PottersHeart
Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31st March 2024.
The Trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31st March 2024. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).
OBJECTIVITES AND ACTIVITIES
Objectives and aims: The principal objective of the charity is the advancement of education in particular (but not limited to) Kenya; and the relief of persons who are in need by reason of financial hardship, ill health, malnutrition, unemployment, or other social and economic disadvantage (but not exclusively) in Kenya.
Another very difficult year for PottersHeart, due to illness our planned trip to Kenya had to be postponed until Autumn 2024. Frustrating and disappointing though this was we battled on, determined to continue doing what little we could to help in rural Kenya.
We were able to do this via regular zoom meetings with Pastor Jonah, who is now CEO PottersHeart, Kenya. Thankfully communication via zoom is getting easier and more reliable, even in some of the remote villages. This has enabled us to continue following a teaching, mentoring and encouraging programme. We have also supported Jonah as much as possible with expenses as he travels to these remote areas.
The drop in coffee and craft sessions for PottersHeart have successfully continued in UK. These sessions are proving to be invaluable in reaching out and helping people who are isolated, lonely and in need of friendship and community. They are win, win groups as we connect the folk with the work we do in Kenya, helping them to look further than their own troubles. A great deal of craft items are made and sold, all the profits being donated to the work in Kenya.
We look forward to our planned trip to Kenya in Autumn 2024.
The trustees believe that the charity fulfils these objectives through its work amongst communities within Kenya and elsewhere.
FINANCIAL REVIEW Reserves policy The charity's policy is to use as much of its income as is prudent in pursuit of its objectives given the ongoing need
of its beneficiaries. Reserves are therefore kept at the minimum level in keeping with this policy.
The financial results for the year are set out in the Statement of Financial Activities.
Income in the year exceeded expenditure by £325.00
FUTURE PLANS The charity's aim in the future is to continue to fulfil its principal objective as far as funds allow.
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Governing document The charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation and was registered as such on 20th November 2015.
The charity is governed by its constitution as filed with the Charity Commission on registration as a Charitable Organisation.
Recruitment and appointment of new trustees New trustee selection is carried out via a resolution passed in a trustee meeting.
Incorporated
Skills, knowledge, and experience of the proposed trustee are taken into account. All new trustees must subscribe and adhere to, in belief and lifestyle, the Statement of Faith.
On appointment trustees are given information on the role of a trustee and charity law.
REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS Registered Charity number 1164501 Principal address 17 Riverside, Beaminster Dorset DT8 3NJ
PottersHeart
Report of the Trustees for the Year Ended 31st March 2024
Trustees J E Leeson L J Boothby A R Moodie
Independent Examiner Trevor Pearce MA, MCIM, MAAT 11 Lime Tree Paddock, Scothern, Lincoln, LN2 2XD. Bankers NatWest Bank plc 80 High Street Stony Stratford Milton Keynes MK11 1AJ
Approved by order of the board of trustees on ………….4th December 2024................................ and signed on its behalf by:
................................................................................ L J Boothby - Trustee
Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report
| Report to the trustees/ members of On accounts for the year ended Set out on pages Responsibilities and basis of report Independent examiner's statement |
Charity Name PottersHeart |
Charity Name PottersHeart |
Charity Name PottersHeart |
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| 31 March 2024 | Charity no (if any) |
1164501 | |
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| I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31stMarch 2024. This report is made solely to the society’s members, as a body. My examination work has been undertaken so that I might state to the society’s members those matters I am required to state to them in an examiners’ report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the society and the society’s members as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed. Basis of Independent Examiner’s statement My examination was carried out in accordance with General Directions given by PottersHeart. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Society and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeking explanations from the Society Board Members concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the accounts. |
| Signed: Name: Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: |
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the Society Board Members have not met the requirements to ensure that: i) proper accounting records are kept ii) accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with generally accepted accounting requirements; or b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date:20-September-2024 |
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention: a) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the Society Board Members have not met the requirements to ensure that: i) proper accounting records are kept ii) accounts are prepared which agree with the accounting records and comply with generally accepted accounting requirements; or b) to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Date:20-September-2024 |
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| Trevor Pearce | ||
| MA, MCIM, MAAT | ||
| 11 Lime Tree Paddock, Scothern, Lincoln, LN2 2XD |
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Section B Disclosure
Give here brief details of any items that the There were no matters identified during the inspection that require further examiner wishes to discolusre. disclose .
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| Detailed Statement of Financial Activities | ||||
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| for the Year Ended 31st March 2024 | ||||
| 2024 | 2023 | |||
| £ | £ | |||
| INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS | ||||
| Donations and legacies | ||||
Donations and legacies |
2,899 | 8,095 | ||
| Gift Aid | 1,021 | 1,588 | ||
| 3,920 | 9,683 | |||
| Other tradng activities | ||||
Sale of fundraising items |
2,075 | 814 | ||
| Fundraising | - | - | ||
| 2,075 | 814 | |||
| Investment Income | ||||
| Deposit account interest | 93 | 23 | ||
| Total incoming resources | 6,088 | 10,520 | ||
| EXPENDITURE | ||||
| Raising donations and legacies | ||||
Fundraising expenses |
193 | 61 | ||
| Charitable activities | ||||
| Hall hire | 590 | 591 | ||
| Insurance | 102 | 101 | ||
| Telephone | - | 144 | ||
| Sundry expenses | 149 | 268 | ||
| Travel and accommodation | - | 3,934 | ||
| Computer costs | 158 | 563 | ||
| Grants and donations | 1,848 | 4,011 | ||
| Fixtures and fittings | - | 12 | ||
| 2,847 | 9,624 | |||
| Suport costs | ||||
Governance costs |
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| Accountancy fees | 2,723 | 1,850 | ||
| Total resources expended | 5,763 | 11,535 | ||
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | 325 | (1,015) | ||
| Represented by: | ||||
| Bank balance b/f as at 1-April-2023 | 7,815 | |||
| Net Surplus/(Deficit) | 325 | |||
| Bank balance c/f as at 31-March-2024 | 8,140 | |||
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