## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] September 2022 to 31[st] August 2023** ## **Charity name: NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY FUND (NERF)** ## **Charity registration number: 1162850** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Objects:
The relief of financial need and suffering among
victims of natural or other kinds of disaster
including but not limited to the earthquake of
25 April 2015 in the Federal Democratic
Republic of Nepal and its after effects, in the
form of money (or other means deemed
suitable) for persons, communities, and/or
organisations affected.| |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|NERF has raised funding through efforts focused
in the United Kingdom for the purpose of
making grants to registered non-governmental
organisations in Nepal in line with its Objects
stated above and in accordance with its Grant
Making Policy.| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The Trustees understand and have had regard
to the Charity Commission’s guidance on Public
Benefit.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP
reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|NERF has a Grant Making Policy which
requires adherence to certain principles
and for the Trustees to be in unanimous
agreement before funds can be released.
There is no fixed limit to grants but Trustees
seek to ensure that there is sufficient
funding remaining for other projects and to
ensure that the reserves remain intact.| |Trustees pay particular attention to the| |---| |following:| |a) the amount of unrestricted funding| |available or restricted funding which| |may suit the project run by the| |recipient;| |b) whether the potential recipient| |already receives a considerable| |amount
of
large-scale
public| |support;| |c) whether the objects of the| |potential recipients fit within| |the particular areas of interest| |of NERF;| |d) whether the size of grant which| |NERF can make available is such as to| |make a significant difference to the| |recipient; and| |e) whether a Trustee has| |direct knowledge of the work| |of the recipient.| |Thematically NERF’s grant-making operates| |in three areas:| |1.
Health which currently includes the| |Psycho-Social Support Programme,| |(PSSP) and the Menstrual Health| |Programme, (MHP);| |2.
Volunteer Trek Projects where| |volunteers raise monies though| |sponsorship to fund the projects| |that they help with whilst trekking| |in Nepal (VTP); and| |3.
The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR),| |providing
landslide
and
flood| |protection.| |||||3.
The Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR),
providing
landslide
and
flood
protection.| |---|---|---|---|---| |Policy on
including
investment|social investment
program
related
||Para 1.38|NERF has continued to provide and oversee
grants made to Nepali organisations that
support disadvantaged and marginalised
groups and communities.| |||||Other activities include the expansion of| |||||the Menstrual Health Programme, (MHP),| |||||continued support for a school with shoes| |||||for students, Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)| |||||andprovidingextra income for traditional| |||artisans badly affected by the
earthquakes.| |---|---|---| |Contribution
made
by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers have been essential in continuing
NERF programmes. Although we have had no
use for volunteers this financial year.
All volunteers are provided with the
‘Volunteer Code of Conduct’ and required to
read and sign a copy when in-country. NERF
also provides an information pack for
reference, including the constitution.| ## **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|In 2022 – 2023 NERF’s NERF made
one
grant
to
Nepal
Gaja
Development Foundation in order
to fund a water source construction
project in Lekhani VDC.| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the
period|Para 1.21|NERF finished the year with a decrease in
revenue from £3,073 to £1,706 and a slight
increase in spending from £480 to £540. Within
this budget however we were able to build a
new website and launch it and we also achieved
better pricing on our internal software systems.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating
why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity has maintained its policy of a
minimum cash reserve of
£2,000.
This is a comfortable margin as the entire
running costs of NERF in the year 2022 - 2023
(including the cost of running events not
borne by the trustees) was only £540.| |||| |---|---|---| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|NERF’s reserves at the end of the year was
£30,132 leaving reserves of £28,132.| ## **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 charity received most of its funds from
online donations and individual donors during
the last period.
One grant were made during the period in the
amount of £2,628 as noted above.
Trustees have sought to keep running
costs to a minimum through pro bono
contributions
from
volunteers
and
attaining best value for expenditure in all
situations.
NERF is not seeking to make any
investments. However, where NERF has
been required to purchase materials for
example to use for fundraising events it
has always sought to obtain these from
ethical sources.| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Risks**
The Trustees are continuing to take advice on
the risks involved while working in rural,
remote, deprived and vulnerable communities.
This includes risks relevant to personal injury,
programme integrity and the well-being of
beneficiaries. This advice is sourced from
industry professionals, peer educators and
experienced organisations.
NERF
funded
programmes
which
are
implemented by NERF’s partners do involve
students of varying ages. Consequently,
safeguarding has been discussed extensively
among the Board and Trustees ensure that all
partner charities operating in Nepal have
effective
safeguarding
measures
before
projects are funded.
Our field trustee, David Morrall, who has the
majority of face-to-face contact with NERF’s
partner organisations has completed an up-to-
date enhanced Disclosure Barring Service (DBS)
check and continues to develop his training
through
courses
offered
by
different
professional,academic and charitable sector| bodies. In addition, David also works with two other UK based charity organisations and adheres to their training and safeguarding policies. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity constituted?|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|Appointed by consensus of the Trustees| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies
and
procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|New and existing trustees are required to
familiarise themselves with ‘The Essential
Trustee’ booklet published by the Charity
Commission. In addition trustees review,
recommended and share other relevant
guidance published by the Charity Commission
and other appropriate bodies, for example the
Department for International Development
(“DFID”) “Disaster Ready”.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure
and
any
wider
network with which the charity
works|Para 1.51|NERF is dependent on its partner organisation in
Nepal.
NERF is also a member of BRANNGO:
http://www.branngo.org.uk/.
Apart from these relationships NERF is
completely independent.| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charityname|Nepal Earthquake RecoveryFund| |---|---| |Other name the charityuses|NERF| |Registered charitynumber|1162850| |Charity’s principal address|56 Bernard Street
St Albans
Hertfordshire
AL3 5QN| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
2
3
4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Geraint John-Skinner|Chair of Trustees|Whole Year|N/A| ||Amanda Weisbaum|Trustee|Whole Year|N/A| ||David Morrall|Trustee|Whole Year|N/A| ||Jacob Strange|Trustee|Whole Year|N/A| ## **There are no other Trustees.** ## **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)**
**Position (eg Secretary, Chair,**
**etc)**
**Date**|
Geraint John-Skinner
David Morrall|
Geraint John-Skinner
David Morrall| |---|---|---| |||| |||David Morrall| ||
Chair of Trustees|| ||28.06.2021|| ||28.06.2021|| **NEPAL EARTHQUAKE RECOVERY FUND 1162850 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a** ## **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 9/1/2022 8/31/2023 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**
BACS Donations
**560**
Amazon donation
**36**
Paypal GivingDonation
**-**
EasyFundraising
**17**
Facebook fundraising
Paypal donations
**928**
Payroll Giving
100
Gift Aid
**-**
Refund
**10**
Interest
**55**
**1,706**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**A1 Receipts**
BACS Donations
**560**
Amazon donation
**36**
Paypal GivingDonation
**-**
EasyFundraising
**17**
Facebook fundraising
Paypal donations
**928**
Payroll Giving
100
Gift Aid
**-**
Refund
**10**
Interest
**55**
**1,706**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Restricted**
**funds**|**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Endowment**
**funds**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**560**
**36**
**-**
**17**
**-**
**928**
**100**
**-**
**10**
**55**
**1,706**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |BACS Donations|**560**|**-**|**-**|**560**|**2,661**| |Amazon donation|**36**|||**36**|**41**| |Paypal GivingDonation|**-**|||**-**|| |EasyFundraising|**17**|**-**|**-**|**17**|**8**| |Facebook fundraising||**-**|**-**|**-**|| |Paypal donations|**928**|**-**|**-**|**928**|**553**| |Payroll Giving|100|**-**|**-**|**100**|**-**| |Gift Aid|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |Refund|**10**|||**10**|| |Interest|**55**|||**55**|| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**1,706**
|**-**|**-**|**1,706**|**3,263**| |**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total receipts_ 1,706**
**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,706**|| ||||||| ||||||**-**| ||||||**-**| ||||||| |||**-**|**-**|**1,706**|**3,263**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|||| |||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|| ||||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_**||**1,706**||**-**||**-**||**1,706**||**3,263**|| |**A3 Payments**
Admin
**540**
Fundraisingadmin
**-**
Psycho-social supportprogramme
**-**
Water tankproject(Lekhani)
**2,628**
Menstrual healthprogramme
**-**
Purchases ofproducts for charityshop
**-**
DRRproject
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ 3,168**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**_Total payments_ 3,168**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**-**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**-**
**_Cash funds this year end_ -**
**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**540**
**-**
**-**
**2,628**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,168**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,168**
**-**
**-**
**594**|| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**480**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**480**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**480**| |||||| ||**-**|**-**||**2,783**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**594**|**2,783**| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment funds funds funds** **Categories** **Details** |**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|Primary bank account balance
**Details**
-
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**30,132**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**30,132**
**-**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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Print Name
Geraint John-Skinner
David Morrall
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Geraint John-Skinner|17.08.2023| |||David Morrall|17.08.2023|