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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Trustees' Annual Report for theperiod**||||||||
|**From**|Period start date|||**To**|Period end date|||
||01|January|2023||31|December|2023|
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name** Timothy Wells Charitable Trust
**Other names charity is known by** NA
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1165079
**Charity's principal address** 89 Highlever Road
London **Postcode** W10 6PW
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
|
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**
**for whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
**(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||TimothyWells|Chair|||
||Josephine Hall|Trustee|||
||Philippa Snellgrove|Trustee|||
**Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)**
**Kenya-based trustees: Names Committee Meetings** Venerable Benson Thungururu (Chair) Conducted regularly with Zoom online option for those who can’t attend in person. Bernard Mugo (Treasurer/Accountant) Rev. Stanley Njoka (Advisor – UK based) Julia Wanjiru Mwai (Programme Coordinator) Mercy Wanjiku Munene (Teacher/Mentor) Martin Gacheru (Teacher/Mentor) George Mwangi Chege (Student Rep)
## **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 **
**Name**
**Address**|||
|N/A|||
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
N/A
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**Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Type of governing document
Trust deed dated 08 April 2015
- (eg. trust deed, constitution)
How the charity is constituted
Trust
- (eg. trust, association, company)
Trustee selection methods
Appointed by Timothy Wells
- (eg. appointed by, elected by)
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
Timothy Wells set up a committee of trustees based in Kenya during his December 2018 trip.
The Kenya-based committee of trustees currently includes two teachers and a student representative (a graduate of the TWCT sponsorship programme) and it aims to meet four times a year (using Zoom as necessary) to oversee the programme and to check the accounts.
This committee of trustees is responsible for assessing any new student referrals for the sponsorship programme. The ongoing plan is to take on up to five new students a year.
- In Q4 2022 a Programme Coordinator, Julia Wanjiru Mwai, was appointed on a 4-year contract predominantly to help manage the evaluation process for new students, to proactively visit each student to check on their progress, as well as to manage ongoing elements of the programme.
- Committee members are available to mentor/counsel the students at any time.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The objects of the Timothy Wells Charitable Trust are the advancement of such charitable purposes for the public benefit (according to the law of England and Wales) as the trustees see fit from time to time and in particular, but without limitation of the foregoing:
- (a) the advancement of the education of persons in East Africa;
(b) the relief of poverty, hardship, and distress worldwide, and in **Summary of the objectives of** particular amongst persons throughout the world who are persecuted for **the charity set out in its** their Christian faith and persons in East Africa; **governing document**
- (c) the advancement of the Christian faith;
(d) the protection and preservation of the environment and the preservation of endangered species of animals;
(e) the relief of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or from cancer.
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Funds from the charity are divided between East African Education Sponsorship and UK Charities (ratio between 90:10 to 70:30) at the discretion of the main trustee.
- In 2023 the funds were split approximately 88:12 East African Education Sponsorship:UK Charities, £33,164.20: £4,477.
- Most of the funds were donated to ACK (Anglican Church of Kenya) Kirinyaga Diocese in Kenya for the running of the Timothy Wells Sponsorship Programme there
- The next main recipient of funds was St Stephens Children’s Home
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
- Funds also went to universities providing ongoing education for sponsored pupils progressing further to higher education: Africa International University, South Eastern Kenya University, Kenya Medical Training Institute
- 12% of the annual funds were donated to UK-based charities (outlined further in section D of this report).
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
## **Summary of** ’ Activities during 2023 relating to the charity s main objectives: **the main achievements (a) the advancement of the education of persons in East Africa: of the charity during the year**
## **(a) the advancement of the education of persons in East Africa:**
This year the charity sponsored 26 students (15 secondary school and 11 further education) needing financial assistance, as identified by the Diocese, giving the individuals the skills and possibilities to progress further with their education and chosen career. Four students graduated from secondary education and the trust has helped them find suitable tertiary courses/next steps in their education. Two students graduated from tertiary education, one with a BSc in Economics and Finance, and one graduated from a music school course in DJ and video production.
The Programme Coordinator continued her visits to sponsored students during the year both to check in with them on their progress and to help encourage them in their ongoing studies.
The Programme Coordinator and Trustees on a home visit in January 2023.
She also arranged a Mentorship Day on 29 April 2023 that all sponsored students attended. The agenda included some helpful sessions both for specific school subject areas (maths and sciences), transferable skills (effectiveness) as well as for students’ mental health (self-esteem).
Another new initiative for 2023 is that sponsored students are being given the opportunity to have computer training as part of efforts to prepare them for the world of work.
In August 2023 students had their annual celebration and teambuilding event at Nanyuki, gateway to Mount Kenya and the wilderness of Mount Kenya National Park, which involved some helpful group sessions.
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Students’ teambuilding safari trip in August 2023 at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki also attended by Timothy Wells.
Of note, the Trust has agreed to change the format for the December team-building event and to invest in a safari outing once every four years, with hotel-based teambuilding events for the other three years.
In December 2023 during the long 2-month holiday, a 2-week course was conducted at Utugi Children’s Home to help the secondary students with extra coaching in subjects such as maths, physics, chemistry and biology.
Students during December 2023 holiday tuition at Utugi Children’s Home.
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
The Timothy Wells Charitable Trust Alumni programme ran a celebratory Mentorship Day in December 2023, recognising the achievements of the two graduates at tertiary education level from the programme this year, and continues to build an ongoing link with those students who have benefitted from the sponsorship of the Trust and to give them an opportunity to continue to be part of the Trust.
**(b) the relief of poverty, hardship, and distress worldwide, and in particular amongst persons throughout the world who are persecuted for their Christian faith and persons in East Africa:**
In 2018 the local accountant for the TWCT in Kenya opened a ‘Cooperative Finance System’ that the TWCT pays regular contributions to. Local people can borrow money from the account and pay it back with a low interest rate. Any profit on the account is returned to the Trust. We are continuing to make payments into the Cooperative Finance System to support the local Kenyan community. It is a small amount of income, however an ongoing initiative.
The cooperative tea farm sited in the Kirinyaga Diocese on ¾ acre of land purchased by the Timothy Wells Charitable Trust in 2016 continues to be managed with student participation. The Programme Coordinator was proactive in getting young avocado trees planted on a slope too steep for tea bushes with a view to generating further income.
Tim Wells’ visit to the tea plantation with Julia Wanjiru Mwai and some students in September 2023.
Various contributions were also made to UK-based charities such as: Amnesty International, Barnabas Fund, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Gurkha Welfare Trust.
## **(c) the advancement of the Christian faith:**
Various contributions were made to UK-based charities such as All Souls Church, London; Premier Christian Media Trust, Christian Solidarity Worldwide, Evangelical
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Section D Achievements and erformance p
Alliance, Jews for Jesus, Tearfund, Feba Radio, Langham Partnership.
**(d) the protection and preservation of the environment and the preservation of endangered species of animals:** Various contributions were made to UK charities such as National Trust, The Woodland Trust, RSPB, WWF UK, Greenpeace Environmental Trust, Friends of the Earth Trust, Solar Aid, Surrey Wildlife Trust, Kew Foundation.
- **(e) the relief of those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease or from cancer:**
Various contributions were made to UK charities such as Alzheimer’s Society, Cancer Research UK, Tom’s Trust, Macmillan Cancer Support.
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## **Section E Financial review**
**Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves**
As of 31[st] December 2023, there were financial reserves in both the Trust’s UK and Kenyan-based bank accounts:
UK: Barclays Community Account: £6,643.85
Kenya: Co-operative Bank Account 564,294 KES (Kenyan Shillings) = c£2,821 @ 200 KES:£1 FX)
These funds are carried over into 2024 to continue the ongoing work of the Trust and to ensure a continuing education opportunity for the sponsored students in Kenya with school and university fees paid in a timely manner.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
NA
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- 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 Full name** Timothy Wells **Position** Chair
**Date**
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##
## **Timothy Wells Charitable Trust UK accounts for year ending 31 December 2023**
|**Date**
**(all 2023)**|**£ Credit**
**Donor**
**from UK**
**donors**
**INCOME**|**£ Credit**
**Donor**
**from UK**
**donors**
**INCOME**|**OUTGOINGS**
**Purpose**
**UK Charities**
**E.African**
**Education**
**Sponsorship**
**£ Grants to**|**OUTGOINGS**
**Purpose**
**UK Charities**
**E.African**
**Education**
**Sponsorship**
**£ Grants to**|**OUTGOINGS**
**Purpose**
**UK Charities**
**E.African**
**Education**
**Sponsorship**
**£ Grants to**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|03-Jan
03-Jan
04-Jan
16-Jan
16-Jan
23-Jan
23-Jan
23-Jan
27-Jan
01-Feb
01-Feb
03-Feb
06-Feb
08-Feb
10-Jan
13-Feb
13-Feb
14-Feb
14-Feb
20-Feb
21-Feb
23-Feb
27-Feb
01-Mar
01-Mar
01-Mar
02-Mar
06-Mar
13-Mar
23-Mar
23-Mar
23-Mar
24-Mar
30-Mar
31-Mar
03-Apr
11-Apr
17-Apr
19-Apr
21-Apr
24-Apr
24-Apr
26-Apr
26-Apr
27-Apr
02-May
02-May
03-May
03-May
05-May
09-May
09-May
19-May
22-May
23-May
24-May
01-Jun
01-Jun
02-Jun
05-Jun
05-Jun
09-Jun|£300
£20
£70
£8,000
£300
£20
£500
£20
£20
£50
£20
£300
£500
£1,000
£20
£20
£20
£30
£50.14
£20
£500
£300
£60
£20
£5,060
£20
£300
£50
£20
£500
£30
£100
£20
£300
£600
£20|St Helens Church
Mr Yu
Dr Skidmore
T W Wells
St Helens Church
Mr Yu
Mr Hill
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
St Helens Church
Mr Hill
Mr Joyce
Mr Yu
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
Mr Stalder
Mr Yu
Mr Hill
S Helens Church
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
HMRC Gift Aid
Dr Skidmore
St Helens Church
Dr Skidmore
Mr Yu
Mr Joyce
Dr Skidmore
Mr Hill
Dr Skidmore
St Helens Church
Mr Stalder
Mr Yu|£100
£50
£50
£300
£300
£50
£50
£1,000
£50
£50
£50
£50
£100
£50
£50
£50
£100
£50
£50|£252.40|Computer Aid International
Tearfund|
|||||£10,000|ACK TW Sponsorship|
|||||£21
£330
£21
£700|Bank charge ref above
Tom's Trust
Kamuiru Boys Secondary School
Bank charge ref above
Jews for Jesus
All Souls Church
St Helens Church
St Stephen's Children's Home
National Trust
CWR
WWF UK
Surrey Wildlife Trust
Feba's Radio
Marlborough College Foundation
Premier Christian Media Trust
Barnabas Fund
A Rocha UK
Macmillan Cancer Support
YMCA England and Wales
All Souls Church
The Woodland Trust|
|||||£10,000|ACK TW Sponsorship|
|||||£21|Bank charge ref above
RSPB|
|14-Jun
28-Jun
28-Jun
30-Jun
03-Jul
07-Jul
11-Jul
17-Jul
19-Jul
20-Jul
31-Jul
01-Aug
01-Aug
01-Aug
09-Aug
09-Aug
11-Aug
14-Aug
17-Aug
21-Aug
21-Aug
21-Aug
22-Aug
29-Aug
01-Sep
01-Sep
04-Sep
11-Sep
12-Sep
12-Sep
12-Sep
25-Sep
02-Oct
02-Oct
02-Oct
02-Oct
06-Oct
11-Oct
20-Oct
20-Oct
23-Oct
24-Oct
31-Oct
01-Nov
01-Nov
01-Nov
03-Nov
07-Nov
13-Nov
13-Nov
16-Nov
16-Nov
20-Nov
30-Nov
01-Dec
11-Dec
14-Dec
22-Dec
29-Dec|£500
£20
£600
£300
£20
£500
£600
£20
£300
£300
£40
£600
£20
£40
£300
£8,000
£20
£20
£600
£1,000
£20
£20
£50
£610
£20
£20
£350
£20
£500
£20
£600
£350
£10
£1,000|Mr Joyce
Mr Yu
Mr Stalder
St Helens Church
Dr Skidmore
Mr Joyce
Mr Stalder
Mr Yu
St Helens Church
St Helens Church
Dr Skidmore
Mr Stalder
Mr Yu
Dr Skidmore
St Helens Church
T W Wells
Dr Skidmore
Dr Skidmore
Mr Stalder
Mr Joyce
Mr Yu
Ms Somerville
St Helens Church
Mr Stalder
Mr Yu
Dr Skidmore
St Helens Church
Dr Skidmore
Mr Joyce
Mr Yu
Mr Stalder
St Helens Church
Dr Skidmore
Mr Joyce
Sub-total OUT|£50
£100
£50
£400
£50
£50
£50
£77
£50
£50
£100
50
£100
£50
£50
£100
£400
£50
£50
£50
£4,477|£700
£397.80|Solar Aid
St Stephen's Children's Home
True Freedom Trust
Alzheimer's Society
Marylebone Christian Charity
Compuer Aid International
Arab World Ministeries
Evangelical Alliance
Gurkha Welfare Trust
Kew Foundation
Amnesty International Charitable
Cancer Research UK
Christian Solidarity Worldwide|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||£10,000|ACK TW Sponsorship|
|||||£21
£700
£33,164.20|Bank charge ref above
St Stephen's Children's Home
FitzRoy Support
Langham Partnership
Greenpeace Environmental
Friends of the Earth Charitable
True Freedom Trust
Marylebone Christian Charity
Royal British Legion
Ripple Effect
Premier Christian Media Trust|
|**Total IN**|**£36,570.14**|**Total OUT**|**£37,641.20**|||
|Balance
for 2023
-£1,071.06
**UK Charities**
**11.9%**
~~**E.African**~~
**Education**
**Sponsorship**
**88.1%**
**_For £30,000 ACK TW Sponsorship Programme expenditure see separate expenditure breakdown in_**
**Split of**
**donations**||||||
||||**Split of**|**UK Charities**
|**11.9%**|
||||
**donations**|~~**E.African**~~
**Education**
**Sponsorship**|**88.1%**|
|||||||
_**For £30,000 ACK TW Sponsorship Programme expenditure see separate expenditure breakdown in Kenyan Financial Statement document page 12**_
(HARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustsesl
members of
Timothy Wells Charitable Trust
On accounts for the year
ended
December 2023
Charity no.
1165079
Set out on pages
See document 'TWCT income and outgoings year ending 31 Dec 2023.xlsx'
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the 8bove charity ('Ihe
Trust.) for the year ended 3111212023.
Responsibilities
As the charity's trustees, you are r8sponsible for the preparation of the accounts in
and basis of rèport accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ltthe Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under
section 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all
the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(51(b)
of the Act.
Independent
examiner's
ststement
I have completed my examinalion. I confirm that no material matters have come to
my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below)
which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the
Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with Ihe accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements conceming 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 fairf 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 orderto
enable 8 propèr understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed:
Name:
Relevant
professional
qualificatlon(s) or
body lif any):
Address:
Lf
Section B
Disclosure
Only cornplete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concem (see
CC32, Independent examination of chaiity accounts.. directions and guidance for
examiners).
Give he brlef detalls of
any items thatthe
examiner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018