Trustees’ Annual Report and Financial Statements for the period
From 06 April 2021 Period start date To 05 April 2022 Period end date
Charity name: Tigers4Ever Charity registration number: 1160528
Objectives and Activities
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
1. To promote the preservation of the tiger species in its natural habitat, its value to the forest and eco-systems, and its protection from extinction for the benefit of the environment and public; 2. To assist in the relief of poverty, sickness and in the advancement of education in the Bandhavgarh district of Madhya Pradesh, and in other rural and forest communities in India. |
| Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. |
To Give Wild Tigers a Wild Future: Our ultimate goal is to prevent the extinction of wild tigers. With India home to more than two thirds of the global wild tiger population; it is vital that we eliminate wild tiger deaths due to poaching and retaliatory poisonings to ensure that wild tigers will be around for future generations. We achieve this by: Providing Anti-Poaching Patrols and equipping them so that they can keep wild tigers safe from poachers’ snares and traps. Working with the communities who live with wild tigers to ensure they have a vested interest in wild tiger survival. Educating future generations so they know the value of an apex predator and its habitat to the ecology and sustainability of the landscape. Providing safety advice to ensure that people living with wild tigers keep themselves, their families and livestock safe. Reducing human-animal conflict to help stabilise both prey and predator numbers through the provision of sustainable environmentally focused permanent wildlife waterhole solutions and schemes to reverse habitat destruction. |
| Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit |
In setting objectives and planning for activities, the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance 'Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)'. |
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| Policy on grant making | Tigers4Ever Trustees consider how to use donations to further the charity’s objectives on a project-by-project basis, in line with individual project objectives. This could include making grants, for example to other charities with similar objectives to meet our aims. Trustees made no grants to other bodies during 2021-22. |
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| Contribution made by volunteers |
Tigers4Ever is entirely staffed by volunteers in the UK, who give their time and expertise freely. In addition, Tigers4Ever has two appointed volunteer full-time representatives in India who co-ordinate project activities at ground level in accordance with the instructions of the Tigers4Ever Board of Trustees. Tigers4Ever also has three appointed volunteer patrons and had an ambassador (until 08 December 2021), who donate(d) their time and expertise to assist our fundraising activities. Tigers4Ever has also relied on assistance from UK based volunteers for fundraising activities, social media input, website maintenance/development and copyrighting skills; and volunteers in India for distribution of educational resources and future project community research activities. |
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| Brief statement of the charity's policy on reserves |
Tigers4Ever holds reserves to ensure that it can meet its future financial obligations. |
| Other | The COVID19 pandemic and its associated economic impact plus the onset of the global cost of living crisis have affected and influenced the activities of Tigers4Ever throughout the whole of the financial year, both from a fundraising and project delivery perspective. We identified at our first Board of Trustees meeting in April 2021 that the economic impact of the pandemic in India was likely to prolong the increased risk of human-wildlife conflict and poaching activities for more than one year. Furthermore, we realised that it would be unlikely that face to face fundraising would resume during the financial year so we decided to focus our digital fundraising efforts on our anti-poaching patrols and reduction of human-wildlife conflict projects. We had already changed our activities to focus on what we could deliver throughout the COVID19 pandemic during the 2020-2021 financial year, so we felt prepared to deal with its ongoing impact and the new challenge of the cost of living crisis. We made appropriate enquiries and considered the possible effects on the charity, and updated our Risk Register accordingly. The Trustees are confident that the Charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. |
Achievements and Performance
| Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. |
We planned to increase our anti-poaching patrols by 10% compared with our 2020-21 levels as part of our 5 year strategy to increase at 10% per annum. The increased risk of poaching and human-wildlife conflict had meant that our 2020-21 was at 154% of target for the year, thus our revised target for 2021-22 was set at 10% above the actual patrolling done in 2020-21. Since the onset of the COVID19 pandemic in March 2020 there has been a significant increase in tiger poaching and human-wildlife conflict across India, as many people lost their former jobs and turned to plundering scarce forest resources for food and something to sell for income. This increased the risk of wild tiger deaths so we continued to prioritise our fundraising to maintain and further increase our 2021-22 patrolling by 30% above the planned target. This equated to 241% of pre-pandemic standard patrolling; and plans were put in place in February 2022 to |
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increase this patrolling further so that patrolling in 2022-23 would be set at a minimum of 290% of standard patrolling throughout the year. In spite of our increased patrolling, poachers struck during the 2021 monsoon killing an adult tigress who had a litter of four cubs at the time of her death. The survival chances for the young cubs are always slim, especially if they cannot be rescued and protected within 48 hours of their mother’s death. When the cubs are weaned their survival chances increase as their father often steps up to provide for his cubs and the subadults stay together to maintain the safety of numbers when dad isn’t around. On a more positive note, more than 40 tiger cubs were born during the 2021-22 financial year bringing the total number of tigers protected by our patrols to more than triple the number when our patrolling was established in July 2015. Wild elephants have continued to cause problems in Bandhavgarh via destruction of property, equipment and crops. They have destroyed a school, half a dozen patrolling camps and attacked several solar-powered borewell sites (including Tigers4Ever waterhole sites) leaving thousands of pounds of damage behind. We carried out repairs and replaced damaged solar panels at four Tigers4Ever waterholes during 2021-22 to address damage by wild elephants and provided safe drinking water tanks at three patrolling camps in July 2021 to ensure that anti-poaching patrols have safe access to drinking water. In addition, we also repaired and replaced safety information notices at three key locations in the forest where humans are frequently killed or injured by wild animals. Between November 2021 and March 2022, we installed solar-powered borewell pump systems to provide year-round water for wildlife at three locations: Mahaman, Kisanhai and Kamtamadhi, bringing the total number of Tigers4Ever permanent wildlife waterholes to eleven. By providing permanent wildlife water at these eleven locations we help to reduce human-wildlife conflict in the surrounding areas. Work commenced on the twelfth Tigers4Ever waterhole at the beginning of April 2022 but wasn’t complete at the 2021-22 financial year end. All new Tigers4Ever waterholes are built with elephant proof measures appropriate to the location, and work is underway to elephant proof the solar structures and pump systems at our existing waterholes, where this hasn’t been done at the time of repair. From January to April 2022, as the Indian schools returned to normal, we provided 450 education packs and 150 ecology books for children in three age groups living in the remotest villages which have suffered the greatest impacts from wild animals including elephants which destroyed crops and predators which killed livestock. We were unable to resurrect the pop-up schools during 2021-22 due to continued restrictions due COVID and a shortage of volunteer teachers. In 2022-23, we plan to collaborate with state schools in remote villages to hold open days where education packs are distributed at the school to encourage children to attend. We also worked with the wider tiger community throughout the year, in Bandhavgarh, to devise practical and workable solutions to help alleviate the impact of human-wildlife conflict including advice on the construction of elephant-proof fencing (chilli pepper fencing, beehive fencing, elephant proof moats) which can also provide much needed income and foodstuffs for the villagers, and the use of lemon grass as an elephant deterrent where the fencing options are unsuitable.
| Local suppliers were used for the supply of drinking water tanks, food for our anti-poaching patrols, labour and equipment for our waterholes, which provided employment and support for a community decimated by the economic and health impacts of the COVID19 pandemic. The examples above show how we have continued to protect the wild tiger in its natural habitat, whilst working with the wider tiger community in times of extreme hardship and disease. We assisted with the relief of extreme poverty with the provision of hardship assistance; and in the alleviation of sickness and injury by providing safe clean drinking water at remote patrolling camps to remove the need to drink water from the same waterholes used by wild animals for drinking and bathing. |
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| Achievements against objectives set |
Our specific core project outcome objectives are reviewed annually for a three-year period within the Charity’s Funding Strategy and 5 year strategic plan. Trustees link fundraising targets required to meet the core objectives, project needs and also identify targets by source of funding. Targets are dynamic and are influenced by national and international economic conditions, trends in tiger poaching and trade, increased risks, and the environment on the ground in our operating area in India. Projects are dependent on the necessary funding having been raised; the implication of this ‘golden rule’ means that the charity does not have known commitments which cannot be met from resources already raised. Where necessary project start dates are delayed or modified to ensure adequate funding is in place to enable Tigers4Ever to meet its financial and project obligations. Trustees regularly review project and financial performance against targets so that both fundraising and project impact is maximised. As shown above, we adapted our anti-poaching patrols delivery to meet the increased need due to an amplified risk of poaching and human encroachment into wild tiger territory so that we patrolled at 241% of our pre-pandemic levels and at 30% above our intended target. By doing this we were able to minimise wild tiger deaths due to poaching to a single incident, which claimed the life of a tigress, and eliminate the retaliatory poisoning of wild tigers throughout the year. In the same period over 40 new tiger cubs were born. We intended to install at least one new permanent wildlife waterhole in 2021-22 to provide water for at least eight wild tigers and countless other wild animals and were actually able to complete work at three new waterholes supporting at least 27 wild tigers. We were able to use local labour and installation expertise for construction of each. As highlighted above, wild elephants also caused significant damage to four more of our existing solar pump systems disabling them, so we conducted emergency repairs and replaced solar panels at the existing waterhole sites to ensure that permanent water sources were available for 36 wild tigers and countless other wild animals throughout the drought period (which is getting longer each year): from the end of January – to the beginning of July. We were able to raise sufficient funds to address this need via regular donations and an emergency appeal. We discovered that more patrollers from remote patrolling camps were |
| obtaining their drinking water from the same wildlife waterholes used by wild tigers, and thus raised funds for and provided clean water drinking tanks at three more remote patrolling camps. This will reduce both the health risks for the patrollers and the risk of injury or death from wild animal attacks at the wildlife waterholes. We had a target to provide at least 250 education packs to enable the poorest children in the villages most impacted by human-wildlife conflict to go to school. The COVID19 lockdown measures in India meant the state schools remained closed until late 2021 when phased returns by age groups commenced. The pop-up nature schools which we had previously delivered in conjunction with GTCS (a local NGO in Bandhavgarh) were unable to restart due to social distancing and other lockdown measures and a lack of volunteer teachers making delivery impossible. We were able to distribute 450 education packs to remote villages in the Dhamokhar, Panpatha and Manpur buffer zones which was at 180% of our 2021-22 target. We continued discussions with the Forest Department in Madhya Pradesh, including the Principal Chief Conservator of Forests in Bhopal, to deliver a forest rehabilitation project to plant trees and other vegetation to aid the recovery of the forest after several years’ devastation due to forest fires and illegal logging. The objective of this exercise will be to reduce human-wildlife conflict, tiger-tiger conflict and to alleviate some of the impacts of climate change – in particular water evaporation due to lack of canopy and soil degradation. Discussions for this initiative were still ongoing at the financial year end, we hope to progress this project further in 2022-23. |
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| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
To fund our strategic objectives for 2021-22 we needed to raise at least £30500 to cover our project costs. We actually raised £47489 during the 2021-22 financial year, which was 156% of our annual target but enabled us to manage the additional costs associated with the increased anti- poaching patrols at 130% of target, which were critical to address the elevated risk of wild tiger deaths; waterhole repairs; three new waterholes (instead of one); and 180% of target for our education project. In addition, we raised funds for the water tanks, above what we had targeted for the financial year. |
| Investment performance against objectives |
We do not hold investments. |
Financial Review
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Tigers4Ever is a cash-based organisation. We operate on a receipts and payments account basis and as such our financial statements are factual. We transfer risk, for example to suppliers of merchandise; we ensure that ownership and future maintenance of assets such as water holes rests with Indian authorities; we do not commit to expenditure until the necessary income has been collected to cover known costs. Consequently, our only material asset is the cash held in our current account; we are not committed to any known material future payments for which we have not already raised funding. The financial position at 5 April 2022, including movements on the various funds, is shown in the table below. |
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We have sufficient funds to meet known costs; we expect to meet our administrative costs beyond the forthcoming year. Of our principal current projects, we have sufficient funds to complete another two waterholes in 2022-23; we have sufficient funds to continue an enhanced anti-poaching patrol programme in 2022-23.
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|Statement explaining the policy| We hold reserves only to fulfil our obligations.|
|for holding reserves stating why| Although we operate only one bank account, we maintain reserved|
|they are held|funds for our major projects, so that there is transparency for donors|
|and clarity in income and expenditure for trustees. This approach also|
|reflects the policy of our major fundraising platform which enables|
|fundraising only for clearly defined projects.|
| We operate an unreserved fund; we have identified minimal|
|administration costs (including insurance and IT/communications). If we|
|did not have funds to meet these costs, the charity would cease to|
|operate.|
|Amount of reserves held|The current cash position is stated below.|
|Details of fund materially in|At 5 April 2022 we have no funds in deficit.|
|deficit|
|Explanation of any|Trustees believe we shall be able to continue our programmes for the|
|uncertainties about the charity|foreseeable future.|
|continuing as a going concern|
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|Explanation of any|Trustees believe we shall be able to continue our programmes for the|
|uncertainties about the charity|foreseeable future.|
|continuing as a going concern|
|Poaching|
|Poaching|
|2021-22|Unrestricted|Waterholes|Patrol|Education|Totals|
|Patrols|
|Equipment|
|£|£|£|£|£|£|
|Balance 06/04/21|920|6,422|19,311|613|174|27,440|
|Income|850|16,717|28,182|0|1,720|47,469|
|Expenditure|-1,224|-8,731|-13,779|-529|-1,124|-|
|25,387|
|Net Movement|-374|7,986|14,403|-529|596|22,082|
|Closing Balance at:|
|546|14,408|33,714|84|770|49,522|
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|The charity’s principal sources|We raise funds from a variety of sources and these are taken into|
|of funds (including any|account when assessing how our income targets are to be met. These|
|fundraising)|sources are primarily (and are not necessarily mutually exclusive):|
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|Digital platforms (GlobalGiving, Facebook, PayPal etc.);|
| Direct donations (sales, corporate donations, individual donations,|
|collection tubs);|
| Grants, Trusts, Foundations;|
| Legacies;|
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|Income from third parties (Amazon Smile, EasyFundraising,|
|GiveAsYouLive, eBay);|
| Events (this was not a priority in 2021 -22 because of issues of risk and|
|reward given our current profile and the continuing implications of|
|COVID19 lockdown measures).|
|In 2021-2022 we raised £47469 from the following sources:|
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| Category | Sub-Category | % of Income raised | % of Income raised | |||
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| Digital Platform | PayPal | 3% | 1% | |||
| 7% | 1% | |||||
| GlobalGiving | 61% | 78% | ||||
| Digital Platforms Total | 71% | 80% | ||||
| Third Party Income | 1% | 1% | ||||
| Direct Donations | 15% | 9% | ||||
| Direct Grants, Trusts, Foundations |
13% | 10% | ||||
| The analysis of source of income for the 2021-22 financial year (which reflects our current Funding Strategy) is below. Material points to note are: £2,200 (before fees [gross]) in grants from another charity received via GlobalGiving; USD $19,200 (£15,360) gross from two organisation’s sales of NFTs received via GlobalGiving; £2,600 gross from one organisation’s sales of NFTs received as Direct Donations (via Work for Good). |
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| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
We do not hold any investments; our principle is to commit donations to approved projects as quickly and appropriately as possible. |
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| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
We operate a risk register which is reviewed regularly by trustees. Risks are managed in accordance with a traffic light system which requires the trustees to agree mitigating measures as and where appropriate and to accept and manage the risks where mitigation is not possible or appropriate. The following are key risks which are closely monitored and managed by the trustees: Reduction in tiger numbers in Bandhavgarh due to reduced poaching patrols/increased poaching and human encroachment issues. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our ability to carry out our work in Bandhavgarh Reduction in tiger numbers due to catastrophic forest fires and resultant tiger-tiger or human-tiger conflict in Bandhavgarh Reduction in donations due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Corporate, Grant and personal donations can be affected Increasing need for data protection Policies and Codes of Conduct - ensuring that we as trustees or any representatives of our charity, conduct ourselves in an ethical manner & adhere to relevant laws |
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| How is the charity constituted? (eg unincorporated association, CIO) |
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| Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees |
Appointment by the Board of Trustees |
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| Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees |
All trustees have completed a skills audit which is regularly updated so that we can identify any skills gaps on the board and fill these via recruitment of volunteers or trustees as appropriate. Prior to the COVID19 pandemic we held physical away day sessions at least once per year, in the absence of the face to face training opportunities we have started a series of online orientation sessions and have conducted one to one/two digital training sessions to familiarise trustees with the learning opportunities via the GlobalGiving platform. In addition, all new Trustees receive a personalised Induction Pack and are encouraged to complete online training as needed from the digital resources at our and their disposal. This standard induction process which includes the individual trustees acquiring a knowledge of the Tigers4Ever current policies, procedures and strategies, listed below (a mix of bespoke and sector standard); and familiarising themselves with the Charity Commission Guidance “the Essential Trustee”. These policies and procedures are constantly available to trustees via our Microsoft Teams workgroup and underpin how we work. Trustee responsibilities Ethical Policy Environmental Policy Safeguarding Policy Safeguarding Code of Conduct Privacy Policy CC3 and Jigsaw; the Essential Trustee Charity Commission Public Benefit; Running a Charity Good Governance – full code Insurance, including Public Liability insurance The 12 essential roles of a Board Strategic Strategic Plan 2018-2023 (currently under review for 2022 – 2027) Risk Register Digital Fundraising Strategy Funding Strategy Fundraising Strategy Tigers4Ever Strategic Fundraising Groups Theory of Change Theory of Change Digital Operational-Internal Cyber Security Small Charity Guide Use of IT Groups and Specialisms Trustees Guide to Fundraising IoF Cross-border Fundraising Working Guide Bid Writing Principles The Digital Fundraising Book Anti-Poaching Patrol Safety Operational-External Tigers4Ever Corporate Partners Due Diligence Checklist/Key Questions Corporate Partner Tracker Partnering Agreement – Memorandum of Understanding Legacy Strategy Grants and Trusts Database |
| The charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works |
The Tigers4Ever Board of Trustees meets 4 – 5 times per year for full board meetings and subgroups meet in the interim to address particular project, fundraising, marketing, digital, governance, and financial needs as appropriate. Tigers4Ever has no paid staff in the UK and is entirely volunteer run. In India, Tigers4Ever has two full-time volunteer appointed representatives who co-ordinate project activity and delivery in India in accordance with the directives of the Board of Trustees (UK). Tigers4Ever has an established collaboration with the Global Tiger Conservation Society (GTCS) in India for the delivery of our education projects via pop-up nature schools, however, the COVID19 lockdown measures prevented project delivery during 2020-21, however, we maintained a dialogue with GTCS representatives throughout the 2021-22 financial year. Tigers4Ever works closely with the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department to ensure that projects such as our anti-poaching patrols and waterhole projects can be conducted within forest department protected areas and on government land. Tigers4Ever has fundraising partnerships with the third parties listed above and has not taken any financial or operational risks with any of its collaborators or partners. In addition, at the start of 2021-22 Tigers4Ever had four appointed patrons: Martin Clowes (since 2013), Lauren Maddox and Susan Fisher-Kaufman (both since 2017) and Martin Urch (from 06 May 2020 – 23 October 2021, when he became a Trustee). After 23 October 2021, Tigers4Ever had the remaining three appointed patrons identified above. Tigers4Ever had an appointed Ambassador: Pietro P J Danby (from April 2019 until 08 December 2021). |
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| Relationship with any related parties |
There are no related party interests either exercised by us or exercised over us. We do use third-party fund-raising sites (principally GlobalGiving); sites deduct a fee from donations made to us from some donations, and we receive the donation net of fees. We receive grants and matched funding during specific campaigns from some of the sites, if donations meet criteria laid down by the sites. Our third-party fundraising sites are available globally and we do not exercise any control over the management of these sites. We have been recognised as a Top ranked and effective Charity by GlobalGiving following their rigorous due diligence process and site visits to our projects in India. We have also been recognised as a Charity partner by Benevity following their rigorous due diligence process. |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charityname | Tigers4Ever |
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| Other name the charity uses | N/A |
| Registered charity number | 1160528 |
| Charity’s principal address | c/o 43 Ranworth Drive Lowton Warrington WA3 2SY Cheshire. UK. |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (ifany) | **Dates acted if not for whole year ** |
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| Corinne Taylor-Smith | Chair | ||
| David LesleyHandleyTaylor-Smith | Treasurer | ||
| Naomi Ditchfield | |||
| Sean Alexander Axon | Data Protection Officer | ||
| BarryTimothyPage | 06 April 2021 – 01 February2022 | ||
| Laura Lupton | |||
| Jamieson Alexander Copsey | |||
| Daniel Moldovan | |||
| Lyndon Roberts | |||
| Jonathan Graham Greenwood | |||
| Thomas Barrie Littler | |||
| Guna Freivalde | 21 May2021 | ||
| Martin Robert Urch | 23 October 2021 | ||
| Christian Martin Andrew Bell | 01 November 2021 | ||
Other optional information
Tigers4Ever does not source goods or services or materials used in the production of goods from China
Declarations
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.
Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees
Signature(s)
Full name(s) Corinne Taylor-Smith
Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)
Date 12 September 2022
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To the Trustees of the Tigers4Ever Charity
I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Tigers4Ever Charity for the year ended 5 April 2022.
Respective responsibilities of charity trustees and examiner
The Charity Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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(i) examine the financial statements under section 145 of the 2011 Act;
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(ii) follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and
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(iii) state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examiner's report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as members of the Charity concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independent examiner's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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(a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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(i) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
(ii) to prepare financial statements which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act; have not been met or
(b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the financial statements to be reached.
Jeremy R Valentine BSc (Hons), CPFA
34 Fountains Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheadle, Cheshire. SK8 7PY
Dated: 14 September 2022