## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From: 1[st] April 2023 To: 31[st] March 2024** ## **Hope in Burundi** ## **Charity registration number: 1151062** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activitiesjectives and Activitiesectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activitiesjectives and Activitiesectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activitiesjectives and Activitiesectives and Activities**| |---|---|---| |SORP
reference||| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document
Para 1.17
The relief and assistance of people in Africa, primarily
Burundi, and in particular children and young people who
are the victims of poverty or natural disaster, trouble or
catastrophe. In particular, but not exclusively through the
work of Restoration of Hope in meeting financial need
and the provision of financial help for education and
vocational training.||| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.
Para 1.17
and 1.19
Grant making to Restoration of Hope for education and
related costs of children and young people, including
everyday living costs.
Grant making to Restoration of Hope for building projects
and particular situations of trouble or catastrophe that
arise.||| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees are aware of the guidance on Public Benefit
and have taken it into account when making a decision to
which the guidance is relevant.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |**Additional information (optional)**
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reference||| |Policy on grant making
Para 1.38
The trustees have a policy on grant making. People
should make an application to the trustees and they will
consider at a trustees meeting or over email whether to
grant the application or not.||| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment
Para 1.38||| |Contribution made by
volunteers
Para 1.38
Hope in Burundi is a very small charity with six trustees
who give their time voluntarily.||| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** SORP reference |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|From April 2023 - March 2024, Restoration of Hope
was able to support 137 children and young people
with their education in the Summer term from Apr
to Sept and then the Autumn and Spring terms from
Sept to March. This covers students at university,
secondary and primary schools. During this time 2
young women graduated from university and
received their bachelor’s degrees.
These children get their education costs covered
(books, uniforms, fees, medical care) and are also
supplied with one meal per day. 58 children/young
people live in the homes that Restoration of Hope
run or support and children in these homes get
three meals a day and all living expenses covered
(food, medicines, clothes, transport, etc). We also
provide funding to feed 65 vulnerable children
which enables them to be able to continue with
their education.
During this period, Restoration of Hope continued
to run a Women’s Sewing Centre for vulnerable
women, single mums, impoverished widow etc. in
this time period, 10 women were trained as tailors
– teaching them to read and write, use a sewing
machine, make patterns, deal with clients and the
basics of running a small company. In March 2024
the women graduated, and each was given a sewing
machine, charcoal iron and the materials needed to
set up their own business. Restoration of Hope also
helps vulnerable members of society, paying the
rent, food and medical fees for 17 people who are
either elderly, widows, living with AIDS or have
mental handicaps, preventing them having to
survive by begging on the streets.
Restoration of Hope also helps a small pre-school,
which cares for 70 children aged 3-5 years, in an
area on the outskirts of the capital city Bujumbura.
Finance is provided to cover the salary of the
teacher, her medical bills etc and purchase school
materials for all the students.| |---|---|---| |**Additional information (optional)**
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objectives set|Para 1.41|We have given grants regularly throughout the year to
pay for education, equipment, uniforms and everyday
living costs.
We have also passed on monies that were given for
specific projects including a Women’s Sewing Project
where they are trained in dressmaking, tailoring, etc
and then once completing the course are set up with
what theyneed to run their own small business.| |||| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Performance of fundraising Para 1.41
activities against objectives
set
Without the financial support given by Hope in Burundi,
through Restoration of Hope, more than 130 children
Investment performance Para 1.41 and young people would not be able to access education.
against objectives The fact that they are in the classroom, learning and
having success, is enabling them to make progress
towards graduation, after which we trust they will go on
to become employed citizens who will be agents of
change in this country. The success of this investment
can be seen in the lives of previous recipients of help,
who are now in fulltime employment. To date, 18 young
people have graduated from university after receiving
their bachelor’s degree and are now gainfully employed.
One young man received a Chevening Scholarship from
the British Government and during this period
successfully completed his Master’s in International
Development at the University of East Anglia, UK. Those
who have completed university are employed in a variety
of fields - one is an advisor to the Minister of Works,
another has set up their own organisation to help the
poor and needy, another is now training as an
Anaesthetist having qualified as a nurse previously. One
young man is a financial consultant, another employed
by an international NGO and is now working to improve
life for the poor and needy in Burundi. Other recipients
of funding have gone on to get jobs without going to
university - one has set up a taxi business, another is an
electrician, one works as a plumber, two are pastors, and
there are others who have set up small businesses
repairing mobile phones and other electrical items.
The investment made by HiB through Restoration of
Hope, is transforming individual lives which in turn is
helping to transform the nation.
We have continued to receive money from Stewardship
Other to pass onto Restoration of Hope. All monies received
via Stewardship go to Restoration of Hope for general
living costs for the children and young people that they
support in Burundi.
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## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Our financial position is stable.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|As a charity we have no ongoing or long-term liabilities.
We do not currently have any reserves or have a policy.
If we do not raise the funds, we are not able to send
moneyto Burundi.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£0| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Our charity runs solely on grant making and we have no
overheads apart from £5/month for our bank account.
We are not responsible for the runningof Restoration| |||of Hope and it is understood that we aim to raise the
moneyto helpbut it is notguaranteed.| |---|---|---| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|No concerns| ## **Additional information (optional)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Donations given either by standing order or one-off
gifts by individuals, companies and churches, charities.
The charity’s principal Gift Aid reclaims
sources of funds (including Para 1.47
any fundraising)
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Donations given either by standing order or one-off
gifts by individuals, companies and churches, charities.
Gift Aid reclaims| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|We do not have any investments| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|We do not see any principal risks facing the charity at
this time. We are in a stable position being supported
by lots of individuals financially.| |Other||We have continued to receive money from Stewardship
to pass onto Restoration of Hope. All monies received
via Stewardship go to Restoration of Hope for general
living costs for the children and young people that they
support in Burundi. We started to receive income from
Stewardshipin December 2020.| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Trust Deed| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Charitable Trust| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions eg.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to appoint
one or more trustees|Para 1.25|The trustees appoint further trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|Potential trustees are asked to sit in meetings for both
parties to assess if they are suitable for the position.
New trustees are given CC3a document from Charity
Commission.
We encourage all trustees to go on appropriate and
relevant trainingwherepossible.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|The charity is run solely by the Trustees and does not
work with any wider network.| |---|---|---| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|No relationships with related parties.| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Hope in Burundi| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|HiB| |Registered charitynumber|**1151062**| |Charity’s principal address|9 Church Street
Newhall
Swadlincote
DE11 0HY| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Name of person (or
Dates acted if not for
Trustee name Office (if any) body) entitled to
whole year
appoint trustee (if any)
1 Victor Ford Trustees
2 Philip Pusey Trustees
3 Sarah Ballard Trustees
4 Andrew Crockford Trustees
5 Timothy Rockley Trustees
6 Elizabeth Butler Trustees
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved ## **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ~~a~~ **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## ~~PO~~ ## **Exemptions from disclosure** ## Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## ~~BC~~ ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s) Full name(s)** Sarah Ballard ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)**[Trustee ] **Date** 13th January 2025 **----- Start of picture text -----**
||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Hope in Burundi|1151062| |Receipts and payments accounts|CC16a| |For the period|Period start date|Period end date| |To| |from|01.04.2023|31.03.2024| |Section A Receipts and payments| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Total funds|Last year| |funds|funds|funds| |to the nearest| |to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £|to the nearest £| |£| |A1 Receipts| |General Donations|8,871|-|-|8,871|26,614| |Education Donations|-|16,700|-|16,700|17,320| |Stewardship|34,784|-|-|34,784|39,482| |Estrella|-|-|-|-|-| |Sewing Project|-|2,500|-|2,500|14,529| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|(Gross income for| |43,655|19,200|-|62,855|97,945| |=|AR)| |A2 Asset and investment sales,| |(see table).| |-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|-|-|-| |————|Total receipts|43,655|19,200|-|——|62,855|97,945| |A3 Payments| |Education|4,550|16,700|-|21,250|28,000| |Bank Fees|25|-|-|25|314| |Restoration of Hope|39,950|-|-|39,950|53,500| |Estrella|-|-|-|-|-| |Sewing/Farming Projects and Cancer| |Care|-|1,865|-|1,865|7,550| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-|-| |Sub total|[ 44,525 ]|18,565|-|63,090|89,364| |mitts| |A4 Asset and investment| |purchases, (see table)| |-|-|-|-| |-|-|-|-| |Sub total|[ - ]|-|-|-|-| |SSSS|S=| |Total payments|44,525|18,565|-|63,090|89,364| |Net of receipts/(payments)|- 870|635|- - 235|8,581| |A5 Transfers between funds|-|- -|-|-| |A6 Cash funds last year end|4,860|8,846|-|13,706|5,125| |Cash funds this year end|===|3,990|9,481|- 13,471|==|13,706| **----- End of picture text -----**
CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 11/01/2025 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **----- Start of picture text -----**
|||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |Categories|Details|funds|funds|funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B1 Cash funds|Bank Account|3,990|9,481|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |Total cash funds|3,990|9,481|-| |——| |(agree balances with receipts and payments| |account(s))|OK|OK|OK| |Unrestricted|Restricted|Endowment| |funds|funds|funds| |Details|to nearest £|to nearest £|to nearest £| |B2 Other monetary assets|Gift Aid|644|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |-|-|-| |===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B3 Investment assets|Nil|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |SS|===| |Fund to which|Current value| |Details|asset belongs|Cost (optional)|(optional)| |B4 Assets retained for the|Nil|-|-| |charity’s own use|-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |===| |Fund to which|Amount due|When due| |Details|liability relates|(optional)|(optional)| |B5 Liabilities|-| |-| |-| |-| |-| |== ===| |Signed by one or two trustees on|Date of| |behalf of all the trustees|Signature|Print Name|approval| |Phil Pusey|15/10/2024| |Sarah Ballard|15/10/2024| |2|11/01/2025| **----- End of picture text -----**
CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 11/01/2025 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts S•ctlon A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustsesl mémbern of On accounts for the y•ar •ndad Charlty no (if any) 11(1 DL Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chanty (Ihe Tru￿) for year ended R••ponslblltties and As the tharty trustees of the Trust, you are responsil)le for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance IMth the requirements of the Charrties Act 2011 fthe Acr). I report in respect of my examinati¢)n of the Trust'¥ accounts Carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the app￿Cable Directions given by the Chanty Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material mattefs have ome to my attention { '> in ￿nnectIon with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material examinerfs ststement accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of Act or I have no cOn￿mS and have c¢yne auos5 no other matters in ￿nned•On with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understandirKJ of the accounts to be reached. Please te the words in the brackets rf they do not appty. Signed: Date: Rthant profo8slonal qualiflcatW•) or body ( ) AddrM•: IER