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2021-12-31-accounts

Cricket Builds Hope Trustees’ report and financial statements For year ended 31 December 2021

Cricket Builds Hope (“CBH”) (known as Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation until 2018) UK Registered Charity Number 1157287

Summary consolidated financial statements and Trustees’ Report for the year ended 31 December 2021

BUILDING A FUTURE FOR CRICKET IN RWANDA

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Contents

Contents
Legal and Administrative Information 3
Structure, Governance & Management 5
Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 13
Independent Examiner’s report to the Trustees of Cricket Builds Hope 15
Financial Statements and Notes 16

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Legal and Administrative Information

Reference and Administrative details

Registered Charity Number 1157287

Official Charity Address

Cricket Builds Hope 13 Cloudesley Square, London N1 0HT

Bankers

CAF Bank Limited (Charities Aid Foundation), 25 Kings Hill Avenue, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4JQ

Solicitors

Reed Smith, Broadgate Tower, 20 Primrose St, London EC2A 2RS

Objectives & Activities

The Charity’s purposes or objectives, in 2021 were :

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In 2019 the Charity adopted the following as its Mission Statement -

“We use cricket and the spirit of the game as a tool for positive social change in Rwanda”.

Cricket Builds Hope harnesses the power of sport to promote reconciliation through social programmes. We integrate this incredible game with workshops that focus on equality, empowerment and social cohesion.

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Structure, Governance & Management

Date of Registration – 3 June 2014

Type of Governing Document - Constitution (officially adopted 3 June 2014; amended 6 February 2017 and to show the change of name on 11 April 2018)

How the Charity is constituted- Charitable Incorporated Organisation

Directors and Trustees

The Directors of the Charity Cricket Builds Hope (CBH) are its Trustees for the purpose of charity law. The Trustees of the Charity who were in office during the calendar year of 2021 were:

Trustees in 2021 (unchanged from 2020)

Richard Nicoll (Chair) (Appointed 18 September 2014) Alan Sendorek (Appointed 1 July 2014) Graeme Loten (Treasurer) (Appointed 30 May 2017) Amy Holmes (Appointed 26 September 2017) Albemarle Shale (Appointed 1 January 2018) Kevin Sinfield (Appointed 15 May2018) Sophie Morrell (nee Langman) (Appointed 15 May 2018) Sarah Ludlow (Appointed 7 August 2019) Richard Jackson (Appointed 26 January 2020) Charlie Barlow (Appointed 25 February 2020)

There were no changes in Trustees during 2021, although some prospective Trustees were showing interest and were being interviewed by year end.

Trustee Selection Methods

Trustees are appointed or re-appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the Charity Trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment to the Board, the Charity Trustees have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the organisation, as well as the need for the Board to be as diverse and inclusive as possible. All Charity Trustees give their time voluntarily and receive no benefits from the Charity.

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In September 2021 Trustees agreed a new policy by which in future they would serve terms of 4 years, being required to be re-appointed for further terms, with existing Trustees’ terms of service being deemed to end according to an agreed timetable over the next few years.

Trustee Induction Process

New Trustees are presented with a copy of the charity’s governing document, the latest Trustees’ Annual Report, a statement of accounts, a briefing note summarising the Charity’s background and current activities and the Charity Commission’s guide notes on Trustee responsibilities and code of conduct.

Employees and Consultants

No staff were employed as employees of CBH during 2021

As well as the Trustees, the Trustees consider the Country Manager and Interim Country Representative (when these posts were filled) as the Key Management Personnel.

Mary Maina worked in Rwanda until May 2021 under a consultancy contract from September 2019 and held the title of Country Manager. She gave notice to terminate her contract in May 2021. Vincent Habumugisha was recruited as a part time consultant to act as Interim Country Representative for CBH from May – October 2021. Thereafter CBH took the decision to start the recruitment process for a fulltime Director to represent it both in Rwanda and in the UK.

Organisational Structure

CBH has a Board of Trustees which usually meets every alternate month and is responsible for the strategic direction and policy of the Charity. The Trustees are from a variety of professional backgrounds relevant to the work of the Charity. During 2021 many of these Trustee meetings were held remotely because of the covid pandemic but the schedule of meetings was respected. The Country Manager was also usually invited to attend Trustee meetings remotely from Rwanda until she terminated her contract in May 2021.

Individual Trustees are given primary responsibilities for the areas of finance and governance etc based on their expertise.

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Transition from RCSF to Cricket Builds Hope

Once the initial objective of the Charity, namely the construction of the Stadium now known as the Gahanga Cricket Stadium (“the Stadium”) in Rwanda, had been completed, the Board of Trustees decided during 2018 to rebrand the Charity as Cricket Builds Hope. This was to recognise the transition of the Charity’s focus from being a construction project to a social project with two aims: first, through its involvement with the Rwandan NGO now known as Gahanga Cricket Stadium (“GCS”) which is the leasehold owner of the land on which the Stadium has been built (see below), to oversee the ongoing operation of the Stadium, its use and future expansion to support Rwanda’s cricket development, and second, in its own name to develop and deliver programmes with partner organisations using cricket as a tool for social change. The transition to CBH officially took place in April 2018.

Risks and Risk Management

The Trustees consider the various significant risks to which the Charity may be exposed and are confident that they have appropriate systems in place to mitigate these risks. Where appropriate, systems or procedures have been established to mitigate risks the Charity faces. Such procedures are periodically reviewed to ensure they continue to meet the needs of the Charity.

Related Parties

Gahanga Cricket Stadium (“GCS”) – until 2018 known as Rwanda Cricket Stadium Foundation, (Rwandan Registered Non-Governmental Organisation No 04/2012)

The Charity established and now works with a separate Rwandan entity, GCS, to deliver its objectives with relation to the Stadium itself. This entity was set up as a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Rwanda as the operational or delivery agent of CBH and RCA and is registered as a national NGO in Rwanda. h was later changed to Gahanga Cricket Stadium (GCS).

As such GCS is legally entitled to own land in Rwanda and holds the leasehold title to the territory on which the Stadium was built, with the Government of Rwanda retaining the freehold. It was responsible for the construction of the Stadium, and continues to be responsible for its maintenance and repair, as well as the management of the ground and its associated facilities.

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Related Parties continued

In accordance with undertakings given in the Memorandum of Understanding initially signed with the Rwanda Cricket Association in 2013 and revised in 2017 (see below) the Charity has continued to make occasional payments to GCS. In 2021 instead of making financial payments CBH donated for GCS’s use or re-sale the tiling machines (value $40,000) which had been used during the stadium construction and the car which CBH had been using in Rwanda.

In accordance with the MoU signed between CBH and RCA for the governance of GCS, CBH nominees currently hold the majority in the GCS’s General Assembly which in turn controls the appointment of GCS’s Executive Committee – see below for more information on this – and took an active role in all decisions relating to GCS during 2021. However, without a full-time employed representative in Rwanda, CBH agreed that the acting Chair of GCS should temporarily come from the Rwanda Cricket Association.

Rwanda Cricket Association (“RCA”)

The Charity has always worked closely with the RCA to deliver the ground and thereafter to manage its continuing use and maintenance. This relationship includes ongoing discussion on how the ground will be run and funded post-construction. The relationship between the two organisations is formally established under a Memorandum of Understanding initially signed in 2013.

During 2017 key terms of the Memorandum of Understanding dealing with the governance of GCS and the respective obligations of RCSF/CBH and the RCA in relation to funding and other matters were renegotiated and agreed in a new Agreement. At the same time, a Usage Agreement recording the rights and obligations of RCA to use the ground was negotiated and signed by RCA and GCS.

Relations remained close during 2021, albeit that the covid pandemic meant that the level of activity at GCS was greatly reduced. The President of RCA acted as the Chair of the GCS Executive Committee and retained close relations with CBH’s Country Manager (also a member of the EC) and the CBH Chair throughout 2021. CBH’s Treasurer, Graeme Loten, managed the online banking of GCS.

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Structure, Governance & Management continued

Related Parties continued

Government of Rwanda, Ministry of Sports

The Charity is grateful to the Government of Rwanda, and particularly the Ministry of Sport (MINISPORT - formerly Ministry of Sports and Culture, MINISPOC) for their support of their work in Rwanda. The site of the ground has been leased to GCS by the Government of Rwanda for 30 years from 4 November 2014.

A 3-year tripartite agreement between MINISPORT, CBH and RCA had been signed in November 2020, giving official Rwandan Government approval of CBH’s activities in Rwanda and setting them in the context of the partnership with RCA and the Government’s own policies with regard to sport and especially cricket.

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Activities and Achievements

Covid Pandemic

As was the case for most of 2020, the covid pandemic dominated the activities of CBH during 2021, greatly restricted both its fund-raising in the UK and its activities on the ground in Rwanda. For many months the Stadium was effectively made out of bounds by Rwandan authorities, league cricket was interrupted, schools were either closed or operated under strict constraints and it was not possible to carry out any permanent programme activities. Moreover, CBH was not able to host its usual range of fund-raising events in the UK, save for the carol service in December.

Programme Activities

Cricket Builds Hope’s first major programme activity was a women’s empowerment programme, funded by Comic Relief and the Scottish Government, in partnership with female leadership international NGO ‘Resonate’ which was implemented in 2018-2019. Although a draft programme for a replication of this women’s empowerment programme was prepared and shared with several potential donors during 2021, the covid pandemic meant that no donor organisation was found and no further programme activity was possible.

In March 2019, a 3-year programme of cricket coaching to be implemented in schools in the vicinity of certain tea estates in Rwanda was launched at Gisovu estate, later spreading to the estates at Pfunda and Nyabihu. This was funded by Betty’s and Taylor’s of Harrogate, the parent company of Yorkshire Tea, which enjoyed commercial contacts with the tea estates concerned. The training, which was directed at both staff of the tea estates themselves and schoolchildren from the area, was carried out by coaches from the RCA. Yorkshire Tea sponsored the 3-year programme which built on their long-standing sponsorship of the bars at Gahanga Cricket Stadium

Unfortunately, the covid pandemic and the consequent closure of schools throughout Rwanda meant that cricket coaching on school premises was limited. Nevertheless, coaches continued to operate in each of the three estates throughout 2021 liaising with schools, carrying out coaching - often outside of school time and sometimes even at the coach’s own home because of the covid regulations.

In 2020 a renewed schedule of payments to RCA for this programme had been agreed which allowed the programme to continue in all three estates until the end of January 2022. This end-date was later extended to October 2022 with the idea that

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Activities and Achievements continued

Programme Activities continued

the programme would terminate then with a Yorkshire Tea Cup in which teams of both boys and girls from each estate area would travel to Kigali to celebrate the programme by taking part in a cricket festival at GCS.

Fundraising/Partnerships

Unfortunately, the covid pandemic meant that no major fund-raising events for CBH were possible in the UK during 2021 apart from the annual carol service held in London in December where proceeds were shared between CBH and Surrey County Cricket Club Foundation and which netted circa £3,000 for CBH.

Plans for Future Period

Although most programme activities in Rwanda and fund-raising activities in the UK had been cancelled or postponed during 2021, Trustees drew up plans towards the end of the year for a major expansion of activities, prompted principally by their decision to take on a full-time Director as an employee. Without such an employee, expansion of activities would have relied heavily on individual Trustees becoming too involved in the planning and day to day delivery of the planned activities to make them feasible. An attempt to recruit in Rwanda having failed to produce an acceptable candidate, Trustees decided by the end of 2021 to look for a candidate from the UK.

Financial Review

The Charity’s total income for the 12 months ended 31 December 2021 was £63,705 (2020: £133,486). Of this figure £15,000 was received from TLG hedge fund to be allocated to a sexual health programme along with £2,500 from St James Partnership. Dragon School also contributed £2,500 which was designed to be spent on a cricket camp for Rwandan children. Other amounts were received from regular donors.

Monthly payments of £1,250 were also deposited in CBH’s account by the company Ark Build to be transferred to GCS to cover the majority of its monthly salaries.

The Charity’s total expenditure for the year ended 31 December 2021 was a modest £26,526 (2020: £65,999). This was almost exclusively used for local payments to CBH’s representatives in Rwanda, as well as its regular payments to the RCA for the

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Financial Review continued

Yorkshire Tea programme and the transfer of Ark Build’s donations to GCS (see above).

At year end CBH had £97,392 in its accounts in the UK plus a few thousand pounds worth of funds in its foreign currency accounts in Rwanda available for day-to-day expenditure. About one third of this was earmarked for CBH’s commitments to programme activities.

Risk management

As noted above, the Trustees consider the various significant risks to which the Charity may be exposed and are confident that they have appropriate systems in place to mitigate these risks.

Rwanda continues to display the characteristics of an emerging market. These characteristics include, but are not limited to, political uncertainty and macroeconomic vulnerability. Taxation and other legislation within Rwanda are subject to change and interpretation. The future economic direction of the country is dependent upon the effectiveness of economic, financial and monetary measures undertaken by the government, together with tax, legal, regulatory, and political developments. Generally, Rwanda managed the covid pandemic well with good adherence to its lockdown rules, thorough health monitoring and a successful vaccination campaign.

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Financial Review continued

Risk management continued

Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities

The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustees’ Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the Trustees have prepared the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under that law the Trustees must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources of the charity for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

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Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities continued

The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the charity’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The Trustees are responsible for the maintenance and integrity of the charity and financial information included on the charity’s website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Signed on behalf of the Trustees

Richard Nicoll Chair and Trustee, 29[th] October 2022

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Independent Examiner’s report to the trustees of Cricket Builds Hope

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity for the year ended 31 December 2021, which are set out on pages 16 to 20.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity’s trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the Charity’s Act 2011.

I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent Examiner’s statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Elizabeth Conder FCA

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales 18 Oxford Road, London, SW15 2LF 30 October 2022

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Statement of financial activities Statement of financial activities Statement of financial activities Statement of financial activities
For theyear ended 31 December 2021
Year e nded 31 December 2021 Year ended 31 December 2020
Notes Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total Unrestricted
Funds
Restricted
Funds
Total
£ £ £ £ £ £
Income
Donations and legacies 15,090 15,090 23,115 23,115
Grants 10,000 20,000 30,000 45,000 38,435 83,435
Charitable Activities 0 11,904 11,904
Other tradingactivities 3,607 3,607 0
Other income 15,000 15,000 15,008 15,008
Investment income 8 8 24 24
Total income 28,705 35,000 63,705 80,043 53,443 133,486
Expenditure
Raisingfunds 1,454 1,454 1,150 1,150
Charitable activities 7,050 17,950 25,000 21,939 42,850 64,789
Depreciation 0 0
Interest and other finance costs 72 72 60 60
Total expenditure 8,576 17,950 26,526 23,149 42,850 65,999
Surplus /(Deficit) before othergains and losses 20,129 17,050 37,179 56,894 10,593 67,487
Gain on disposal of fixed assets
Gain on investments
Surplus before tax 20,129 17,050 37,179 56,894 10,593 67,487
Taxation
Total comprehensive income and expenditure for theyear 20,129 17,050 37,179 56,894 10,593 67,487
Represented by:
Restricted income and expenditure for theyear 17,050 17,050 10,593 10,593
Unrestricted income and expenditure for theyear 20,129 20,129 56,894 56,894
20,129 17,050 37,179 56,894 10,593 67,487
All(deficit)/ surplus for theyear is attributable to the Charity
All income and expenditure for theyear is attributable to the Charity
All items of income and expenditure relate to continuingactivities

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Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet Balance Sheet
For theyear ended 31 December 2021
At 31
December
2021
At 31
December
2020
Notes
£ £
Non-current assets
Intangible assets 0 0
Fixed assets
Non-current investments
Debtors: amounts fallingdue after more than oneyear - -
0 0
Current assets
Stock
Trade and other receivables 1,713
Cash and cash equivalents 97,392 58,500
97,392 60,213
Less: Creditors: amounts falling
due within oneyear
Net current assets 97,392 60,213
Total assets less current liabilities 97,392 60,213
Creditors: amounts fallingdue after more than oneyear
Provisions
Other provisions
Total net assets 97,392 60,213
Restricted reserves
Income and expenditure reserve - restricted reserve 31,798 14,748
Unrestricted reserves
Income and expenditure reserve - unrestricted 65,594 45,465
Total reserves 97,392 60,213
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to
companies subject to the small companies regime.
The notes onpages 19 to 21 formpart of these financial statements
The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on 18 January 2022 and were signed on its
behalf on that date by:

Richard Nicoll Date: 29th October 2022 Graeme Loten (Treasurer) Date: 29th October 2022

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2021

Note 1. Accounting Policies

Basis of preparation

The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014 and the Charities Act 2011 and UK Generally Accepted Practice as it applies from 1 January 2016.

The Trustees regularly review the strength of the financial position of the Charity and the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.

Incoming resources

The incoming resources are recognised on a receivables basis.

Resources expended

Expenditure has been charged to the Statement of Financial Activities on an accruals basis. Grants payable, which do not have any conditions attached, are accounted for in full as liabilities of the Charity when approved by the Trustees.

Fund accounting

The Charity has two types of funds, the unrestricted funds and restricted funds. The former are designated by the donor for the use of the Charity but not restricted to a specific part of the project. The latter involves funds which are received from a donor for use in a specific programme and against a specific budget and objectives.

Cash flow statement

The Charity qualifies as a small entity. Consequently, the Charity has taken advantage of the exemption from preparing a cash flow statement under the terms of paragraph 1.12 of FRS102.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2021

Note 1. Accounting Policies continued

Share capital

CBH is a Charity limited by guarantee. According to the Articles of Association the liability of each member is a maximum of £1. During the period the Charity had no share capital.

Taxation

As a registered charity, Cricket Builds Hope is exempt from tax on income and profits applied for its charitable purposes.

Basis of consolidation & accounting period

The purpose of these summary consolidated financial statements is to provide stakeholders with financial information. The summary consolidated financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The preparation of financial statements requires management to make prudent estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the balance sheet date and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period, and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

These summary consolidated financial statements reflect all transactions for the 12month period ending 31 December 2021.

Reporting currency

These summary consolidated financial statements have been stated in GBP £.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held in our CAF bank accounts in the UK plus a small balance in a PayPal account held online. There are small amounts of cash held in the Charity’s bank accounts in Rwanda used for day-to-day expenditure in Rwanda but no petty cash balances.

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Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2021

4 – Trustees Remuneration

The payments to Trustees during the year was £0 (2020 - £0)

5 Unrestricted Funds
Cricket Builds Hope
Cricket Builds Hope
6 Restricted Funds
Cricket Builds Hope
Cricket Builds Hope
Balance at 1
January 2020
Income
Expenditure
Balance 31
December
2020
(11,429)
80,043
(23,149)
45,465
Balance at 1
January 2021
Income
Expenditure
Balance 31
December
2021
45,465
28,705
(8,576)
65,594
Balance at 1
January 2020
Income
Expenditure
Balance 31
December
2020
4,155
53,443
(42,850)
14,748
Balance at 1
January 2021
Income
Expenditure
Balance 31
December
2021
14,748
35,000
(17,950)
31,798

7. Loans Payable

The charity had an interest free loan with balance outstanding of £20,000 at 1 January 2020. This loan was repaid in full in July 2020.

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