## Hope For Tomorrow Global
Report and Accounts Year ended 31st March 2024
1 Lamb's Passage, London EC1Y 8AB www.stewardship.org.uk
## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **CHARITY INFORMATION**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Trustees**
Donna Bloomfield Nigel Ring Jeremy Thornton Valerie Poirot Callum Lympany Lois Taylor (19 May 2023)
## **Governing Document**
Constitution for a CIO Foundation registered 5 October 2015
**Charity Registration Number** 1163834
## **Principal Address**
Trinity Centre Stonehill Green, Westlea SWINDON SN5 7AR
## **Independent Examiner**
Ajay Rajani FCIE Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB
## **Bankers**
Barclays Bank Plc
|**Contents**|**Page**|
|---|---|
|Charity Information|1|
|Trustees' Annual Report|2-14|
|Independent Examiner's Report|15|
|Statement of Financial Activities|16|
|Balance Sheet|17|
|Notes to the Accounts|18-25|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities with Comparatives|26|
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## **REPORT FOR THE TRUSTEES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **Introduction**
The trustees have pleasure in submitting their Report and the accounts for the year.
## **Objects and Vision**
## **The object of the charity**
The charity is governed by a Constitution and is constituted as a charitable incorporated organisation. The charity's principal objects, as set out in its governing document, are:
- The relief and/or prevention of poverty, financial need and suffering in such places as the charity Trustees may decide.
- The advancement of education, health and saving lives in such places as the charity Trustees may decide.
## **The vision of Hope for Tomorrow Global is to:**
- Bring hope of lasting change to the poor and broken-hearted
- See the poor and vulnerable given dignity and empowered to help bring about change and transformation in their own communities and nations
## **Our Guiding Principles**
## **We are committed to:**
- The relief and prevention of poverty in the nations where we are working
- The relief of financial need, hardship and suffering among victims of disasters, whether this be natural disasters or other causes
- Saving lives and advancing health in the nations in which we are operating
- Advancing education by enabling access to schooling, training, and further education
We are a Christian charity, working with and through churches, but serve and support those of any or no faith
## **We aim to:**
- To express our Christian faith by practically demonstrating the love and Father-heart of God to all people regardless of race, religion, age, gender or sexual orientation.
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- To alleviate poverty among the poorest and most vulnerable by providing opportunities that empower them and offer long-term solutions, rather than creating dependency.
- To invest in opportunities and initiatives which have the potential to lead to long-term sustainable community development and transformation.
- To advocate for the poor and speak up on behalf of those who have no voice.
- To see the poor valued, treated with respect and given the dignity they deserve.
- To encourage and enable resources to be used and shared effectively to help communities develop.
- • To equip and mobilise people, recognising that money isn’t always the answer to poverty and that sharing knowledge and passing on skills and expertise are often keys to change and transformation.
## **How we work**
To achieve our aims, Hope for Tomorrow Global (HFTG) works with City Gate Church (CGG), based in Bujumbura in Burundi, and make grants to this church to support a variety of activities. CGC has a vision to see Burundi transformed by empowering the poor to bring about change in their community and nation.
We place a high value on working closely with individuals and communities and always seek to serve and support rather than to dictate or impose. We therefore work hard at building strong relationships so that we are genuinely working together, rather than merely setting out to meet a need.
We believe that poverty isn’t merely a lack of money but a lack of choice and opportunity. Therefore, a large part of Hope for Tomorrow Global’s role is to enable, to facilitate and to support and resource where we can. Sometimes this involves giving finance directly, especially in crisis situations, but we believe that it’s primarily about enabling people to access opportunities that will empower them, such as education and skills training.
We believe that these opportunities have an ongoing, lasting impact and that they will play a part in seeing genuine, lasting transformation.
In planning our activities, we have applied the guidance on public benefit issued by the Charity Commission.
## **Review of our activities in the year**
Our current focus is serving the poor in Burundi and alleviating poverty in East Africa. In aiming to achieve our objectives, we made grants to CGC to support the following activities:
## **A. Foundations for Farming (FfF)**
We are training people in this way of farming, which was originally pioneered in Zimbabwe, because it has the potential to eradicate hunger in Burundi and enable Burundi to feed itself as a result of the greatly increased yields it produces.
## **What is Foundations for Farming?**
FfF is based on God’s word and how He designed things in nature and encourages personal transformation, hard work and faithfulness and involves implementing the principles of conservation agriculture.
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## **Foundations for Farming Results in:**
- a) Greatly increased yields compared with conventional farming methods. In Burundi we have been getting 6 - 8 tonnes of maize per hectare compared with the national average of 1.5 tonnes per hectare.
- b) Small-scale farmers being able to feed their families from a small plot of land known as a Pfumvudza (1/16[th] of a hectare). Maize harvested in just one season will feed a family of six for an entire year.
- c) Families gaining a small income from the sale of beans grown in the second season.
- d) Prevention of soil erosion and restoration of the soil, leading to increased yields in subsequent years.
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A Pfumvudza Plot – Food for a Year
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## **Implementing Foundations for Farming in Burundi**
In the past 12 months we have:
- ensure they faithfully implement what they have been taught.
- We have also provided plots of land (Pfumvudza plots) and seed, plus farming equipment to almost 200 of the poorest families we have previously trained, so that they can continue to implement FfF and feed their families.
- We have trained over 30 new trainees in FfF at our training centre, in a residential training week.
- The participants included leaders, pastors, non-profit associations, agronomists, and key people of influence across the nation.
- We then supported them as they implemented FfF in their own regions.
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- We also trained a further 43 poor families on the fields, in different communities and have supported them in the implementation of FfF.
## **As a Result:**
- Hundreds of families are now feeding their families by implementing FfF on Pfumvudza plots.
- Their harvests are now consistently providing food for an entire year and poverty is being alleviated.
- Dignity is being restored and families are no longer forced to beg or scavenge for food. They are now getting requests to train their neighbours who have seen the increased yields and also want to learn.
- People of influence who we’ve trained from across the nation are now implementing FfF in their regions. Many have reported greatly increased yields and are eager to become trainers to expand the impact within their area.
## **B. Education**
- We provided uniforms and school kits for over 300 primary and secondary school children in the communities we are working with and assisted with school fees to enable the young people to attend school, so giving them the opportunity to get an education.
- We have continued helping poor and illiterate families to appreciate the value of education, including teaching parents how to support their children in their learning through home visits.
- The fact that children are now in school has also reduced begging, and local leaders have reported that children are no longer hanging around in the streets and getting into trouble!
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## **C. Rebuild, Restore**
- This is an initiative to provide safe shelter for the poorest of the poor. Initially this is often by providing assistance with rent for homeless families in crisis, but the aim is to provide families with a home of their own, giving them the opportunity to have security and be able to rebuild their lives and eventually to be free from the grip of poverty, without the added burden of monthly rent.
- In the 12 months from April 23 - March 24 we have built 19 homes and have also purchased building plots for further a further 60+ homes
## **D. Health and Nutrition**
- medical treatment can access critical medical care.
- On average around 80 people a month receive this assistance. It has saved many, many lives.
- We provide a cup of full fat milk every weekday to vulnerable children in two communities as a source of nutrition, as well as to nursing mothers.
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- We provide porridge and other food to undernourished children, adults and entire families to combat malnutrition.
## **E. Other Crisis Support**
- We enable poor families to engage in income generating activities by providing start-up funds or equipment for small businesses, helping with house repairs, assisting with burial costs and other needs.
- families and individuals in a range of situations including bereavement, the aftermath of crime and domestic and sexual abuse, financial hardship, illness and relational challenges and breakdowns etc.
## **F. Leadership Training and Development**
- We are constantly seeking to identify those with leadership potential and are actively investing in them and raising them to become leaders in their communities
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## **Planned Activities for the Coming Year (April 2024 - March 2025)**
## **Objectves**
## **The key objectives to be addressed during the coming year are:**
- The relief and prevention of poverty
- The relief of financial need, hardship and suffering among victims of disasters, whether this be natural disasters or other causes
- Saving lives and advancing health
- Advancing education by enabling access to schooling, training, and further education
In the year ahead we plan to continue our efforts to support those in crisis, to empower the poor, the marginalised and the disadvantaged, and to relieve poverty and advance health and education in Burundi in the following ways:
## **A. Poverty Alleviaton & Food Security Through Farming**
**Teaching Foundations for Farming**
- A key priority is to continue to focus on eradicating hunger and enabling poor Burundian families to sustain themselves by teaching them Foundations for Farming (FfF) which on average, results in yields which are 10 times more than crops grown using conventional farming methods, when the principles are applied faithfully and the same land is used year on year.
- Farmers implementing FfF are able to feed their families and gain an income from surplus crops, from a plot of land known as a Pfumvudza, which is 32 tmes smaller than the 2 hectares that would be needed when conventional farming methods are used. This way of farming therefore has a huge role to play in lifting people out of poverty, especially in a nation like Burundi, where there’s not enough land for people to sustain themselves.
- It has the potential to be life-changing for those dependent upon the land for their survival, as is the case for around 85% of Burundians, so HFTG is committed to making this training available and accessible to as many people as possible across the nation, from the poorest of the poor to those who are highly educated and in positions of influence.
## **Developing and Implementing the Pfumvudza Concept**
- A Pfumvudza plot is 39m x 16m, (1/16[th] of a hectare) and is the exact size needed for a farmer to grow enough of their staple food, maize, to feed their family (up to six people) for an entire year, when FfF is implemented faithfully.
- HFTG remains committed to demonstrating that by adopting the pfumvudza concept and implementing the principles of FfF faithfully, a family can become food secure in just one season. This will involve maintaining existing demonstration plots and establishing new ones in communities, where visitors, passers-by and potential trainees can see for themselves just how much maize can be grown and harvested from these small plots.
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- In the second farming season, beans are grown on the same pfumvudza, once the maize has been harvested. Crop rotation cares for the soil, replenishing nutrients and results in yields which increase year on year when the same soil is used, as the soil health actually improves.
- This second crop is not just about caring for the soil though. It actually provides the farmer with a crop they can sell for an income, which of course is helping to lift them from poverty, giving them at least something they can use towards covering critical needs.
- Further benefits of the pfumvudza concept include that it’s far less time-consuming and cheaper to manage than conventional farming, due to the reduced amount of land needed. These small plots can be farmed in just 1 – 2 days a week, meaning farmers can also farm other pfumvudza plots, if they have land available. They can then increase their income from selling the produce, or they can find other work on the other days of the week when not manging their pfumvudza. The fact that the land is smaller also means less seed and fertilizer etc. is needed at the outset; another big help for farmers struggling to survive.
## **Foundatons for Farming Goals for 24/25**
By continuing to work closely with our partner, City Gate Church, Bujumbura, (CGC) HFTG aims to:
1. Continue to assist and support 200 poor farmers who have been trained in FfF by renting land, so providing each family with a plot of land to farm on. They can then use the skills they have gained to feed their families.
2. Encourage all trainees who have successfully managed one Pfumvudza to search for a second Pfumvudza plot. They can expand and then sell the additional crops to increase their income, so helping lift them from poverty.
3. Continue to fund the team of FfF trainers so that as well as training more farmers, they can support the newly-trained farmers on their fields regularly, ensuring that high standards are maintained and guiding and advising them as needed, so they continue to implement FfF successfully.
4. Continue to fund the rent and running costs of the building, The Eden Centre, which is used for a variety of activities supported by HFTG, but which primarily functions as a Foundations for Farming training centre. This centre has accommodation facilities and is used for residential training weeks, as well as training days, FfF introductory seminars, FfF Presentations and workshops. These are all important in helping to make FfF known and accessible to people from across the nation, including local leaders, NGOs and influential authority figures.
5. Fund and facilitate further training to take place in poor communities on the fields, (which is more accessible, appropriate and effective for the poor), as well as more FfF training days and residential weeks at the training centre, which is more applicable to those who are educated and who live at a distance.
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6. To enable adequate follow-up and support from the FfF trainers for farmers previously trained in FfF who are located across Burundi, through a process known as shepherding. This involves ongoing monitoring and support from the FfF trainers and includes site visits, soil testing, data collection and giving advice and guidance in person and over the phone/WhatsApp. This requires funding, especially for running a 4 x 4 vehicle which is essential in reaching farmers around the nation.
7. Continue to work with CGC in identifying those who have the potential to train others from within the groups of trainees, in order to be able to offer them the option of becoming accredited trainers in due course.
8. HFTG is committed to helping CGC to purchase land and establish a purpose-built Stewardship Centre. This will be a multi-use building serving CGC and its various ministries (see below) but will be primarily used as a training centre for Foundations for Farming and the accompanying ‘Foundations for Family’ and ‘Foundations for Finance’ training modules.
9. Taught together, these three modules form a training package known as ‘I was Hungry’. It has a proven track record of lifting families from poverty as it focuses not only on the farming, but also teaches farmers how to steward their resources, including money earned from the sale of their crops. This teaching, alongside understanding and applying Biblical values to family life, is transforming families and is impacting entire communities where it’s being taught and implemented in other nations, so HFTG is eager to facilitate this in the communities it’s serving in Burundi.
## **B: Kingdom Care Ministry**
- HFTG aims to help facilitate and enable CGC to relaunch its Kingdom Care ministry, with fresh training and by appointing a new team to enhance its effectiveness in providing pastoral care, advice and support that is based on Biblical values and principles.
- As well as encapsulating the practical support needed for families in crisis, as detailed below, the aim is for Kingdom Care to restart the drop-in service it previously offered, so that community members have a safe place where they can come to seek advice and where they can talk about concerns and issues, including sexual assault and domestic violence. These are all too common, especially among the poor and vulnerable. People can then receive the appropriate guidance and support.
## **Crisis Support**
- HFTG aims to continue to support families in crisis in the communities City Gate Church, our partner, is working with, by providing food, shelter and medical assistance, as and when needed.
- We will continue to work closely with CGC and the leaders in the communities CGC is working in, to find appropriate means by which people can sustain themselves and by which poverty can be alleviated. We remain eager that they take a lead in these things wherever possible and that we play a supporting, facilitating role, as appropriate.
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## **Crisis Support Goals for 24/25**
## **Health and Nutrition**
1. HFTG aims to maintain the provision of milk to vulnerable nursing mothers and children at risk of malnutrition in the communities we are already working with, where families are displaced and living in squalor. This milk provides a valuable source of nutrition and is given 5 days a week to children aged 1 to 6 years old.
2. We remain eager to enlist the help and advice of healthcare professionals who can advise us in accurately identifying and supporting adults, babies and children who are malnourished or at risk of malnutrition.
3. HFTG aims to improve the monitoring of the health and well-being of the children CGC works with so that those of particular concern can receive the appropriate support which includes supplying nutrient-rich porridge and other foods, as well as the access to medical care through local clinics and health professionals.
4. resources can be more effectively targeted to those who are most in need.
5. HFTG aims to provide food to vulnerable families within the communities CGC is working with, where they are unable to provide for themselves due to illness, disability, or other crisis situations, as a shortterm measure, whilst working with them to find long-term sustainable solutions such as learning Foundations for Farming or helping them find other means of generating an income.
6. HFTG aims to continue to provide funds for medical care for those who need it but are unable to afford it, through consultation with community leaders and established relationships with local clinics.
## **C: Education**
## **Goals for 24/25**
1. By working closely with CGC, HFTG aims to continue assisting families in crisis by providing funding for school uniforms, school bags and kits, and school fees, where relevant, so that children can attend school and have the opportunity to gain an education.
2. In September 2024 we aim to enable the same 300+ children who attended school last year as a result of our support to attend again this coming year, where parents/carers aren’t in a position to cover the costs themselves.
3. who will reach school age in September, so that they too have the opportunity to attend school.
**4.** HFTG plans to continue working with and supporting CGC’s ‘education team’. This small team is responsible for promoting the value of education within the communities we support by working with children and families, including visiting them in their homes. The team encourages parents to take an interest in their child’s education, to look at their schoolwork regularly and to help with homework, as well as checking that the uniform and school kit are looked after throughout the year.
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**5.** By working with the families, the education team aims to monitor how children are progressing and to identify any children of concern, or areas of concern, with a view to exploring what can be done to help the children be as successful as possible.
## **D: Rebuild, Restore (R,R)**
- Our Rebuild, Restore initiative aims to enable the families in poverty that HFTG has already been supporting, who’ve had land and homes taken from them in the past, to be able to rebuild their lives through having a home of their own.
- Having built 19 homes in the past year, we aim to provide funds and expertise so that further homes can be built in the coming year.
- There are a further 160 families who need assistance to rebuild and restore their lives through having a home again. HFTG therefore aims to apply for grants and raise further funds so that each of these families can have a home of their own, close to farming land.
- We are now approaching Phase 3 of Rebuild, Restore and in this phase, we aim to build at least another 18 houses on land already purchased and to buy further plots for future homes.
- As these families have already learned Foundations for Farming, they have the skills to sustain themselves and gain a small income. But the game-changer in terms of them being lifted out of poverty will be having a place to live, which is safe and secure and from which they can’t be evicted nor where rent prices can be raised beyond what they can afford.
## **E. Increasing our Support Network and Donor Base**
## **Goals for 24/25**
1. Make better use of social media and increase the frequency of our newsletters to engage our supporters and keep them better informed of our activities and aware of the needs.
2. Overhaul our current website and add new content.
3. Increase our donor base by holding events and by some of the trustees speaking about HFTG in various contexts.
4. Have 3 new videos made:
- a. New, up-to-date video for the website explaining who are and what we do
- b. Foundations for Farming video, sharing its impact and potential in Burundi
- c. Sharing the vision and plans for the building of a Stewardship Centre, as a way of sharing prayer points and giving people the opportunity to give towards it.
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## **Financial Review**
During the year the charity’s income exceeded £250,000 and, to comply with charity law, this year the charity has prepared accruals based account in accordance with the Charities SORP.
This year income increased by £61,000 to £262,000, and expenditure increased by £135,000 to £273,000. As a result the charity has reported a deficit of £11,000 (2023: a surplus of £62,000) and the charity’s net assets have decreased by this amount to £71,000. Our net assets comprise mainly cash.
This year our grant income increased by £90,000 due to one very large grant of £111,000 for our Rebuild and Restore project however this was offset by a reduction of £29,000 in our other donation income, which was to be expected as some of our other large donors had given very generously in the previous year.
This year we increased our grant making by £128,000. This included additional grants for £98,000 to Rebuild and Restore and an additional £34,000 to help meet the cost of replacing a vehicle, which our grant partner uses to help deliver activities.
## **Reserves policy**
The Trustees review the charity’s reserves policy regularly in the light of Charity Commission guidance.
Our reserves policy is to always have unrestricted funds of no less than 3 months’ UK wages, which currently amounts to £3,100. This is the minimum needed to enable the charity to meet its legal commitments should it not be able to continue as a going concern. The charity ended the year with unrestricted funds of £17,000 and the charity is complying with its reserves policy.
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
Responsibility for setting policy and for determining the parameters within which the charity should operate rests with the trustees who meet regularly to monitor the activities of the charity.
Responsibility for the day to day operation of the charity has been delegated to Donna Bloomfield, who spends much of her time in Burundi helping City Gate Church with the activities that the charity supports. In this role she helps identify activities that the charity may want to consider supporting and helps ensure that grant money is being used for the purposes for which it has been given.
New trustees are recruited and appointed by the existing trustees, by a majority vote.
## **Risks and uncertainties**
The charity is exposed to various risks - be they operational, financial or reputational. The trustees review the charity's activities regularly to identify significant risks and, where possible, they take appropriate measures to mitigate those risks.
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## **Responsibilities of trustees under charity law**
accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
fair view of the state of the affairs of the charity as at the balance sheet date and of its incoming resources and application of resources for the financial year. In preparing these financial statements, the trustees are required to:
- select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;
- observe the methods and principles in the Charities SORP;
- make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
- state whether the applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and
- the charity will continue in operation.
The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011 and the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
## **Approval**
This report was approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:
Nigel Ring Nigel Ring (Jan 20, 2025 18:05 GMT)
Jan 20, 2025
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NIGEL RING – TRUSTEE
DATE
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## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT**
## **TO THE TRUSTEES OF**
## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **('the Charity')**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended 31 March 2024 on pages 16 to 26 following, which have been prepared on the basis of the accounting policies set out on pages 18 and 19.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity’s trustees of the Charitable Incorporated Organisation you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act').
I report in respect of my examination of the Charity’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
Since the Charity’s gross income exceeded £250,000 your examiner must be a member of a body listed in section 145 of the 2011 Act. I confirm that I am qualified to undertake the examination because I am a Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners, which is one of the listed bodies.
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Charity as required by section 130 of the Act; or
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair' view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
## Ajay Rajani
Ajay Rajani (Jan 21, 2025 09:31 GMT)
Ajay Rajani FCIE Fellow of the Association of Charity Independent Examiners Stewardship 1 Lamb's Passage London EC1Y 8AB
> Date: Jan 21, 2025
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|Note
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
3
**Total income and endowments**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities
4
**Total expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
10
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
10|Unrestricted
Funds
£
59,296
59,296
58,453
58,453
843
(96)
747
16,323
17,070|Restricted
Funds
£
202,146
202,146
214,379
214,379
(12,233)
96
(12,137)
65,933
53,796|Total
Total
Funds
Funds
2024
2023
£
£
261,442
200,226
261,442
200,226
272,832
137,772
272,832
137,772
(11,390)
62,454
-
-
(11,390)
62,454
82,256
19,802
70,866
82,256|
|---|---|---|---|
The statement of financial activities includes all gains and losses recognised in the year.
All income and expenditure derive from continuing operations.
The notes on pages 18 to 26 form part of these accounts.
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
## **AS AT 31 MARCH 2024**
|Note
**CURRENT ASSETS**
Debtors
6
Cash at bank and in hand
7
**CREDITORS: Amounts falling**
**due within one year**
8
**FUND BALANCES**
10
Unrestricted Funds
General funds
Designated funds
Restricted Funds
**Net current assets and total net assets**|Unrestricted
Funds
£
3,376
17,294
20,670
(3,600)
17,070
17,070
-
17,070
-
17,070|Restricted
Funds
£
303
54,286
54,589
(793)
53,796
-
-
-
53,796
53,796|Total
Funds
2024
£
3,679
71,580
75,259
(4,393)
70,866
17,070
-
17,070
53,796
70,866|Total
Funds
2023
£
3,462
80,414|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||83,876
(1,620)|
|||||82,256|
|||||16,323
-|
|||||16,323
65,933|
|||||82,256|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and were signed on its behalf by:
Nigel Ring Nigel Ring (Jan 20, 2025 18:05 GMT)
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NIGEL RING - TRUSTEE
Jan 20, 2025 Date: ___________________
Charity number: 1163834
The notes on pages 18 to 26 form part of these accounts.
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **1 Statutory Information**
The charity is a charitable incorporated organisation registered with the Charity Commission in England & Wales. The charity's registered number and principal address can be found on the Charity Information page.
## **2 Accounting Policies**
These financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis, under the historical cost convention.
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the "Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) ("the Charities SORP"), with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland ("FRS 102") and with the Charities Act 2011. The charity meets the definition of a public benefit entity as set out in FRS 102.
The Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 (the '2008 Regulations') requires charities to prepare their accounts in accordance with 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice effective from 1 April 2005' but this accounting standard has since been withdrawn and has been replaced by the Charities SORP mentioned in the preceding paragraph. The charity has prepared these financial statements in accordance with the new Charities SORP; this departure from the 2008 Regulations is believed to be necessary for these financial statements to give a 'true and fair view'.
The previous year's accounts were prepared using the receipts and payments basis but, this year, the charity was obliged to prepare its accounts using the accruals basis. The results for 2023, which are comparatives quoted in these accounts, have been restated using the accruals basis (see note 12 for details).
The principles adopted in the preparation of the financial statements are set out below.
## a) Going concern
The trustees (who are the charitable company's directors for the purposes of company law) have assessed whether the use of the going concern basis is appropriate and have considered possible events or conditions that might cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern. The trustees have made this assessment for a period of at least one year from the date of approval of the financial statements. In particular the trustees have considered the charity's forecasts and projections and the possible implications should projected income and / or expenditure vary unexpectedly. The trustees have concluded that there is a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue to operate for the foreseeable future. The charity therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.
## b) Income
Income including investment income is recognised in the period in which the charity becomes entitled to receipt, the amount receivable can be measured with reasonable certainty, and receipt is probable. For the most part, income is generally recognised when it is received. Income is only deferred when the charity has to fulfil conditions before becoming entitled to it or where the donor has specified that the income is to be expended in a future period.
Income from donations and legacies includes recoverable gift aid. This is recognised when the related donation is received. Gift aid that has not been recovered by the balance sheet date is included as a debtor.
The charity relies on volunteers to carry out many of its activities. However, in accordance with the SORP, the value of these services has not been included in these financial statements as they cannot be reliably measured.
## c) Expenditure
Expenditure, including irrecoverable VAT, is recognised when it is incurred or, if earlier, when a legal or constructive obligation for a payment arises provided that it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably.
The charity makes grants to other institutions and individuals to further its charitable objectives. Grants payable are recognised as constructive obligations arise, which is generally when the charity expresses a commitment to the recipient that can be measured reliably and then only to the extent that any conditions associated with the grant are outside of the control of the charity.
The cost of raising funds is not significant and has not been separately disclosed.
Governance costs, which are included in expenditure on charitable activities but are identified separately in the notes to the accounts, includes costs associated with the independent examination of the financial statements, compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements and any other expenditure incurred on the strategic management of the charity.
Items purchased or donated for the charity's own use are capitalised when the cost of purchased items, or the fair value of donated items, is more than £1,000 and the item is expected to benefit the charity over more than one accounting period. To date, no expenditure that needs to be capitalised has been incurred.
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **2 Accounting Policies**
- d) Fund accounting General funds are unrestricted funds which are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. Designated funds comprise unrestricted funds that have been set aside by the trustees for particular purposes. Restricted funds are donations which are to be used in accordance with specific restrictions imposed by donors; they include donations received from appeals for specific activities or projects.
e) Pension scheme arrangements The charity operates defined contribution pension schemes for its employees. Obligations for contributions to these schemes are recognised as an expense when the liability arises. The assets of these schemes are held separately from those of the charity in independently administered funds.
- f) Taxation The charity has taken advantage of the various reliefs from taxation available to charities and no tax is payable on the charity's income.
g) Financial instruments The charity's financial assets and financial liabilities all qualify as basic financial instruments, as defined by FRS102. Creditors and debtors are measured at their expected settlement value (normally the amount of cash that the charity expects to pay or receive).
- h) Foreign currency translation These financial statements are presented in sterling, which is the charity's functional currency. i) Income and expenditure denominated in a foreign currency is translated into sterling at the exchange rate prevailing on the date of the transaction.
- ii) Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in a foreign currency are re-translated at the exchange rate prevailing at the balance sheet date.
- iii) Non-monetary assets are measured at historic cost at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of the transaction and are not subsequently re-translated.
All differences arising from the application of the above policy are charged (or credited) to the Statement of Financial Activities.
- i) Exemption from preparing a cashflow statement The charity has taken advantage of an exemption conferred by the Charities SORP and has not prepared a cash flow statement.
- j) Critical accounting estimates and areas of judgement The trustees do not consider that there are any material sources of estimation or uncertainty at the balance sheet date that could result in a material adjustment to the carrying values of assets and liabilities in the next reporting period.
## **3 Donations and legacies**
|**ations and legacies**|||
|---|---|---|
|Donations of cash and similar
Grants receivable
Gift aid receivable|2024
£
120,637
133,124
7,681
261,442|2023
£
148,046
43,102
9,078|
|||200,226|
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **4 Charitable expenditure**
|**a**
**Grants payable**
_To help people in the Carama community_
Rebuild and Restore
Carama support (including crisis relief)
_To help relieve poverty more generally_
Crisis intervention funding
Provision of milk (to undernourished and malnourished children)
Feed a Family appeal
Food
COVID relief
Health
_To help with education for vulnerable education_
Education: funding for school uniforms, school materials etc
Sport 4 Transformation
_To help with establishing Foundations for Farming_
Fund a Farmer (equipment for Foundations for Farming students)
Farming in Burundi: Foundations for Farming training
Family land purchase (to help students purchase land)
_Support for specific families and individuals_
Esperance (a single family in crisis)
Support for Vanessa/Odette
_To help meet costs associated with delivering charitable activities_
Vehicle costs in Burundi
Other local travel expenses
Staff costs including training
Property expenses
Administrative expenses
**b**
**Costs incurred to support grant making**
Staff costs
Travel
Insurance
Other administrative expenses
Governance costs: Independent examiner's fee
**Total expenditure**
During the year the charity made grants for the following purposes to City Gate Church in Burundi:|2024
£
123,168
897
10,463
6,362
890
2,000
-
1,229
6,520
-
2,056
10,114
9,437
1,430
-
35,175
2,831
19,847
1,639
11,047
245,106
11,977
4,575
405
7,170
3,600
27,726
272,832|2023
£
24,847
1,029
22,064
6,564
3,312
10,688
809
1,071
2,353
130
3,676
1,198
2,932
1,509
569
987
737
26,524
2,678
3,574|
|---|---|---|
|||117,249|
|||7,644
4,705
1,052
5,502
1,620|
|||20,523|
|||137,772|
The fee payable to the independent examiner for examining (and in 2024 for also preparing) the accounts was £3,600 (2023: £1,620); in addition the charity paid £575 (2023: £531) to Stewardship for payroll bureau services.
## **5 Analysis of staff costs, the cost of key management personnel and trustee remuneration**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was 1 (2023: 0.67). Most of the charity's activities are carried out by volunteers.
No staff received salaries at a rate of more than £60,000 per annum.
The charity's key management comprise the trustees named on the Charity Information page. No trustees received employment benefits in either the current or preceding year.
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **6 Debtors**
|**ors**|||
|---|---|---|
|Gift aid recoverable
Accrued income|2024
£
758
2,921
3,679|2023
£
1,070
2,392|
|||3,462|
## **7 Cash at Bank and in Hand**
|**h at Bank and in Hand**|||
|---|---|---|
|Cash at bank with immediate access
**itors: liabilities falling due within one year**
Other creditors
Accrued expenses|2024
£
71,580
71,580
2024
£
793
3,600
4,393|2023
£
80,414|
|||80,414|
|||2023
£
-
1,620|
|||1,620|
## **8 Creditors: liabilities falling due within one year**
## **9 Pension commitments**
During the year employer’s pension contributions totalling £927 (2023: £533) were payable to defined contribution personal pension schemes. At the balance sheet date pension contributions amounting to £93 (2023: £87) were owed.
## **10 Funds**
During the year the movements in the charity's funds were as follows:
|Opening
balance
2024
£
_Restricted funds_
_To help people in the Carama community_
Rebuild and Restore
13,771
Carama support
12
_To help relieve poverty more generally:_
Crisis funding
-
Milk (for children)
10
Feed a Family
-
Food
-
Health
-
_To help with education for vulnerable education_
Education
1,089
_To help with establishing Foundations for Farming_
Foundations for Farming training
10,000
Fund a Farmer
122
Farming in Burundi
100
_Support for specific families and individuals_
Esperance
158
Vanessa/Odette
1
_To help meet costs associated with delivering charitable activities_
Vehicle costs (in Burundi)
-
Administrative support
40,670
Trustee assistance
-
65,933
_General Unrestricted Funds_
16,323
Aggregate of funds
82,256|Incoming
resources
2024
£
139,169
865
2,461
5,967
1,080
2,000
234
5,989
-
2,088
6,200
1,604
-
30,000
-
4,488
202,146
59,296
261,442|Outgoing
resources
2024
£
(123,833)
(877)
(2,358)
(5,357)
(890)
(2,000)
(214)
(6,551)
(10,000)
(2,026)
(6,200)
(1,430)
(30,000)
(19,705)
(2,938)
(214,379)
(58,453)
(272,832)|Transfers
in the year
2024
£
96
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
96
(96)
-|Closing
balance
2024
£
29,202
-
103
620
190
-
20
527
-
-
184
100
332
1
-
20,965
1,550|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||53,796
17,070|
|||||70,866|
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **10 Funds continued**
## **Analysis of net assets by fund**
The assets and liabilities of the various funds were as follows:
|**Analysis of net assets by fund**
The assets and liabilities of the various funds were as follows:|||
|---|---|---|
|General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
Debtors
3,376
-
Cash at bank and in hand
17,294
-
Creditors falling due within one year
(3,600)
-
17,070
-
In the previous year the movements in the charity's funds were as follows:
Opening
Incoming
Outgoing
balance
resources
resources
2023
2023
2023
£
£
£
_Restricted funds_
_To help people in the Carama community_
Rebuild and Restore
4,500
34,102
(24,872)
Time 4 Change
40
-
-
Carama support
12
993
(993)
_To help relieve poverty more generally:_
Crisis funding
3
13,771
(14,059)
Milk (for children)
35
5,014
(5,039)
Feed a Family
333
2,980
(3,312)
Food
-
1,234
(1,234)
COVID relief
809
-
(809)
Health
-
405
(405)
_To help with education for vulnerable education_
Education
-
3,442
(2,353)
Sport 4 Transformation
130
-
(130)
_To help with establishing Foundations for Farming_
Foundations for Farming training
-
10,000
-
Fund a Farmer
25
1,746
(1,649)
Farming in Burundi
-
1,298
(1,198)
Family land purchase
346
-
(346)
_Support for specific families and individuals_
Esperance
335
1,332
(1,509)
Vanessa/Odette
570
-
(569)
_To help meet costs associated with delivering charitable activities_
Vehicle costs (in Burundi)
392
125
(518)
Administrative support
-
52,000
(11,330)
7,529
128,442
(70,323)
_General Unrestricted Funds_
12,273
71,784
(67,449)
Aggregate of funds
19,802
200,226
(137,772)
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
funds
£
303
54,286
(793)
53,796
Transfers
in the year
2023
£
40
(40)
-
286
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
286
(286)
-|2024
£
3,679
71,580
(4,393)|
|||70,866|
|||Closing
balance
2023
£
13,771
-
12
-
10
-
-
-
-
1,089
-
10,000
122
100
-
-
158
1
-
40,670
|
|||65,933
16,323|
|||82,256|
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **10 Funds continued**
## **Analysis of net assets by fund**
In the previous year, the assets and liabilities of the various funds were as follows:
|Debtors
Cash at bank and in hand
Creditors falling due within one year||General
Designated
funds
funds
£
£
2,979
-
14,964
-
(1,620)
-
16,323
-
Unrestricted Funds|Restricted
funds
£
483
65,450
-
65,933|2023
£
3,462
80,414
(1,620)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||General
funds
£
2,979
14,964
(1,620)
16,323|||
|||||82,256|
## **Information about the charity's restricted funds**
## _To help people in the Carama community_
**Rebuild and Restore:** This fund is used to receive funds hat have given to help people in the Carama community. The aim of this project is to help them have a stable, dignified and sustainable way of life.
**Time 4 Change** : This project aims to assist families with renting and purchasing land for them to farm on once they have completed the Foundations for Farming training program.
**Carama support** : Carama is the name of the community where over 200 families live, who have been oppressed and displaced for many years. The families were living in a make-shift camp which has now been destroyed. They are homeless and are unable to sustain themselves at the current time.
## _To help relieve poverty more generally_
**Crisis Funding** : This is additional crisis support which may be in the form of food, milk for children, clothing, medical care and other needs. It may also include start up funds to help a family start up a small business or providing equipment to allow a family to earn an income and alleviate poverty.
**Milk (for children)** : This fund is used to provide milk daily to vulnerable children who are undernourished or at risk of malnutrition. Currently this is mainly in our Carama community.
**Feed a Family** : Introduced during 2019-2020 this was a direct appeal to support food for the communities that HFTG is working with.
**Food** : The Food fund was created to support food for the communities that HFTG is working with, where funds hadn't come through the Feed a Family appeal.
**COVID Relief Fund** : We have been training the those we are working within covid prevention and care (eg. how to recognise covid symptoms and minimise risk of catching, how to care for someone who contracts is as safely as possible etc.) Also we provide the necessary means of preventing covid to those in poverty in our community such as masks, buckets and soap for handwashing etc. We have also set up a small 'care centre' and have kitted it out with the appropriate equipment, for use by those with are working with those who are in poverty and who may get covid and have no means of isolating themselves due to their poor living conditions.
**Health** : We are providing assistance by way of paying or contributing towards medical fees for those in the community we are working with, who are in extreme poverty and who require medical care and/or treatment which they can’t afford. We have also begun monitoring of the health of over 200 vulnerable children to record their weight, height and general development on a regular basis, so that we can identify those who are in need of additional nutritional support due to malnourishment, or those who need to be referred to seek the advice of a medical professional as they are failing to thrive. We have trained a small team to carry out this regular service, which is provided to the families we are working with who are in poverty, and support the team leader financially to carry out this important initiative.
## _To help with education for vulnerable education_
**Education** : This fund provides vulnerable children with school uniforms and school materials so that they can access education. It is used for children whose families cannot afford these items. It is also used towards school fees.
**Sport 4 Transformation** : This is an initiative encouraging young people in the Carama community to participate in fitness sessions and football training. The aim is to give young people a positive focus and adult role models to help them build relationships and make wise choices for their future.
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **10 Funds continued**
_To help with establishing Foundations for Farming_
**Foundations for Farming Training** : The Foundations for Farming Training fund is a new fund created this year which is used to receive funds that have been given to enable the training of individuals and groups in Foundations for Farming. This may include people costs, rent of a building, purchase of food and drink, training equipment, etc.
**Fund a Farmer** : These funds support individuals who are undertaking the Foundations for Farming training. Funds are used both for personal support for the trainees and also to buy the equipment that they each need.
**Farming in Burundi** : Also termed 'Foundations for Farming', this funds the teaching of the Foundations for Farming program begun in Zimbabwe. This farming method produces hugely increased yields, on average 10 times greater than conventional farming methods. HFTG supports this as a means to help families feed themselves and make an income from their excess crops so lifting them out of poverty.
**Family land purchase** : This fund is used to receive funds given for the purpose of buying land to provide families with a plot sufficient to allow them to farm and sustain themselves.
_Support for specific families and individuals_
**Esperance** : Esperance is displaced and the head of her family. She has 8 children and is homeless. Income to this fund comes from a family who donate specifically to support Esperance and her children. The money is used to provide food for the family, milk for the children, clothing and other household items. It is also used to provide school uniforms and equipment so that the children can access education.
**Vanessa/Odette** : This fund was opened in the previous year to receive and process funds given for the specific support of these individuals.
_To help meet costs associated with delivering charitable activities_
**Vehicle costs** : This fund is used to hold funds related to the vehicle used in Burundi. In the previous year this included funds given to allow for the replacement of the vehicle in use as well as ongoing running costs. This vehicle is a vital support to every area of the activities, whether it be transporting tools and seeds or moving the team around to distribute food and milk.
**Administrative support** : This fund is a new fund created this year which is used to receive funds that have been given for any administrative costs, including, but not limited to, the employment of an administrator and any related costs, such as training, development, travel and other expenses.
**Trustee assistance** : This fund is new fund created in the year from donations received to help meet the cover the cost of some administrative services provided by the trustees.
## **11 Transactions with related parties**
During the year the charity:
- a) received donations totalling £6,195 from related parties (which includes trustees, any other members of key management and anyone closely connected to them).
- b) paid expenses totalling £3,143 (2023: £4,631) to 2 (2023: 2) trustees in respect of expenses incurred when attending trustee meetings and when visiting Burundi to review grant funded activities.
- c) was charged £3,075 (2023: £3,100) by Donna Bloomfield, a Trustee, for IT and administrative services. At the balance sheet date, £700 (2023: £nil) was owed to Donna Bloomfield.
There were no other transactions with related parties during the year.
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
## **12 Reconciliation with previously reported funds**
In the previous year the charity prepared its accounts using the receipts and payments basis; in the current year the charity's income exceeded £250,000 and so it is now obliged to use the accruals basis for the preparation of its accounts. The comparatives presented in these accounts have been re-stated using the accruals basis and a reconciliation with the reserves and results reported previously follows:
|
results reported previously follows:|||
|---|---|---|
|_Reconciliation of reserves_
Previously reported reserves, at 31 March
Adjustments arising from use of accruals basis:
Inclusion of previously excluded debtors
Inclusion of previously excluded creditors
Re-stated reserves, at 31 March
Previously reported results
Adjustments arising from use of accruals basis:
Movements in debtors resulting in the recognition of more / (less) income
Movements in creditors resulting in the recognition of less / (more) expenditure
Re-stated results
_Reconciliation of results_|2023
£
80,414
3,462
(1,620)
82,256
2023
£
59,672
3,082
(300)
62,454|2022
£
20,742
380
(1,320)|
|||19,802|
||||
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## **HOPE FOR TOMORROW GLOBAL**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES WITH COMPARATIVES**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2024**
|Note
**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM:**
Donations and legacies
3
**Total income and endowments**
**EXPENDITURE ON:**
Charitable activities
4
**Total Expenditure**
**Net income/(expenditure)**
**Transfers between funds**
10
**Net movement in funds**
**Reconciliation of funds:**
Total funds brought forward
**Total funds carried forward**
10||General
Designated
2024
2024
£
£
59,296
-
59,296
-
58,453
58,453
-
843
-
(96)
-
747
-
16,323
-
17,070
-
Unrestricted funds|Restricted
2024
£
202,146
202,146
214,379
214,379
(12,233)
96
(12,137)
65,933
53,796|Total
2024
£
261,442
261,442
272,832
272,832
(11,390)
-
(11,390)
82,256
70,866|||General
Designated
2023
2023
£
£
71,784
71,784
-
67,449
67,449
-
4,335
-
(286)
-
4,049
-
12,273
-
16,323
-
Unrestricted funds|Restricted
2023
£
128,442
128,442
70,323
70,323
58,119
286
58,405
7,529
65,933|Total
2023
£
200,226
200,226
137,772
137,772
62,454
-
62,454
19,802
82,256|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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