Charity rcgistralion numbcr: 1149786 Friends of Namuwongo Community Foundation known a8 Fonnerly - Frknds of Ray of Hope - Uganda Annual Rcport and Financial Siatcmcnls for thL Year End¢d 31 D¥c¢mb¢r 2024 Friends of Namuwongo Community Foundatlon known as Formerly - Frlends of Ray of Hope - Uganda Contents (continued) Referenee and Administraiive Demils TruslL'es' Report 2to4 StaiemLmi of Trusiecs, Responsibilities Indcpcndeni Ex&mincVs Rcport Stat¢fflL￿t o( Fina￿1￿1 Activitic BulanLc Shect No1ts5 10 Ihc Fina￿101 StalcmLnts Ioto 18 Frlends of Namuwongo Communlty Foundatlon known as Formerly - Friends of Ray of Hope - Uggnda Reference and Admlnlstratlve Details Trust￿e$ Liz Jennings Sieve Jennings John Miller Maiheiv Brearley Su%an Forward Nilola Brearley 1149786 Charlty Reg15tr74tlon Number Prlnclp&l Offlce 15 Kcyhavcn Road Milfurd On Sca S041 OQW MMO Limil¢d Charr¢r¢d Accounlanls and Statutory Auditors Wellesley House 204 London Road WalLrlovville Hampshire P07 7AN Indep¢Bd¢nt Examln¢r Binkers Barclays Bank PLC Page I Friends of Namuwongo Communlty Foundatlon known as Formerly - Frlends of Ray of Hope - Uganda Trustees, Report The ITU51¥¢s pr¢s¢nt th¢ aniiual report togethLr wiih the financial ststemcnts of the charity for thc year ¢nded 31 De¢¢mb¢r 2024. FIDan¢lal r¢vl¢w Pollcy reSe￿¢S Thc Lharily cnsur¢& li has ai l¢asi thrcc months Inon¥y held in reserve to cover ¢xpens¢s. ¥¢nernl monihly costs Ind any unfor5een expcnditure. Flnanelal Instrum¢nt$ objec11￿& 4•idpollc.I The chariiy's acliviti¢s expose il 10 a number or rin8ncio1 risks including credil risk. ¢ash now risk and liquidily risk. Thc usc of finaniiul d¢rivalives is gL)vcrncd by thc chiirity's polici¢s approv¢d by the board of trustees, whiLh provide wrillen principleii on the u8e or rinancial derivatives lo manage these risks. The charily does nol use dcriv&livc financial instrumcnts for sp¢culative purposes. stru¢turt* govern4D¢e and man8gement Nat•￿ olgovtrnlmg document The chorily is gov¢rened by a trusi deed document. The ch&rily ivas entered onlo Ihe charilieg regisier on the 16ih Nuv¥mber 2012 and is rnn by th¢ ¢leiE¢d th)st¢es. No trustee recLived any rLThuncration, Any Irust¢¢ would be elected ai rL'8ular charity mectings. ObJec¢lve8 and 4etlvl¢le$ Public beiiefil The charily objeelive is lo advance Ihe educalian of the pupils al Namuwongo Communiiy Foundolion Scliool, Uganda by providing and assisling in Iho provision of facililics for education al Ihc schi)ol and io assist in such ways s the chprily InL*iees ihink fil for Ihe public benefil. The UTiincorporaied charily was r¢¥istCTcd al Ihe Charity Commission on Ihc 12 Novcmb¢r 2012. The Iruslecs confirm thot they havc Complied with ihe rcquircments of Scc 4 of thc Chariiies Act 2011 to hav¢ du¢ regafd lo ihe public benefil guidance published by Ihe Charity Commission for England and Wales. Ylmuwongo Community Foundatlon (NCF) Ncf is a sil￿11 Ugandan charity thal operates in Ihe slunLS of Kafftpalg. li works wilh vulnerable children from Ihe NamuwoD80 sluin community 10 8ive them an eduLation. which otherwise they would not receive. It also works with the families of Ihe children to train women in crall ski115 and 855151 wilh micm-finance as far as their means allow. Page 2 Friends of Namuwongo Communlty Foundation known as Formerly - Friends of Ray of Hope - Uganda Trustees, Report (continued) NCF runs a School ihal Cu￿¢￿tIY caters for thL' primary ycars of ¢ducation. plus the first Iwo ycars of sccondary cducalion. Graduating childr¢n aT¢ oITered vocalional trainit￿l and for the Thsl acadcmically gift¢d. the opportunity lo progress inlo higher education. Of course. such OppO￿ni11cS can only be offered if NCF has the mea￿$ io finance it. NCF operates a FLYding ProgramJt)e and s¢ik¥ lo empower widows and othw und¢rprivileged women by teaching them cr74ft, micro-business ski115 Rnd life skills. NCF is directed by Chrisline K85apuli, an inspiralional young Wol￿an who grew up in Ihe local slum communtly and wag a bcn¢ficiary of thi8 proje¢1 when il was firsi Lstsblished in ?000. She wa5 sponsored Ihrough her education and now has graduated into the leadership role of this organisaiion. Christine is a yeai example of one of Ouf NCF principles-"¢hanEe a life, changc lives., Frlend5 of Nlmuwonqo Communlty FoundadoTh Trriend.s... is a small UK r¢gisiered charily Ihai provides the funding and support for Ihe work ofNLtr in Uganda. Althoubh wc mcnlion il in cvcry rcport. il necds to bc T¢￿ated. that Fi'ieiids... rol¢ in th¢ provision of all that NCF do¢s i5 onc of ￿ndIng and 5UPPVrt. We Fi-leiid.f... do not pruvide the SL'fvic¢5 to IhL community in Namuwon&yo, th scopc of thai, and how it is donc. is for Chrsiine as Director, in coftsultation with tho NCF board of trnstccs. It is a service by Ugandans lo their community. However, our funding 18 Vltal to the continuance of the project. Although NCF do receive a small amount of support inlennittently from oth¢r sources. fundin8 from 'Friends.,. 1$ by far its major secure source, accounting for 93Yo or more of their income. Report for 2024 The year kgan with unw¢l¢ome nLw on two fron18. Firstly, our d￿r friL'nd. ai)d CEO of NCF. Christin¥ Ka8apuli, was diagnoscd Mryth a mL'diLul Londition that would requirc ur¥Lnt attcntion. including opcralion. SeLondly. wc were lold that a government inspection of the school faciliiies would be taking place to ei)sure Ihal nalional s12ndards were being mct. ConcLrninB Chri5tinc's hcalih and th¥ ir¢alincnt that shc ncLdcd. wc 'Fiieiids... ssurcd hcr that wc would cuvcr Ihe co$15 of Ireoln)enl, one way or Anoiher. There is of course no NHS in Uganda. and all trealmenl is done on a 'privatc' basis. T)uc to compli¢aiions. shc. did not reccivc her opcralion until thc carly summcr and has since mJdL a full, if slow, recovery, The co&1 of her medical w&8 generously cni-crcd by an individual $uppDrter or 'Fi'iends... The govcrnmcnt insp¢¢tioii ivas particularly concerncd wilh th¢ Cooking and toilety facilitics at the sLhool, and as ¢xpeclcd, work was i¢quird to be done lo bring Ih¢m up lo ihe required standard. This work was und¢rtaken and ompleied prompily, adding an unexpecled fvrther drain on our finance5. In Feb￿ary 'Friends... irustctt, Matthew and Nicola Brearley, visited the project aLYompani¢d by several young 'fri¥nds' of NCF. As always. in ionsulipfion with th¢ staff al NCF and with its Board of Trustces. Ihey were Ible to establish that desplle lh¢ fin2neAAI di￿lCul11e%, NCF was Ihriving and k¢cping wiihin ils budget and providing all thai wc 'Friend2*... have financed. Visits wcre made to families of ￿h0o1 children that were considcred io bc Particularly vulnerable. and food parcels were delivered. Temporary structure5 wiihiD the school 8rouniLs ihai had bc¢n us¢d as classrooms for thc oldcr pupils, and which had been d8mag¢d iii a stom in 2023, had bc¢n rcplac with improvLxI Wood¥￿ ones. Page 3 Frlends of Namuwongo Communlty Foundation knojvn as Formerly - Friends of Ray of Hope - Uganda Trustees, Report (conlinued) In MJY, two other 'fricnds' young physioihcrapists. visited the project and ran h¢aiih Camps a¥ well a5 making th¢ usual homc visits with food parcels. "fhey werc also ablc to take with them 23kg of books that were donated by Durlston Coun School. Conlacl was made with 4 small charity also working in the SUnL8 of Namuwongo. 'Namuwon80 Literacy Projccl, (NLP). a Canadian sponsored group, Wds looking for a¥¥islanL¢ and advice a5 10 the way fonvard as iheir own work was 8roiving. It is hoped IhAI Ih¢re miBhi be an opportunily for a partnership thal would in¢lude 8 new funding stream for NCF. Talks will be continuing with NLP. Fundratslng In 2024 Throughout Ihc ycar various ¢vcnts wcrc hcld; A 'Womcn's br¢akf&st' at Lyminylon ljaplisl (bcb). Friday Lunch ei'enl al Milford on Sea Cornm. Cenlre (April), Open Garden8 eveni in Milford on Sea (June), ' Peslive kiu, al 'The Cave, Milford on Sea {De¢). In addition, opportunilie.s lo speJk al local churches and al a Wl meeiing added much needed exlrn funding. Our Monthly coffee momings that have served us so w¢ll over Ihe years, thanks lo th¢ d¥di¢ation particularly of our fcllow tTUStce. Suc Fonvard, ¢volvcd thi5 ycar into a 'tr4v¢lling' LoffLc morning. wilh a diffcreni homc vcnuc cach month. This has bccn mosl 8ucccssful, &n(l ive ar¢ gral¢ful lo all our h?sling farnilics, 'Going the cxlra mile, is a fundraising inleTnei tool used1051 year, and will use a8ain in 2025. whereby anyon¢ bcing spon50rn.d for a sportin8 cvcn can run. Cyclc. or whatever. adding thcir mon¥y raiscd to other to try to reach our £10,000 iargel. Thai 18rgei was reached in 2024 and we are very 8fAleful lo all the pgnicipAnlS parti¢ularly 'Lucy'. Last. but by no m¢aiis leasi, we would want to ¢xpr¢s8 our grati￿de to our one corpornte sponsor, Lottery Fundin8 Se¢Vic¥￿ of Milford on Sea. Ivho have slood with us through anoiher year. Thank you so mucht Flngnees for 2024 18ucss every small chariry has the same experience as us, in that the needs 8row faster than our abiliry to fi)nd them. Alihvugh our aclounts ale providcd separdtcly to this repon, in a nuishL'II, our income for the year 2024 was £115,71M) and our oulgoings ioialled £99,000. Alihough Ihe8e figures ivould su88esi ihal we comfortably mei our NCF commitments, the truth is Ih&l for Iwo of ihe three IcrnLS. Mt were unable to send the full budget iii one paymLnt und had lo SLiid a 'tvp-up' wh¢n funds bLLam¥ availabl¢, Wc arc so gralcful lo our lon¥.standing and commiltcd supportcrs many of ivhom havc bccn with us for a dLLadc or more. However, Ihe diificuliy we have experienced Ihis year in providing support for Ihc NCP proj¢cl 18 likely only 10 grow unlcss wc can access nciv slrcarns of fundin8. Plans for 2025 Last year's pri()ritie4 or'rundraising here in the UK, and cosl-cutling in Uganda. will once again be our main roc￿$ in 2025. We will conlinue with all of ihe well tried and tested events listed alM)ve, as well as being opcn to new ideas for fundrAisAn& or 'friend' makin& Allhough wc 518nd wilh boih feel firnily on ihe ground, we are a faiili-based operation and truU ihat even when thin8s are looking pretty grim, God has a surprise for us just around the corner. In Llosing this r¢port, on behalf of the Trustees of Friend& ol NCF, and Ihe NCF Tcam in Uganda and the hundreds of people ihcy serve, T oncc again offer my $in¢¢re Ihmnks lo all of our fcllow 'friends'. Sieven Jennings 'rreasurer and I'rusiee Pa8e 4 Frlends of Namuwongo Community Foundation known as Formerly - Frlends of Ray of Hope - Uganda Th¢ annual r¥'port was approvcd by ihc trustCC5 of thL ihaTity on