2022-03-03-accounts - Amor!

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	AMOR	AMOR	AMOR	1149487	CC16a
	For the period from	04/03/2021 Period start date	To	03/03/2022 Period end date

Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 16,555 13,064 - - - - - - 29,619 - - - 29,619 5,810 14,780 - 2,344 - 6,620 29,554 - - - 29,554 65 - 17,787 17,852	Restricted funds to the nearest £ 9,894 45,184 - - - - - - 55,078 - - - 55,078 25,984 7,720 - - 9,894 11,380 54,978 - - - 54,978 100 - 11,859 11,959	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 26,449 58,248 - - - - - - 84,697 - - - 84,697 31,794 22,500 - 2,344 9,894 18,000 - 84,532 - - - 84,532 165	Last year to the nearest £
Donations(individual)	16,555				-
Donations(foundations)	13,064				-
Donations(corporate)	-				-
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*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	29,619				-

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
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*Total receipts* A3 Payments
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Food securityand climate resilience	5,810				-
Human Rights	14,780				-
Staff remuneration	-				-
Education	2,344				-
Child Sponsorship	-				-
Health	6,620				-
Administration					-
**Sub total **	29,554				-

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
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*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
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	65	100	-	165	-
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	17,787	11,859	-	29,646	-
	17,852	11,959	-	29,811	-

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

03/01/2023

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets	Signature Details Details Details Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - 17,852 11,959 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - - - - Print Name M Criado	Endowment funds to nearest £
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			Date of approval
		M Criado	22/12/2022

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

03/01/2023

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

	Period start date	Period start date			Period end date	Period end date
	04	03	2021		03	03	22
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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name AMOR

Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1149487

Charity's principal address

20 Battlebridge Court Wharfdale Road London Postcode N1 9UA

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Micaela Criado	Treasurer
	Antonia Cos	Chair
	AF Gomez	Secretary

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

TAR

March 2022

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




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

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Constitution adopted 4[th] March 2012

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) Association consisting of 10 members How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company) Trustees are appointed or reappointed annually at the AGM held in March Trustee selection methods

(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 objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The prevention or relief of extreme poverty in the Mayan communities of Guatemala devastated by genocide, through the provision of education, training, housing, rights and healthcare projects designed to enable individuals, families and communities to be self-sufficient, protect their lands and lives, and contribute their gifts to the world.

TAR

March 2022

Support for maternal/child health Empowerment/human rights programmes for women, girls and youth Access to justice activities including campaigns for post-genocide reparation and support for human rights defenders at risk. Protection and promotion of Mayan culture and traditional knowledge. Educational support for Mayan girls Small-scale school and home construction projects Community organising Child sponsorship

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)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

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

TAR

March 2022

Section D Achievements and performance

This year has been an extremely challenging one for AMOR due to the pandemic and its effects. Not only was the fundraising landscape altered dramatically, but costs also rose significantly just as the need for our services increased exponentially as Mayan communities were plunged into ever deeper poverty. At the same time, Guatemala’s dramatic democratic backslide in 2021 made it a far more complicated place to work. Your support has helped transform the lives of almost 45,000 people. Together with our trust partners, you have helped us raise almost £85,000. This enabled us to commit over £80,000 to projects to help provide education, health, food security, human rights and emergency nutritional support as well as revive traditional knowledge in Mayan communities throughout Guatemala. Child sponsorship continues to touch the lives of over 250 members of our international family who support almost 300 children, helping them thrive where they might otherwise struggle to eat or attend school. Sponsorship represents around one-third of our funding from private donations. AMOR is committed to accompanying these people in their moment of greatest need, and we are grateful for those who have faithfully given to these ongoing crises year after year to make this possible. Despite the immense challenges of the pandemic, which led to a sharp drop in individual giving, and the need to adapt and innovate in the face of great uncertainty, AMOR continued to have an impact far above its size and maintain its funding levels thanks to an increase in foundational grants as well as the efforts of the teams of Mayan and international volunteers who work tirelessly to restore lives and hope for Guatemala. The situation for the Mayan people is more difficult than ever: COVID and the cost-of-living emergency has worsened the humanitarian crisis in indigenous communities, resulting in extreme poverty and forced migration, as well as increased land expropriation and threats to human rights defenders, creating a climate of fear. However, in the resilience and unity of the Mayan people there are reasons for hope. Backed by our foundational partners and supporter family, AMOR was able to have a transformational impact on the lives of almost 45,000 people. We have experienced growth in our Health and Food Security projects, as projects have expanded through AMOR’s private and trust donations. Our Human Rights projects, tackling the growing problem of human rights defender attacks and impediments to access to genocide justice, have also developed, particularly through promoting security initiatives. I will leave our Annual Report to tell more about the life-changing difference that you have been a part of, and to say thanks once again for trusting AMOR with your generous donations. Health, Food Security and Indigenous Climate Resistance Our programmes work to ensure that the basic needs of Mayan communities are met with dignity using traditional Mayan health and

This year has been an extremely challenging one for AMOR due to the Summary of the main pandemic and its effects. Not only was the fundraising landscape altered achievements of the charity dramatically, but costs also rose significantly just as the need for our during the year services increased exponentially as Mayan communities were plunged into ever deeper poverty. At the same time, Guatemala’s dramatic democratic backslide in 2021 made it a far more complicated place to work.

TAR

March 2022

Section D Achievements and erformance p

agricultural knowledge. Having food security and access to adequate health services are fundamental human rights. However, many are deprived of these basic rights.

In the past year, almost 14,000 people benefited from AMOR’s work in the area of traditional health. AMOR worked to improve the health of mothers and their children. Indigenous midwives were trained and support to equip pregnant women and mothers of infants with knowledge that helps them enjoy healthier pregnancies and breastfeeding. More than 2,000 women and their families have benefitted in this way. AMOR helped build the capacity of 113 indigenous Community Health Volunteers (ICHVS) in Guatemala to inform, protect and serve their communities, and help build a healthy Guatemala that is prepared and resilient in the face of disaster, disease and food insecurity. Our SANA Guatemala programme helped young Mayan women from communities across Guatemala participate as traditional health builders of their community. Moreover, they held regular clinics in their communities, educating them regarding prevention of common diseases affecting indigenous communities. Finally, they trained others in these same skills, helping restore threatened traditional knowledge and creating a strong base of indigenous women’s health leadership in Guatemala, and impacting 13,900 people.

Our Food for Life programme delivered emergency plant-based food parcels to 2,240 chronically malnourished children and women, including 25 AIDS orphans. HEAL Guatemala helped provide awareness of the benefits of a vegan diet to 45 young people and their communities. Moreover, community gardens created using traditional sustainable methods helped 9,200 people attain basic food security and mitigate the threats of climate change. Human Rights and Empowerment AMOR believes that one of the best ways to bring about positive, profound and permanent change in indigenous communities is to support the human rights education of young people and women. Our efforts also focus on supporting Mayan human rights defenders and their vital work, and campaigning for justice alongside those communities that continue to be devastated by the effects of genocide. In the past year, 125 indigenous young people’s knowledge of human rights increased, and their leadership skills improved These young people, in turn, disseminated this knowledge to their communities, impacting 8,550 people.

As part of our justice campaign, outreach was carried out purely online and all in-person events suspended, but even so awareness of the campaign expanded. Additionally, 45 indigenous human rights defenders received vital security training, knowledge that they transmitted to their organisations and communities, impacting 4,200 people.

Education

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March 2022

Section D Achievements and erformance p

The primary focuses of AMOR’s educational programming are promoting indigenous knowledge and language revival, and girls’ education.

While education was lower among our priorities this year, AMOR still managed to support access to education for children living in extreme poverty, opening up opportunities and brighter futures for them. This included supporting school access for Mayan orphans (through the provision of materials and fees). All 53 school-age children in the programme are in school, although some of their schooling happened online. Sessions on child protection were conducted to help maintain the highest levels of safeguarding.

TAR

March 2022

Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

Our current policy as a small charity is to hold on average five month’s operating costs or one-fifth of our annual income in reserve. We predict that this will change as we continue to grow.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

None

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.

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) Full name(s) Mrs. Micaela Criado Position (eg Secretary, Chair, Treasurer etc) Date 19th December 2022

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March 2022

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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name AMOR members of On accounts for the 3[rd] March 2022 Charity 1149487 year ended no (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

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 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 examiner’s statement given 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 examiner's statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention 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 Charities Act; and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities Act
have not been met; or
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn 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.

Date: 28[th] December Signed: 2022 Name: Sonia Whitehouse

Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):

IER

March 2022

Address: 41 Cartwright Gardens, London WC1H 9EH

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems.

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

IER

March 2022