26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
| Period start date | Period start date | Period start date | Period end date | Period end date | Period end date | |||||
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Section A Reference and administration details
| Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number Charity's principal address |
Fountain of Life |
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| 1162815 | |
| 26 Langley Road | |
| Chippenham | |
| Wiltshire | |
| SN15 1BX |
Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
| Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole year | Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any) |
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| Phil Tunstall | |||
| Mark Provis | Chair | ||
| Peter Whitby | Treasurer | ||
| Rachel Lambert | Secretary |
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
Section B Structure, governance and management
Description of the charity’s trusts
Type of governing document Constitution (e.g. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Charity Incorporated Organisation (CIO) (e.g. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointed by board of trustees (e.g. appointed by, elected by)
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policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
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trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
Section C Objectives and activities
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.
Definitions
For the purpose of this clause ‘Unimproved sanitation’ means open defecation (when human faeces are disposed of in fields, forests, bushes, open bodies of water, beaches or other open spaces or disposed of with solid waste); facilities that do not ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact (unimproved facilities include pit latrines without a slab or platform, hanging latrines and bucket latrines); shared sanitation facilities (sanitation facilities of an otherwise acceptable type shared between two or more households. Only facilities that are not shared or not public are considered improved).
Summary of the objects of the For the purpose of this clause ‘Improved sanitation’ means that facilities are likely to charity set out in its ensure hygienic separation of human excreta from human contact. They include the governing following: flush/pour flush to: piped sewer system, septic tank, pit latrine, Ventilated document Improved Pit (VIP) latrine, pit latrine with slab, composting toilet.
For the purpose of this clause ‘Unimproved Drinking Water’ includes: unprotected dug well; unprotected spring; cart with small tank/drum; surface water; bottled water (bottled water is considered to be improved only when the household uses water from another improved source for cooking and personal hygiene). Surface drinking-water sources include: river; dam; lake; pond; stream; canal; and irrigation channels. For the purpose of this clause ‘Improved Drinking Water’ means public taps or standpipes; tube wells or boreholes; protected dug wells; protected springs; rainwater collection; piped household water connection located inside the user’s dwelling, plot or yard.
For the purpose of this clause ‘Appropriate Technology (AT)’ means technology that is designed to be "appropriate" to the context of its use. Typical AT’s may be more labour intensive but require fewer resources, and use low cost and readily available materials wherever possible.
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
Team visits
Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)
Mark travelled to Ziguinchor from the 21[st] of September to the 3[rd] of October 2023. The main purpose of this visit (other than encouraging the team) was to train Craig Timmerman to test the water quality of our boreholes. This would mean that a continuous programme of testing can take place rather than just twice a year when Mark visits. Unfortunately for us during this visit Parfait, the team leader, informed us that he would be moving to France (with his French wife) in the not-too-distant future. Much of the remainder of this visit was spent making plans for Parfait’s departure and how this would impact the team.
Mark made a second trip to Ziguinchor from 12[th] to the 22[nd] March 2024. The water quality testing by Craig Timmerman didn’t work out so three days were spent training Saloum Coly to replace him. Saloum has now become an important part of team ensuring water safety and advising when extra steps such as filtration need to be used before drinking. We also handed over leadership responsibilities from Parfait to JeanClaude and Baldé.
Ziguinchor Team/Boreholes
The team, led by Parfait, are still going strong.
Project 100 came to an end. Aiming to install 100 new boreholes in a period of 12 months (September 2022 – August 2023) we smashed our target by constructing 111 boreholes providing an estimated 10,000 people with access to safely managed water. This also brought the total number of FoL boreholes to 300 which equates to over 30,000 people being supplied with water!
Regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit In making decisions concerning the public benefit the trustees have had due regard to the commission's public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant.
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
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policy on grant making.
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contribution made by volunteers.
The Ziguinchor team have the demonstrated the capacity to install 10-15 new boreholes per month. Our challenge is to find the level of funding to match their capability (£1,800 - £2,700 per month). We want to recognise the work of Susie Spencer. She continues to enthusiastically fundraise and spread the word about FoL on our behalf in some very creative ways.
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
Section D Financial review
The trustees have set a level equivalent to three months of operating costs for the organisation as a desired level of reserve. This fund is a contingency in the event of a sudden reduction in income, in order to protect the future Brief statement of the operation of the organisation from the effects of any unforeseen variations charity’s policy on in its income and expenditure. It also provides a cash flow for grants and reserves contracts that are paid in arrears. The trustees have calculated the level of reserves to be 25% of the previous financial year operating costs.
Details of any funds N/A materially in deficit
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the charity’s principal sources of Our funds come from a combination of individual donors (one-off and repeat
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funds (including any donations) and small grants from trusts and foundations.
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fundraising);
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how expenditure has As we do not have any core costs (salaries, rent, utilities etc.) the vast majority of supported the key our expenditure during the period of 2023/2024, was on project costs that directly objectives of the support the key objectives of FoL such as materials, monitoring and evaluation. charity; The remainder was spent on marketing/publicity, subscriptions, training, and
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26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s) Full name(s) Mark Provis Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Chair Date 28/09/2024
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
| 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | |
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| Current Assets | |||||
| Cash at bank | £13,748 | £10,682 | £7,232 | £6,544 | £6,264 |
| General Fund | |||||
| Fund brought forward | £5,845 | £4,232 | £6,544 | £6,264 | £5,151 |
| Surplus (deficit) for the year | £10,240 | £5,845 | -£2,312 | £280 | -£577 |
| Restricted Fund | |||||
| Fund brought forward | -£2,395 | £3,000 | £0 | £1,690 | £0 |
| Surplus (deficit) for the year | £58 | -£2,395 | £3,000 | -£1,690 | £1,690 |
| Total | £13,748 | £10,682 | £7,232 | £6,544 | £6,245 |
Signed
Peter Whitby (Treasurer)
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
| 31st March | 31st March | 31st March | 31st March | |||
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| Unrestricted | Restricted | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | |
| Funds | Funds | Total Funds | Total Funds | Total Funds | Total Funds | |
| Incoming Resources | ||||||
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| Voluntary donations | £12,193 | £11,944 | £24,137 | £19,898 | £11,923 | £7,203 |
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| Other grants receivable | ||||||
| Total donations and legacies | £12,193 | £11,944 | £24,137 | £19,898 | £11,923 | £7,203 |
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| Other incoming resources | ||||||
| Total Incoming resources | £12,193 | £11,944 | £24,137 | £19,898 | £11,923 | £7,203 |
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
| Resources expended | ||||||
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| Costs of generating voluntary | £2,185 | £2,185 | ||||
| donations | ||||||
| Charitable expenditure | £7,000 | £11,886 | £18,886 | £16,448 | £10,735 | £280 |
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| Other grants payable | ||||||
| Activities in futherance of charity's | £0 | £0 | £0 | |||
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| Other resources expended | ||||||
| Total resources expended | £9,185 | £11,886 | £21,071 | £16,448 | £10,735 | £280 |
| Net incoming/(outgoing) resources | £3,008 | £58 | £3,066 | £3,450 | -£2,312 | £250 |
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| Gross transfer between funds | ||||||
| Net incoming/(outgoing) | £3,066 | -£2,312 | £280 | |||
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| Net movement of funds | £688 | £280 | ||||
| Fund balances brought forward | £10,077 | £605 | £10,682 | £7,232 | £6,544 | £6,264 |
| Fund balances carried forward at 31st | £13,085 | £663 | £13,748 | £10,682 | £7,232 | £6,544 |
| March 2024 |
26 Langley Road, Chippenham Wiltshire, England, SN15 1BX +44 (0)1249 656395 hello@fountainoflife.org.uk Registered Charity Number 1162815
| 2024 | 2024 | 2024 | 2023 | 2023 | 2023 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |
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| Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | Income | Expenditure | (Deficit) | |
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| Unrestricted giving | £12,193 | £8,626 | £3,565 | £7,796 | £1,001 | £6,795 | £8,423 | £9,742 | -£1,319 | £6,216 | £6,923 | -£707 |
| Payments directly for Charitable purposes | ||||||||||||
| Tax refunds | £987 | |||||||||||
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| Travel expenses | £557 | £950 | £993 | |||||||||
| Total | £12,193 | £9,185 | £3,008 | £7,796 | £1,951 | £5,845 | £8,423 | £10,735 | -£2,312 | £7,203 | £6,923 | £280 |
| Restricted Fund | £3,000 | £0 | £3,000 | £0 | ||||||||
| Payments directly for Charitable purposes | £11,944 | £18,886 | £58 | £12,102 | £14,497 | -£2,395 | ||||||
| Total for the year | £24,137 | £28,071 | £3,066 | £19,898 | £16,448 | £3,450 | £11,423 | £10,735 | £688 | £7,203 | £6,923 | £280 |
| Fund balances brought forward | £10,682 | £7,232 | £6,544 | £6,264 | ||||||||
| Fund balances carried forward at 31st March 2024 | £13,748 | £10,682 | £7,232 | £6,544 |