Zimbabwe Pensioners Support Fund Charity No: 1161646 34 Ulysses Rd, OakhursL Swindon SN25 2JR Email: z mail.com ANNUAL REPORT ZIMBABWE PENSIONERS SUPPORT FUND (UK) For year ended 31st March 2023 We have been saddened this year to losè one of our founder trustees Mrs Heather Milner who sadly passed away on 22nd May 2023. Heather was instrumental in setting up the fund here in UK and v40rked tirelessly to support our beloved pensioners in Zimbabwe. She always thought of the golden oldies, as she called them, and her dying wish was that donations be given to the fund in lieu of flowers. We will miss her enthusiasm and dnve but we know she is at last out of pain and resting peacefully. Her faith was a great comfort to her. The fund has oned bank accounts in Europe, USA, Canada, New Zealand and Australia with Wse bank to facilitate people who wish to donate in those countries. These accounts are filtered through our UK account and all funds sent on to the head Offi in South Africa for the purchase of food parcels and medical supplies, for the pensioners. The system has worked well so far, and we get better exchange rates and lower bank charges. We will continue to monrtor the situation and follow our auditor's advice. In November our chairman, Prof.Anthony Granger attended a Zane organized conference in London where various charitses working in Zimbabwe made presentations. As treasurer I have attended several online webinars organized by the Charity Commission. These have been useful in making sure we are complying with all legal requirements for charities. As a result, we have tightened up our handling of the fund and put in pla tighter controls. We have managed to send £84000, to South Africa this financial year. We continue to be amazed at how generous the diaspora is here in the UK despite the cK)St-of- living crisis. My thanks to all the trustees and our auditor for thr continued SuPrt Beti-Ann McLean 2fKf Augst 2023
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Statement of Income and Expenditure Year Ended March 31[st] 2023
Income
Regular Donations (Barclays) 77685.63 Other donations (Net) 9415.38 Special Donation (Wise) 300.00 87401.01 Transfers to SA 83817.97 Bank Charges (combined) 666.93 84484.90 Excess Income 2916.11
Outgoings
Represented by:-
Opening Balance (Barclays) 4282.88 Opening Balance (Wise) 16.00 4298.88 Excess Income 2916.11 Closing Balance 7214.99
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Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independcnt Examlner s Report 3113r2023 Chaiity no (if any) 1161646 responslbillti•s of The trustees CL1 that alit is ncrt rTed for this year lJustses and •umlnor urKler 5econ 144 ofthe Charilies Act 2011 {the Cherilie5 Acll and that an tt is my TespcKtsibthty lo: enTrne the o)unts under sedson 145 ofthe Chanties Act. to fall the procedures (kp•n in tr 9ened Directions gi¥en ty the Chaity ConWr luThler seclion 145(5Mbl of the Chanljes Act. a¥J ?x•nlns statement by the Charity Ccn&s1O. An examinaticffl indudes a reM•v of the pyesented ryth those r0[5. tt also indudes (X)nsideratn of any unusual ilems or th"sdosures in the ac¢J)Ufts. and seektng enatMMs from the trustee5 corwThng any suth mattets. The pldureS undertaken do rKrt pro¥ide all the eviderxe that Y)uld te requ} in an diL and conseqLwty no OFInic is gven as to wftheT the present a Irue and farf view KI Ihe TetAxl is limrted to those matters set out in the examinerf8 statement the requlrerts." ha4 nLX been ft., or 2. to wh"ch. in my coinicn. atten11 shcAthI dwm in orderto enable a S*ned: PBP 1 SepteMr 2023 Peter B Phrllips Relèvant professlonal quallficationls) or body (If anyl: M.l.A.S.. F.P.C.