KNOWLEDGE FOR CHANGE TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT & ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDING: 31[ST] December 2021
Knowledge for Change is a registered as a charity in England and Wales (Charity Commission registration number: 1146911)
Registered Address: 11 Newmarket Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2HX Working Address: Allerton Building, University of Salford, Manchester, M6 6PU Website: www.Knowledge4Change.org Email: info@Knowledge4Change.org
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Foreword
As chair of Knowledge for Change (K4C), I am pleased and excited to present the seventh annual report for the Charity, together with a summary of activities and the financial statements for the period 1[st] January 2021 to 31st December 2021. This report and the accompanying financial statements have been prepared by the Trustees in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charities (Accounts & Reports) Regulations 2008.
2021 was a time of serious challenge for all organisations and especially those working in global health. COVID-19 prevented many of the forms of mobility traditionally associated with global health activities. K4C was unable to deploy professional volunteers or accept students on placement. Even the mobility of our core staff was severely restricted with the exception of our involvement in the establishment of COVID-19 testing and sequencing in Gulu.
The impact of COVID was exacerbated by swinging cuts in Overseas Development Aid. The immediate application of cuts meant that funding already awarded was withdrawn and projects that had already commenced, were axed. The COVID-19 project, already well under way was immediately stalled with major implications for Uganda’s ability to test for COVID-19 in remote areas and, of greater significance, undertake the sequencing work that supported international surveillance. Thankfully, the University of Salford picked up this funding.
Our work on health systems strengthening in the area of rehabilitation services, awarded by the Medical Research Council, was also put on hold pending budget decisions.
The impact of cuts meant that K4C’s Project Manager in the UK was furloughed, and we were unable to recruit to our administrator’s job when our colleague left to return to the USA during COVID. Nevertheless, K4C was able to maintain its Ugandan staffing throughout and was able to recruit our first orthopaedic technician (Timothy Isingoma) in Fort Portal to support our work in prosthetics.
The following sections outline some of the key work that took place during 2021
31st December 2021 Professor Louise Ackers Chairperson for Knowledge for Change Chair in Global Social Justice at the University of Salford
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Contents
Foreword ................................................................................................................................................. 2 Background to Knowledge for Change ................................................................................................... 4 Structure, Governance and Management .............................................................................................. 4 Recruitment, Appointment & Induction of Charity Trustees ................................................................. 4 Amendments to the Board of Trustees .................................................................................................. 5 Objectives, Strategy and Public Benefit .................................................................................................. 5 K4C Activities (January 2021 – December 2021) .................................................................................... 5 Professional Volunteering ................................................................................................................... 6 Student Placement Project ................................................................................................................. 6 Cervical Screening Project ................................................................................................................... 6 Antimicrobial Stewardship & Wound Care Project ............................................................................. 7 The Role of Attendants in the Management of Infection ................................................................... 8 British Commonwealth Fellowships .................................................................................................... 8 The Fit for Purpose Prosthetics Project .............................................................................................. 8 Education Projects .............................................................................................................................. 8 Provision of Alcohol Hand Sanitiser and PPE ...................................................................................... 9 Supporting People with Limb Loss in Uganda ..................................................................................... 9 Virtual Working: An Effective means of Knowledge Transfer during Climate Emergency? ............... 9 Linked PhD Research at the University of Salford .............................................................................. 9 Financial Overview ................................................................................................................................ 11 Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31st December 2021 ............................................................. 12 .............................................................................................................................................................. 13 Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31st December 2021........................................ 14 Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Knowledge for Change ........................................ 17
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Background to Knowledge for Change
Knowledge for Change was launched officially in 2012 and was formally entered on the Charity Commission Register as Charity Number 1146911 on 17th April 2012. The Charity's working names are ‘Knowledge for Change’, ‘Knowledge 4 Change’ and ‘K4C’. The official charity address is 11 Newmarket Street, Skipton, North Yorkshire, BD23 2HX.
The UK based K4C trustees during the 12 months to 31[st] December 2021 were:
Professor Louise Ackers (Chairperson) – Chair in Global Social Justice, University of Salford (UK) Miss Natalie Tate (Secretary) – Project Manager, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (UK)
Dr James Ackers-Johnson (Treasurer) – Project Manager, University of Salford (UK)
Professor Anya Ahmed – Chair in Social Policy, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
Dr John Chatwin – Post-doctoral Researcher, Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (UK)
Dr Chris Coey – Grant Writer, University of Liverpool (UK)
Miss Eileen Cunningham – Lecturer, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK)
Miss Claire Horder – Midwife, University Hospitals Dorset NHS Foundation Trust
The Uganda based K4C trustees during the 10 months to 31st December 2021 were:
Dr Robert Ssekitoleko – Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering, Makerere University (Uganda)
Structure, Governance and Management
The structure, governance and management of K4C has remained unchanged over the course of the last 10 months. The Board of Trustees remains responsible for making decisions on all matters of general concern and importance to K4C including operational and financial decisions. The majority of K4C trustees are based in the northwest of the UK and are lucky to be able to meet on a regular basis; the Uganda based trustees are communicated with virtually and via email, as well as in-person during site visits.
Recruitment, Appointment & Induction of Charity Trustees
The Trust Deed states that there must be a minimum of 4 trustees acting on behalf of K4C. There is no maximum term of appointment and trustees can serve until they resign should they continue to fulfil the terms stated in the Trust Deed. Mechanisms for the removal of trustees do exist and are also detailed in the Trust deed. All existing trustees have long experience of the nature of the charitable activity of K4C and, aside from expenses, were not remunerated for their trusteeship. Where new trustees are appointed, they are given a formal induction to the work of the trust and provided with the information they need to fulfil their roles, which include information about the role of trustees and charity law. New trustees are nominated by members of the board of trustees, interviewed by the board of trustees and appointed where they have the necessary skills to contribute to the charity’s management and development. Trustees are responsible for monitoring all of the trust’s activities and are bound by the terms stated within K4C’s Declaration of Trust and amendments.
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Amendments to the Board of Trustees
There have been no amendments to Knowledge for Change’s board of trustees during this financial year. However, the board have agreed to seek new trustees during the next financial year to bring fresh knowledge, experience and ideas to support our future activities.
Objectives, Strategy and Public Benefit
The charitable objectives of K4C are as follows:
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To support the relief of sickness and preservation of the health of patients in the UK and in Sub-Saharan Africa, in particular through charitable activities in healthcare centres throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, assisting in the provision of facilities, support services, equipment not normally provided by the statutory authorities and any other charitable purposes/activities.
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To advance the education of the health workers of Sub-Saharan Africa and the UK by promoting education, knowledge exchange and personal experience.
Knowledge for Change works in close partnership with the University of Salford (UK), Mountains of the Moon University (Uganda) and Kabarole Health District (Uganda). Additional support has been received from the UK Department for International Development, the Tropical Health Educational Trust, the Commonwealth Pharmacy Association and the Ugandan Ministry of Health.
The trustees are aware of the Charity Commission’s Guidance on Public Benefit. They have reviewed the objectives of the charity, its activities in 2021 and future plans in the light of this guidance and find that all of these comply.
The activities described below have primarily benefited the people who live in the catchment areas of the universities and hospitals in which K4C operates. More generally, all professional volunteers, students and British Commonwealth funded fellows that have completed placements through K4C will have gained new skills and experience which will benefit the public in the UK and Uganda more widely depending on where they go on to work. All benefits are related to the objectives of the charity, as stated above. The trustees are not aware of any harm arising from the activities of the charity, nor of any private benefit, directly or indirectly.
K4C Activities (January 2021 – December 2021)
Despite the ongoing challenges caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, K4C has maintained the majority of its existing projects and also embarked on several new and ambitious projects over the course of the last 12 months, working in close partnership with the University of Salford and other stakeholders. Further information can also be found on our website (www.Knowledge4Change.org), Facebook page (@K4CUganda), Twitter account (@K4C_Uganda) and Instagram (#knowledgeforchange).
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Professional Volunteering
K4C’s Professional Volunteering Programme has continued to be curtailed due to the ongoing restrictions to international travel linked to the Covid-19 pandemic. Over the course of 2021, we were only able to host five professional long-term volunteers in Uganda from midwifery (x3), medical (x1) and accountancy (x1) backgrounds. Robert Ssekitoleko still operates as a biomedical engineering volunteer based in Kampala and now also continues his role on the ‘Fit-For-Purpose-Prosthetics-Project’ running in
partnership with the University of Salford. K4C is currently in the process of recruiting additional volunteers for 2022 to get this programme back up and running.
Student Placement Project
Our student placement programme has remained suspended throughout 2021 due to international travel restrictions and the decision by all Universities to not allow international travel during this calendar year. However, K4C has maintained its University links and strong interest is growing for placements in 2022. We plan to recommence our student placement programme from March 2022, assuming the Covid-19 risk is mitigated.
Cervical Screening Project
Cervical cancer is the single biggest killer of women in Uganda, largely due to the unavailability of reliable screening services and rapid treatment should it be required. K4C’s original cervical screening project began in 2017, supported by fundraising from students at Liverpool John Moore’s University. Building on the success of this project which created a new and previously unavailable ‘see and treat service’ at Kagote Health Centre, K4C successfully applied to the UK Department for International Development’s “Small Charities Challenge Fund” to expand this service to 2 further health centres, Bukuuku Health Centre and Katojo Women’s Prison Health Centre. Although the official funding for this project has ended, K4C has successfully maintained its operations throughout 2021 using funding from other sources and through close
cooperation with partner health facilities. We have also setup
new cervical screening services at 2 additional health facilities in Kampala; Kasangati Health Centre 4 and Kira Health Centre 4. In total, over 3000 women have now been screened through this programme and over 150 have received treatment for pre-cancerous lesions. We look forward to continuing our work on this project and sustaining its strongly positive outcomes throughout 2022.
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Antimicrobial Stewardship & Wound Care Project
Antibiotic resistance is a growing global phenomenon which affects both high, middle and low-income countries alike. The effects can be particularly acute in low-income countries as they are more likely to lack the supply of a wide range of antibiotics and have less ability to monitor resistance rates and patterns. Additionally, some countries, including Uganda, have higher rates of self-prescribing and an abundance of private pharmacies that are willing to sell antibiotics over the counter without a prescription.
The Commonwealth Pharmacy Association, in partnership with the Tropical Health Education Trust, released funding to research this issue in Uganda and to gather some preliminary data on antibiotic prescription practices and trends. The University of
Salford successfully applied for £60,000 to run a 15month project in Fort Portal, Uganda, in partnership with the Ugandan Pharmacy Association. It subsequently applied for further funding to extend this project for an additional 12 months until February 2021. K4C has been integral to the successfully application and
implementation of this project using the charity’s resources, networks and experience.
The work on anti-microbial resistance that commenced in 2018 continued during the pandemic and K4C was able to respond to some of the challenges that arose. 2021 saw the publication of several papers and a book on AMR in
Uganda. This work highlighted the role that improved wound care played in managing sepsis and patterns of antibiotic consumption.
Although this project is now technically finished, K4C has sustained the positive outcomes via other sources of funding. In particular, the wound management aspects of the programme have moved from strength to strength, and we are now developing a social enterprise to manufacture and distribute sterile honey gauze to local health facilities. This work will be pursed throughout 2022.
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The Role of Attendants in the Management of Infection
Our work on wound care raised awareness of the volume of attendants (family carers) supporting their loved ones on the wards. Whilst playing a critical role in terms of basic care for patients, the level of congestion on wards coupled with the inability to manage the numbers and behaviours of these carers raised serious concerns, pre-Covid about the spread of health care acquired infection. The COVID pandemic exposed major weaknesses in the ability of hospitals to restrict disease transmission. K4C is actively collecting data on attendant management and will look to further this work in 2022.
British Commonwealth Fellowships
Undeterred by the restrictions placed on international travel, K4C was awarded 3 Commonwealth Professional Fellowships enabling midwives Hannah Kemiyondo and Rachel Namiiro to spend 3 months in the UK. During this time, they attended training through Salford University’s Tissue Viability program. They were joined by Scola Kemigisa whose work focused on awareness raising around HPV vaccination (which stopped for 2 years in Uganda due to COVID).
The Fit for Purpose Prosthetics Project
Building on K4C’s work with Ninsiima, a lady who was provided with two prosthetics arms following a domestic abuse incident with her husband, researchers at the University of Salford applied for a £1.3M EPSRC funded research project to develop low-cost, contextually appropriate and locally manufactured upper arm prosthetic devices for amputees in Uganda and Jordan. The resulting 3-year research project began in 2018 and links closely with K4C on the Ugandan aspects of the project. Dr Robert Ssekitoleko (K4C trustee and biomedical engineering volunteer) plays a crucial role on the project as the Uganda based research fellow.
Further information on this project can be found at: www.fit4purposeprosthetics.org
Education Projects
K4C’s education projects have remained suspended throughout 2021 as schools in Uganda have still not returned following the Covid-19 pandemic and related lockdowns. We are hopeful that schools will return in January 2022 and that our previous links and projects can be quickly re-established.
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Provision of Alcohol Hand Sanitiser and PPE
K4C had been producing alcohol hand rub for several years prior to the COVID pandemic. At the heat of the pandemic in Uganda Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital asked K4C to increase its supply of hand gel to the wards. K4C responded positively to this request and also shipped 16,000 N95 face masks to Uganda as international supply chains crashed and a pack of 10 masks retailed at as much as £20.
Supporting People with Limb Loss in Uganda
K4C has continued to work with the Fit4Purpose (F4P) team to understand the experiences of survivors and being to engage them in engineering co-design. The work has yielded several publications (see image left).
It also triggered an application to the Medical Research Council for further work developing the use of user engagement in the co-design of upper limb prosthetics. The project also proposed a major engagement with the issue of supply chains in the P&O sector. This application
was successful, but as noted above, was put on hold pending the outcomes of government budgets in the wake of massive ODA cutbacks.
Virtual Working: An Effective means of Knowledge Transfer during Climate Emergency?
Spurred by the twin impacts of COVID-19 and ODA cuts the Tropical and Health Education Trust announced funding for ‘Virtual Volunteering’ programs. K4C successfully applied for 2 of these bursaries. The first extended the work that had begun on wound management with colleagues from the University of Salford (Dr Melanie Stephens, Matthew Wynn and Sheba Pradeep) linking virtually to discuss the management of a series of common wounds found in FPRRH.
The Virtual Wound Clinics attracted participation from a diverse group of Ugandan health workers and over 60 post graduate students in Salford including many from LMIC countries.
The K4C team extended this training to cohorts of nursing, clinical officer and midwifery students in higher education institutes in Fort portal (Fort Portal Medical University and Fort Portal Clinical Officers Training School).
A second bursary supported the engagement of NHS clinical scientists (Tim Arthur, Ella Mendel and Jessica Colcannon) and Salford University technician (Lee Willan) in the development of skills in prosthetic and orthotics.
Linked PhD Research at the University of Salford
K4C is currently co-funding two PhDs for students at the University of Salford. Gavin AckersJohnson’s PhD was based in the School of Environment and Life Sciences and focuses on the microbiological aspects of antimicrobial resistance in Uganda. He successfully completed this PhD in May 2021 and his research continues to will feed closely into our work, particularly our research and interventions on Antimicrobial Stewardship and patient and attendant management.
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K4C is delighted that one of our ex-volunteers Claire Horder has been awarded funding from Health Education England to commence doctoral research with the following working title:
“Understanding recruitment, management, and support of multi-disciplinary health worker volunteers along life and career pathways to offer ethical, optimal and mutual knowledge gains for both Low and Middle-Income Countries (LMIC) and NHS settings”.
Claire will re-join the team in Uganda to undertake her research whilst working alongside what we hope will be a new cohort of NHS volunteers.
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Financial Overview
This Annual Report covers the 12-month period from 1[st] January 2021 to 31[st] December 2021. Total receipts on Knowledge for Change funds for this period were £81,704. These receipts included all income from public donations, various sources of project funding, refunded bank charges and income provided by the University of Salford to cover the costs incurred in running joint projects in Uganda, such as the Antimicrobial Stewardship Project and the Virtual Volunteering Project.
Total payments of Knowledge for Change funds for the 12-month period from 1st January 2021 to 31st December 2021 totalled £82,468. This included payments made for all projects including those in the UK and Uganda, those run in partnership with the University of Salford and those funded by external sources.
The total balance brought forward at the beginning of the financial year was £192,277. Over the course of the 12-month period, there was an excess of receipts over payments £2,491. This gave a combined total fund available on 1[st] January 2022 of £194,768.
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Signature of Chairperson: Date: 31/10/2022
Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31st December 2021
| RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS ACCOUNT Receipts Public Donations (note 2a) Income from Organisations (note 2b) Refunds Miscellaneous Funding Sub-total (note 3) Bank Interest/Charge Reversals Payments (Note 4) Professional Volunteering Project Ethical Elective Placement Project Biomedical Engineering & Blood Transfusion Projects Hand Hygiene, Infection Control & Antimicrobial Resistance Cervical Screening Project Rehabilitation General Equipment & Infrastructure (Health Systems) General Equipment & Infrastructure (Education Systems) British Commonwealth Fellowships General Infrastructural Developments K4C Uganda Setup Costs Website Development Bank Charges Publishing / Project Dissemination Administration and Staffing (UK) Administration and Staffing (Uganda) Excess of Receipts over Payments |
Total Funds (31/12/21) Total Funds (31/12/20) £ £ 9,456 29,743 71,073 67,580 1,175 26,368 - - |
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| 81,704 123,691 |
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| 81,704 123,691 |
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| 14,340 - 9,608 68,723 - 1,030 14,957 30,346 9,163 15,539 3,000 - 19,183 4,100 - - - 1,677 - - - 147 1,450 210 513 209 1,012 373 13 32,631 5,975 8,700 |
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| 79,213 163,685 |
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| 2,491 (39,994) |
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Signature of Chairperson: Date: 31/10/2022
STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES
| Cash Funds Bank Account 1 (Current) (GBP - UK) Bank Account 2 (Savings) (GBP - UK) Bank Account 3 (Current) (GBP - Uganda) Bank Account 4 (Current) (UGX - Uganda) (note 5) GBP Currency Cards Cash in Hand (UK) Cash in Hand (Uganda) Liabilities Expenses due Invoices/Payments due Total Assets - Liabilities |
62,904 183,653 120,000 - 982 51 7,686 5,229 1,527 1,239 - - 1,669 2,105 |
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| 194,768 192,277 |
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| 194,768 192,277 |
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Signature of Chairperson: Date: 31/10/2022
Notes to the Financial Statement for the Year Ended 31st December 2021
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The financial statements of Knowledge for Change have been prepared in accordance with the Charities Act, 2011, and the Charities (Accounts & Reports) Regulations, 2008, using the Receipts & Payments basis.
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Receipts Analysis
| a.Public Donations Direct Donations Amazon Smile KindLink Wonderful HMRC Gift Aid b.Funding from Organisations University of Salford Liverpool John Moore’s University DFID Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Tropical Health Education Trust (THET) NatWest (Business banking switch incentive) |
Total Funds (31/12/21) Total Funds (31/12/20) £ £ 112 21,560 13 5 157 387 261 7,791 8,913 - |
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| 9,456 29,743 |
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| 44,273 28,442 - 7,505 - 12,633 3,800 19,000 19,000 - 4,000 - |
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| 71,073 67,580 |
- A summary of the public donations and income from organisations intended for specific projects is provided below:
| Specified Project | Income (£) to 31/12/21: | Income (£) to 31/12/20: |
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| Student Placement Project | 62,049 | |
| Cervical Screening Project | 12,633 | |
| Antimicrobial Stewardship Project | 10,379 | 28,442 |
| Virtual Volunteering Project (Prosthetics) | 16,500 | - |
| Virtual Volunteering Project (Wound Management) | 17,694 | - |
| Biomedical Engineering / UBTS Projects | - | - |
| Biomedical Science Research (incl. Covid-19) | 18,700 | |
| Respectful Care Project | - | - |
| Children’s Education Project | - | - |
| Commonwealth Scholarship Commission Fellowships | 3,800 | 20,500 |
| Professional Volunteering Project | - | |
| Miscellaneous/Non-Project Specific* | 14,631 | 68 |
| Total | 81,704 | 123,691 |
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Signature of Chairperson: Date: 31/10/2022
*Miscellaneous/Non-Project Specific income refers to income that is unrestricted and not tied to a specific project. A further breakdown is provided below:
| Source of Income: | Amount: |
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| Natwest (business banking switch incentive) | £4,000 |
| Kindlink (general public donations) | £157 |
| Wonderful (general public donations) | £261 |
| Direct donations (general public donations) | £112 |
| Amazon SMILE (Charitable contribution from Amazon) | £13 |
| HMRC (Gift Aid claimed on public donations) | £8,913 |
| Refunds (miscellaneous) | £1,175 |
| Total | £14,631 |
- An alternative breakdown of payments in terms of categories, as opposed to project expenditure, is provided below:
| Line Item: | Expenditure (£) to 31/12/21: | Expenditure (£) to 31/12/20: |
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| Professional Volunteering | ||
| Stipend Payments | 6,200 | 5,307 |
| Accommodation Costs | 4,800 | - |
| International Travel Costs | 375 | 5,247 |
| Local Travel Costs | 430 | 2,000 |
| Sub-Total: | 11,805 | 12,554 |
| Student Placements | ||
| International Travel Costs | - | 27,824 |
| Local Travel Costs | 576 | 700 |
| Accommodation Costs | 4,000 | 3,600 |
| Subsistence Costs | - | - |
| Student Placement Bursaries | - | - |
| Placement Cancellation Costs | - | 36,770 |
| Sub-Total: | 4,576 | 68,894 |
| Ugandan Clinical Staff | ||
| Salaries | 28,780 | 25,665 |
| Sub-Total: | 28,780 | 25,665 |
| Training Workshops/Conferences | ||
| Training Programmes in Uganda | 3,640 | 3,448 |
| Training Programmes in the UK | 3,800 | 1,677 |
| Sub-Total: | 7,440 | 5,125 |
| International Travel | ||
| Project Management | 1,780 | 229 |
| Project Stakeholders | - | - |
| Sub-Total: | 1,780 | 229 |
| UK Admin/Staffing | ||
| Salaries | - | 32,631 |
| UK Travel | - | 130 |
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Signature of Chairperson: Date: 31/10/2022
| Sub-Total: | - | 32,761 |
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| Uganda Admin/Staffing | ||
| Salaries | 5,400 | 8,700 |
| Sub-Total: | 5,400 | 8,700 |
| Direct Investments/Infrastructural Developments |
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| Student Hosting Contributions | - | 170 |
| Provision of Medical Equipment | 17,183 | 8,648 |
| Sub-Total: | 17,183 | 8,818 |
| Other | ||
| Office Supplies & Stationery (Uganda) |
286 | 373 |
| Banking Costs | 513 | 209 |
| Website Costs | 1,450 | 210 |
| ‘K4C Uganda’ Setup Costs | - | 148 |
| Sub-Total: | 2,249 | 940 |
| Total Expenditure: | 79,213 | 163,685 |
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An exchange rate of GBP1:UGX4700 has been used to convert the UGX account balance into GBP for the purpose of this financial report. It should be noted that this exchange rate fluctuated throughout the 2021 financial year, going as high as GBP1:UGX5193 (Feb21) and as low as GBP1:UGX4686 (Dec21).
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Knowledge for Change does not possess any fixed assets, short or long-term liabilities; only current assets in the form of cash within the bank accounts and currency cards noted above.
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Signature of Chairperson: Date: 31/10/2022
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Knowledge for Change
I report on the accounts for Knowledge for Change for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 11-16 of the Charity’s 2021 Trustee’s Annual Report and cover a 12-month period.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The Charity’s Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Charity’s Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011; and
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state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's statement
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general directions given by HMRC and 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 you as 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’. The report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matters have come to my attention:
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act;
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 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.
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