Annual Report from Lead Trustee Susan Jennings for April 2023- April 2024 Annual General Meeting postponed to 3[rd] June 2024
Children and Families in Need in Zimbabwe (CFNZ) Registered charity no: 1156967
UK Head Office – (Since February 1[st] 2019) ‘Pencae’, Llanfaethlu, Holyhead, Ynys Mon, LL65 4HH
The aims and objectives for the charity have been met this past 12 months. We became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation on the 8[th] May 2014.
Trustees-
Susan Mary Jennings ( L e ad trustee )
Ruth Elizabeth Jennings (Treasurer) appointed November 2019
Brendan Simmons (Chair Meetings) appointed November 2019
Francis Davidson -appointed August 2017
The objectives of the charity are -
The relief of poverty of children and families in Zimbabwe by such means as the trustees in their absolute discretion see fit.
The aims of the charity is to supply funds for:
Education and training; the advancement of health and relief of poverty; religious activities; economic, building and community development and employment, for all ages, within the general public.
Bank account details and investments-
CAF - Cash Account CFNZ: 00024308 Sort code- 405240 Gold Account CFNZ 00097621
COOP –CFNZ Community Account -65893728 Sort Code- 089299 Assetz investments
| Annual Statement of Expenditure- | |
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| 1. School assistance for vulnerable children- 40 children | £12,283 |
| 2. Medical Assistance- transporting sick to clinics, hospital, drugs, cataracts £ 8,328 | |
| 4. Food Assistance- 36 families | £16,390 |
| 5. Running expenses at the mission- fuel, running expenses of vehicles £33,840 | |
| food, electricity | £17,712 |
| Salaries | £48,680 |
| 8. Dambwamukulu Secondary building | £66,432 |
| 7.Sewing Project | £912 |
| 8. St. John's chicken | |
| Project | £844 |
| NET TOTAL EXPENSES FOR THE YEAR 5th April 2023 TO 4th April 2024 £205.333 |
Activity report:
Fr. Tim visited the UK last year. We were able to meet on zoom while he was here. He visited Yate, Chipping Sodbury, Chatham and Bury St. Edmunds R C Churches to say Mass and meet the parishioners, many of whom gave him donations.
Tim helps wherever he can. He arranges for blind people to have cataract operations, and others to receive medical assistance every month. The Secondary School being sponsored by a private donor is progressing well, as is the irrigation system and dam at the Mission, for 45 households to be able to grow vegetables for themselves, and to sell. The chicken project ended in January 2024. This is under review. Mercy whom we employed to sew school uniform to sell, left at the end of 2023, but her assistant Florence continued to make and sell garments. This needs reviewing.
Our principal donor has increased his amount of giving monthly, at Tim’s request, which we are most grateful for.
At Neshaya Secondary school, the children were growing vegetables, but a 6[th] Form is now being built on the site, and a new site found for the garden.
We have been able to send all monthly amounts due to Fr. Tim via the COOP and CAF banks, or money companies as needed. We continue to be challenged by the system, but have managed to overcome these, for collection every month in Zimbabwe. Sending to a business account has meant Tim’s secretary can withdraw larger amounts, which saves him time and bank charges.
Fundraising and Publicity April 2023- April 2024
Fundraising
Regular contact with a benefactor in Bristol resulted in a donation of £15,000. The twice-yearly newsletter we send out from Fr. Tim helps maintain interest, and generous donations on a one-off basis. It was Tim’s 40[th] anniversary as a priest in May 2023, and several generous donations were received in recognition of this achievement. Gift Aid claimed amounted to £1279 in March 2024. The lead trustee organised an African evening for 13[th] April 2024, with a lot of interest. There are 13 Standing Orders in the CAF account, giving regularly, which we are most grateful for.
Proposed Fundraising for April 2024-April 2025
The lead trustee will liaised with Tim to organise for him to speak in Chatham church and school when he was here in August, also Yate and Chipping Sodbury churches.
Publicity
We will maintain contact with our regular donors as we send out Fr. Tim’s newsletter twice a year, to over 200 people. The details of the website are included in the newsletter . The web site has been updated and is on Facebook.. Our updated tri-fold publicity leaflet is on our website. The African Evening in Holyhead will further publicise the charity.
Internal communications
The Trustees held meetings: May, July and November 2023, and March 2024 by Zoom. Our Annual General meeting was held on the 19th May 2023 by zoom. Sue’s 5 year plan was discussed, and a proposed visit in May 2024 by Sue and Brendan to Zimbabwe to review the project and celebrate our 10[th] Anniversary as a charity.
We held an extra meeting with Fr. Tim in August 2023 while he was staying at ‘Pencae’, the head Office for CFNZ, which was be very useful.
We received three budgets from Fr. Tim requesting funds for 4 month periods, and were able to approve them all without alteration, as they came within the monies held and available. He requested extra funds, as detailed in his Annual Report, for various building projects, for community development, which were received with thanks from his benefactor.
Summary
Overall this has been a very successful tenth year, with Fr.Tim being able to keep up with his projects in community development, for the poorest of families. The bequest of 2018 is diminishing, but we received extra donations from several benefactors. We would appreciate any support you can offer for the building projects, for wages.
Thank you to all those who so generously support CFNZ.
Sue Jennings (Lead Trustee) 1[st] June 2024
| Charity Name | No (if any) | No (if any) | ||||||||||
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| Children and Families in Need in Zimbabwe | 1156967 | |||||||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | CC16a | |||||||||||
| Period start date To Period end date 05/04/2023 04/04/2024 For the period from ~~ee~~ |
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| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Restricted | Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||||||
| Regular donations | 83,774 | - | - | - | 83 | 83,774 | 62,412 | |||||
| Other donations | 81,416 | - | - | - | 81 | 81,416 | 4,081 | |||||
| Donors to Fr Tim's Santander ac | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Trusts & Foundations | 15,000 | - | - | - | 15 | 15,000 | 10,000 | |||||
| Donation into Coop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| PayPal | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| Interest | 715 | - | - | - | 715 | 715 | 1,223 | |||||
| Gift aid claim | 1,279 | - | - | - | 1,279 | 1,279 | 614 | |||||
| Sub total(Gross income for AR) | 182,184 | - | - | - | 182,184 | 182,184 | 78,330 | |||||
| - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total receipts 182,184 - - 182,184 78,330 A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~———————~~ |
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| A3 Payments | ||||||||||||
| BUILDING SUPPLIES HALSTEDS | 66,458 | - | - | - | 66 | 66,458 | - | |||||
| OTHER BANK TRANSFERS | 133,207 | - | - | - | 133 | 133,207 | 136,176 | |||||
| BANK FEES | 1,138 | - | - | - | 1 | 1,138 | 772 | |||||
| GLOBAL MONEY TRANSFERS | 5,661 | - | - | - | 5 | 5,661 | 3,464 | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| GLOBAL TRANSFER FEES | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| POSTAGE/SHIPPING | 83 | - | - | - | 83 | 83 | 52 | |||||
| FR TIM'S PENSION FUND | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | 206,547 | - | - | - | 206 | 206,547 | 140,464 | |||||
| - - - - - - - - Sub total - - - - - Total payments 206,547 - - 206,547 140,464 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~——————~~ |
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| Net of receipts/(payments) - 24,363 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 76,322 Cash funds this year end 51,959 ~~=~~ |
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- 24 - 76 51 |
- 24,363 - 76,322 51,959 |
- 62,134 - 138,456 76,322 |
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
| Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B5 Liabilities B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Details CAF cash ac CAF Gold ac Coop CASH IN HAND ASSETZ CAPITAL Details Details Details Details Signature Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
to nearest £ to nearest £ 17,505 - 1,231 - 5,775 - 1,345 - 26,103 - 51,959 - OK OK to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - Cost (optional) - - - - - - - - - - Print Name Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which asset belongs Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) |
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