2023-10-31-accounts - The Peace Centre Uganda

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Trustees Annual Report for The Peace Centre Uganda

Repor&ng Period: November 2022 to October 2023 Background • The name of the charity is The Peace Centre Uganda (TPC). It was registered on 23[rd] February 2015, charity number 1160583.
• Address of principal office – 2 Beacon Walk, Tenterden, TN30 6SF Trustees for this repor-ng period: Anthony Reich – Chairperson. David Mar)n – Treasurer. Andy Clapperton – Public rela$ons and marke&ng.
- Jenny Stevens – Secretary
Trustee mee)ngs are held by videoconference every 6 to 8 weeks. The agenda usually covers monthly report rela-ng to the progress of the children, opera-onal issues in Uganda and fundraising. The treasurer provides a financial report.
TPC Uganda is a CIO, an NGO an Approved Home in Uganda. The cons5tu5on was last amended on 1[st] December 2014. The appointment of new Trustees is arrived at by the exis%ng Trustees.
• Charity’s Mission Statement: Love, care and a home for Ugandan orphans. • Objects of The Peace Centre:
1. The Peace Centre in Bukinda, South West Uganda by:
  - a) The advancement of educa/on and training.
  - b) The relief of poverty, sickness
  - c) The promo)on of good health
2. To advance in life and help young people through providing support and ac5vi5es which develop their skills, capaci.es and capabili.es to enable them to par.cipate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.
There should be at least one visit to TPC in Uganda each year by a Trustee, but this will depend upon prevailing condi/ons.

Opera&onal Developments during 2022-2023

UK has caused them to resign. However, we retain their exper1se as consultants (Kat Shkurka
in child wellbeing, Mao Nakano in publicity), and they a*end Trustee mee0ngs.
TPC con(nues to fully support 38 children (including 1 at nursing college, 3 at voca(onal college and 2 at university).
The trustees held 6 video conference mee2ngs in the repor2ng period; including one with the directors at TPC.
Policies are regularly reviewed and updated.
• There are 28 children in the PEACE programme, on a school-only support basis. These children live in their local community.
A one-day youth empowerment workshop was held with career guidance and mo5va5onal talks by speakers from the community. This involved all resident children, school-only sponsored children and many schoolchildren from the community. 200 children in total a"ended. Previously held in 2021, this was repeated in 2022, as it had been so well received. It is good for community rela3ons.
New Government regula/ons require that secondary children have to board at schools. This means that our costs have increased as we have 17 boarders.
A new custodian (male warden) has been appointed.
3 students have graduated in tailoring from voca1onal college. They received sewing machines as a gradua.on award. They make clothes for the children.
There are now 3 students at voca1onal college and 3 doing A-level.
2 students have entered university; one doing Agriculture and one Civil Engineering.
There have been 5 visitors; 4 sponsors and 1 volunteer.
There are 4 new children as residents. All of whom are sponsored.
The main costs are now split between 38% school fees & associated costs, 24% wages, 19% meals.

Charity Name No (if any) The Peace Centre Uganda 1160583

Receipts and payments accounts

For the period Period start date Period end date To from 01-Nov-22 31-Oct-23

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Section A Receipts and payments

Section A Receipts and payments	Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Donations&fundraising 19,313 Child sponsorship 19,245 Gift Aid 1,792 Interest on deposit account 330 - - - *Sub total(Gross income for AR)40,680* A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). - - Sub total - Total receipts 40,680 A3 Payments Funds to The Peace Centre Uganda 49,200 Funds transfer charges 165 - - - - - - - Sub total 49,365 A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - Sub total - Total payments 49,365 *Net of receipts/(payments)* - 8,685 A5 Transfers between funds - A6 Cash funds last year end 87,738 Cash funds this year end 79,053		Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 19,313 19,245 1,792 330 - - - - 40,680 - - - 40,680 49,200 165 - - - - - - - 49,365 - - - 49,365 - 8,685 - 87,738 79,053	Last year to the nearest £
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment Categories Details funds funds to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ B1 Cash funds UK banks 79,053 - - - - - - Total cash funds 79,053 - - (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) OK OK OK Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment funds funds Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ ~~1~~ 02/05/24

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Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees		Signature	Print		Name			Date of approval
	D J Martin		D	J MARTIN				02/05/24
	Treasurer

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02/05/24

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Charity Name members of The Peace Centre Uganda On accounts for the year 31 October 2023 Charity no 1160583 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 / 10 / 2022.

Responsibilities and basis of As the charity trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance report with the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my statement attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect,:

• the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or • the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or • the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: G Pennington Date: 2 May 2024 Name: GEOFFREY PENNINGTON Relevant professional Retired Chartered Management Accountant. Past member of CIMA. qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 135, Fairfield Road, Stockton Heath, Warrington, WA4 2BS

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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

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