2021-08-30-accounts - Bongabi Cig UK

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 September 2020 To 31 August 2021

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1158934

BONGABI CIG UK

Charity's principal address 34 Newstead Avenue

34 Newstead Avenue	34 Newstead Avenue

Leicester

Postcode	LE3 9TB

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Mr John Tezock	Treasurer	May2016 to date
Dr George Chi Tangyie	Chair	Oct 2014 to date
Mr Acha Lawrence Tebo		Oct 2014 to date
Mr Charles Azeh	Secretary	04/11/2015 to date

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address	Type of adviser Name Address
Bank	HSBC	2 - 6 Gallowtree Gate, Leicester LE1 1DA

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

None

Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document

Constitution adopted on the 14 of October 2014

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

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Community Interest Organisation (CIO) How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Trustee selection methods

(eg. appointed by, elected by)

Trustees are appointed and/or re-appointed at our September General assembly meeting annually.

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:

policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
relationship with any related parties;
trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Enhanced Disclosure and Bareness Service (DBS) checks are carried out, prior to trusteeship and employment, by the umbrella organisation Disclosure Services Ltd. These checks are repeated after three years according to statutory requirements. However, the trustees and employees (where applicable) are required to declare every whether or not they have committed any offence/s. Children, Young People and Adults Safeguarding policies are in place, adhered to and updated annually. All trustees have volunteered (unpaid work) to foster the activities of BONGABI CIG UK throughout this period. As a result of Covid-19, all our activities were haulted and we strictly followed Government guidance. All trustees board meetings were held virtually on MS Teams and Zoom.

Section C Objectives and activities

The objects of the CIO (Bongabi CIG UK) are:

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

To reduce the severe impact of poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly by supporting orphans coupled with the provision of basic necessities such as access to drinkable water and sanitation.
To provide homework club for children and young people in Leicester, with regards to English, Maths and Science subjects. To provide capacity building courses to adults

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We have always given serious considerations and referred to the Charity Commission’s guidance relating to unacceptable public benefits whenever we planned the activities throughout the year. We have primarily focused on education advancement both in formal and informal settings including poverty alleviation through the support of orphans for instance. Summary of the main Due to COVID-19, all our face-to face activities were haulted. We activities undertaken for the organised virtual sessions to sensitize the community and encourage public benefit in relation to them to follow government and NHS England guidelines. Our volunteers these objects (include within supported other courses by helping to deliver foods, shopping and this section the statutory supported vulnerable people in the community. declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance We organised a series of structured online seminars and capacity issued by the Charity building sessions from October 2020 to March 2021. These were centred Commission on public around covid awareness and employability. Some of the topics covered benefit) were Success at assessment centres, Government covid guideline, Understanding Covid – the science, Writing a CV, Responses to typical job interview questions, mental health awareness, Men’s mental health, Importance of physical exercise in times of a pandemic, creativity, leadership, virtual DJ sessions etc. These sessions were facilitated by expert volunteers from the community. We help the community by providing masks, and food items.

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

policy on grantmaking;
policy programme related investment;
Contribution made by volunteers.

Member have volunteered and impressively contributed towards the success of our activities. We are very grateful for the extensive amount of time, patience, effort and expertise devoted to helping to steer the charity towards attaining its objectives. The generous material and financial donations of the members (volunteers) have been incredible – without which we could not achieved our goals.

We are indebted to other wonderful volunteers from the community who have supported the young people during our annual ‘learn through fun’ day.

Any surplus funds that are not likely to be used to pay for activities will be kept in a deposit to earn interest for Bongabi CIG UK.

Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

BONGABI CIG UK has been holding regular monthly meetings (every first Saturday of the month – virtually). These sessions help to bring members together to socialise, network and brainstorm on activities that will further enhance our charity’s objectives. The meetings are therefore used as a forum to discuss and agree on activities that would enable the charity to achieve its desirable objectives.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

We hold a total of £4300 in the bank of which £4300 is unrestricted. The money is held in our deposit account to be used to further Bongabi’s activities. Bongabi CIG UK policy is to keep no more than £5000 in reserve at year end.

Details of any funds materially Not applicable in deficit

Further financial review details (Optional information)

You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:

the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Total income for the reporting year was £8631 Money brought forward from previous year (2019/2020 financial year) was £4748.

Hence total amount of money available for 2020/2021 was £13379

Total expenditure for the year on furthering Bongabi’s Objectives was £6468.

Total money in Bongabi CIG UK account as at 31[st] August 2021 was £7761.

Section F Other optional information

Future Plan

Bongabi plans to organise more fund-raising events in the coming year to help advance her courses. The family fun day is a regular annual event that will be maintained.

Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

on behalf of the charity’s trustees	’s trustees	’s trustees
Signature(s)John Ndangoh Tezock George Chi Tangyie Full name(s)John Ndangoh Tezock George Chi Tangyie Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Treasurer Chair Date02/03/2022	John Ndangoh Tezock		George Chi Tangyie
	John Ndangoh Tezock		George Chi Tangyie
	Treasurer		Chair
		02/03/2022
		02/03/2022

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	Charity Name BONGABI CIG UK	Charity Name BONGABI CIG UK	Charity Name BONGABI CIG UK	No (if any) 1158934	CC16a
	For the period from	01/09/2019 Period start date	To	Period end date 31/08/2020

Section A Receipts and payments
Notes A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £	Restricted funds to the nearest £	Endowment funds to the nearest £	Total funds to the nearest £	Last year to the nearest £
Fund raising		-	-	-	-
Member donations	750	-	-	750	750
Grants and donations	100	8,631	-	8,731	100
Tuition activity	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	850	8,631	-	9,481	850

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					850

1. Expenditure on Charitable activities:	-	-	-	-	-
Learn through Fun week	550	-	-	550	450
Fund raising	-	-	-	-	-
2. Support good courses (Geraldine Tuition)	-	-	-	-
3. COVID Resilience	-	-	-	-	-
Staff Remuneration		4,904	-	4,904	-
Zoom subscription		144	-	144	350
Masks		329	-	329	-
DBS and Recruitment, stationaries	-	-	-	-	-
4. Administration(flyers,website)	200	341	-	541	148
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	750	5,718	-	6,468	948

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
Photocipier	-		-	-
	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*
					948

	100	2,913	-	3,013	- 98
	-	-	-	-	-
	4,748		-	4,748	-
	4,848	2,913	-	7,761	- 98

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Bongabi Accounts 2017-2018

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details Cash in current account *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details	Unrestricted funds to nearest £	Restricted funds to nearest £	Endowment funds to nearest £
	7,761	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	7,761	-	-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
	-	-	-
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Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
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Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
Photocopier		-	£250
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Details	Fund to which liability relates	Amount due (optional)	When due (optional)
		-
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Signature George Chi Tangyie John Tezock	Print Name George Chi Tangyie John Tezock
			Date of approval
George Chi Tangyie	George Chi Tangyie		02/03/2022
John Tezock	John Tezock		02/03/2022

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Bongabi Accounts 2017-2018