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2024-03-31-accounts

Charity Registration No. 1159480 Company Registration No. 09040143 (England and Wales)

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

ANNUAL REPORT AND CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION

Trustees Mr A G Ashe Dr S Murdoch Mr J M Yeomans Charity number 1159480 Company number 09040143 Registered office 315-317 New Kings Road London England SW6 4RF Auditor Kirk Rice LLP Zeeta House 200 Upper Richmond Road Putney London SW15 2SH

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CONTENTS

Page
Trustees' report 1 - 5
Statement of Trustees' responsibilities 6
Independent auditor's report 7 - 9
Consolidated statement of financial activities 10
Consolidated Charity balance sheet 11
Consolidated charity statement of cash flows 12
Notes to the financial statements 13 - 25

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

This is the consolidated report relating to OneBillion Learners ("the Charity/charitable company") and its wholly owned subsidiary, OneBillion Children ("the Group")

The Trustees present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2024.

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in note 1 to the financial statements and comply with the Charity's Memorandum and Articles of Association incorporated 14 May 2014, the Companies Act 2006 and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)".

Objectives and activities

The charitable objectives (“Objects”), for which onebillion Learners is incorporated, are set out in the Memorandum and Articles of Association, and are as follows:

To effect these Objects the charity's Trustees have paid particular attention to:

1) Development of such educational solutions in schools across sub-Saharan Africa and beyond - involving supply of computer tablets equipped with educational software, training, support in installation, data gathering on usage and effectiveness, and working with governments and other charities to scale activities.

2) Monitoring of the effectiveness of such solutions as an educational tool, and making improvements as a result.

3) Exploiting success in the Global Learning XPRIZE competition to refine the solutions for reading, literacy and mathematics such that they may be deployed on a broader basis.

The Trustees have paid due regard to guidance issued by the Charity Commission in deciding what activities the charitable company should undertake.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Achievements and performance

The financial performance of onebillion Learners in the United Kingdom is displayed in the accompanying financial statements on pages 10 to 25.

onebillion has continued to support the Malawi Ministry of Education - together with a consortium of partners including Imagine Worldwide - in its nationwide scale-out of onetab to every primary school, for every Standard 1-4 learner. Phase 1 of the rollout (scheduled for completion in 2029) began in September 2023 and is currently reaching 318,000 learners across 500 schools.

onebillion was selected as a grantee of the LEGO Foundation’s Play for All Accelerator, Phase 3: a 3-year grant of £1.9M with the goal of improving onecourse to be more impactful for neurodivergent children. This follows the successful closing out in December 2023 of the previous grant of $545,000 from the LEGO Foundation under its 9-month Play for All Accelerator programme.

onebillion has begun developing pre-onecourse content for children to develop the skills they need in order to progress through onecourse and other curriculum materials. These skills include language, number sense, executive function, and socio-emotional skills. With support from the LEGO Foundation, onebillion is building and trialling this new content which centres the needs of neurodivergent children, thereby creating a better experience for all children.

onebillion has further optimised the adaptive mode of onecourse to deliver personalised, autonomous learning sessions that address the learning needs of any child, including improvements to the sequencing of materials in the lowest levels of onecourse; the introduction of a grade-level button to tailor content to the school stage of the child; and higher level encyclopaedia and non-fiction content for emergent readers.

The digital teacher in onecourse has been updated to be more realistic in appearance, with accurate lip-syncing to support children who are hard of hearing, neurodivergent children, and those using onetab in noisy environments.

onebillion has developed teacher training videos for use on the tablet to support successful implementation of the Malawi onetab rollout, and to promote inclusive practice in classroom environments.

onebillion has localised new onecourse activities and stories (which have been prioritised in Chichewa and English) into the other onecourse languages ie Swahili, French and Portuguese.

onebillion has conducted further research into additional possible hardware for onetab, a low-cost android tablet dedicated to onecourse, to improve cost-effectiveness, environmental sustainability, and durability in challenging learning environments.

onebillion continues to support existing and new scaling partners. onetab is now in use in over 17 countries across Sub-Saharan Africa, North America, South America and the Caribbean. Reporting from partners shows that onecourse is in use by over 850,000 children globally.

onebillion has undertaken further development and localisation of the digital assessment onetest which gives rapid insights into the numeracy and literacy levels of children and provides teachers and Ministries with detailed data on student performance. New languages being worked on include Amharic, isiXhosa, isiZulu, and Afrikaans.

onebillion has been supporting partners including Imagine Worldwide to develop proof-of-concepts of communitybased implementations, co-developed with refugee-led organisations, that are low-cost and sustainable.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Activities during the year

Development of our onecourse software:

Development of the onetest digital assessment:

Supporting the scaling of tablet-based learning initiatives through partner organisations:

Public benefit provided

The Charity's Trustees have complied with the duty in section 4 of the Charities Act 2011 to have due regard to Public Benefit guidance published by the Charity Commission. All Trustees gave their time voluntarily and received no benefits from the Charity. No Trustee reclaimed any expenses from the Charity during the current or previous year.

Financial review

Onebillion and its trading operations undertake three distinct types of activity:

  1. Research and development of educational software the purpose of which is to meet its charitable objectives.

  2. Feasibility and relationship development (for example with education ministries in emerging economies) to establish when and how onebillion's educational solutions can be deployed.

  3. Specific projects, often with partners such as NGOs, to deploy and 'roll out' its educational solutions.

Projects in category (3) may be on a larger scale than those in (1) and (2). Funding is obtained in advance for any specific project of category (3), and therefore reserves are not required to ensure the progression of these projects.

Categories (1) and (2) are funded by a) the commercial sale of onebillion's educational software in developed economies for which there is a well-established trading history, reducing any forecasting risk, and b) by charitable donations.

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TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Policy on reserves

Annual budgets are prepared. Progress is monitored monthly of costs and revenues, and finances are reviewed at Trustee meetings. It is the aim of the Trustees to ensure that onebillion has enough cash, or reliable promises of donations, to fund at least 3 months forward planned activity within categories (1) and (2) above, after allowing for the forecast revenues from commercial sale of software. This level of reserves provides stability in staffing and project progression while giving time to fund-raise to avoid any shortfall or if necessary, reduce costs. onebillion has established links with a diverse range of charitable funders, including individuals, corporations, family offices and other institutions and believes there is sufficient diversity to afford reasonable confidence that additional funds could be found in time.

The success as a finalist of the Global Learning XPRIZE competition has much increased the charity's reserves. The cash and profile is also being used to scale up the activities of the charity, in particular with new projects and distribution partners, thus placing extra demands on the charity's resources. To mitigate medium term risk the charity is seeking to ensure in partnership activity that it recovers an appropriate level of its direct and indirect costs.

The Group holds reserves totalling £3,693,353 split between restricted funds of £500,557 and unrestricted funds of £3,192,796.

The Trustees have assessed the major risks to which the charitable company is exposed, and are satisfied that systems are in place to mitigate exposure to the major risks.

Difficulty in raising unrestricted funds

Awareness of the charity's activities has increased significantly and the Charity has piloted a number of new products. Together, the result is many more opportunities. The challenge of securing unrestricted funds limits our capability to address the issues we see as priority. We address this by high selectivity, by continuing to invest in relationship focused direct marketing, by a diversity of unrestricted funding streams and by maximising cost recovery.

Loss and corruption of data

The risk has been mitigated by introducing further controls on external backups as well as introducing an additional back up server for the remote access.

Demand for the Charity's services

The charity remains small but its success and increased visibility, as a former joint winner of the $15M Global Learning XPRIZE, means the demand for its services continues to dramatically increase and is likely to continue to do so. The risks are being managed by tight criteria for selection of partners to act as channels to deliver the charity's innovative learning solutions to children and schools.

Future Plans

onebillion Learners is not actively seeking new funding opportunities as it has been awarded a 3-year grant from the LEGO Foundation to further develop and localise onecourse to be more impactful and accessible to neurodivergent - and therefore all - children. It will however continue to apply for prizes on a case-by-case basis.

Funding for the second phase of the Malawi national scaling programme has been secured through partner Imagine Worldwide.

onebillion charges a software licence fee of $5 per tablet. This is charged to the partner when they place an order of onetabs directly from the tablet manufacturer. The fee is waived for research projects and small trials that inform scaling, and may be reduced over time. onebillion has committed to providing its software for free in Malawi, which is excluded from this software licence policy.

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

TRUSTEES' REPORT (INCLUDING DIRECTORS' REPORT) (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Structure, governance and management

At onebillion Learners, we develop apps to help educate children, wherever they are. onebillion Learners was incorporated and registered with the Charity Commission as a charity in England and Wales in 2014 (registered charity number 1159480).

onebillion Learners is a company limited by guarantee governed by its Memorandum and Articles of Association (company number 09040143).

The Trustees, who are also the Directors for the purpose of company law, and who served during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were: Mr A G Ashe

Dr S Murdoch

Mr J M Yeomans

Appointment of Trustees

In accordance with the requirement for 1/3 of the Trustees to step down annually, John Yeomans has stepped down and offered himself for re-election.

Further, in accordance with Article 34 and 35 of the Company's Article of Association, additional Trustees may be appointed by the Board during the course of the year.

The criteria that the Board take into account in appointing people as Trustees is whether they possess skills that will be useful to the Board and that can be used to fill gaps in the experience, knowledge or contracts of the Board and can contribute meaningfully to the work of the charity.

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

Organisation

The Directors of onebillion Learners are its Trustees for the purpose of charity law and throughout this report are collectively referred to as the Trustees.

The Trustees shall not be less than three in number, but are not subject to any maximum.

Related parties

The Charity owns 100% of the share capital of a trading subsidiary onebillion Children Limited. It is intended that over time onebillion children becomes profitable and begins to repay the loan from onebillion Learners. One of the Trustees Andrew Ashe is also a Director of onebillion Children Limited.

Auditor

In accordance with the company's articles, a resolution proposing that Kirk Rice LLP be reappointed as auditor of the company will be put at a General Meeting.

Disclosure of information to auditor

Each of the Trustees has confirmed that there is no information of which they are aware which is relevant to the audit, but of which the auditor is unaware. They have further confirmed that they have taken appropriate steps to identify such relevant information and to establish that the auditor is aware of such information.

The Trustees' report was approved by the Board of Trustees.

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Mr A G Ashe

Trustee 16/12/2024 Dated: .........................

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STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES' RESPONSIBILITIES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

The Trustees, who are also the directors of Onebillion Learners for the purpose of company law, are responsible for preparing the Trustees' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

Company Law requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charitable company for that year.

In preparing these financial statements, the Trustees are required to:

The Trustees are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charitable company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charitable company 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 charitable company's website. Legislation in the United Kingdom governing the preparation and dissemination of financial statements may differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF ONEBILLION LEARNERS

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of onebillion Learners (the 'charitable company’) and its subsidiaries (the 'group') for the year ended 31 March 2024 which comprise the consolidated statement on financial activities, the consolidated and charity balance sheet, the consolidated statement of cashflow and the notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including FRS 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion, the financial statements:

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the charitable company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent Charity's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the Trustees with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The Trustees are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF ONEBILLION LEARNERS

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 require us to report to you if, in our opinion:

Responsibilities of Trustees

As explained more fully in the statement of Trustees' responsibilities, the Trustees, who are also the Directors of the charitable company for the purpose of company law, are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the Trustees determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

We have been appointed as auditor under section 151 of the Charities Act 2011 and report in accordance with the Act and relevant regulations made or having effect thereunder.

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.

Based on our understanding of the group and its environment, we identified the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the Companies Act 2006 and the Charities Act 2011 and we considered the extent to which non-compliance might have an effect on the financial statements. We also considered the direct impact of these laws and regulations on the financial statements. We evaluated incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements including the risk of override of controls, by the directors, Trustees, management and those responsible for, or involved in, the preparation of the underlying accounting records and financial statements, and determined that the principle risks were related to the posting of inappropriate journals to manipulate financial results or conceal the misappropriation of assets and potential management bias in accounting estimates. Audit procedures performed included:

There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures described above. We are less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations that are not closely related to events and transactions reflected in the financial statements. Also, the risk of not detecting material misstatements due to fraud is higher that the risk of not detecting one resulting from an error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery or intended misrepresentation through collusion.

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S REPORT (CONTINUED) TO THE TRUSTEES OF ONEBILLION LEARNERS

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https:// www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the charity’s trustees, as a body, in accordance with part 4 of the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the charity's trustees those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity’s trustees as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

16/12/2024 Kirk Rice LLP .........................

Statutory Auditor

Zeeta House 200 Upper Richmond Road Putney London SW15 2SH

Kirk Rice LLP is eligible for appointment as auditor of the charitable company by virtue of its eligibility for appointment as auditor of a company under section 1212 of the Companies Act 2006.

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES INCLUDING INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

Unrestricted Unrestricted Restricted Total Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds funds funds
2024 2024 2024 2023 2023 2023
Notes £ £ £ £ £ £
Income and endowments from:
Donations and legacies 3 158,385 744,562 902,947 641,053 310,705 951,758
Other trading activities 5 19,833 - 19,833 41,290 - 41,290
Investments 4 86,677 - 86,677 6,911 - 6,911
Other income 6 71,739 - 71,739 114,288 - 114,288
Total income 336,634 744,562 1,081,196 803,542 310,705 1,114,247
Expenditure on:
Charitable activities 9 982,430 300,774 1,283,204 290,833 295,769 586,602
Net (expenditure)/income for
the year/
Net movement in funds (645,796) 443,788 (202,008) 512,709 14,936 527,645
Fund balances at 1 April
2023 3,817,984 56,769 3,874,753 3,305,275 41,833 3,347,108
Fund balances at 31
March 2024 3,172,188 500,557 3,672,745 3,817,984 56,769 3,874,753

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.

The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year. All income and expenditure derive from continuing activities.

The statement of financial activities also complies with the requirements for an income and expenditure account under the Companies Act 2006.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

AS AT 31 MARCH 2024

GROUP GROUP CHARITY CHARITY
2024 2023 2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
Investments 16 - - 234,000 234,000
Current assets
Stocks 17 9,805 39,648 - -
Debtors 18 224,491 495,491 1,649,394 1,730,774
Cash at bank and in hand 3,615,357 3,486,716 2,986,762 2,875,070
3,849,653 4,021,855 4,636,156 4,605,844
Creditors: amounts falling due within
one year 20 (176,908) (147,102) (6,150) (6,150)
Net current assets 3,672,745 3,874,753 4,630,006 4,599,695
Income funds
Restricted funds 22 500,557 56,769 56,769 56,769
Unrestricted funds 3,172,188 3,817,984 4,864,006 4,833,695
3,672,745 3,874,753 4,864,006 4,833,695

The charitable company is entitled to the exemption from the audit requirement contained in section 477 of the Companies Act 2006, for the year ended 31 March 2024, although an audit has been carried out under section 144 of the Charities Act 2011.

The Directors acknowledge their responsibilities for ensuring that the Charity keeps accounting records which comply with section 386 of the Act and for preparing financial statements which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charitable company as at the end of the financial year and of its incoming resources and application of resources, including its income and expenditure, for the financial year in accordance with the requirements of sections 394 and 395 and which otherwise comply with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 relating to financial statements, so far as applicable to the charitable company.

The members have not required the charitable company to obtain an audit of its financial statements under the requirements of the Companies Act 2006, for the year in question in accordance with section 476.

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.

16/12/2024

The financial statements were approved by the Trustees on .........................

.............................. Mr A G Ashe Trustee

Company Registration No. 09040143

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 25 41,964 213,616
Investing activities
Investment income received 86,677 6,911
Net cash generated from investing
activities 86,677 6,911
Net cash used in financing activities - -
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents 128,641 220,527
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year 3,486,716 3,266,189
Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 3,615,357 3,486,716

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

1 Accounting policies

Charity information

Onebillion Learners is a private charitable company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 315-317 New Kings Road, London, SW6 4RF, England.

1.1 Accounting convention

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the Companies Act 2006, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and "Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)". The charitable company is a Public Benefit Entity as defined by FRS 102.

The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the charitable company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.

The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.

1.2 Going concern

At the time of approving the financial statements, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements. There are no material uncertainties related to events or conditions that cast significant doubt on the charitable company’s ability to continue as a going concern.

1.3 Charitable funds

Unrestricted funds are available for use at the discretion of the Trustees in furtherance of their charitable objectives.

Restricted funds are subject to specific conditions by donors or grantors as to how they may be used. The purposes and uses of the restricted funds are set out in the notes to the financial statements.

1.4 Income

Income is recognised when the charitable company is legally entitled to it after any performance conditions have been met, the amounts can be measured reliably, and it is probable that income will be received.

Donations are received from individuals and corporations. onebillion Learners reclaims Gift Aid from HM Revenue and Customs where appropriate documentation has been received from the donor.

Government grants

Government grants are recognised at the fair value of the asset received or receivable when there is reasonable assurance that the grant conditions will be met and the grants will be received.

A grant that specifies performance conditions is recognised in income when the performance conditions are met. Where a grant does not specify performance conditions it is recognised in income when the proceeds are received or receivable. A grant received before the recognition criteria are satisfied is recognised as a liability.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.5 Expenditure

Expenditure is recognised once there is a legal or constructive obligation to transfer economic benefit to a third party, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement, and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.

Expenditure is classified by activity. The costs of each activity are made up of the total of direct costs and shared costs, including support costs involved in undertaking each activity. Direct costs attributable to a single activity are allocated directly to that activity. Shared costs which contribute to more than one activity and support costs which are not attributable to a single activity are apportioned between those activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources. Central staff costs are allocated on the basis of time spent, and depreciation charges are allocated on the portion of the asset’s use.

All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and, in accordance with the requirements of the SORP, has either been classified directly to or allocated as appropriate support costs over the Charity's two main activities under the SORP of the funding of OneBillion Children and its Governance.

1.6 Research and development expenditure

Research and development expenditure is written off against profits in the year in which it is incurred.

Intellectual property over 8 years

1.7 Stocks

Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and estimated selling price less costs to complete and sell. Cost comprises direct materials and, where applicable, direct labour costs and those overheads that have been incurred in bringing the stocks to their present location and condition. Items held for distribution at no or nominal consideration are measured the lower of replacement cost and cost.

1.8 Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.

1.9 Financial instruments

Financial assets and financial liabilities are recognised when the company becomes a party to the contractual provisions of the financial instrument.

Basic financial assets

Debtors do not carry interest and are stated at their nominal value. Appropriate allowances for estimated irrecoverable amounts are recognised in the Profit and Loss account when there is objective evidence that the asset is impaired.

Basic financial liabilities

Creditors are not interest bearing and are included at their nominal value.

1.10 Retirement benefits

Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

1 Accounting policies

(Continued)

1.11 Business combinations

In the parent company financial statements, the cost of a business combination is the fair value at the acquisition date of the assets given, equity instruments issued and liabilities incurred or assumed, plus costs directly attributable to the business combination. The excess of the cost of a business combination over the fair value of the identifiable assets, liabilities and contingent liabilities acquired is recognised as goodwill. The cost of the combination includes the estimated amount of contingent consideration that is probable and can be measured reliably, and is adjusted for changes in contingent consideration after the acquisition date. Provisional fair values recognised for business combinations in previous periods are adjusted retrospectively for final fair values determined in the 12 months following the acquisition date. Investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates are accounted for at cost less impairment.

Deferred tax is recognised on differences between the value of assets (other than goodwill) and liabilities recognised in a business combination accounted for using the purchase method and the amounts that can be deducted or assessed for tax, considering the manner in which the carrying amount of the asset or liability is expected to be recovered or settled. The deferred tax recognised is adjusted against goodwill or negative goodwill.

1.12 Basis of consolidation

The consolidated group financial statements consist of the financial statements of the parent company OneBillion Learners Ltd together with all entities controlled by the parent company (its subsidiaries) and the group’s share of its interests in joint ventures and associates.

All financial statements are made up to 31 March 2024. Where necessary, adjustments are made to the financial statements of subsidiaries to bring the accounting policies used into line with those used by other members of the group.

All intra-group transactions, balances and unrealised gains on transactions between group companies are eliminated on consolidation. Unrealised losses are also eliminated unless the transaction provides evidence of an impairment of the asset transferred.

Subsidiaries are consolidated in the group’s financial statements from the date that control commences until the date that control ceases.

Entities in which the group holds an interest and which are jointly controlled by the group and one or more other venturers under a contractual arrangement are treated as joint ventures. Entities other than subsidiary undertakings or joint ventures, in which the group has a participating interest and over whose operating and financial policies the group exercises a significant influence, are treated as associates.

Investments in joint ventures and associates are carried in the group balance sheet at cost plus postacquisition changes in the group’s share of the net assets of the entity, less any impairment in value. The carrying values of investments in joint ventures and associates include acquired goodwill.

If the group’s share of losses in a joint venture or associate equals or exceeds its investment in the joint venture or associate, the group does not recognise further losses unless it has incurred obligations to do so or has made payments on behalf of the joint venture or associate.

Unrealised gains arising from transactions with joint ventures and associates are eliminated to the extent of the group’s interest in the entity.

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NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

2 Critical accounting estimates and judgements

In the application of the charitable company’s accounting policies, the Trustees are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

4 Income from investments
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2024 2023
£ £
Interest receivable 86,677 6,911
5 Other trading activities
**Unrestricted ** Unrestricted
funds funds
2024 2023
£ £
Other trading activity income 19,833 41,290
6 Other income
Unrestricted Unrestricted
funds funds
2024 2023
£ £
R&D tax reclaims 71,739 114,288
7 Grants payable
2024
£
Grants to institutions:
Imagine Worldwide 395,915

This was an unrestricted donation from OneBillion to Imagine Worldwide to support the first phases of the Malawi government's BEFIT programme.

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

8 Support costs allocated to activities
Support
Governance
2024		 Support Governance 2023
Costs Costs Costs Costs
£ £
Staff costs
535,670		 - 535,670 508,791 - 508,791
Other staff costs
19,120		 - 19,120 19,260 - 19,260
Repairs and renewals
1,066		 - 1,066 9,577 - 9,577
Travel and accomodation
61,336		 - 61,336 48,302 - 48,302
Bank charges
526		 - 526 391 - 391
Insurance
892		 - 892 600 - 600
General expenses
4,242		 - 4,242 2,829 - 2,829
Entertaining
322		 - 322 6 - 6
Exchange rate differences
37,646		 - 37,646 (151,998) - (151,998)
Accountancy
-		 14,454 14,454 - 12,765 12,765
660,820 14,454 675,274 437,758 12,765 450,523
Analysed between:
Charitable activities
660,820		 14,454 675,274 437,758 12,765 450,523
660,820 14,454 675,274 437,758 12,765 450,523

9 Charitable activities

Education of Education of
Education of
Education of
marginalised
marginalised
children children
2024 2023
£ £
Direct costs 212,015 136,079
Grant funding of activities (see note 7) 395,915 -
Share of support costs (see note 8) 660,819 437,758
Share of governance costs (see note 8) 14,455 12,765
1,283,204 586,602
Analysis by fund
Unrestricted funds 982,430 290,833
Restricted funds 300,774 295,769
1,283,204 586,602

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

10 Net movement in funds 2024 2023
£ £
The net movement in funds is stated after charging/(crediting):
Fees payable to the charity's auditor:
- for the audit of the charity's financial statements 7,650 6,950
- for tax advisory services 650 650
- for other financial services 6,154 3,500
11 Auditor's remuneration
Fees payable to the charity's auditor and associates: 2024 2023
£ £
For audit services
Audit of the financial statements of the charity 7,650 6,950
For other services
Taxation compliance services 650 650
All other non-audit services 6,154 3,500
6,804 4,150

12 Trustees

None of the Trustees (or any persons connected with them) received any remuneration or benefits from the charitable company during the year. It should be noted that purchases of £54,840 (2023: £54,840) were made from Eurotalk Ltd, a company in which a trustee, Andrew Ashe, is a significant shareholder.

13 Employees

The average monthly number of staff employed by the subsidiary was 10 (2023: 9). The Charity does not employ any staff.

Employment costs 2024 2023
£ £
Wages and salaries 471,616 450,427
Social security costs 53,911 48,419
Other pension costs 10,143 9,945
535,670 508,791

Key management personnel

The Trustees are considered to be the key management personnel and they have waived their right to any emoluments from OneBillion Learners. Full time local staff salaries are determined by negotiation and reference to rates in the area for comparable work.

The number of employees whose annual remuneration was £60,000 or more were:

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

13 Employees (Continued)
2024 2023
Number Number
£90,001 to £100,000 1 1

14 Taxation

The charity is exempt from taxation on its activities because all its income is applied for charitable purposes.

The subsidiary prepares a corporation tax return and is due a R&D reclaim in the period, this is recognised as other income (note 6).

15 Intangible fixed assets

Intangible fixed assets
Intellectual property
Group
£
Cost
At 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 750,000
Amortisation and impairment
At 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024 750,000
Carrying amount
At 31 March 2024 -
At 31 March 2023 -

Costs in relation to the development of Onetab and Onetest app totaling £488,694 have been expensed to the SOFA in the year.

16 Fixed asset investments

Fixed asset investments
GROUP GROUP CHARITY CHARITY
2024 2023 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Shares in group undertaking 234,000 234,000 234,000 234,000

The Charity's investments at the Balance Sheet date in the share capital of companies include the following:

Subsidiary

onebillion Children Limited

Registered Office: 315-317 New Kings Road, London SW6 4RF Company Number: 08966136 (England and Wales)

Charity holds 100% of Ordinary Shares in subsidiary, each share has full rights in the company in respect to voting

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

16 Fixed asset investments (Continued) (Continued)
and distributions.
The results for this subsidiary were as follows:
2024 2023
£ £
Turnover 635,251 612,407
Expenditure (212,015) (136,078)
Net profit/loss to the Charity 423,236 476,329
£ £
Aggregate capital and reserves (1,562,559) (1,344,370)
Aggregate assets 23,516 309,223
Aggregate liabilities 1,586,075 1,653,593
17 Stocks
2024 2023
£ £
Finished goods and goods for resale 9,805 39,648
18 Debtors
Group Group Charity Charity
2024 2023 2024 2023
Amounts falling due within one year: £ £ £ £
Trade debtors 823 281,855 - -
Corporation tax recoverable 186,027 200,066 - -
Amounts owed by fellow group undertakings - - 1,586,075 1,653,593
Other debtors 37,641 13,570 - -
Prepayments and accrued income - - - -
224,491 495,491 1,586,075 1,653,593

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

19 Loans and overdrafts

Group Group Charity Charity
2024 2023 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Directors' loans 100,000 100,000 - -
Payable within one year 100,000 100,000 - -

Amounts within the Directors' loan are non-interest bearing, repayable on demand, and were fully repaid after the year-end in April 2024.

20 Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

GROUP GROUP CHARITY CHARITY
2024 2023 2024 2023
£ £ £ £
Borrowings 100,000 100,000 - -
Other taxation and social security 13,321 14,092 - -
Trade creditors 49,437 22,110 3,000 3,000
Accruals and deferred income 14,150 10,900 3,150 3,149
176,908 147,102 6,150 6,149
Retirement benefit schemes
2024 2023
Defined contribution schemes £ £
Charge to profit or loss in respect of defined contribution schemes 10,143 9,945

21 Retirement benefit schemes

The charitable company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the charitable company in an independently administered fund.

22 Restricted funds

The restricted funds of the charity comprise the unexpended balances of donations and grants held on trust subject to specific conditions by donors as to how they may be used.

At 1 April Incoming
Resources
At 31 March
2023 resources expended 2024
£ £ £ £
663,243 744,562 (300,774)
1,107,031
Funding localisation (606,474) - - (606,474)
56,769 744,562 (300,774)
500,557

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

22 Restricted funds (Continued) (Continued)
Previous year: At 1 April Incoming
Resources
At 31 March
2022 resources expended 2023
£ £ £ £
Funding localisation 41,833 310,705 (295,769) 56,769
23 Analysis of net assets between funds
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds
2024 2024 2024
£ £ £
At 31 March 2024:
Current assets/(liabilities) 3,172,188 500,557 3,672,745
3,172,188 500,557 3,672,745
Unrestricted Restricted Total
funds funds
2023 2023 2023
£ £ £
At 31 March 2023:
Current assets/(liabilities) 3,817,984 56,769 3,874,753
3,817,984 56,769 3,874,753
24 Analysis of changes in net funds
The charitable company had no material debt during the year.
25 Cash generated from operations 2024 2023
£ £
(Deficit)/surpus for the year (202,008) 527,645
Adjustments for:
Investment income recognised in statement of financial activities (86,677) (6,911)
R&D tax credit received 85,778 -
Current year R&D tax reclaim (71,739) (114,288)
Movements in working capital:
Decrease/(increase) in stocks 29,843 (36,848)
Decrease/(increase) in debtors 256,961 (163,698)
Increase in creditors 29,806 7,716
Cash generated from operations 41,964 213,616

ONEBILLION LEARNERS

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED) FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024

26 Related party transactions

Transactions with related parties

During the period under review, the Charity incurred charitable expenditure of £300,000 (2023: £314,545) as a grant to its subsidiary, OneBillion Children Limited. This expenditure was provided to support the subsidiary in delivering projects and initiatives aligned with the Charity's objectives, including educational programs and community outreach efforts. At the balance sheet date, £1,586,074 was due to the Charity from the subsidiary (2023: £1,653,593). This amount is interest-free and repayable on demand.

At the balance sheet date £100,000 (2023: £100,000) was owed to Andrew Ashe, a trustee and director. The balance is interest-free and repayable on demand. This loan was repaid in full on 23rd April 2024.

During the year, purchases of £54,840 (2023: £54,840) were made from Eurotalk Ltd, a company in which a trustee, Andrew Ashe, is a significant shareholder.

Guarantors

onebillion Learners is a company limited by guarantee. In the event of a winding-up, the liability of each of the members is limited to £10. At 31 March 2024 the Members of the company were all Trustees as listed in the Trustees Report.