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2021-03-31-accounts

appreciated.
Voksnlears
In Uganda
manage the day to day work ofthe
cha
local .
Th~charity Isgrateful forthe way Its
Ugandan
administrators
have continued
losupport the scholme through the
reatricClons posed by the pandenic. They
have kept in close conbsct with the UK
management
tsmm who have been unable
totnsvel to U
as
usuaNy do.
Achievements and Performance
Scholarsh
The charity issupfsorling
27chNdsen and
youssg People on scholarships.
Thhs
Ssxnrrsary ofthe main includes 2new vlsssagy impaired
achievements ofthe charity, chgdren. TTsere were 0shsdenls
in
identifying the diSarence NNs primary schools, 1$in secondary schools
charity'a work haa made lo and 2who tresssfersed
fsem avocagonal
dse drcumsksnces ofils training school toa habdiesslng
benegdaries
and
beneQs iosociety		 any wider
asa		 apprenticeship
ata salon during the year.
There were 4shsdenla
in tertiary
whole. educagon. one ofwhom completed a
certigcate course in business
management
and has gone on to study
fora dipksma
The other 3are conanulng
Nseir shscges in eleclrlcal engineering,
cNnlcal medicine and nursing. Softhe
pupas have cgsabilities and ofthese 4
attend aschool that caters for children
wNh vbsual impairment.
Forag the scholms sufspcrbsd
by the
charity, this has been an Incredibly
dilficuN year due tothe pandemic.
AN the
schools and cogeges rdosed in March
2020.10ofthe charity's sclsolars were
able to return toschools and cogeges In
October 2020toprepare for nalonal
~xams that were postponed
from laic
2020to March - May 2021.Students who
were due to Cake nagonal exams the
fogowlng year and sturlents
in teNary
education
did not return toschool or
college until March 2021,leaving 3
scholars at home untg May 2021.
Sbsdylng at home Ispartkularly
cNfgcuN
for chgdren from poor families living in
rural areas. The charity cgd everything it
coukl to conhnue tosupport the
education ofag Ns scholars during
lockdown. The cogege studenls were
given smariphones
toenable them to
access onNne progranss. There were a
fssw educalonal
bnsadcasts and aN the
scholars were provided
with radios. Wo
incksded vis
children
in the
top 2years ofprimacy school who were
not our own scholars in this provisiosL
The pupNs were also given solar lalnps to
enable them to shxly Inthe evenings as
ninny me expected to help out whh
household
chores and farming ckntng the
day when they are at home. They were
lent text books and provided
wkh
«xerclse books and wrigng malerish.
Our Ugandan
admln strators met with
them toencourage
and re««slue them.
AN the pupgs studying
for natkmal exams
were able tosit their exans and wgl be
able to leave school or move ontothe
next stags in their education once things
are back to normal.
Faclgtles
The charily was able toconlplete the
work on the Innovation ofthe Oaeey at
Itgetta Primary School by providing
shelving forthe books, tables and chairs,
fans, and awater tank tosupply the
wastuooms.
The Nbmry hss been kl use
during the periods when the school has
been open and the work was much
apprecialed
by the headleacher
and
school managen»nt.
Addibonal klfonnation (opllona I)
You choose Ioindude furiher stalsments where
reklvant about
The closure and partial dosule of
schools hes been asetback forthe
%ms IA1 charhy and Ns scholars. The charity
akned tosupport the educagon ofNs
scholms whge at hon» oratschool and it
achieved that objecgve. The nulnber of
scholmships
awarded was increased by
The work ontt» Nbrary at Mgetta Primary
School was compleled.
Our plans to support the education of
visually
impaired
chlkkcm through extra
materials
and facilities have been
cgscussed by the man«Non»nt
team in
the UK but requke
in depth talks with
interested
palgee In Uganda. Atthe
present time vlsks to Uganda are not
pc«aiba and our plane are on hold for
the ti
bei
Our usual annual
fundralslng
events Nd
not take place this year. However, we
PerformarIce offundraisklg
acaviles against obiectlves		 Paw 1.41 were blessed with some generous
donations
which meant we were not
restricted
In cnn ach»ven»nts
through
lack offunds.
The charky Invested F100,000through
CCLA In tune 2020.This invesbl»nt
has
Pea IAI well and will enable the

Review ofthe charhy's Para IXI The charity ls Inasound flnancki
financial
positicxI althe end
ofthe period		 position having received a further
ElOASO interi Imyinent ofalegacy and
some generocrs donabons
during the
Skdement
expkiining
the		 The charity's poQcy isto hold su%cient
policy for holding niserves money in reserve toenable itto meet
sklng why 8»y are Md mcreases hi school fees and the
considerable Increase In the cost of
education as pupils transfer from primary
to school and on tocol
Amount ofreserves held Not less than the costofschool fees for
one
Is		 In reserve
Reasons for holding zero Not applicable
Oelaik offund maleriafiy
concern		 in
deficit
Expknafxxi olany
uncertainties
about the
charity contkiuing asa going
Adcltlonal Adcltlonal inlinnnation inlinnnation inlinnnation (op5onal) (op5onal)
You may choose to Include further statements
Avery important source offunding
conNnues tobe from regular monthly
The charily's pincipal
sources offunds (induding		 Pars IAT don«Nor» fram Individual
supportsra.
The charhy also receives a regular
any undraising) monthly
donation from asmall business.
Several one offdonations
were received
during the year and another interim
ofa
was focelved.
The investn»nt
objectives are:
a) Toachkve a return that wiN enable
lnveslment policy and the charay tofurther Ns aims of
objectives induding any Increasing the nwnber of
sodal invesknent poficy SClsoiarshlps
awmcled, funding
adopl8d new facllltks and mat«risk for
education, and managing
the
increase in the cost of
scholarships asthe schokrs move
Into new «kgee In their echscation.
b) To keep pace wNh Ingaaon.
c) Tohave reserves toenable the
charity toell'actively
manage
encl
noel

Description ofcharily's
trusts:
Type of governing
doc&nant		 ~1M Constaukon
adopted 2
July 2gt1
How is the charity Unincortroratad
association
consbluled?
Trusb» selecbon melhods Trustees are appokded orreappolnted by
induding
details ofany		 the n»mbera
muurally atthe AGM.
consbbr5onal provisions e.g.
elecbon Iopost or name of
any person or body anted
ioappoint one or more
trustees
Additional InformaSon (optional)
You may choose to blcbrde ksther stalemenls where relevant about
Policies and procedures
adopted for the wducbon and
training ofIrusleea
The charity has a managsn»nt
team
consisting ofaChairman,
gecretary and
Pas 141 Treasurer. ItIs In the process of
assessing ks need for other managerial
posibons. As avery small organisation,
the whole mar»gen»nt
team is involved
In planning,
policy maldng and carrying
out the work ofthe charity In partnership
with an NGO In
Tl» charily has worked with an
Indigenous
NGO In Uganda which was
Rekrbonship with any related r~1@1 set up to carry out the day to day work of
pelbes the charity locally. The charity made the
decision to arrange fora new Indigenous
NGO to be incorponlbed
and regkrtered		 in
Uganda. The charity will in future ca

Sit)nod on behalf ofthe charity's trustees
SIOnature(s)
Full name(s) 8amilton tlART /IRc.~hl Cca4ia At~a ulAL/iEfl
PoeNon (eSSecretary,
Chair. etc)		 CHaik MAC4S oakg

INCOME
Standing Order Donations 10374
Donations/Fundraising projects 17848
Gift Aid Relief 2392.59
Legacy
Interest 3114.65
TOTAL 7372924
EXPENDfTURE
Scholarships/Covld Education/Welfare Support
Educational
Facilities		 3035.82
Educational
Materials		 1460.56
Ugandan Team Allowances/Expenses 3423.26
Auditor (Uganda) 372
NGO Registration 481.4
577.51
Website
TOTAL
Balance on 31stMarch 2020 71189.24
Income 73729.24
Expenditure 25324.23
Investment
with CCIA		 100000
Balance 19594.25
Transfers between Deposit and Current accounts
add 50000 -40000
Balance in Current Account on 31st Mamh 2021 2959425

Independent Examiner's report to the Trustees (Secretariat) and Members of Imara Uganda Education Fund (Roglst•red Charlty no 1142239) I r•port on th• accounts of the chavlty for th• yoar •nd•d 31st March 2021 Tho CharIty￿ trusteos ar8 responslblo for the preparatlon of the accounts. Th• charlty's tnmteos con8ldor that an audlt Is not requlred for thls year undor s•ctlon 14412) of Charlll68 Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that It18 good practlc• for an indopgnd8nt examlnation to b• carrf•d out oven though It l• not legally roqulrad. It Is my re8ponsiblllty to: - examlne tho accounts under 8ocUon 145 of tho 2011 Ac(. to follow the procedures lald down In the Gen•ral Dlrnctlons glv•n by the Charlty Commlssion undor s•ctlon 14515){b) of the 2011 Act: and - to ststs whether partlcular mattorn have como to my attankn. sis of Inde ndan examln y examlnatlon vrds carrled out in accordan¢• wlth tho ynornl DlrKtloM glvon by th• Charlty Commisslon. An examlnat5on Includes a revlw of the accountlng rKord$ knpt by the charity and a compartson of the accounts presentsd wlth thom rKord•. It aho Includes consideratlon of any unusual Items or dlsciosurn• In th• accounts, and so•klng axplanatlons from you as trusto08 con¢omlng any such mattor3. The procoduro8 undertaken do not provldo all the ovldenco that would b8 roqulrod In an audlt and consequentty no oplnlon l• glv•n as to whether the a¢counts present a and falr VW and the report Is limltsd to th080 mattorn set out In the stat•mont below. In axamlnèrfs In COnn￿tion with my examlnatlon, no mattern have como to my attentlon: (1) which glve ma rnasonable cause to boll•ve thac In any matsrial respect requirements: to koop accountlng records In accordance wlth soctlon 130 of th0 2011 Ad; and to proparn accounts whSch aGGord wlth the accountlng r•cord• and wnpty wlth tho aGcountlng r•qulroments of the 2011 Act hav• not beon mot; or {2) to whlch. In my oplnion, attontlon should be drawn In ord•r to • prop•r undorntsndlng of the accounts to bg rnached. Mv• Cathorfno Gl•adow