Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From 1.2.20 to 31.1.21
Charity name: Think Pacific Foundation
Charity registration number: 1162190
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference |
||
|---|---|---|
| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | Think Pacific Foundation strives to support communities and children in need in Fiji. Our purpose is the prevention or relief of poverty in the Fiji Islands by providing or assisting in the provision of educational support and development, extra-curricular advancement, sports development, training opportunities, improved infrastructure, improved access to health care and all necessary support to enableindividuals to lead healthy lives. |
| 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. |
Para 1.17 and 1.19 |
The activities of the Think Pacific Foundation during this period focused upon advancing health for rural communities in hardship. The charity chose to focus on this area, due to being such a highly relevant issue as the world faced the impacts of global pandemic, COVID-19. During the year, Think Pacific Foundation worked with remote communities to achieve the building and completion of three health centres, in poor and rural communities in Fiji. All materials and local planning and labour costs were funded by the foundation. These projects advance health and wellbeing in rural areas, including helping to facilitate the vaccination roll out in the Fiji Islands. The following video link shows the construction of one of the health centres, completed in June 2021 in Narikoso village. This video was shared to donors to update on the progress:https://vimeo.com/443372262 Additional support was provided to facilitate local training and youth empowerment initiatives for unemployed and disadvantaged youth in Fiji. The charity also provided donations to support communities suffering damage due to cyclones and assist local relief projects. Think Pacific Foundation provided all grants to Think Pacific Foundation (Fiji) which is a separate local registered charitable trust in the Fiji Islands (FJ 989) in order to achieve the projects aims. |
Para 1.18
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| Policy on grant making | Para 1.38 | The Trustees meet quarterly to discuss, review and approve projects and grant applications. Funds are only be approved for projects, which are considered to directly benefit Fijian communities or schools and which fall into the charities core objects. Projects, which predominantly support rural communities in Fiji, where the evidence of need is greatest, are prioritised. All grants were provided to Think Pacific Foundation (Fiji) a charitable trust registered in the Fiji Islands. This organisation has long standing connections to Think Pacific Foundation and enables monies to be entirely monitored and used most purposefully to |
| the greatest needs identified by the Trustees on the ground in Fiji. Having trustees on the ground in Fiji was a key benefit to understanding and applying donations to the best possible use and identifying needs first hand. |
||
|---|---|---|
| Para 1.38 | ||
| Contribution made by volunteers |
Para 1.38 | No contribution was made by volunteers from the Think Pacific Foundation during the year. |
| Other |
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
Para 1.20 | Through the grants provided by Think Pacific Foundation during the year, the charity was able to facilitate several core objects to improve the lives of people living in hardship. These included: Improving local infrastructure Donations were used to providethe entire construction of three health centre buildings. The achievement of these projects enables the village nurse to have a facility to provide consultations and also act as a secure dispensary for medicines. The project is supported by the Fijian Ministry of Health, who Think Pacific Foundation (Fiji) sought advise and endorsement before completing to ensure the facilities meet national standards and directives for health. Health Clinics were completed in Naqelecibi Village and Narikoso village and Namoli Village, all in the remote Ra province, which was heavily impacted by cyclone damage in recent years. |
.
Health Training & Advocacy:
Alongside the building of the facilities, grant funding was provided to support the training of local people in first aid training and promote advocacy of health in conjunction with Fiji Red Cross. The aim was to advance local knowledge and skills as well as promote awareness of health in remote and poor areas. Fiji is a country with one of the highest rates of non-communicable disease and awareness campaigns are vital to reduce this national issue, which particularly impacts poorer communities. Youth Empowerment Think Pacific donated education and sports resources to enable 57 youths to engage in a youth leadership and empowerment project focused on developing life skills and employment prospects to young men and women living in hardship. The programmes were delivered for youth groups of Nabudrau Village, Namoli Village and Naqelecibi Village Cyclone Relief & Resilience Think Pacific Foundation made grants to local Fijian organisations to support initiatives to help communities impacted by cyclones. This included projects to provide shelter, agriculture support and healthcare resources. .
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Achievements against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | The Trustees are satisfied that achievements made met our objectives to relieve poverty and hardship in Fiji. This was a year wherethe whole world faced huge challenges due to COVID-19 and we were proud to be able to continue our impact in this climate. |
|---|---|---|
| Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set |
Para 1.41 | The Trustees are satisfied with the fundingraised, especially when considering the huge challenges faced due to the global pandemic and the negative impact this had upon normal fundraising plans and reduction in charity donations globally. The charity worked hard during the year to innovative new sources of funding. This included engaging the services of consultants to explore new fundraising streams This work resulted in successful fundraising campaigns on facebook and Just Giving as well as gaining the support of professional rugby player and Fijian International, Semi Radradra, who organised an online campaign to raise funds for Think Pacific foundation. |
|---|---|---|
| Investment performance against objectives |
Para 1.41 | The trusteesare satisfied with the investment against objectives, considering such a difficult obstacles due to COVID, but are focused upon achieving far greater performance ahead. |
| Other | ||
Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | The charity made a loss in the year of £8,251, but had a cash balance at the year end of £28,305 |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Think Pacific Foundation implements a reserves policy to ensure financial stability.In a challenging year of income due to COVID-19, Think Pacific was able to maintain a positive balance sheet and has a policy to continue to hold reserve of at least 6 months of income |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | £28, 305 |
| Reasons for holding zero reserves |
Para 1.22 | Reserves held |
| Details of fund materially in deficit |
Para 1.24 | N/A |
| Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern |
Para 1.23 | Trustees have every confidence in the charity continuingto function and provide greater support for Fijian communities. |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | The principle sources of funds came from fundraising events organised by a growing community of donors, sharing a passion for supporting Fijian communities. |
|---|---|---|
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | Think Pacific chooses to carefully allocate funds once received through grants to Fijian charities, maintaining a reserve policy within our charity account. |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | Continued challenge of COVID poses the greatest risk to the charities ability to both raise funds and achieve objects. However, the trustees have every confidence in navigating these events. |
| Other |
Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
||
|---|---|---|
| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | Foundation Model Constitution |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | CIO |
| 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 |
Para 1.25 | Trustees must be appointed by a resolution passed at a properly convened meeting of the charity trustees. In selecting individuals for appointment as charity trustees, the charity trustees must have regard to the skills, knowledge and experience needed for the effective administration of the CIO. |
Additional information (optional)
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| Policies and procedures | |
|---|---|
| adopted for the induction | Para 1.51 |
| and training of trustees | |
| The charity’s organisational | |
| structure and any wider | Para 1.51 |
| network with which the | |
| charity works | |
| Relationship with any related | Para 1.51 |
| parties | |
| Other |
Reference and Administrative details
| Charityname | Think PacificFoundation |
|---|---|
| Other name the charity uses | |
| Registered charity number | 1162190 |
| Charity’s principal address | 15 Queen Square Leeds LS2 8AJ |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |
Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Darker | Chair | |||
| James Hunter | ||||
| Thomas Whitehead | ||||
| Nigel Scott | ||||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
Additional information (optional)
Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)
Type of Name Address adviser
Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)
Exemptions from disclosure
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
Other optional information
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) Simon Edward Darker Position (eg Secretary, Chair Chair, etc)
Date 25/11/2021
Receipts and Payments Accounts
----- Start of picture text -----
Charity name Think Pacific Foundation
Charity number (if any) 1 1 6 2 1 9 0
For the period from (start date) 0 1 0 2 2 0 to (end date) 3 1 0 1 2 1
Section A Receipts and payments
----- End of picture text -----
| Section A Receipts and payments |
Section A Receipts and payments |
Section A Receipts and payments |
Section A Receipts and payments |
Section A Receipts and payments |
Section A Receipts and payments |
Section A Receipts and payments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
Total funds to the nearest £ |
Last year to the nearest £ 70,273 70,273 562 611 50,000 51, 324 51, 324 18, 949 152 0 0 0 0 |
|
| 49,652 | 49,652 | 70,273 | ||||
| 49,652 | 49,652 | |||||
| Sub total A2 Asset and investment sales, etc Total receipts A3 Payments |
||||||
| 49,652 | 49,652 | 70,273 | ||||
| JUST GIVING FEES | 501 | 501 | 562 | |||
| BANK FEES | 798 | 798 | 611 | |||
| DONATIONS TO CHARITIES IN FIJI | 25, 000 | 25,000 | 50,000 | |||
| FOREIGN CURRENCY LOSSES | 175 | 175 | 152 | |||
| MARKETING | 4, 637 | 4,637 | 0 | |||
| FUNDRAISING | 26, 716 | 26, 716 | 0 | |||
| SUBSCRIPTIONS | 41 | 41 | 0 | |||
| TRAVEL NATIONAL | 36 | 36 | 0 | |||
| 57, 903 | 57, 903 | 51, 324 | ||||
| Sub total A4 Asset and investment purchases, etc Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
||||||
| 57,903 | 57, 903 | 51, 324 | ||||
| (8,251) | (8, 251) | 18, 949 | ||||
March 2012: new format January 2017
CC16a
Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Section B
| Details B1 Cash funds Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details B2 Other monetary assets Details B3 Investment assets Details B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use Details B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature CAFBank Balance at31.01.21 CAFBank Balance at31.01.20 |
Details | Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ |
Restricted funds to the nearest £ |
Endowment funds to the nearest £ |
||
| CAFBank Balance at31.01.21 | 28,305 | |||
| CAFBank Balance at31.01.20 | 36, 556 | |||
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
|
| Details | Fund to which asset belongs |
Cost (optional) |
Current value (optional) |
|
| Details | Fund to which liability relates |
Amount due (optional) |
When due (optional) |
|
| Signature | Date of approval | |||
| Mr Simon Darker | 25/11/2021 |
March 2012: new format January 2017
CC16a