## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 01 January 2021 31 December 2021 **From To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name** Children of Choba **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1138096 **Charity's principal address** 20, Horseshoe Walk Bath **Postcode BA2 6DE** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Valerie McGivern|Chair||| ||Stephen Walker|||| ||Jemma
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Abraham Temu is also a training of trustees; member (Secretary) in his capacity as Head Teacher. - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; Both the above organisations are independent of Children of Choba. - 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 objects of the charity set out in its governing document** 1. To advance the education of the children of Choba and nearby villages by constructing, running and providing the highest standards of teaching and facilities at Children of Choba Primary and Nursery School. (Choba is a hamlet of Boza village, Pangani District, Tanga Region, Tanzania, East Africa) 2. The prevention and relief of poverty in rural Tanzania, particularly Choba. **TAR** March **2012** 2 1. We continue to pay running expenses of Children of Choba Primary and Nursery School. The cost of running the school during the year was £19,231 (teachers’ salaries) plus £21,338 (running expenses), a total of £40,569. The school was financed by parental contributions (£24,721, approx. 61%), and Children of Choba (£15,848, approx. 39%). Expenses include the following : - Salaries (including social security contributions) of 12 primary school teachers, 4 nursery school teachers, 1 office assistant, 3 part time cooks and 4 watchmen - Purchase and repair of bicycles for staff and volunteers - Text books, exercise books, pens and pencils, stationery - • Porridge for an average over the period of 385 children every school day - Breakfast and lunch for all staff - Maintenance of all buildings and assets such as the bore holes and pumps - Printing and photocopying of monthly test and exam papers - School trips **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)** - Water bill (Primary School) - Transport to school for teachers In 2021 we have paid (or made a contribution towards) the school 2. fees and boarding costs for 60 secondary school students and 15 college students, totalling £44,979. For the first time this year we have used some unrestricted funding to pay for a few Choba graduates to attend college and one to attend secondary school. The maximum paid to sponsor any one student was £1,500 in 2021. 3 The eventual aim is for Choba Primary and Nursery School to be financed completely by parental contributions so that it can continue long after the present Children of Choba trustees. We are working gradually towards this aim, with the parents contributing 61% of the cost of running the school in 2021 compared to nothing when Children of Choba was founded in 2010. This transition is enabling us to spend more of our funding on the secondary and tertiary education of Choba graduates. However, the school will always be of supreme importance as the graduates would not obtain places at private secondary schools or colleges without the foundation they receive at Choba Primary School. Trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit and consider all the activities we fund in Tanzania to be of public benefit. **TAR** March **2012** 3 ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Valerie McGivern, Chair of Trustees, spent the entire period in Tanzania (2021). Her responsibilities included the following: - - Fundraising and publicity for Children of Choba in UK - Supervising all spending of charity money You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - Ensuring that both schools comply with the Child Protection Policy of Children of Choba, a legal requirement for the sponsorship of the schools - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - Contribution made by volunteers. During 2021 Valerie was required to retire in Tanzania but she is still able to fulfil the above roles as a trustee of Fisherfolks Charitable Development Trust. During this period she has obtained a small amount of restricted funding towards her living expenses – for details please refer to the Notes to Accounts. There were no other volunteers during the year due to Covid ## Section D Achievements and performance **TAR** March **2012** 4 ## Section D Achievements and erformance p **Summary of the main** At Choba we are not just building a school, we are trying to give each **achievements of the charity** child the opportunity to maximise his or her potential. This was our eighth **during the year** year as an independent community school after we passed the strict criteria for registration. In our seventh year of having a Class 7, we have achieved excellent results again. Choba English Medium Primary School performed very well in the National Primary School Leaving Examinations, with a school average over all subjects of 75% - of our 25 students 6 got an average of A and 19 got B. We came 2nd in Pangani District by 1 mark in 300 (beaten by a private school in Pangani Town), and in the top 2.5% of Tanga Region. We were also in the top 5% of the 17,573 primary schools in Tanzania despite the children doing all exams in English. This was a considerable achievement – 72% of the class are village children, most of whom live below the International poverty line. 3 Choba students were selected for government “special” secondary schools outside Pangani as a result of their excellent performance. Children of Choba has obtained sponsors for a further 6 children this year to study at 2 nearby private schools (Franciscan Girls’ and Capuchin Boys’) starting in January 2022. In 2021 we supported a total of 39 Choba graduates at various secondary schools in the 4 years to O level. Children of Choba is paying for 10 Choba graduates to study for A level at private schools and supporting to various degrees 6 at government schools. 2022 will be a very interesting year for us as the founder members of Choba Primary school will sit their A levels in May and will be looking towards gaining university places in October. Children of Choba has also paid for the college education (to diploma or certificate level) of 12 Choba graduates who completed their O level studies in 2019 and 2020 but who were not selected for A level. They are studying subjects that we hope will make them employable - community development, law, public administration, primary teaching, early years teaching, tour guiding and hotel management. The only sponsored student to finish her studies so far was immediately employed by a hotel in Zanzibar. Our third intake at Choba Primary School (in 2011) sat their O levels in 2021 and all 23 passed. 7 got Division I, 5 got Division II, 6 Division III and 5 Division IV. No Choba graduate failed (12.7% failed nationally). 78% got Division I, II or III compared to 35% in Tanzania as a whole. These 18 will go on to A levels or government colleges. We continue to be very encouraged by these results particularly as the parents realise the success of their children is due to their foundation at Choba Primary School. Our sponsored university student Hadija Kibamba completed a postgraduate degree to become a Master of Public Health at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences in December 2021. She continues to lead the way for Choba graduates to follow and is currently employed by an NGO in Arusha. **TAR** March **2012** 5 ## **Section E Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves** We aim to keep at least half our annual expenditure in reserve at all times. We finished this financial year with a total of £80,025 in hand. £9,679 of this is restricted funding and £32,218 designated by the trustees for secondary and tertiary education of Choba graduates. £38,128 of unrestricted funding remains, which is 53% of our annual expenditure. **Details of any funds materially in deficit** ## Nil ## **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. Grants were received during the year from Tula Trust (£2,000), Rotary Club of Bradford on Avon (£1,620) and Royal Commonwealth Society (Bath Branch) (£500). In addition Gift Aid of £10,193 was claimed during the year. Parental contributions towards the cost of running the school of £24,721 were received. - Sponsorship of specific children for secondary and tertiary education toalling £44,472 was received during the year. This was entirely from individuals who are friends or contacts of the trustees. None of this was from organisations. ## **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** **Signature(s)** McGivern **Full name(s)** Valerie **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chair **etc) Date** **TAR** March **2012** 6 ## **CHILDREN OF CHOBA** ## **PERIOD 01/01/2021 31/12/21** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNTS** |||||**UNREST**|**RESTRIC**|**DESIGNA**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**UK**|**TANZANIA**|**RICTED**|**TED**|**TED**|**TOTAL**| |||||**FUNDS**|**FUNDS**|**FUNDS**|| ||||||Note 10||| ||Notes|£|||||| |**RECEIPTS**|||||||| |DONATIONS|2,7|66,613|6,788|12,836|51,847|8,718|73,401| |GRANTS|3|4,120||2,500|1,620||4,120| |TRANSFERRED TO TANZANIA||-50,000|50,000||||0| |**TOTAL**||**20,733**|**56,788**|**15,336**|**53,467**|**8,718**|**77,521**| |**PAYMENTS**|||||||| |PARENTAL CONTRIBUTIONS|4||-24,721||-24,721||-24,721| |TEACHERS' SALARIES|||19,231|19,231|||19,231| |SCHOOL RUNNING EXPENSES|5||21,338|19,718|1,620||21,338| |**NET SCHOOL OPERATING COST**|||**15,848**|**40,569**|**-24,721**||**15,848**| |SPONSORED STUDENTS|6,10||44,979|507|44,472||44,979| |HELP TO OTHER CHOBA PEOPLE|||||||| |VOLUNTEERS|8||||||| |FLIGHTS|||||||| |REPAYMENT OF LOAN|12||2,000|0|2,000||2,000| |CAR EXPENSES|10,11||7,420|0|7,420||7,420| |WEBSITE HOSTING||145||145|0||145| |OFFICE EXPENSES|9|0||0|0||0| |BANK CHARGES||140||140|0||140| |RESTRICTED FUNDING FOR VALERIE MCGIVERN|10,11||896||896||896| |**TOTAL**||**285**|**71,143**|**41,361**|**30,067**|**0**|**71,428**| |**NET BALANCE OF RECEIPTS OVER PAYMENTS**||**20,448**|**-14,355**|**-26,025**|**23,400**|**8,718**|**6,093**| |||**STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES**|||||| |**CASH FUNDS**|||||||| |HSBC|7|72,854||34,016|6,620|32,218|72,854| |EXIM BANK, TANGA|||1,053|1,053|||1,053| |NMB, PANGANI|||1,122|1,122|||1,122| |CASH IN HAND|||1,937|1,937|||1,937| |2020 ALLOWANCE FOR VALERIE MCGIVERN|11||3,059||3059||3,059| |**TOTAL**|**13**|**72,854**|**7,171**|**38,128**|**9,679**|**32,218**|**80,025**| |**LIABILITIES**|||||||| |**NONE**||**0**|**0**||||**0**| ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** ||||| |---|---|---|---| |**Report to the trustees/**
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**Set out on pages**|**Children of Choba**||| ||||| ||31stDecember 2021|**Charity no**
**(if any)**|1138096| ||||| ||Accounts Attached – including Notes to the Accounts
)||| - **Respective** The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. - **responsibilities of** The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year - **trustees and examiner** under section 144(2) 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** My examination was carried out in accordance with general Directions given **examiner’s statement** 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. - **Independent** In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention - **examiner's statement** 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 2011 Charities Act; and - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 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. |**Signed:**
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**Address:**||1/6/2022| |---|---|---| |||| ||Martin Coles|| |||| ||
FCMA, MA(Hons)|| |||| ||14 Dymott Square, Hilperton, Trowbridge, Wiltshire. BA14 7RW||