Bringing Schools
Together
www.twins.org.uk
REPORf AND FINANCIAL STATEMENrs
FOR THE PERIOD
I JAIYUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2021

TWINS
CONTENTS
Page
Charity Information
Charity OveNiew
Report of the Trustees
statement of Responsibilities

TWINS
CHARITY INFORMATION
Trustees
William Oswald
Ashley Gray
Bryony Croft
Managing Trustee
William Oswald
Registered Office
Buckton Park
Leinlwardine
Herefordshire
SY7 OJU
Bankers
National Westrninster Bank plc
15 Bull Ring
Ludlow
Shropshire
SY8 1AG
Accountants
Ashmole & Company
Manchester House
Grosvenor Hill
Cardigan
SA43 1 HY
UK Registered Charity Number
1160469
Further Infonnation
www.1wins.or .uk

TWINS
CHARITY OVERMEW
Introduction
Twins links schools be￿een the UK and areas of natural disasterlgeneral need for practical
support, educational interaction and cuttural understanding. It was inFtially established in reaction
to the effects of the Asian tsunami on schools in Southem Sri Lanka and about 200 schools were
twinned. More re￿￿tly, pilot projects have been established in Pakistan, Somalia. Somaliland and
Yemen.
Activities
The fundamental aim of Twins is to establish mLrtual understanding and frsendship between children
of different cultures and religions. through educational and social interaction. This is achieved
through various collaborative programmes, some of which are Gompatible with inclusion in UK
national curricula, in recognitson of how Itttle spare time schools have available. Details of the
programmes are provided to schools through an online schools resources area on the charity's
websrte. There is also a fundraising and expendtture element. bLrt much effort is made to avoid
dependency and cO-de￿ndencY mindsets through undue focus on this element.
An underfying principle of the Twins fundraising model is that every penny raised by a UK school is
spent directly on its own 'twtn' school. Nothing is taken by Twns for administration and funds are
not spread be￿en schools. This means that everything raised by those in the UK is spent on
those wth whom they are building direct relationships overseas. The purchase of Ètems such as IT
and sports equipment, generators and water-coolers, even classroom construction, is Ca￿led out
by project management according to strict controls (tv￿n$ never gives cash to schools).
A coincidental result of Twins, more re￿nt activities is that it has becorne a conduit for friendship
and understanding between children of Christian and Muslim cultures. While the fostering of
interculturalffaith relationships was always an aim of Twns, rt was perhaps a less urgent mission in
relation to Twins, operations in primarily Buddhist and Hindu Sn Lanka. The more recent projects
in Pakistan, Somalia, Somaliland and Yemen come at a particularfy important time for
understanding and cooperation be￿n moderate majorities. Postiive interaction bemeen Ghildren
at such a fomialive age can be invaluable_
Twins also contributes to efforts to ensure that girts have access to education and that the education
re￿iVed by boys is balanced and progressive. Twins, local partner for Pakistan, DIL Trust UK, has
established over 250 schools there. educating thousands of boys and girls who might othetwise
receive only narrow religious educations or be denied education completely. Education is key to
building happy, prosperous and peaceful communrties, with positive global relationships and
citizens who are less likely to take terrible risks lo try to start lives in other countries.
Governance & Management
Twins has three trustees; Ashley Gray, Bryony Croft and William Oswald, the last of whom manages
the charity on a daily basis. Twns has four patrons", Field Marshal Lord Guthrie. Edward Gould,
Rageh Omaar and Shehan Ratnavale. Twns has a Constitution drawn up by William Oswald and
legal advisors Shearman & Sterfing. Atthough founded in 2005, Twins was only registered as a
charity in 2015. Charttable status was unnecessary earlier. as all donations were expended
overseas through Twins. local country partners. while Twns. UK costs were covered privately.
Twins works with local partners in each overseas county. using a comprehensive set of Standard
Operating Procedures. These 'SOPs' detail all of the Pro￿sseS involved, along wrth providing
templates to be used and other relevant infonnation, notes and references. They have been
designed to be sufficiently generic. such that they could be used in relalion to any overseas country
for which a partner is available. The SOPS and other related rtems are posted in an online
management resources area, accessible through the T￿rynS websrte.

TWINS
REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES
The Trustees present their Report together with the Finanaal Statements for the period 1st January
2021 to 315t De￿mber 2021.
Activities
The charity continued to link schools between the UK and areas of natural disasterlgeneral need
for practical support, educational interaction and cuttural understanding. During the period, the
Charity continued to operate three pilot projects in Pakistan. Somalia and Somaliland, adding a
fourth in Yemen. The Charity established an account with charity donations website 'JustGiving'
htt s:/lwww.
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ivin
-com , due to the closing of charity donations website 'Virgin Money Giving,.
School Donatlons and funding of administrative costs
The Core focus of T￿￿n$ is educational and social interaction between the children involved.
However, there is also the facilty for UK children to raise funds to help improve the lives of the
children at the schools wtth which they are twinned. Twins maintains a policy of nng-fencing funds
received from each UK school's donations for expendrture on the specrfic overseas school with
which that UK school is twinned. There is no 'pooSing' befvleen schools and Twins does nol use
any such funds for sts own administrative costs. All funds re￿iVed by Twins from UK schools.
donations are remitted to the relevant country project partners for exFenditure on items to benefit
the appropriate overseas schools.
Accordingly, funds received by Twins from UK schools are held and accounted for separately. in a
similar mannerto that of a 'client account,. At the beginning of the period, the Charity was holding
no schools, donations (Due to temporary school dosures in reaction to the global pandemic, there
was very little school activtty and no fundraising during the previous period. During that previous
period. schools, donations of £584.82 held at the start of that period were remitted to the relevant
country project partners).
During the period, the Charity re￿iVed £555.25 in schools, donations, being £566 50, less £11.25
deducted in fees and disbursements by Virgin Money Giving, before funds were remitted to the
Charity ffhere may have been further funds taken and deducted by Virgin Money Giving, but no
such funds reached the Chanty). During the period, the Chartty remrtted £311.00 to the country
project partner for Yemen and therefore ended the period holding £244.25 in schools. don*ions.
The Charity started the period with administrative fvnds (from general donations in earfier periods)
of £1,442.04 and received a further £25.81 in general donations to the Charity. During the period,
the Charity spent £28.78 on domain, Y￿bsIte hosting. Maintenan￿ and development costs, and
£38 in subscriptions1£18 JustGiving and £20 British Yemeni Society). Al other administrative cost
were directly covered privately by the Managing Trustee.
Review of the Chaiity
The Chanty will remain open to re￿Iving general funding. If any such funding is sufficiently large
and ongoing, the Chartty may use it to increase administrative resources, in order to expand
operations wtthin current country projects and to extend operations to new country projects.
Othejwse, the Chanty will not subject itself to any substantial ongoing expenditure commitments
and will limit one-off expendtture items to those that can be afforded wth existing funds. Through
this policy and with administrative costs covered diredy privately by the Managing Trustee, th¢
Charity will remain sustainable and financially secure.
By Order of the Board of Trustees
William Oswald
Trustee
24.02.22

TWINS
INCOME AND EXPENDTURE
GENERAL ACCOUNT (See notes on previous page)
2021
2020
Income
General Donations
£25.81
Expenditure
Domain, Website Hosting, Maintenaft￿ & Development
£28.78
Subscriptions
£38.00
£66.78
Funds remaining at period end
£1,401.07
£1,442.04
SCHOOL DONATIONS (See notes on previous page)
Income
School Donations through Virgin Money Giving (inc. Gift Aid)
£566.50
Expenditure
Wirgin Money Giving card processing & transaction f￿S
(Amounts taken at source by Virgin Money Giving)
£11.25
Net Donations Received
£555.25
Funds Disbursed Through Local Partners
Twins Pakistan Project
Twins Somalia Project
Twins Somaliland Proiect
Twins Yemen Projed
£584.82
£311.00
£311.00
Funds remaining held for schools at period end
£244.25

TWINS
BALANCE SHEET
Fixed Assets
2021
2020
Tangible assets
Current Assets
Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Cash held for schools
Accounts receivable for schools
£1.401.07
£244.25
£1,442.04
£1.645.32
£1.442.04
Creditors.. due within one year
Cash due for schools
A¢counts Payable
£244.25
£244.25
Net Cu￿ent assets
£1,401.07
£1,442.04
Total assets less current liabilities
£1,401.07
£1,442.04
Creditors.. due after one year
£1,401.07
£1,442.04
In approving these Accounts as Trustees of the Charity we hereby confimi:
a. that, due to the amounts concerned. there was no requirement for either an independent
examination or an audit to be conducted in relation to the Charity's accounts during the
period." and
b_ that we acknowledge our responsibilities to comply with the requirements of the Charities
Act 2011 with regard to the keeping of accounting records. to the preparation and scrutiny
of statements of account, and to the preparation of annual reports and returns. The
statements of account. reports and retums will be sent to the Charity Commission
(regardless of the incorne of the Charity) no later than ten months from the financial year
ena.
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 24￿. February 2022.
William Oswald
) Trustees
Bryony Croft