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Annual Report for the year ending 31[st] March 2022
Trustees
Administrators
Alice Hall Peter Whitby Rachael Lambert Mark Provis Peter Whitby Mark Provis
Objects
Bankers
For the public benefit, to bring sustainable improved drinking water, sanitation and hygiene in particular but not exclusively in Sub-Saharan West Africa to those who have access to only unimproved facilities, in particular but not exclusively by providing access to improved drinking water, sanitation and hygiene through appropriate technologies and education for the advancement of health or the saving of lives in accordance with Christian principles.
Barclays Bank
The period of 1[st] April 2021 – 31[st] March 2022 saw a continuation of the Covid-19 pandemic. Thankfully conditions did not restrict work of the team on the ground in Senegal too much. The Senegalese borders remained closed to non-residents but the team were able to continue working due to lockdown restrictions being eased. Despite the difficulties and inconveniences they faced, the team remained positive and motivated.
After restarting activities in November 2020, the team carried this momentum into 2021 and by December 2021 they had completed our 100[th] borehole. By March 31[st] 2022 the total number of boreholes had reached 128, a massive improvement on the 37 boreholes we had completed at the end of March 2021.
Autonomy / Materials
After operating independently of H2O International for longer than a year now and completing so many more boreholes the team are more than competent and confident in their abilities. We have a core team consisting of three Senegalese and two Gambians and few experienced ‘nomads’ that the team can call on if necessary. In recent months higher quality materials have become available in Ziguinchor. This means that we can now buy everything we need locally. However, the supply chain does occasionally let us down. When this occurs, we can still buy materials from H2O International and our relationship with them remains good.
Project 52
On the 1[st] of January 2021 we launched Project 52 with the ambitious goal of funding and installing 52 new boreholes in Senegal during the year 2021. By the end of the year, we had completed 67 boreholes and the project was fully funded.
SWIDN
In April 2021 Mark started the Accelerator programme offered by South West International Development Network (SWIDN). It runs over two years, and offers online training, working groups, resources etc. for charities based in
Registered Charity Number 1162815
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 fountainoflife.org.uk hello@fountainoflife.org.uk
the Southwest (https://www.swidn.org.uk/). In the last year Mark has participated in online workshops/training on subjects including Action Learning Sets, building financial capacity, and monitoring and evaluation. They also matched Mark with a mentor (founder & director of Legs for Africa) for a period of six months. As well as being a great learning experience Mark has also made many new southwest based contacts.
Team visit
In November 2021 the Senegalese borders reopened to non-residents. Mark was able to travel to Senegal to visit the team in December 2021 (the last visit was pre-pandemic in February 2020). As well as spending time with the team he was finally able to deliver the water quality testing kit and run the first tests. As expected, initial tests indicated that our protected boreholes do indeed provide a safe source of water especially when compared to unprotected community wells.
Website
At the end of 2021 we were approached by a graphic designer, Andy Fox, through the website pimpmycause.com Andy offered his services to help redesign our website free of charge. We have been working together on the new design and hope to have it finished and make the switch when the current website subscription expires at the end of June 2022. There is a possibility that we may continue to partner with him to try and grow our online presence and build our newsletter mailing list.
Project 100
In February 2022 we sent out 100 letters to different trusts requesting funding for Project 100. Project 100 will officially launch in September 2022 and we aim to raise £35,000 to fund 100 boreholes. To date we have received a total of £3,500 in funding for the project from two different trusts.
The Trustees’ policy is not to hold capital reserves, although inevitably some balances are held over the financial year end, where expenditure has been planned but not completed.
For the trustees
Mark Provis
24[th] June 2022
Registered Charity Number 1162815
Fountain of Life
Charity Number 1162815
Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2022
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current Assets | £ | £ | £ |
| Cash at bank | 7232 | 6544 | 6264 |
| Total | |||
| General Fund | |||
| Fund brought forward | 6544 | 6264 | 5151 |
| Surplus (deficit) for the year | -2312 | 280 | -577 |
| Restricted Fund | |||
| Fund brought forward | 0 | 1690 | 0 |
| Surplus (deficit) for the year | 3000 | -1690 | 1690 |
| Total | 7232 | 6544 | 6245 |
| Signed |
Peter Whitby
Fountain of Life
Charity Number 1162815
| Income and Expenditure Account | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| for the year to 31st March 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 |
| Surplus | Surplus | Surplus | |||||||
| Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | |
| General Fund | |||||||||
| Unrestricted giving | 8423 | 9742 | -1319 | £6,216 | £6,923 | -£707 | £3,437 | £3,577 | -£140 |
| Payments directly for Charitable purposes | |||||||||
| Tax refunds | £987 | ||||||||
| Bank charges | |||||||||
| Interest received | |||||||||
| Accountancy | |||||||||
| Travel expenses | 993 | £437 | |||||||
| Total | 8423 | 10735 | -2312 | £7,203 | £6,923 | £280 | £3,437 | £4,014 | -£577 |
| Restricted Fund | 3000 | 0 | 3000 | £0 | £1,690 | ||||
| Total for the year | 11423 | 10735 | 688 | £7,203 | £6,923 | £280 | £5,127 | £4,014 | -£577 |
| Fund balances brought forward | £6,544 | £6,264 | £5,151 | ||||||
| Fund balances carried forward at 31st March 2021 | £7,232 | £6,544 | £6,264 |
Fountain of Life
Charity Number 1162815
Statement of Financial Activities for the period ending 31st March 2022
| 31st March | 31st March | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted | Restricted | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Funds | Funds | Total Funds | Total Funds | |
| Incoming Resources | ||||
| Donations, Legacies and similar resources | ||||
| Voluntary donations | £8,423 | £3,500 | £11,923 | £7,203 |
| Legacies | ||||
| Grants receivable | ||||
| From other bodies | ||||
| Other grants receivable | ||||
| Total donations and legacies | £8,423 | £3,500 | £11,923 | £7,203 |
| Operating Activities | ||||
| Activities for generating funds | ||||
| Activities in furtherance of the charity's objectives | ||||
| Total Operating Activities | ||||
| Investment income | ||||
| Other incoming resources | ||||
| Total Incoming resources | £8,423 | £3,500 | £11,923 | £7,203 |
| Resources expended | ||||
| Costs of generating funds | ||||
| Costs of generating voluntary donations | ||||
| Charitable expenditure | £10,735 | £0 | £10,735 | £280 |
| Grants payable | ||||
| To other charities | ||||
| Other grants payable | ||||
| Activities in futherance of charity's objectives | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Governance costs | ||||
| Other resources expended | ||||
| Total resources expended | £10,735 | £0 | £10,735 | £280 |
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources before transfers | -£2,312 | £0 | -£2,312 | £250 |
| Gross transfer between funds | ||||
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources | -£2,312 | £0 | -£2,312 | £280 |
| Gains/(losses) on revaluation of own fixed assets | ||||
| Gains/(losses) on revaluation and disposal of | ||||
| investment assets | ||||
| Net movement of funds | £688 | £0 | £688 | £280 |
| Fund balances brought forward | £6,544 | £0 | £6,544 | £6,264 |
| Fund balances carried forward at 31st March 2020 | £7,232 | £0 | £7,232 | £6,544 |