2024-10-31-accounts - The Peace Centre Uganda

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Trustees Annual Report for The Peace Centre Uganda

Reporting period November 2023 to October 2024

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 reporting period: Anthony Reich – Chairperson. David Martin – Treasurer. Andy Clapperton – Public relations and marketing. Jenny Stevens – Secretary
Trustee meetings are held by videoconference every 6 to 8 weeks. The agenda usually covers monthly report relating to the progress of the children, operational issues in Uganda and fundraising. The treasurer provides a financial report.
TPC Uganda is a CIO, an NGO an Approved Home in Uganda. The constitution was last amended on 1[st] December 2014. The appointment of new Trustees is arrived at by the existing Trustees.
Charity’s Mission Statement: Love, care and a home for Ugandan orphans.
• Objects of The Peace Centre: 1. To promote the benefit of orphaned and vulnerable children and young people living at The Peace Centre in Bukinda, South West Uganda by:
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 - a) The advancement of education and training.

 - b) The relief of poverty, sickness

 - c) The promotion of good health
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1. To advance in life and help young people through providing support and activities which develop their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate 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 conditions.

Operational Developments during 2023-2024

ID verification requirements made by our bank on two Trustees who are based outside the UK has caused them to resign. However, we retain their expertise as consultants (Kat Shkurka in child wellbeing, Mao Nakano in publicity), and they attend Trustee meetings.
TPC continues to fully support 37 children (including 1 at nursing college, 5 at vocational college and 2 at university). There are 16 secondary boarders and 13 resident.
The trustees held 6 video conference meetings in the reporting period; including one with the directors at TPC in Uganda.
Policies are regularly reviewed and updated.
• There are 21 children in the PEACE programme, on a school-only support basis. These children live in their local community.
New Government regulations require that secondary children have to board at schools. This means that our costs have increased as we have 17 boarders.
We have had to take in abandoned children, as required by the probation officer.
• A new custodian (male warden) has been appointed.
2 students have graduated in tailoring from vocational college. They received sewing machines as a graduation award. They make clothes for the children. A student finished nursing training and is buying a pharmacy.
• There are now 3 students doing A-level who will possibly progress to college. • 2 have entered university; one doing Agriculture and one Civil Engineering. • There have been 5 visitors; 4 sponsors and 1 volunteer. • There are 5 new children as residents. • The main costs are now split between 35% school fees & associated costs, 21% wages, 20% meals.
• A visit took place from 14 students at Dulwich School Shanghai to The Peace Centre. This was the first visit in 5 years due to covid.
• The students from Shanghai painted many of the outside walls around the living areas, built a trampoline and took part in community visits.
They undertook many activities with the children from The Peace Centre such as making robotic vehicles, decorating pencil cases, helping to write letters to sponsors and organising games and sporting activities.
Two trustees held several business meetings with the directors of The Peace Centre. One included the Probation Officer. As a result of this meeting we were told we could open TPC in the holidays to all children, including secondary boarders, if we provided a holiday school.
Safeguarding rail around canteen and kitchen area has been built.
• Golden Magezi, the Executive Director, has retired from teaching and devotes all his time to TPC.
Poultry/egg business has been re-instated after Covid, to help boost funds locally and provide fresh food for the residents.
Six bicycles have been funded by a generous sponsor.
• Despite a difficult financial environment, our income streams have been maintained.

Charity Name No (if any) The Peace Centre Uganda 1160583 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period Period start date Period end date To = ~~rr~~ from 01-Nov-23 31-Oct-24 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Endowment Restricted funds Total funds Last year funds funds to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ A1 Receipts Donations & fundraising 24,925 - - 24,925 - Child sponsorship 22,980 - - 22,980 - Gift Aid 3,378 - - 3,378 - Interest on deposit account 747 - - 747 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total (Gross income for AR) 52,030 - - 52,030 - ~~==~~ A2 Asset and investment sales, ~~>= ==~~ (see table). - - - - - - - - - Sub total - - Total receipts [ 52,030 ] - - 52,030 - ~~SS=~~ A3 Payments Funds to The Peace Centre Uganda 47,600 - - 47,600 - Funds transfer charges 180 - - 180 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Sub total 47,780 - - 47,780 - ~~=====~~ A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) - - - - - - - Sub total - - ~~SSS~~ Total payments 47,780 - - 47,780 - Net of receipts/(payments) 4,250 - - 4,250 - A5 Transfers between funds - - - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 79,053 - - 79,053 - Cash funds this year end 83,303 - - 83,303 - ~~SS S464~~ 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 83,303 - - - - - - Total cash funds 83,303 - - ~~—~~ (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~~ 07/04/25

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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				04/04/25
	Treasurer

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07/04/25

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 2024 Charity no 1160583 ended (if any) Set out on pages (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: 4 April 2025 ~~Po [|~~ Name: GEOFFREY PENNINGTON ~~Pe~~ 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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