# Women’s Education Partnership
Annual Report & Accounts 2021
Registered Charity 1151145
Authorised and regulated by the Charity Commission for England & Wales
Contents
Women’s Education Partnership
Registered Charity No. 1151145
## **TRUSTEES 2021**
## **Other Trustees**
Islam Ali Simon Boyd _(Chair)_ Sue Claydon Bryony Pike Anna Snowdon Abdul Suliman
Trustees, officers and contacts – this page.
PAGE 3. Trustees' Annual Report 2021
PAGE 5. Annual Accounts 2021
Receipts & Payments Account
Statement of Assets & Liabilities
PAGE 6. Notes to the Accounts
**Country Coordinator, Sudan** Neimat Issha
## **South Sudan partners**
Gale Emmanuel Silas Jojo
Basis of preparation
Analysis of receipts
Analysis of payments
PAGE 7. Notes to the Accounts, continued
## **Web & IT services**
Kate Smith
Overheads
www.womenseducationpartnership.org
Pension provision
## **Treasurer & Charity Commission contact**
Norman Swanney 33 Balmoral Road Trowbridge BA14 0JS United Kingdom
Email: treasurer@ womenseducationpartnership.org
Transfers between funds
Trustees' remuneration & benefits
Charitable Incorporated Organisations
BACK PAGE Accounting policy
Independent examiner's report
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he Trustees of Women’s Education Partnership have approved this report of Tthe charity’s activities in 2021. WEP provides education for girls and women in Sudan and South Sudan - from elementary school and adult literacy to university scholarships.
The Trustees have complied with the duty in the Charity Act to have proper regard to the public benefit guidance published by the Commission.
## **Resume of year 2021**
We described 2020 as a year of challenge, and the same can be said of 2021. Many challenges remain, especially the persistence of the Covid19 pandemic and its effects on our programmes, staff and beneficiaries. But there have also been advances and new challenges this year. We have continued to sponsor female scholars at universities in Omdurman and in Khartoum; we have maintained our support for basic elementary school pupils from deprived communities; and we have added a new programme of in-service teacher training for teachers in these schools. We have also made great strides in developing new services for learners in South Sudan.
Our staff have continued to work bravely in the face of the dangers of Covid and a host of difficulties which this year has posed, including high inflation and political instability.
We have successfully navigated the challenges of working in the Sudan, particularly those of high inflation and financial instability due to a major devaluation of the Sudanese currency in early 2021.
We have continued to reverse the long-term decline in WEP’s income, through new fundraising efforts such as The Big Give matchfunding campaign and events such as WEP’s own ‘Words Matter’ literary event in the autumn, as well as through securing new grants and donations. We are particularly grateful to individuals who generously pledged and donated very significant funds to WEP during the year.
2021 also saw a return to political instability in Sudan. The uneasy joint civilian and military
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT 2021
leadership which has led the country forward for the last 3 years was overthrown in October when the military took back sole control and detained the country’s civilian leaders. This has been opposed widely by the Organisation of African Unity, the USA, UK and European countries, and very actively by citizen protests. We hope that the country soon returns to a path to political stability and civilian rule.
## **Our programmes**
In Sudan: Our flagship university sponsorship programme currently supports 136 scholars who undertake a wide variety of courses (from Health Sciences to Education), 78 studying at Ahfad University for Women, and 58 at four universities in Khartoum.
We are working to open the university programme to young women from South Sudan domiciled in Sudan. Over the years, the number of WEP scholars studying at Ahfad in Omdurman has declined slightly.
Basic school pupils: we support 300 pupils per year in basic elementary schools (aged between 6 to 15) whose parents cannot afford school fees and charges. This enables them to complete their primary education and to progress where possible to further education. This year we helped repair four of the schools which had been devastated by exceptional floods at the end of 2020.
Teacher training: this is a new programme, supporting 100 teachers a year with in-service training to improve their skills in a wide range of competences. It is funded by the British and Foreign School Society for a period of 3 years.
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We regret that we have not yet been able to recommence our adult literacy and eye care outreach programmes in Sudan due to Covid restrictions.
In South Sudan: We are delighted to have made a start at renewing and expanding our programmes for the country. For the last year or so we have supported the KIMU adult literacy school. This autumn we have initiated a new programme of study at the Institute of Health Sciences, Juba, where our first scholar has begun her four years studying for a health diploma to practice medicine. We aim to extend this programme to a further 6 candidates in 2022 through a major new grant and are setting up a group of experts to review nominations for candidates.
## **Staff and partners**
We pay tribute to our staff team of four in Sudan under our country coordinator Neimat Hussein Issha who have worked through very considerable difficulties – economic, health and political.
In South Sudan we work with our partner, the KIMU Integrated Development Organisation. We are also developing a new partnership to advance our tertiary education offering in South Sudan.
## **Supporters and volunteers**
We are grateful to WEP’s volunteers and supporters for their unstinting support, work and generous donations. We are particularly grateful for very generous pledges of funds from former and serving trustees Alan Goulty and Anna Snowdon, together with other generous donations, which enabled our successful Big Give campaign to raise over £20,000. The Words Matter online literary talk by our patron Leila Aboulela attracted a large audience and raised over £1,000. We are particularly grateful for ongoing support by our regular donors. We are indebted to our treasurer Norman Swanney for his expertise, dedication and guidance.
## **Trustees**
We have benefited from a stable board of six Trustees who work very effectively together.
There have been no new changes, but many trustees have given WEP the benefit to their expertise – in particular, we are indebted to Dr Abdul Suliman for having negotiated an advantageous package of benefits for the Khartoum staff in areas of healthcare and transport; and to Sue Claydon for her work in negotiating new funding sources and programmes for South Sudan.
## **Financial Information and Policy**
The charity’s main bankers are Barclays Bank, UK, and Africa Gulf Bank (AGB) in Sudan.
In 2021 some 71% of income was generously donated by individuals, to whom the trustees wish to express their warmest thanks, and from fundraising. Trustees are also most grateful to new and loyal sponsors who have given generous support for specific projects.
The trustees’ policy is to maintain reserves of £60,000 to guarantee funding continuity for long term scholarship programmes and to ensure their duty of care for their Sudanese staff. This target was surpassed in the year under review.
Trustees’ efforts on fundraising and in seeking grants have reversed a decline in income. We continue to depend on the generosity of our faithful regular donors and loyal steadfast sponsors.
Rampant inflation continued to affect our operations, although the drastic currency devaluation in Sudan in the year under review made some projects (those with no imported elements) easier to fund. In response to inflation, trustees awarded a very substantial increase in pay and new benefits in kind to our hardworking staff.
Despite significant challenges the amount of charitable aid provided in 2021 was on a par with recent years **.**
**Simon Boyd Chair of Trustees** , 29 January 2022
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## Women's Education Partnership
## **Registered charity 1151145**
Financial Statements for the year ended 31st December 2021
## **RECEIPTS & PAYMENTS ACCOUNT**
|Note 1a
**Notes**
Voluntary receipts
2b
Grants
2a
Investment dividends/interest
Other income
2c
**Receipts**|**General**
**Designated**
**£**
**£**
63,989 -
-
-
3
-
736
-
**Unrestricted Funds**|**£**
750
40,724
-
-
**Restricted**
**Funds**|**Total**
**2021**
**£**
**64,739**
**40,724**
**3**
**736**|**Total**
2020
**£**
64,922
22,355
270
5,804|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Asset & investment sales|64,727
0
-
-|41,474
-|**106,202**
**0**|93,351
-|
|Total Receipts|64,727
0|41,474|**106,202**|93,351|
|**Payments**
Charitable Activities
3,4
Fund raising & publicity
Governance, UK management
Other costs
3e|25,380
3,274
17
-
1,827
-
6,395
-|48,894
-
-
-|**77,549**
**17**
**1,827**
**6,395**|80,515
-
808
5,798|
|Asset & investment purchases|33,619
3,274
-
-|48,894
-|**85,787**
**0**|87,121
-|
|Total Payments|33,619
3,274|48,894|**85,787**|87,121|
|**Excess (Deficit) of Receipts over Payments**
Transfers between funds
6|31,109
(3,274)
(25,402)
0|(7,420)
25,402|**20,414**
**0**|6,230
-|
|Bank accounts & cash at 1st January|5,706
(3,274)
139,837
5,000|17,982
85,622|**20,414**
**230,459**|6,230
224,229|
|Bank accounts at 31st December|145,543
1,726|103,604|**250,873**|230,459|
|**STATEMENT OF ASSETS & LIABILITIES**
**Cash Funds**
**£**
**£**
Bank accounts & cash
145,543
1,726
Funds on deposit
0
0||**£**
103,604
0|**£**
**250,873**
**0**|**£**
127,612
102,847|
||145,543
1,726|103,604|**250,873**|230,459|
|**Other Monetary Assets**
Grants agreed
Income tax recoverable
2c|-
-
6,653
-|-
150|**0**
**6,803**|-
12,099|
||6,653
0|150|**6,803**|12,099|
|**Investment Assets**
Funds/shares at market value|0
0|0|**0**|0|
|**Assets retained for charity use**
Office equipment|690
0|0|**690**|690|
|**Liabilities**_(severance pay)_
5|(16,784)
0|0|**(16,784)**|(18,381)|
The attached **Notes** and **Independent Examiner's certificate** form part of these financial statements
Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by
**Norman Swanney** Treasurer
**Simon Boyd** Chair of Trustees **Date:** 23[rd] February 2022
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## Women's Education Partnership
## **Registered charity 1151145**
## Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2021
## **Note**
**1.**
## **Basis of preparation** .
- a. **Basis of accounting.** The Accounts are prepared in accordance with the Charities Act 2011 on a Receipts & Payments basis.
- b. **Funds.** Trustees are free to use unrestricted funds to further the charity’s objects. Unrestricted funds include designated funds, where the trustees may create a fund for a specific purpose. Restricted funds are spent as directed by the donor.
|c.
**Receipts analysis**
a.
Grants
Gordon Memorial College Trust Fund -
University Scholarships
British & Foreign Schools Society -
Teacher Training
Private donors - Women's literacy
All Saints Educational Trust - UK
Edith M Ellis Trust - Women's literacy
Elementary Education schooling -
Children of Sudan & other donors
Private donors - Eyecare, Khartoum
Private donors - University scholarships
Potter Foundation - University scholarships
**Note**
**2.**
**Changes to previous year's accounts.**There has|Unrestricted
Fund
Designated
Fund
Restricted
Fund
**2021**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
-
-
15,000
**15,000**
-
-
6,338
**6,338**
-
-
8,175
**8,175**
6,000
**6,000**
3,000
**3,000**
-
-
2,212
**2,212**
-
-
-
**0**
-
-
-
**0**
-
-
-
**0**
been no change to the previous year's accounts.|2020
£
6,291
-
7,822
-
-
1,142
5,000
1,100
1,000|
|---|---|---|
|**Total grant receipts**|**0**
**0**
**40,724**
**40,724**|22,355|
|b.
Donations
Gift Aided donations
Gift Aid rebate
Other donations and fundraising
|26,611
-
600
**27,211**
12,799
-
150
**12,949**
24,578
-
-
**24,578**|48,397
6,884
9,641|
|**Total donations**|**63,989**
**0**
**750**
**64,739**|64,922|
|c.
Other income: interest & currency gains (fx)|739
-
-
**739**|6,074|
|**Total receipts**|**64,727**
**0**
**41,474**
**106,202**|93,350|
|Total donations from individuals as percentage of overall income
70.7%
**Payments analysis**
Unrestricted
Fund
Designated
Fund
Restricted
Fund
**2021**
a.
Charitable Activities - Education Projects
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
University scholarships
-
-
25,740
**25,740**
Teacher Training
2,881
**2,881**
Orphans' Elementary Education project
-
-
1,549
**1,549**
Women's Literacy, Khartoum
-
-
297
**297**
Cost of delivering education projects
25,303
-
-
**25,303**
**Note**
**3**||84.0%
2020
£
25,673
-
498
565
21,510|
|**Total Education projects**
b.
Charitable Activities - Educational Support Projects
Eye Care outreach, Khartoum
Covid-19 awareness outreach
Cost of delivering education support projects|**25,303**
**0**
**30,467**
**55,770**
-
29
**29**
-
64
-
**64**
77
-
-
**77**|48,246
8,232
3,766
4,130|
|**Total Education Support projects**
c.
Charitable Activities - grantmaking
Kimu Integ. Development Org. Juba|**77**
**64**
**29**
**170**
-
3,210
18,399
**21,610**|16,128
16,141|
|Total grant payments|**0**
**3,210**
**18,399**
**21,610**|16,141|
|**Total payments for charitable activities**|**25,380**
**3,274**
**48,894**
**77,549**|80,515|
|d.
Fund-raising, admin, publicity
e.
Currency exchange losses (fx)|1,844
-
-
**1,844**
6,395
-
-
**6,395**|808
5,798|
|**Total payments**|**33,619**
**3,274**
**48,894**
**85,787**|87,121|
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## Women's Education Partnership
**Registered charity 1151145**
Notes to the Accounts for the year ended 31st December 2021
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2021 2020
Note Aid work - monitoring and support overhead costs.
4. Charitable Activities IT & Transport
Total
Staff Office comms & other costs
a. Wages, salaries and benefits £ £ £ £ £ £
Locally-engaged staff, Khartoum 22,326 2,017 255 782 25,380 25,640
Other locations - - - - 0 -
Total 22,326 2,017 255 782 25,380 25,640
b. Average number of full time equivalent permanent staff in the year, excluding casual labour, is 4
Note
Severance pay provision Charitable
5.
There is no staff pension scheme but funds are set aside commitments
for severance pay awards under Chapter IX of the Unrestricted Restricted Total
Sudan Labour Code 1997 £ £ £
Commitments outstanding at 1 [st] January 18,381 - 18,381
New commitments set aside in year 14,333 - 14,333
Commitments paid or cancelled during the year (15,930) - (15,930)
Amount of commitments as at 31 [st] December 16,784 0 16,784
Commitments are regularly revalued in line with currency movements
Note Transfers between funds Unrestricted Designated Restricted Total
6. Fund Fund Fund £
£ £ £
University scholarship continuity fund (5,057) - 5,057 0
School Flood repairs (collected 2020) (7,000) - 7,000 0
Kimu: literacy grant (13,217) - 13,217 0
Other (e.g. currency fluctuations) (129) - 129 0
(25,402) 0 25,402 0
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|**Note**
**7.**|**Trustees' remuneration, benefits and loans**
a.Remuneration & benefits
:No remuneration or other benefits are paid to trustees.
(2020 - Nil).
(2020 - Nil).
b.Loans
:No amounts are owing to or from the charity's trustees at any time.|
|---|---|
## **Note The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (General) Regulations 2012 8.**
The trustees confirm, in accordance with these regulations that, at year end, the charity did not have any outstanding guarantees to third parties nor any debts secured on its assets..
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## **Women’s Education Partnership ACCOUNTING POLICY**
## **Receipts and Payments Accounting**
General funds represent the funds of the charity that are not subject to any restrictions and available for the general purposes of the charity. These include funds designated for a particular purpose by the charity.
The purpose of any restricted funds is noted in the accounts.
The accounts include monetary transactions, assets and liabilities for which the charity can be held responsible.
Receipts and payments include income as received and expenditure when irrevocably paid.
Foreign currency transactions are recognised at the average monthly rate of exchange received or using the best available published data.
All exchange differences are recognised in the receipts and payments account.
The value of any voluntary help received is not included in the accounts but is described in the trustees’ annual report.
Governance costs include the preparation and examination of statutory accounts, the costs of trustee meetings and cost of any legal advice to trustees on governance or constitutional matters
## **Statement of Assets and Liabilities**
_The following assets are recognised:_
- Any tangible fixed assets held by the charity.
- Fixtures, fittings and office equipment where the charity is free to dispose of such assets and where the original cost exceeded £500.
- Any amounts owing to the charity including tax rebates or insurance claims.
- Legacies where formal notification and amount has been received at 31 December.
- Any investments held beneficially by the charity.
- Closing bank balances as shown in the receipts and payment account.
_The following liabilities are recognised:_
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Women’s Education Partnership**
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31[st] December 2021, which are set out on the previous pages of this report.
## **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 required.
It is my responsibility to:
- examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
- to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
## **Basis of independent examiner’s report**
My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions 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 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’ 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 2011 Act; and
- to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and 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.
- Any loans or overdrafts advanced to the charity.
- Funds set aside for severance pay liabilities.
- Creditors for goods or services where the supply has been received and invoiced by 31 December.
Monetary assets and liabilities are translated into sterling at the exchange rate at the end of the financial year, 31 December.
**Address** : **20 Halfway Close Trowbridge BA14 7HQ Date** : 23[rd] February 2022