2024-09-30-accounts - Room To Learn

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Trustees’ annual report (including Directors’ report) for the period

September 2024

Charity name: Room To Learn

Charity registration number: 1165428

Company number: N/A

Objectives and activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	To advance education and relieve poverty amongst children aged 3-15 for public benefit, primarily but not exclusively in India, by the provision of school buildings, teachers, equipment, and transport to meet their educational needs.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The focus of our activities is using pre- existing educational facilities for below poverty line children in Kalimpong, West Bengal, India. In planning our activities Trustees have kept in mind the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Yes

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SORP reference

N/a

Policy on grant making	Para 1.38
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	N/a
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	All trustees give their time on a voluntary basis and receive no net remuneration or other benefits.
Other		N/a

Achievements and performance

	Summary of the main achievements of the charity,	Para 1.20	Room To Learn works with a number of existing schools in Kalimpong to provide education. The charity has successfully continued to generate funds during the last 12 months.

	identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.		Room to Learn’s website was developed in prior years to enable online gifting, which has made donating funds more accessible, and this is a growing source of our income. In an earlier year a small school bus was bought with the funds from a very generous supporter and continues to bring our children to school from further afield, and is particularly valuable in the rainy season.

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Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	Achieved – the charity supported educational services for another year. The charity remains stable and able to continue due to the reserves held.
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	We continue to operate within our fundraising abilities. During the year we were notified that two of our supporters have written Room To Learn into their wills.
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	Achieved – the charity still holds an appropriate and sustainable level of reserves.
Other		N/a

Financial review

Financial review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	At 30thSeptember 2024 we held funds of £50,661, all of which is unrestricted funds. These funds are held in order to meet planned expenditure for the expansion of the Kalimpong schools and nearby areas in coming years.
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	We aim to hold at least 3 years planned expenditure in reserve
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	£50,661
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/a
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	N/a
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	N/a

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Our main source of fund raising has been Individual donations Para 1.47 The charity’s principal sources of funds (including The charity held its annual garden party which was again successful. any fundraising) The effects on income is likely to be impacted by the cost of living issues faced in the UK, which has recently become worse. N/a Para 1.46 Investment policy and

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objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
N/a
Para 1.46
A description of the principal
risks facing the charity
N/a
Other
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Structure, governance and management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document: for example,trust deed, memorandum and articles of association etc	Para 1.25	Constitution (adopted 03/02/16)
How is the charity constituted? for example limited company, unincorporated association, CIO	Para 1.25	CIO (charitable incorporated organisation)
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	Trustees appointed by CEO once ratified by the Board of Trustees

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Para 1.51
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees
N/a
Para 1.51
The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works
N/a
Para 1.51
Relationship with any related
parties
N/a
Other
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Reference and administrative details

Charity name	Room To Learn
Other name the charity uses	RTL / RTL UK
Registered charity number	1165428
Charity’s principal address	Manor Lodge Old Minster Lovell

Minster Lovell OX29 0RN

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year
Des Mills	CEO
John Fleming	Chair
Jacques Honore	Secretary
Stephen Bradshaw
Tom Gardner	Treasurer
Jennifer Maxwell
Brian Mills	Founder
Corinna Whitfield
Frances Mills	Treasurer
Chris Hall		09/04/24 0
Sarah Hall		09/04/24
Elliot May		09/04/24

Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved Director name N/a

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year N/a

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/a held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/a charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/a safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

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Names and addresses of advisers (optional information)

	Type of adviser	Name	Address
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	Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

N/a

Other optional information

N/a

Declarations

The company has taken advantage of the small companies’ exemption in preparing the report above.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report (including directors’ report) above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees/directors

Signature(s) DBLM Full name(s) Desmond Mills Position (for example Secretary, Chair, etc) CEO Date 01/03/25

Section A Receipts and A1 Receipts	Charity Name Room To Learn UK	Charity Name Room To Learn UK	Charity Name Room To Learn UK	No (if any) 1165428
	Receipts andpayments accounts
	For the period from	01/10/2023	To	Period end date
				30/09/2024
	payments Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 13181 - - - - - - - 13181 Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - 13181 17982 - - - - - - - - 17982 - - - 17982 (4801) - 55462 50661 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)
	13181

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
*Sub total*	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
	17982
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*Sub total*	17982

A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)
	-
	-
*Sub total*	-
*Total payments* *Net of receipts/(payments)* A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end *Cash funds this year end*

CCXX R1 accounts (SS)

17/04/2024

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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Categories			Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds
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			-	-	-
			50,661	-	-
		*Total cash funds*
		(agree balances with receipts and	OK	OK	OK
		payments account(s))	Unrestricted	Restricted	Endowment
			funds	funds	funds
			to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets	Details		-	-	-
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			-	-	-
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B3 Investment assets	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -	Current value (optional) -
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B4 Assets retained for	Details		Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional) -	Current value (optional) -
the charity’s own use
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			Fund to which	Amount due	When due
B5 Liabilities	Details		liability relates	(optional) -	(optional)
				-
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Signed by one or two trustees
on behalf of all the trustees					Date of
		Signature	Print Name		approval
	D B L Mills		D B L Mills		01/03/25

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)

17/04/2024