Trustees' Annual Report for the period
Period start date Period end date 01 04 21 31 03 22 T From o Section A Reference and administration details
Charity name ABC Africa
Other names charity is known by ABC Africa: A Better Chance for Children
Registered charity number (if any) 1158953
Charity's principal address Balhungie Farm
Monifieth Dundee Postcode DD5 4HY
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
Dates acted if not for Name of person (or body) entitled Trustee name Office (if any) whole year to appoint trustee (if any) 1 Michelle Porter Founder & Chair Majority vote 2 Michael Harvey Treasurer 3 Sharon Foster
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4 James Birrell
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5 David Porter
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6 Lucy Birrell
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7 Frank Foster
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17 18 19 20 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 Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution
(eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted Charitable Incorporated Organisation
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods Proposed by existing Trustee. Vote taken. Re-elections are annual
(eg. appointed by, elected by)
Additional governance issues (Optional information)
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You may choose to include additional information, where relevant, about:
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
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relationship with any related parties;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
ABC is a small grant funding organisation committed to professionalism, transparency and accountability. Sound management of donor funds is a priority for the Board and we are confident that the policies and procedures introduced to protect and manage potential financial risk are thorough and robust.
Having identified need/beneficiaries and grass roots projects that meet our criteria we are now working with a number of local projects and community based agencies to address the need across 3-4 countries.
Every project in receipt of funding from ABC Africa is required to sign a Memorandum of Understanding which clearly lays out each party’s responsibilities. We require financial accountability for purchases made against the grant as well as quantitive and qualitative assessment of the impact of the grant. Future funding is dependant on satisfactory receipt of financial accounts and monitoring.
We continue to focus on raising funds in order to commit grants as well as apply for match funding in partnership with projects overseas.
Our ‘portfolio’ of projects continues to grow and we now have an established relationship with projects in 3 countries.
Covid has had a significant impact on in country operations and that is reflected in overseas spend this year
Section C Objectives and activities
The relief of poverty, sickness and distress and the advancement of education of orphaned and vulnerable children in Sub Saharan Africa.
Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document
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ABC Africa wants to make a difference to as many orphaned and vulnerable children as we can by simply and directly providing food, medication and education to orphaned and vulnerable children in Sub Saharan Africa. ABC Africa supports communities and grass roots projects to feed, educate and provide health care for their children by: providing nutritious food through school feeding projects, school porridge clubs and food by prescription programmes providing medication and health prevention supplies providing school supplies, transport and tuition. Uzima, Tanzania Summary of the main activities The ‘Food First’ programme continues to run. Many of those visiting the undertaken for the public centre come come from single mother households with women finding benefit in relation to these work where they can. Protein is the first nutrient to be cut from diets objects (include within this when families do not have enough money for food. ABC Africa have section the statutory continued to fund the Uzima Centre’s “Food First” programme for 66 of declaration that trustees have the most vulnerable children. These children receive a nutritious meal had regard to the guidance of beans, rice and green vegetables, education on low cost high impact issued by the Charity nutrition, their weight is monitored and the same children receive 2 Commission on public benefit) kilos of dried beans per month to take home. The services provided through Food First are the means of getting the children to attend the centre, build a connection with the centre so that they can access the centre’s educational programme as well as the psycho-social support the centre offers. SHAMBA, Estawatini (Swaziland) Shamba works in local communities to help deliver childhood education and development services for the most vulnerable children. Throughout the financial year ABC Africa has provided a healthy breakfast for 1 of their community pre-schools Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)
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The focus of our grant making is based on addressing the consequences of living in absolute poverty; lack of food, medication and education. Other than bank charges we operate as a zero admin charity and so volunteering be it Trustee time, gifts in kind etc is the life blood of our organisation. Our aim is to formalise the volunteering going forward.
You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:
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policy on grantmaking;
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policy programme related investment;
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contribution made by volunteers.
Section D Achievements and performance
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Section D Achievements and performance
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year
Through grants made by ABC Africa we have been able to relieve hunger, sickness and distress and provided educational advancement.
Due to ABC Africa and our amazing supporters, partners and volunteers:
Under very difficult circumstances and in a global pandemic ABC Africa and its partners continued to provide much needed nutritional food for approx 70 children
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Section E Financial review
Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves
Given that we do not employ people or provide direct services we do not have a policy on reserves.
Details of any funds materially in deficit
Further financial review details (Optional information)
You may choose to include additional information, where relevant about:
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the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
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how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
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investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
UK donors are our principal source of funds. Funds are raised through our supporter base. Support comes from awareness raising events.
Periodically we apply for grants so as to offer projects more sustainable funds.
We are registered with on line shopping platforms which gives us some funding as well as Just Giving and Charities Trust
We have a rigorous system in place for the allocation of funds and all potential applicants for funds are assessed in relation to their capita to meet our charitable objects and ensure full compliance with our accounting and monitoring requirements.
Our trustees committed to funding administration costs for the first 2 years. Since then our only administration costs have been bank charges which are unavoidable and the web site domain - however the web site domain is paid for by the trustees
Section F Other optional information
Section G Declaration
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
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Full name(s) Michelle Porter David Porter
| Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) |
Chair |
Chair |
Trustee | Trustee | |
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| Date | 28th November 2022 |
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| ABC Africa | ABC Africa | ABC Africa | ABC Africa | ABC Africa | 1158953 | 1158953 | CC16a | ||
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | ||||||
| 01/04/2021 | 31/03/2022 | ||||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | |||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | |||||
| to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | |||||
| A1 Receipts | |||||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Donations | 4,988 | - | - | 4,988 | |||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Sub total_(Gross income for AR) _ | 4,988 |
- | - | 4,988 | - | ||||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | - 0 | |||||
| Sub total | - 0 |
- 0 | - 0 | - | - 0 | ||||
| **Total receipts ** | 4,988 |
- 0 | - 0 | 4,988 | - 0 | ||||
| A3 Payments | |||||||||
| SHAMBA | 228 | - | - | 228 | - | ||||
| Uzima Centre | 951 | - | - | 951 | - | ||||
| - | - | - | |||||||
| - | - | - | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| - 0 | - | - | - | - | |||||
| **Sub total ** | 1,179 |
- | - | 1,179 | - | ||||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases,(see table) |
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| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | ||||||
| - 0 | - 0 | - 0 | - | ||||||
| **Sub total ** | -0 |
-0 | -0 | - | - 0 | ||||
| **Totalpayments ** | 1,179 |
- 0 | - 0 | 1,179 | - 0 | ||||
| **Net of receipts/(payments) ** | 3,809 |
- | - | 3,809 | |||||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - 0 | - | - | - | - | ||||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 13,692 | - | - | 13,692 | - | ||||
| **Cash funds thisyear end ** | 17,501 |
- | - | 17,501 | - | ||||
| Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | |||||||||
| Categories | Details | Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
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| to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||||
| B1 Cash funds | - | ||||||||
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| - | - | - | |||||||
| Total cash funds | 17,501 |
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(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) |
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| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Endowment funds |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | ||||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | ||||||
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Cost (optional) | Current value (optional) |
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| B3 Investment assets | - | - | |||||||
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
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Amount due (optional) |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval | ||||||
| MICHELLE PORTER | 28/11/2022 | ||||||||
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