2025-12-31-accounts - The Friends Of Butoke Charity

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Section A

Reference and administration details

Charity name

The Friends of Butoke Charity

Registered charity number (if any)| 1140094

Charity's principal address |5 Westville Avenue

Ilkley

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address Bank——s—[NatWest= ————|Exchange Buildings, High St, Skipton BD23 1JA

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

There is no chief executive and there are no staff members

Section B

Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document Trust Deed (eg trust ceed, consitution

How the charitys.'is constituted: Trust

TAR

March 2012

Trustee selection methods Appointed by existing trustees

(eg. appointed by. elected by

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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e policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
e the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
e relationship with any related parties;
e trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C

Objectives and activities

The objects of the Trust are such exclusively charitable purposes as the Trustees may from time to time decide, and in particular: e The prevention or relief of sickness and poor health among people living in Africa, and in particular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; . Summary e the prevention or relief of hunger among, and the provision char of the opects of the of clean water to, people living in Africa, and in particular in the heehee a ‘ Democratic Republic of the Congo; governing cocumen e the prevention or relief of poverty among people living in Africa, and in particular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; ° the provision and advancement of education for children and young people living in Africa, and in particular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; ° the care of orphans living in Africa, and in particular in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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March 2012

Raising funds in order to make grants to organisations in Africa which carry out activities reflecting the exclusively charitable purposes set out above. In 2025 all such grants have been made to Butoke, a Non-Governmental Organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and have been used principally to: 1. part fund an orphanage and feeding centre for the malnourished and run by Butoke; Summary of the main activities undertaken for the 2. part fund the running costs of community schools run by Butoke; public benefit in relation to these objects (include within | 3. part fund the running costs of two clinicsi and a health post run by this section the statutory Butoke; declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance 4. part fund a project to assist impoverished victims_ of rape run by issued by the Charity Butoke. Commission on public benefit) The Trustees have complied with their duty to have due regard to the Charity Commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information

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e policy on grantmaking;
e policy programme related investment;
e contribution made by volunteers.

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March 2012

Section D

Achievements and performance

Summary[ofthe][ man] . 1. TheButoke, Charity’sa non-governmental activities in 2025organisation were exclusivelyin the toDemocratic make grants to achievements of the charity Republic of the Congo ("DRC” during the year P go ( ) 2. Butoke operates in the Western Kasai region of the DRC. The Western Kasai lacks infrastructure: metalled roads are few and far between and state run educational and health facilities are of poor quality and/or not accessible to those living in poverty.
Butoke has a particular interest in the rights of women and girls who are often marginalised by society and treated as having fewer rights than men and boys.
Against this backdrop the main achievements of the Charity this year have been to part fund educational and health facilities which are accessible to even the poorest residents of the area in which Butoke operates and also to part fund a project to assist the victims of rape — the “Elsa Corp Justice Project”.
As in previous years, the Justice Project has worked with a number of impoverished rape victims. It has provided them with the necessary legal and medical assistance, and has also assisted them with clothing, food and, where necessary, relocation.
This year the Charity also made a one off grant of $1250 to help Butoke pay for complicated surgery required by the victim of a mining accident who would have otherwise faced having one of his feet amputated.

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March 2012

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Section E Financial review
The Charity's policy on reserves is to seek to have a reserve of no more
Brief statement of the than 10% of annual income at any one time. In fact, the reserve was
charity’s policy on reserves higher than this at year end.
Details of any funds materially
: : n/a
in deficit
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Further financial review details (Optional information)

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e the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
e how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
e investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

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Section F Other optional information
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Section G Declaration
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The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Full name(s)|MATTHEW RUPERT POLLARD |PAUL EVANS Position (eg Secretary, Chair, |[CHAIR] SECRETARY etc)

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March 2012

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Independent Examiner's Report on the accounts

Report to the trustees/members of: The Friends of Butoke Charity On accounts for the year ended: 31[st] December 2025

Charity No: 1140094

Respective responsibilities of trustees and independent examiner

I report to the trustees on my examination of the financial statements of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31[st] December 2025.

As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

Independent examiner's statement

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s financial statements 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.

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention 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.

David Knox PhD B.Ed ACIB FCIE KLJ CMLJ

Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners

12 Inglemere Gardens Arnside Cumbria LA5 0BX

8[th ] April 2026