## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** ## • ## Section A **From** Period start date Period end date Day 01 Month 10 Year 2020 Day 30 Month 09 Year 2021 **To** ## Reference and administration details **Charity name** YYY Foundation **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1164116 Yak Yeti Yak Foundation **Charity's principal address** 12 Pierrepont Street Bath **Postcode BA1 1LA** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Sarah Gurung|Chairman||| ||PhilipRouse|Treasurer||| ||Sera Gurung|Trustee||| ||Helen Keen|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**
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**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| ## **Section B** ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document CIO Constitution (Foundation Model) (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted CIO - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Appointment by Board of Trustees - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** YYY Foundation works with one Partner organisation in Nepal, Mandala You **may choose** to include Organisation run by Mahendra Thapa. Mandala Organisation is a properly additional information, where constituted Nepalese NGO organisation. Mahendra Thapa is a lifelong relevant, about: friend and ex work colleague of the two founders of YYY Foundation, Sera • policies and procedures and Sarah Gurung. He is trusted by the charity and has important adopted for the induction and relationships both with influential Nepalese bodies and with other sources training of trustees; of funding. Mandala Organisation is working with several other UK charities as well as YYY Foundation and has developed an excellent • the charity’s organisational reputation for its work. structure and any wider network with which the charity YYY Foundation has no operations in Nepal as such and does not work works; directly in that country. All its work is done by its Partner, the Mandala • relationship with any related relationship with any related Organisation. In this way, YYY Foundation is able to limit its risks, save for ensuring that Mandala delivers and for safeguarding funds. - relationship with any related relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of All of the charity’s work is done in the UK, mostly by the Trustees, who are major risks and the system not paid for their work. They are helped by a variety of people who assist and procedures to manage on a voluntary basis from time to time. The Trustees also work with the them. Mandala Organisation to assess projects and decide on the spending of the charity’s funds. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** YYY Foundation has the following objects: **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** - prevention and relief of poverty in Nepal; and - • advancement of education in Nepal March **2012** **TAR** 2 In the last financial year ended 30 September 2021 circa £5,300 has been raised by the charity from fundraising initiatives in the UK. As in the second half of the 2019/20 year, this year was substantially affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, which prevented almost all activities taking place on the charity’s behalf in Nepal; we consequently ceased our fundraising efforts in the UK during the year. Around £2,000 was provided in May 2021 to the Radha Paudel Foundation in Nepal, which was raising money at the time for vital oxygen supplies for Covid patients in more remote areas. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the** The Trustees are hoping to recommence activities in Nepal during 2022, **public benefit in relation to** in particular the provision of resources for schools, teacher training and **these objects (include within** women’s health resources. A trip is planned for Sera and Sarah Gurung **this section the statutory** to Nepal in the Spring, where requirements will be assessed and projects **declaration that trustees have** commenced. **had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity** The schools we have funded in recent years are providing good quality **Commission on public** infrastructure and teaching to hundreds of children, mostly of lower caste, **benefit)** who would otherwise have had no access to school. The Trustees can confirm that they have complied with their duties to have due regard to the Charity Commission’s public benefit guidance when exercising any powers or duties to which the guidance is relevant. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Potential projects for rebuilding of schools or providing other assistance are generally put forward by the charity’s Partners in Nepal. Where projects are for rebuilding of schools, where possible these sites are visited by one or more of the Trustees. The provision of resources to schools, of training to teachers and of You **may choose** to include womens’ health services to girls at schools and their associated further statements, where communities. relevant, about: • policy on grantmaking; The Trustees evaluate and discuss all potential projects. Our Partners are required to provide a budget for the project, which is reviewed and • policy programme related discussed by the Trustees. investment; • contribution made by Where approved by the Trustees, funding is provided directly to the volunteers. Partner in Nepal against the budget. Progress of all projects is followed by the Trustees, with information provided regularly by the Partners along with photographic and other evidence. Again, where possible completed projects are visited by one or more of the Trustees. March **2012** **TAR** 3 Achievements and performance ## Section D ## **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** YYY Foundation raised in total £5,318 in the year (2020 £1,372). The majority of this sum constituted Gift Aid claimed on a large donation received in the previous year. All of our normal project work was put on hold for the duration of the Covid pandemic. In May 2021 the charity provided £2,000 to an NGO in Nepal, The Radha Paudel Foundation, to fund oxygen supplies for the treatment of Covid in more remote areas of Nepal. Given the cessation of normal activities in Nepal, the Trustees took the decision not to progress with fundraising activities in the UK; these will be recommenced once conditions in Nepal have improved sufficiently to facilitate recommencement of work in the country. The Trustees believe that activities will be able to start again in the Spring of 2022, and are planning a Trustee visit to make this possible. With almost no fixed costs, the charity remains in a strong financial position, with cash resources of around £45,500 as at 30 September 2021. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E** ## **Financial review** The charity has very low fixed costs (less than £200 per annum), so there **Brief statement of the** is a limited requirement to maintain a cash buffer. The Trustees have **charity’s policy on reserves** determined that an ideal minimum level of reserves to be maintained at all times is £2,000. **Details of any funds materially** None **in deficit Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where The principle source of funds is a wide range of fundraising activities relevant about: organised by the Trustees. - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including The Trustees and all others who provide assistance from time to time are any fundraising); unpaid. As a result, costs are generally very low. - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F** ## **Other optional information** ## **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)** Sarah Gurung **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Chairman **etc) Date** 5 April 2022 March **2012** **TAR** 5 YYY Foundation Registered Charity No. 1164116 Accounts for the Year Ended 30 September 2021 YYY Foundation Accounts for the Year Ended 30 September 2021 Reference and Administrative Information Charity Name YYY Foundation Registered Charity Number 1164116 Constltutlon Charltable Incorporated Or8anlsatlon Re8lstered Address 12 Pierrepont Street Bath BAI ILA Trustee5 Mrs Sarah Gurung Ichalrl Mr Sera Gurun8 Mr Philip Rouse (Treasurer) Mrs Helen Keen Bankers The Co-operative 8ank PLC 30 Milsom Street Bath 8A1 IDG YYY Foundation Accounts for the Year Ende(130 September 2021 Chairman's Report The charltV5 purpose is to relieve poverty and promote educatlon in Nepal. In the flve years prlor to the Covld pandemic outbreak, the charity focused largely on rebulldlng schools destroyed by the earthquakes In April 2015. During this flnancial year, conditions in Nepal caused by Covid made it impossible for the Charity to continue wlth Its work in the country. The charlty has therefore continued to focus on a more supportlve role across the schools and communities we have previously funded and helped. As In most countries around the world. the global pandemic had a devastatin8 effect on Nepal, primarily centred on the major cities and larger communitle5. However, in this financlal year the dlsease has also led to Sl8nificant loss of Ilfe In the villa8es and more remote communities as well. It has remained impossible to progre55 Wlth any operations in the country, and the Trustees have once agaln been unable to vlsit the region. The charlty has therefore had another qulet year. Funds raSsed In total were £5,318, mostly comprised of gift ald received on a large indlvidual donation we had previously received, which was claimed durlng this year. In May 2021 we responded to a general request from the Radha Paudel Foundation in Nepal, who were endeavourin8 to source and provide vital supplie5 of oxygen to more remote communlties, to help to treat cases of Covid. Thls Foundation is personally known to the Trustees, who were pleased to provide £2,000 for thls purpose. We were unable to carry on wlth our provlslon of teacher training or of the resource5 we had planned to 8lve to the schools we have previously helped. As they were a year ago, our plans to provide women's health resources and trainin8 to the communities we support have also been put on hold. As a result, the charity remained In a strong financial position at 30 September 2021, wlth almost £48,000 in the bank. Thls provides the charity with a strong foundation to provide annual support, resources, teacher training and women's health support to the communities we work with for several years to come, and it is the charity's aim over time to raise the funds needed to continue this work for the foreseeable future. Subject to conditions at the time, the Trustees are pl3nnlng a visit Nepal to April 2022 with a view to sourcing and delivering resources for our schools, arranging and assisting wlth Women's Health education and support, and also sourcin8 and dellvering computers to a selection of secondary schools in Sindapulchowk, where we have focused our efforts in previous years. We will have to see how thin£s develop, particularly in view of developments with the Omicron variant of Covid and its effect on conditions in Nepal. The Trustees consider that the ideal minimum level of reserves as at 30 September 2021 is £2,000. Free reserves held at the year-end were £48,500. YVY Foundatlon Is a Charltable Incorporated Or8anlsatlon regulated by the Charity Commission. The Trustees can confirm that they do not receive any remuneratlon for their services to the charity or expenses for actin8 as trustees. The Trustees can conflrm that they have ¢omplled wlth thelr duties to have due regard to the Charity Commlssion's publlc beneflt guldance when exer¢lsin8 any powers or dutles to which the 8uidan¢e is relevant. Sarah Gurung Chairman and Trustee 22 February 2022 YYY Foundation Accounts for the Year Ended 30 September 2021 Receipts and Payments Account for the Year Ended 30 September 2021 unle*￿¢* FknThJ8 rè*rfrt•d Total 2021 Total Recelpts Donalor 5,120 198 S.120 198 467 5.318 Payments ￿￿￿5 Spent on Projec Ajndralslng Costs Othef C￿ts 8,055 226 2Z6 226 Excess ol Recelpts tyer Payments 1984 17,C¥J51 Cash at8ank and In Hand at l Octobtrr 2019 45,517 45,517 52,522 Cash •t6•nk aTrJ In Hind at 305ewember 2020 48,SCK) 48,srK) 45,517 Statement of Assets and Liabilities as at 30 September 2021 r**rJrt T￿31 Totsl Cash Bank Aecount Petty C•sh 47,882 651 47.882 6S1 44,898 651 Credltors gjnthy Credlt 32 32 32 32 32 32 Sl8ned by the Chalrman on behalf of all the Trustees Sarah Gurung Chairman and Trustee 22 February 2022 YYY Foundation Atcounts for the Year Ended 30 September 2021 Notes l. Funds Spent on Projects During the year, YYY Foundation provided £2,048, Includlng the costs of the transfer of funds, to the Radha Paudel Foundation in Nepal, for sourcin8 and provislon of oxygen to S515t in the treatment of Covid 19 cases in the villages north of Kathmandu. 30 Sept 2021 30 Sept 2020 Hagam Communlty Centre Rhadha Paudel Foundatlon 8,055 2,048 8,055