## **Trustees' Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date 1st April 2020 31[[st]] March 31[[st]] March 2021 **From** **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details **Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 1165794 Opening Your Heart to Bhutan **Charity's principal address** 32, Clare Road, Whitstable Kent **Postcode CT5 2EL** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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## **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)**|**advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of adviser**|**Name**|**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 Constitution - (eg. trust deed, constitution) Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted - (eg. trust, association, company) Researched and recommended by Chief Executive Officer, appointed by Trustee selection methods quorum of Trustees (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. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** Providing, or assisting in the provision of, education, training, healthcare projects and basic support for disadvantaged/disabled children and young adults and/or those in rural areas in Bhutan. Its classifications as shown on the Charity Commission website are listed as: Overseas aid/famine relief Helping children, young people and people with disabilities It provides buildings/facilities/open space It provides services March **2012** **TAR** 2 and other finance The objectives of the charity have been to continue and deepen the charity’s ability to help children in Bhutan either from disadvantaged rural areas or with specific mental or physical disabilities. The primary way to achieve these objectives is through achievable, tangible educational and medicinal initiatives, working in collaboration with existing Bhutanese structures. Working with such partner organisations enables Opening your Heart to Bhutan to ensure its projects or donated assets reach larger groups of children most effectively. **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)** The Opening your Heart to Bhutan activities this year will have improved life opportunities for over 300 disabled and/or disadvantaged children and a further 250 children in poor rural schools. Many of these children have benefitted from the installation of clean water filters in their schools, some of which have been funded in collaboration with the Openwork Foundation. We have continued to support the training of young blind musicians at the Blind Musicians training centre in Thimpu, supporting the rent for their building and access to training. We have provided educational materials for the two Vocational Training schools we support in Bhutan The CEO and all Trustees are acquainted with the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit and the advice contained within consistently informs their decisions when undertaking new activities. ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** March **2012** **TAR** 3 The contribution made by volunteers in the UK is of vital importance. Besides the CEO and Trustees, all of whom give their time and energy freely, there is a pool of supporters who are called upon to provide a wide range of functions necessary to the ongoing life of the charity including IT support, marketing materials, fundraising initiatives and individual sponsored events. You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. ## Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## Section D Achievements and performance **Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year** 1. Use of grant from the Openwork foundation to put five clean water filter systems in special needs and rural schools in Bhutan 2. Re-routing and improving the access to the vocational training centre in Tashigang. 3. Continual support for the rent for the Blind Musicians’ Training School in Thimpu for the year 2020/21 4. Support for a part-time music teacher at the Blind Musicians’ Training school in Thimpu 5. Supply of over £7,000 worth of educational equipment and materials for special needs schools 6. Maintenance and rust-prevention coating for rooves in the Eastern Training school March **2012** **TAR** 5 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 6 Section D Achievements and performance March **2012** **TAR** 7 Section E Financial review Brl•f •tsl•m•nt af th• ¢xJr ffx)nthty conxnitmonts are 16% of the annual inoJm8. D•lall• of ary fund• mal•rl•lty In d•fi¢tt NIA Furth•r flnanclal r•vl•w d•talls (Optlonal Inforniallon) You may ¢lMxx• to incwe The charity's principal S￿ offurvjlng remairn dcThtsM, aitional irrfJmatK)n. where an increased level of SUPFrtJt from businesses. relevant chanty's Pri￿1paI sources of funds (ind any fiJndraising)- expenditure has d(ThtKXlS arKJ material gcmjds in the most Offici￿rt way, the charity pays for the serrfices of Ugyen Tthring, a Bhutwse atizen. Ugyen w(x*s on a self-emrAoyed te￿8. 18 fluent in Er*h ha• a in th• vduntsry sector. of charity: investment policy and oty'ecb'ves indudirvJ any ethical investsnent pc4icy Section F Other optional information In line wrth the chty's elhos to ensure that donated funts are used ntht ef￿ctr¥￿y and have a dir8Ct impact t)n the lives of the disabled and disadvantaged Children, the Chief Exeojlrrfe Officer a￿1 ad Tnthes Section G Declaration ' Tha tru$lw• dKlarn that t￿Y ha￿ approved tho trnst••s' r•port abov•. $19n•d on b•haff cl th• ¢h•rW8 tr 81gnatur•(•l Full nTh(•) Po•ltkn (•9 8•cr•lary. Ch•lr, Jikl IiLLr &ui K. H 23 /4/202 1 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WAIES -6¢-,¥ Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For th• p•rfod To ri12020 31$1 March 2￿21 Section A Receipts and payments Unrn•tn"cl•d lund8 fund8 lund• Tirtal fund• L••t y••r to1￿ th•ii•BI£ to Thwr••t£ to fimr•￿£ toth• r￿rn•t É A1 R•¢•l Grants 4Q964 10 46,463 720 820 1.2DJ Takiws Lo)k6 TakirvJ¥ frryn rural ¢yafts 10 S544 4$ Sub total(Gft)ss income for ARJ A2 A8s•t and In¥•8tm•nt s•l••. tsblol. SU14 Sub total Totsl rncdpts 52,518 55,70S A3 Pa m•ftts To Dpk.ish¢ sctr¥x4 21,V4M 10.189 21.104 18,549 58,76J 12,126 Cosi of rur4 text 535 Wages R￿)1￿￿ ac*vFties 6,693 Sub tot•1 A4 A88•t and In¥•8lm•nt ureha8ts.18•• tabl•) Sub totsl 38.291 46.671 80,956 Net of r•¢•1p￿(PayM9ntsJ A5 Tra￿10￿ between funds A6 C•¥h funds last y•ar ènd Cash funds this y••r end 14327 14.227 25.250 8.030 33,280 8.030 CCXX R1 ac￿￿nts ISS 141C612021 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrn•tnct•d R•*rt¢t•d tund• lund• Endowm•nt funds to r•ar••t £ Categorig Oetails B1 Cash funds Totslc•sh fuThts Unr•*trfct•d lund• to nbJr••t £ R••¢rfct•d fvnds Endowm•nt lund• to nw••t £ D•tail$ B2 Oth•r mon•tsry ass•t• DotaS19 B3 Inv••lm•nl a•*ots Dètails B4 A•¥•t• r•laln•d for the harMy'• ty•m Details Il*llty B5 Uabmltles S¥ned by on• or t￿) ￿$1•8$ on b•haW of am th8 trusl888 SvJnabJre Prwrt Nam8 Oate of approval K. H. rnn*9/V&/ /4/zJ Js. CCXX R2 acrounts (SSI 2510412021 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusleesl members of Opening Your Heart to Bhutan On accounts for the year ended 31. March 2021 Charity no (if any) 1165794 Set out on pages 1&2 I report to Ihe trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above harity {"the Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charitls trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I'the Acri. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Direclions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llb) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material mallers 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 the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements oncerning the form and content of accounts sel out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounls give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper understanding of the accounts lo be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets if they do nol apply. Signed: OS IJLS CHliSf ifrJÉ IAQLA£ Date: Name: Relevant professional qualificationls} or body lif any)- A.<. f. Address- I￿￿_1£ l Mts£TIAAE£ IER Oct 2018 SAA Section 8 Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material mallers of concern (see CC32. Independent examination ol charity accounts.. directions and gLJidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018