 100% of sponsors’ and donors’ funds, together with the Gift Aid, to Destiny Garden School. The committee members have met all the expenses and administrative costs involved in running the charity.
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

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

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Signature(s) Original form held and signed via Original form held and signed via email ivo COVID-19 email ivo COVID-19 Full name(s) Dr. Alan Peter Slater Mrs Judith Anne Frances Roper Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Chair Treasurer etc) Date 17.06.2022

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Charity Name No (if any) Destiny Children 1137680 Receipts and payments accounts For the period Period start date Period end date To from 4/1/2021 3/31/2022

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Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds
funds funds funds
to the nearest
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
£
A1 Receipts
Sponsor income 46,113 46,113
Donations - general 715 29,734 30,449
Administration cost covered by donations 470 470
Fundraising events -
Gift aid 14,472 14,472
Grants 2,500 2,500
Bank Interest 17 17
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 61,317 32,704 - 94,021
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total - - - -
Total receipts 61,317 32,704 - 94,021
A3 Payments
Destiny Gardens School Mombasa 61,330 25,403 86,733
Administration costs met by donations 157 157
Sub total [ 61,330 ] 25,560 - 86,890
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - -
Total payments [ 61,330 ] 25,560 - 86,890
Net of receipts/(payments) [- 13 ] 7,144 - 7,131
A5 Transfers between funds - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 5,933 5,150 11,083
Cash funds this year end [ 5,920 ] 12,294 - 18,214
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

01/22/2023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

		Unrestricted	Restricted
Categories	Details	funds	funds
B1 Cash funds	to nearest £ Nat West current account Leek United Building Society Account 5,920 5,920 *Total cash funds*		to nearest £ 12,294 12,294
	(agree balances with receipts and payments
		account(s))
		Unrestricted	Restricted
		funds	funds
B2 Other monetary assets	Details	to nearest £ - - - - - -	to nearest £ - - - - - -
B3 Investment assets	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) - - - - -
B4 Assets retained for the	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -
charity’s own use			- - - - - - - -
		Fund to which	Amount due
B5 Liabilities	Details	liability relates	- - - - (optional)
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature Print	Name
	Alan Slater Judith Roper original form held and signed via email ivo Covid-19 original form held and signed via email ivo Covid-19

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

01/22/2023

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CC16a
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Last year

to the nearest £

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48,081
31,309
215
-
17,143
8,000
18
104,766
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-
-
104,766
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107,212
207
107,419
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107,419 - 2,653 - 13,736

CCXX R3 accounts (SS)

01/22/2023

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Endowment
funds
to nearest £
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Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - -

Current value (optional) - - - - -

Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional)

Date of approval

CCXX R4 accounts (SS)

01/22/2023

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Destiny Children members of On accounts for the year 31/03/22 Charity no 1137680 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 2

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31/03/2022. Responsibilities and As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the basis of report 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 all 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 in connection with the which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

 the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or  the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or  the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 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.

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.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed: Name: David Ward

Date: 19/04/22

Oct 2018

IER

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body

Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (No. 7494816)

(if any):

Address: 2 Ingleton Close

Holmes Chapel Cheshire CW4 7LF

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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 .

Oct 2018

IER