2021-03-31-accounts - Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust

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Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust

2020 / 2021

PONT Trustees Annual Report

Charity number: 1166910

partnerships tackling poverty together

The trustees present their report of the charity for the period 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021. The Financial Statements for the same period are also attached. Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity Commission under registration number 1166910. It more commonly uses its working name of PONT.

Prior to the CIO being registered with the Charity Commission, PONT was a registered charity under registration number 1125948. During this financial year, 1125948 was kept open to allow the transfer of assets and operations from this charity to the CIO. A separate report is available for charity 1125948, from the Charity Commission.

The trustees have adopted the provisions of the Statement of Recommended Practice (SORP) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities' issued in March 2005

SECTION A: ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Trustees

Dr Geoff Lloyd MRCP MRCGP, Coordinator (Chairman of Trustees) Geoff Herbert RIBA, Treasurer p John Phillips LLB Kathryn Rickards BSc Howard Smith CEng MIET Julian Martyn Newton Cllr Jayne Brencher Marga Quince Richard Griffiths

Principal Office

Cartref Pencerrig Street Graigwen Pontypridd CF37 2HS

Bank

Lloyds Bank, Market Square, Pontypridd

Independent Financial Examiner

Luke Silver HNC Business & Finance Accountancy Practitioner 12 Oliver Street, Pontypridd, Mid Glamorgan. CF37 2RD

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SECTION B: STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust is a registered charity, number 1166910, and is constituted under a trust deed dated 4[th] May 2016.

New trustees are appointed by existing trustees; there is no fixed term of service for a trustee. The trust deed requires that there shall be at least 3 trustees.

The trustees meet at least twice a year and agree policies and regulations to be used by the trust and its committees. They also perform strategic planning. All trustees give their time freely and no trustee remuneration was paid in the year. Geoff Lloyd serves as chairman of the trustees.

The trustees have appointed a Management Team and several committees to oversee the projects, grants and activities of the trust. Each committee is required to fully report its activities and proceedings to the trustees within 2 months. It shall conform to any regulations and policies that have been put in place by the trustees.

The following committees have been adopted.

Name	Area of Operation	Chair
Health	Improvement of Health at community level, hospitals	Dr Geoff Lloyd
	and Ambulance response serviceprovision
Education	Linking Schools, supporting teachers and teaching	Philip Rickards
	through sharingof expertise,awareness raising
Livelihoods	Relief and Prevention of Poverty amongst children	Geoff Medlow / Jayne Brencher (joint chairs)

Engineering	EngineeringProjects to assist communities	Howard Smith
Churches	Overseeing links between Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT)	Melanie Hutt
	and Mbale churches and deliveringholistic mission.
Environment	Promotion of sustainable living and prevention of	Marga Quince
	environmental degradation.
Wildlife Education Centre	Educational resource for the local schools	Dr Geoff Lloyd
University	Mobilising the resources of Tertiary Educational	Marga Quince
	Institutions
Finance	Propose financial procedures and regulations to trustees. Oversee the charity’s accounts.	Paul Westwood / Geoff Herbert

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The majority of these committees maintain a relationship with an equivalent committee in Mbale, Uganda. They have delegated responsibility for the allocation of one or more restricted or designated funds. They arrange for monitoring and evaluation of any projects that they fund.

The Management Team has been created to undertake agreed functions with the consent of the trustees. These include:

Management of paid staff and contractors in UK
Preparation of bids to UK and international donors with, or on behalf of PONT committees
Development of policy documents
Development of administrative functions
Co-ordination with Mbale PONT regarding staffing, funding issues and the development of procedures.

The Management Team generally meets monthly and is chaired by Dr Geoff Lloyd, PONT co-ordinator. It invites others to attend from time to time for agreed purposes.

PONT works in partnership with a number of local organisations in Mbale, Uganda to pursue its objectives. To coordinate the work that we do with NGO partners, we asked them to create an umbrella organisation Mbale-PONT which is governed by a board which has representatives from each of the member NGOs. The majority of the running costs of Mbale PONT are met by a grant from PONT UK.

PONT has also encouraged the creation of a wider body in Mbale - the Mbale Coalition Against Poverty (Mbale-CAP). Mbale-CAP has charitable status in Uganda, receiving grants for Mbale CAP running and project costs, including onward transmission of funds to support NGO partners in delivering and monitoring of projects. In addition to the NGO partners that make up Mbale-PONT this body includes representatives from the district governments of Mbale, Manafwa and Bududa. Mbale-CAP has also been able to secure funding from other organisations.

PONT is the sole owner of the company PONT Commercial Services Ltd (PONT CS), which carries on trading activities for the benefit of the charity. Surplus profits from this company are passed back to PONT. PONT CS has 3 directors: Keith Lewis, Jayne Brencher and Chris Johnes. PONT CS has not actively traded during the year, but remains part of PONT, ready to be utilised in future should it be required.

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PONT ORGANISATION STRUCTURE

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SECTION C: OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The relationship between the community of Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT) in South Wales and the community of Mbale District in eastern Uganda was started in 2005 as an initiative of the charity Pontypridd Christian Concern (PCC). PCC created a subsidiary organisation "Pontypridd Overseas Networking Trust" to foster this partnership. From the outset the aim was to add our weight to the efforts of our partners to eradicate poverty in the region. Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust was created as a separate charity in 2008 to continue this work.

The objects of the trust are defined in section 4 of the trust deed as follows:-

The objects of the trust are to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health (both physical, spiritual and social) by the provision of funds, goods, services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of Uganda or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit particularly but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing by means of the exchange of people, resources and ideas between the community of the County of Rhondda Cynon Taf in South East Wales and the community of Mbale, Bududa and Manafwa Districts of Eastern Uganda.

The Trustees have formulated the following Vision and Mission statements:

VISION:

To eliminate absolute poverty throughout the Mbale region of Uganda.

MISSION:

To encourage, empower and resource those helping people out of poverty in the Mbale region, Uganda through a network of personal and organisational relationships whilst learning from each other and enriching one another's lives.

The activities of PONT fall into 3 categories

Facilitating visits by individuals and committee representatives between our 2 communities.
Linking of institutions and professional groups.
Development and grant funding of projects which contribute to the charity’s aims.

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VISITS TO MBALE AND UK

VISITS

In previous years, visits from Mbale to the UK and vice versa took place regularly, helping to strengthen and deepen the partnership. Due to Covid no visits were possible in 2020/21. However, many video conference calls took place to enable the work to continue and relationships to be maintained.

LINKING

EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS

Over 100 Welsh schools have been linked with Partner Schools in Mbale including Schools catering for pupils with disabilities.

The main purpose of the partnerships is to create friendship links between schools and to:
Extend pupils/staff’s views of the world, embracing the concept of global citizenship.
Enable pupils to learn about and respect one another’s cultural differences by sharing of ideas and experiences.
Enable intercultural dialogue, increased knowledge of one another’s societies and enhance the schools’ curriculums

LIVELIHOODS

The PONT project set up to provide support for orphans and other vulnerable children (OVC), currently being delivered through boosting the incomes (livelihoods) of poorer families. This is achieved by assisting with the formation of self-help groups to provide loans for payment of school fees and materials as well as start-up funds for various income generating activities. Goat rearing is another significant part of the scheme. This is an income generating activity which can easily be managed by most families whilst also producing numerous side benefits such as milk and manure. To date over 1,000 goats have been distributed to poor families, many of which look after orphaned children of their relatives in addition to their own children.

Training for the self-help groups and goat beneficiaries and associated dedicated goat supervisors is undertaken with the aim of producing long term sustainable change. 5 local NGOs are supported to run and monitor these activities in conjunction with the Mbale CAP Livelihoods Coordinator.

CHURCHES

The Pont church committee connects local church congregations in the Pontypridd area with congregations which are part of a Mbale Pont association of churches. This enables joint projects in welfare and mission as well as regular visits for church leaders and members in both directions.

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WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTRE

The Wildlife Education Centre has been constructed on a small parcel of land overlooking Mbale. This contains a collection of local animals which is used to educate the PONT schools in the importance of preserving local wildlife through interactive sessions and hands on experiences. All schools in the region are invited to bring along classes to the centre free of charge.

HEALTH

PONT-Mbale Health links aim to address Millennium Goals 4, 5 & 6 through training and mutual learning, and addressing specific challenges in access to health identified by our Mbale partners and their communities:

PRIMARY CARE

PONT Primary Care Committee links with Mbale CAP Health Committee supporting Community Health Worker development and partner capacity building. GPs and other health staff contribute to training through exchange visits.

PONT-Mbale Primary Health Care aims to improve community health and uptake of preventive government health services by:

training volunteers, forming a network of community health workers in Village Health Teams
safeguarding sustainability by retention of volunteers’ commitment and skills through ongoing update training

SECONDARY HEALTH CARE

The Royal Glamorgan Hospital in RCT is linked with the Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (RRH). The link has been in existence since 2007. The linking committee includes staff from Radiology, Endoscopy, Midwifery and A&E.

PONT-Mbale Hospital team aims to support improved care and practice throughout hospital departments and disciplines of Mbale Regional Referral Hospital (MRRH) through:

training and exchange visits
service development

AMBULANCE

Ambulance staff volunteers from Wales Ambulance Service Trust (WAST) link with Mbale CAP Health committee and PONT PHC in delivering Emergency skills training and development of the Integrated Emergency Response Service

PONT Ambulance team aims to help save lives by:

supporting volunteers training in lifesaving skills
facilitating access to skilled health care through development of an integrated call-out transport service for maternity patients and people with emergency health needs

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PROJECTS

In addition to being the catalyst for the creation of projects which result from school and church links, PONT develops and funds its own projects using the expertise and money available to it. We invite our community in Wales to donate to restricted funds that are created for each project. In addition PONT accesses grant funding for these projects. The trustees have delegated responsibility for selecting, developing and monitoring these projects to the relevant subject committee.

EDUCATION AND SCHOOLS

Due to the effect of COVID there have been limited activities this year. Members of the PONT Education team were unable to visit schools in Wales but kept in touch by phone, email, Zoom etc.

The Education Officers are currently evaluating all current partnerships and encouraging school coordinators to meet up with them via Zoom to discuss the way forward. Some such meetings have already taken place, Members of the PONT Education Committee have kept in touch with the team in Mbale via e mails, WhatsApp and Zoom and were even able to address a meeting of Head Teachers in Mbale.

One RCT School was awarded a PONT Flag and the presentation was made virtually before the flag was delivered to the school office.

Some Schools have been able to remain in contact with their partner school during the pandemic using WhatsApp and, in some cases, Zoom. Schools in Wales were not in a position to hold fund raising events but two sponsored events for PONT Education took place.

In June Phil & Kath (Education Officers) walked to 15 PONT school in 3 days raising over £1000. They continued walking and by Easter with the help of some school pupils covered the total distance from Pontypridd to Mbale raising again over £1000. Some of this was to be donated to some of the partner schools in Mbale.

A special Fund was set up to support Mbale School staff who were experiencing financial difficulty. Some were given support with food and hygiene supplies Mbale teachers received training on managing Covid restrictions in Schools and ways in which they could adjust to online learning and communication. PONT Schools in Mbale paid a big part in awareness raising among pupils on the seriousness of COVID19 with pupil to pupil awareness campaigns

British Council Uganda have kept in touch with Mbale PONT education team and thanks to their initiative PONT schools in Mbale had the chance to learn skills of mainstreaming climate change concepts in the curriculum via online courses. The Mbale PONT Examination Board produced sample examination papers to support pupils catch up and revision.

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The Mbale Education Committee have met since COVID and made an action plan for next year. The main focus of the team in Mbale during the year was to implement a project “There is always Ability in Disability”. A grant was received from the St James Place Charitable Foundation to help fund this.

A Special Needs Project Committee has been set up to oversee this. The Committee drew up a work plan as well as a budget and held meetings. The Committee started the search for beneficiaries using information from Head teachers and local government education officials. The Committee looked at the collected data and selected the beneficiaries. The Chairperson implemented the placement exercise. The Committee plan to carry out training and also give out a few goats to the neediest cases. The Chairperson gives brief communication of activities to PONT Education by WhatsApp.

Covid-19 made the beginning very hard. However when candidate classes of P7, S4 and S6 were allowed to resume in February 2021, the following pupils were enrolled

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NO DISTRICT SKILLS VOC P7 S4 S6 TOTAL
1. BUDUDA 06 02 05 00 00 013
2. MBALE 03 07 02 01 00 013
3. NAMISINDWA - - 02 02 00 004
TOTAL 09 09 09 03 00 030 out of 50
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School/ Vocational Training fees were paid, some special equipment for vocational courses was provided and for some the necessary aids for them to attend educational/training establishments. As younger pupils return to school more will be enrolled and as COVID restrictions are lifted, awareness training will take place for Community Health workers teachers and carers.

LIVELIHOODS

During the year the UK based Livelihoods sub-group continued working with the Mbale Livelihoods group to bring help to the rural communities in the region around Mbale. However, the work was drastically impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic that affected most of the world during this period. Very little of the programmed works were able to be carried out by the MCAP partners.

The Mbale CAP team did manage to deliver two projects and both involved providing emergency help to people in the self-help groups that have been established through the Livelihoods work in recent years.

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PONT Funded Emergency Relief
Early on in the pandemic the PONT Livelihoods team sent out funds to enable MCAP to take some basic emergency help out to struggling families in the area. 200 families were helped and all beneficiaries greatly appreciated what they received.
Welsh Government through WCVA Funded Emergency Relief We were successful in applying for a grant from Welsh Government via WCVA to provide further emergency relief during the pandemic. This consisted of:
2.1. Simple training about the nature of Covid-19 and how to prevent its spread within the communities. This was given to over 1,200 families.
2.2. Provision of packages of basic food to families that were identified as being in particular need. 300 families were helped in this way.
2.3. Provision of small amounts of cash as seed funding to help get the savings groups functioning again after the pandemic. 40 groups received this help.

Our thanks go to the MCAP Livelihoods team for their dedication and hard work in delivering both projects.

CHURCHES

Due to Covid, the planned church team visit for this year had to be cancelled. To help our partner churches deal with the hardships in their communities caused by Covid and the resulting lock down, several churches held additional fund raising appeals. This funding was well received and used by the churches in Mbale.

HEALTH

A decision was made by PONT UK during this year to combine the 3 existing health committees of Primary Care, Secondary Care and Ambulances. This has made both the oversight and the finances of the 3 committees easier to manage. The head of the new Health Committee in the UK is Dr Geoff Lloyd.

Because of COVID there were no visits from the UK to Uganda in this time period.

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PRIMARY HEALTH CARE

The team of voluntary health workers in Uganda continue to work harder than ever due to Covid. They are managed by our 8 partner NGOs within Mbale. We send funds every quarter to support this network. To help them prepare and deal with Covid a major fund raising effort was made by PONT UK which was used to provide additional training to our health workers in the prevention and early detection of COVID.

SECONDARY HEALTH CARE

We continued to support our PONT contact in Mbale Regional Care Hospital, Dr Adam Hewitt Smith, a consultant anaesthetist

MOTORBIKE AMBULANCES

These were busier than ever due to Covid. We therefore held a major fund raising effort to repair several Motorbike Ambulances This resulted in a general increase in transfers.

WILDLIFE EDUCATION CENTRE

Although visitor numbers during this year were well down due to the lockdown in Uganda, we continued to look after the animals and develop the site. Additional new animals this year included two new crocodiles, two new Pythons, a Crested Crane, and two new guard dogs.

Two houses were built to house workers families on site.

For 3 months we had the privilege of a gap year vetinary student from the UK working at the site, helping to develop the care of the animals.

ENGINEERING

During the period the group worked on various projects, the key ones of which are detailed below. The usual twoweek visit to Mbale had to be cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Using email and video conferencing within the UK, and between the UK and Mbale, the work of the engineering team has continued throughout the year, though inevitably with less progress being made.

90 recorded hours of skilled professional time was contributed free of charge for the purposes of the group. A number of hours of unrecorded time were also given. This is notably reduced compared to previous years, due primarily to there being no visit to Mbale, and also general reduced activity due to Covid restrictions.

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1. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WORKSHOP IGA PROJECT

This is a mechanical engineering workshop that was set up utilising redundant machines donated and shipped to Mbale. The machines are owned by Mbale-PONT, with a separate company (PONT Uganda Ltd.), set up as a social enterprise, operating the facility utilising the machines. This is providing vocational training as well as operating as a business. It is intended that profits will augment the funds available to Mbale-PONT for poverty alleviation projects once the business is sustainable.

During the reporting period:

The business side of the workshop struggled during the year due to lockdowns preventing business, and the resulting downturn in the local economy, with customers having less money to spend. The business is actively marketing its products and services via social media. The training side of the workshop operation has been suspended due to restrictions on educational activities, and potential students’ lack of funds.

The usual regular contact has been maintained via electronic means, with the addition of some meetings via videoconferencing, which have been effective, and may well continue post Covid. A new accounting system has been set up to help improve analysis of the business operation.

2. MOONI WATER PROJECT

Work has continued on specifying additions to the water supply system in Mooni, with a view to the possibility of PONT funding this project. Progress has been slowed by the lack of a visit.

3. MICRO HYDRO ELECTRICITY GENERATION

This system is still out of commission, as the visit to effect repairs was not able to take place. It is hoped that it will be possible to bring the system back into operation during the next visit, and to implement the planned locally based maintenance support regime.

4. SOLAR POWER

Progress with solar power projects has stalled, primarily due to the inability to visit. The system for the primary school at Bumatofu, that was visited and surveyed in 2019, has not commenced installation. This is partly due to being unable to visit, and also due to UK Covid restrictions meaning the partner school hasn’t raised any funds towards the project.

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PUBLIC BENEFIT GUIDANCE

The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission's general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the Trust’s aims and objectives and in planning future activities.

SECTION D: RESERVES POLICY

The PONT trustees have adopted the following reserves policy

General Fund

The annual budgets for the General Fund include the following expenditure

the core costs of the charity
the grants given to cover the core costs of Mbale PONT.

The General Fund will hold sufficient assets to cover between 6 and 9 months of these expenditures.

Designated Funds

The PONT Management Team may from time to time designate funds to be used by a committee to cover future project expenditure. Such funds must be spent within 12 months of their designation unless a longer period has been specifically authorised by the trustees.

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SECTION E: DECLARATION

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES RESPONSIBILITIES

The trustees are responsible for preparing the Report of the Trustees and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales, the Charities Act 1993, Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed requires the trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the charity and of the incoming resources and application of resources, including the income and expenditure, of the charity for that period. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to

select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
observe the methods and principles in the Charity SORP;
make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the charity will continue in business

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 1993, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the trustees on by:

Kathryn Rickards Geoff Lloyd Trustee Coordinator

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Registered Charity Number: 1166910

Report of The Trustees And

Unaudited Financial Statements

For the Year

Ended 31 March 2021

For

Partnership Overseas Networking Trust CIO

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

	Page
Report of the trustees	1-6
Independent Examiners Report	7
Statement of Financial Activities	8
Balance Sheet	9
Notes to the Financial Statements	10-19

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

PARTNERSHIP OVERSEAS NETWORKING TRUST CIO

REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2021

The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2021. 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 2015).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives and Aims

The relationship between the community of Rhondda Cynon Taff in South Wales and the community of Mbale District in eastern Uganda was started in 2005 as an initiative of the charity Pontypridd Christian Concern (PCC). PCC created a subsidiary organisation “Pontypridd Overseas Networking Trust" to foster this partnership. From the outset the aim was to add our weight to the efforts of our partners to eradicate poverty in the region.

The Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust CIO (Charity number 1166910) commenced its activities with effect from 1 January 2018, taking over the activities and assets from an unincorporated charity, Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust (Charity number 1125948). The charity was incorporated on the 1st of January 2018 and is governed by its trustees in accordance with its constitution dated 13th of October 2015.

The objects of the trust as defined in section 4 of the trust deed as follows:‐

The objects of the trust are to relieve sickness and financial hardship and to promote and preserve good health (both physical, spiritual and social) by the provision of funds, goods, services of any kind, including through the provision of counselling and support in such parts of Uganda or the world as the trustees from time to time may think fit particularly but not so as to limit the generality of the foregoing by means of the exchange of people, resources and ideas between the community of the County of Rhondda Cynon Taff in South East Wales and the community of Mbale, Bududa and Manafwa Districts of Eastern Uganda.

The Trustees have formulated the following Vision and Mission Statements

Vision:

To eliminate absolute poverty throughout the Mbale region of Uganda. Mission:

The activities of PONT fall into 3 categories

Facilitating visits by individuals and committee representatives between our 2 communities.
Linking of institutions and professional groups.
Development and grant funding of projects which contribute to the charity's aims.

The following section describe each of these in turn.

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Reserves Policy

The PONT trustees have adopted the following reserves policy

General Fund

The annual budgets for the General Fund include the following expenditure

the core costs of the charity
the grants given to cover the core costs of Mbale PONT.

The General Fund will hold sufficient assets to cover between 6 and 9 months of these expenditures.

At the end of the financial year the level of reserves was £129,429. However, the available funds after excluding fixed assets and restricted funds is £32,162.

Designated Fund

The PONT Steering Group may from time-to-time designate funds to be used by a committee to cover future project expenditure. Such funds must be spent within 12 months of their designation unless a longer period has been specifically authorised by the trustees.

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

The Partnership Overseas Networking Trust is a registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation, number 1166910.

Recruitment and Appointment of New Trustees

New trustees are appointed by existing trustees; there is no fixed term of service for a trustee. The trust deed requires that there shall be at least 3 trustees.

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Organisational Structure

The trustees have appointed a steering group and several committees to oversee the projects, grants and activities of the trust. Each committee is required to fully report its activities and proceedings to the trustees within 2 months. It shall conform to any regulations and policies imposed on it by the trustees.

Dr Geoff Lloyd is the chair of the Steering Group and Marga Quince serves as minutes secretary.

The following committees have been adopted.

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Name Area of Operation Chair
Primary Health Improvement of Health at community level Dr Geoff Lloyd
Secondary Health Linking Hospitals Dr Geoff Lloyd
Education Schools, supporting teachers and teaching Philip Rickards
through sharing of expertise, awareness
raising
Livelihoods Relief and Prevention of Poverty amongst Geoff Medlow /
children Jayne Brencher
(joint chairs)
PONT Engineering Engineering and Business Projects to assist Howard Smith
communities
Churches Overseeing links between Rhondda Cynon Taff Rev Peter Lewis
(RCT) and Mbale churches and delivering
holistic mission.
Environment Promotion of sustainable living and Marga Quince
prevention of environmental degradation.
Wildlife Education Educational resource for the local schools Dr Geoff Lloyd
Centre
Ambulance Ambulance Response Service provision Julian Newton
University Mobilising the resources of Tertiary Marga Quince
Educational Institutions
Finance Propose financial procedures and regulations Geoff Herbert
to trustees. Oversee the charity’s accounts.
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An executive committee has been created to undertake agreed functions with the consent of the trustees, it meets weekly. The steering group meets monthly and therefore unable to effectively discharge some of the tasks which need more regular attention. As a consequence the following functions were transferred to the weekly executive committee meeting:

Management of paid staff and contractors in UK;

The preparation of bids to UK and international donors with or on behalf of PONT committees; The development of policy documents; The development of administrative functions;

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Organisational Structure

Co-ordination with PONT Mbale regarding staffing, funding issues and the development of procedures.

The executive committee is chaired by Dr. Geoff Lloyd, PONT co-ordinator, and includes the chair of the steering committee and the treasurer (all ex officio). It invites others to attend from time to time for agreed purposes.

Wider Network

PONT works in partnership with a number of local organisations in Mbale, Uganda to pursue its objectives. To coordinate the work that we do with NGO partners we asked them to create an umbrella organisation Mbale-PONT which is governed by a board which has representatives from each of the member NGOs. The majority of the running costs of Mbale PONT are met by a grant from PONT UK. PONT has also encouraged the creation of a wider body in Mbale - the Mbale Coalition Against Poverty (Mbale-CAP). In addition to the NGO partners that make up Mbale-PONT this body includes representatives from the district governments of Mbale, Manafwa and Bududa. Mbale CAP has created a number of committees to plan and run projects. PONT provides grants to fund some of these projects. Mbale-CAP has also been able to secure funding from other organisations.

PONT is the sole owner of the company PONT Commercial Services Ltd (PONT CS), which carries on trading activities for the benefit of the charity. The subsidiary donates its taxable profits to the Charity each year by gift aid. PONT CS has 1 director: Keith Lewis.

Bank Lloyds TSB, Market Square, Pontypridd

REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

Registered Charity number 1166910

Principal address Cartref Pencerrig Street Graigwen Pontypridd CF37 2HS

Trustees

Dr Geoff Lloyd MRCP MRCGP, Coordinator (Chairman of Trustees) Geoff Herbert RIBA, Treasurer John Phillips LLB Kathryn Rickards BSc Howard Smith CEng MIET Julian Martyn Newton Cllr Jayne Brencher Marga Quince Richard Griffiths Independent Financial Examiner LA Silver 1 Eastcote Road Tiffield Towcester Northamptonshire NN12 8AS

Registered Charity Number: 1166910

Approved by order of the board of trustees on 24/01/2021 and signed on its behalf by:

............................................. Mr G Herbert RIBA – Trustee

Registered Charity Number.. 1166910 DEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT ON THE ACCOUNTS AccFuals Account8 Report to the Irusteeg of Partnership Ovei8eas Networking Trust Registered Charity number 1166910 On the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2021 Set out on the following pages R¢spe¢tive respon•ibilitie• of ITV$tee$ and examrn¢r The chantys Irustees are responsrble fLY the pyeparation of the accounts. The chattys trustee5 consider that èn audrt 18 not wued IOT this year lunder $edion 144121 of Ihe Charths Act ?011 {t 2011 Act) &nd that an independent examinat is eded. It is my bj.. Exnine the aecountg luTrJer 9eet)n 145 of the 2022 Aet., To fofiow the procedures la down the General DeCtior0 givrn byth¢ Charity Commission lunder secbon 145(5Mbl ol the 2011 Act" and State hether particvlar matters have come to my attenth)n. Basis of independent examiner'"s report My extsminalxjn was ca¥rd Out in ateordance wrth the General Direclitin# glven by the Charrty ComMisor¥S. An examinats.on incIje$ a fevjew of the a¢countiNJ records kept by the charity and cunpartson of the a¢co¢Jnts presented wilh trKe record8. It also indude8 conSwJer8tic ol any unusual rtem8 or dtsclcéwes in the accounts, and Seeking eXanaOn$ from as InJses ncerning any such matters. The procedure5 undwtaken do not provbde all the evKYence that would be reqLld an audrt, and ¢seQuenY rKJ opthion is given as to whether accounts a'true and law vEw' and rwi 'mited to those matters set in the slatement beh)w. lTrdependeni examinu's statement In connection my ex8rninatKm. rr) matter has come to my attentK*n'. 111 whtch gFves m¢ reasonabk caus¢ to bebeve that in Materi respect th¢ requirements to keep accntg ¢0[$ in accordance wrth sectson130 of the 2011 Act and to pfepare accounts vthich acc wrth the ac¢cntsng fecofds and comth with the acCnt"ng requirwnents ol Ihe 2011 Act have nol been met or 121 lo whKh. n my opmvn, att¢nlK>n •hwld b? drawn order to ¢nabl¢ a prvper understanding ol the accounts to be reached. Sign•d L A S Dote: S Januwy 2022 Luke &"Ivw HNC Busi5 & FFnance Accountancy Practstner 12 Oliver Streel, ponrIjd, GlaMorg. CF37 2RD

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Statment of Financial Activities

For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Notes Incoming Resources Voluntary income 2 Investment income Activities for generating funds 3 Total incoming resources Resocurces Expended Cost of generating funds Fundraising costs 4 Charitable activities Charitable activities 5 Governance costs 7 Net Incoming Resources RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS Total funds brought forward Total funds carried forward	Unrestricted funds £ 27,690 272 - 27,962 - 17,500 400 17,900 10,062 9,677 - 385 31,777 32,162	Restricted funds £ 138,792 340 139,132 - 105,735 - 105,735 33,397 9,677 43,074 54,193 97,267	Year Ended 31.03.21 Total funds Year Ended 31.03.20 Total funds £ 166,482 166,430 272 - 340 670 167,094 167,100 - 3,265 123,235 194,410 400 400 123,635 198,075 43,459 30,975 - - - 43,459 30,975 - 85,970 116,945 129,429 85,970

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Balance Sheet As at 31 March 2021

Year Ended 31.03.19 Total funds Notes Fixed Assets 11 Current Assets Debtors 12 Cash at bank Current Liabilities Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 13 Net Current Assets Net Assets Funds 15 Unrestricted funds Restricted funds	Unrestricted funds £ - - 12,775 29,038 41,813 (9,650) 32,163 32,163	Restricted funds £ - - 27,557 69,692 97,249 18 97,267 97,267	Year Ended 31.03.20 Total funds £ - - 40,332 98,730 139,062 (9,632) 129,430 129,430 32,162 97,267 129,429

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Notes to the Financial Statments

For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Year Accounting Policies

Basis of preparing the financial statments

No material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern have been identified by the trustees.

Therefore the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.

Accounting convention

The financial statments have been prepared under the historic cost convention, and in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard for Smaller Entities (effective April 2008), the Charities Act 1993 and the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice, Accounting and Reporting by Charities.

Exemption from preparing a cash flow statement

Exemption has been taken from preparing a cash flow statement on the grounds that the charity qualifies as a small charity.

Incoming resources

All incoming resources are included on the Statment of Financial Activities when the charity is legally entitled to the income and the amount can be quantified with reasonable accuracy.

Resources expended

Expentiure is accounted for on an accurals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.

Cost of generating funds

Costs of generating funds comprise those costs directly attributable to raising funds through activities.

Other Fixed assets

The trustees has determined to depreciate the cost of equipment at 25% of cost per annum.

Governance costs

Governance costs include direct and related support costs relating to the governance infrastructure allowing the charity to generate information required for public accountability.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particalur restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statments.

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2. Voluntary Income Gifts and donations Bequests & Legacies Gift aid Grants Grants received, included in the above, are as follows: Welsh Assembly Government THET PIP Global Poverty Action Fund (DFID) Good Gifts Other 3. Activities for Generating Funds Fundraising events 4. Investment Income Interest Dividend Payments Loan Interset 5. Fundraising Costs Notes to the Financial Statments - continued For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021	Year Ended 31.03.21 £ 124,292 - 20,138 22,052 166,482 Year Ended 31.03.21 £ - 7,880 4,172 10,000 - 22,052 Year Ended 31.03.21 £ 340 Year Ended 31.03.21 272 - - 272 Year Ended 31.03.21 £ -	Year Ended 31.03.20 £ 139,103 - 21,823 5,504 135,677 Year Ended 31.03.20 £ - - - - 5,504 4,000 Year Ended 31.03.20 £ 670 Year Ended 31.03.20 - - - 4,848 Year Ended 31.03.20 £ 3,265

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6. Direct Costs of Charitable Activites Direct Costs (see note 6) Grant funding activity £ Charitable activities 7,554 115,681 *Grants and program expendiute* Travel expenses *Donations made* Professional fees (moved from goverance costs) Core Support Costs Admin supprt Promotional costs Printing/photocopying Insurance other premise costs website accounting and audit other fees Bank Charges (moved from goverance costs) Core Overhead Costs 7. Grants Payable General activities	Year Ended 31.03.21 Totals £ 123,235 £ 115,681 - - 4,378 4,378 - - 20 1,256 - 120 1,650 - 130 3,176 123,235.00 Year Ended 31.03.21 Totals £ 115,681.00	Year Ended 31.03.20 Totals £ 194,410 £ 148,189 36,988 - 7,938 6,018 - - - 2,320 82 1,000 - 1,080 94 3,215
		194,410.00 Year Ended 31.03.20 Totals £ 148,189.00

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Notes to the Financial Statments - continued

For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

Analysis of Grants and Program Expenditure by Expenditure Code Grants to individuals Grants to NGO's Direct Program Expenditure Analysis of Grants and Program Expenditure by Activtity Mbale CAP Mbale PONT General Activities Mbale Visitors Centre - 39,015 cholera appeal - 6,777 NGO Support - 12,713 Covid Training - - Landslide Projects - 3,230 Education Activities School Link Funding - - Education General - 2,485 Education Covid Appeal - 1,841 School Disability Project - 5,000 ATEB Links ATEB Grant - - Workshop - 2,439 Churches Bulatse Catholic Church - - First Baptist Church - 4,600 Mooni Girls of Hope - 1,400 Kaminkilo Community Proj - 1,167 Hope Ministries Namatala - 1,260 Orphan Supprt Goats Project - 11,811 Health Care Projects AMB - Bikes - 12,337 PHC - General - 9,375 SHC - Projects - - Expenditure under £2k other activities - 230 Total - 115,680 Governance Costs	Other Parties - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Year Ended 31.03.21 £ 3,230 41,932 70,519 115,681 Year Ended 31.03.21 £ Total 39,015 6,777 12,713 - 3,230 - 2,485 1,841 5,000 - 2,439 - 4,600 1,400 1,167 1,260 11,811 12,337 9,375 - 230 115,680 Year Ended 31.03.21 £ 400	Year Ended 31.03.20 £ - 52,783 95,176 148,189 Year Ended 31.03.20 £ Total 52,561 - 12,008 5,116 - - 9,395 - - 1,827 994 2,656 3,000 1,376 1,608 - 8,654 20,828 16,666 9,844 1,656 148,189 Year Ended 31.03.20 £ 400

8. Governance Costs

9. Trustee's Remuneration and Benefits

The trustees provide their services on a voluntary basis therefore there was no trustee's remuneration or other benefits for the priod ended 31 March 2021.

Trustees' Expenses

There were no staff costs for the period ended 31 March 2021.

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Notes to the Financial Statments - continued For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

10. Staff Costs

There were no staff costs for the year ended 31 March 2020 nor for the year ended 31 March 2021

No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.

Notes to the Financial Statments - continued For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

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12. Debtors: Amounts falling Due within one Year

Year Ended Year Ended 31.03.21 31.03.20 £ £

Recoverable Gift Aid Just Giving CAF Mbale Uganda

Other Debtors 13. Creditors: Amounts falling Due within one Year Other creditors Deferred Grant Income Loans repayable 14. Analysis of Net Assets Between Funds Fixed assets Investments Current Assets Current Liabilities	Unrestricted funds £ 1.00 - 41,812.00 9,650.00 - 32,163.00	Restricted funds £ - - 97,249.00 18.00 97,267.00	40,331 Year Ended 31.03.21 £ 382 9,250 - - 9,632 Year Ended 31.03.21 Total Funds £ 1.00 - 139,061.00 9,632.00 - 129,430.00	55,653 Year Ended 31.03.20 £ 6,041 38,000 - - 400 Year Ended 31.03.20 Total Funds £ 1.00 - 86,369.00 400.00 - 85,970.00

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Notes to the Financial Statments - continued For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

15. Movement in Funds Unrestricted Funds General fund Designated fund Restricted funds Ambulance Carbon Churches Disarter Relief Education Engineering Environmental Health Wildlife Education Centre Livelihoods Relief of Poverty University Primary Health Secondary Health Total Funds	At 31.03.20 £ 14,248 17,529 31,777 431 10 8,247 - 2,105 4,475 1,906 1,438 3,265 8,668 20 1,278 20,842 1,508 54,193 85,970	Net movement in funds £ 8,383 1,679 10,062 - - 990 - - 5,285 281 - 6,930 31,035 1,518 10,662 - - - - 33,397 43,459	Transfers between funds £ 9,677 - - 9,677 - 433 - - - - - - - 21,810 - - 10,650 - 20,842 - 1,508 - 9,677 -	At 31.03.21 £ 12,954 19,208 32,162 2 - 10 7,257 - 7,390 4,756 1,906 30,178 34,300 10,186 8 1,278 - - 97,267 129,429

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Notes to the Financial Statments - continued For the Period 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

15. Movement in Funds - continued Unrestricted Funds General fund Designated fund Restricted funds Ambulance Carbon Churches Disarter Relief Education ATEB Environmental Health Mbale Visitors Centre orphan Relief of Poverty University Medical Hospital Links Total Funds	Incoming resources £ 26,283 1,679 27,962 - - 7,499 - 14,811 2,720 - 28,656 70,050 13,346 2,051 - - - 139,133 167,095	Resources expended £ 17,900 - - 17,900 - - - 8,489 - - 9,526 - 2,439 - - 21,726 - 39,015 - 11,828 - 12,713 - - - - 105,736 - 123,636 -	Transfer between funds £ 9,677 - - 9,677 - 433 - - - - - - - 21,810 - - 10,650 - 20,842 - 1,508 - 9,677 -	Transfer to New Charity £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -	Movement in funds £ 1,294 - 1,679 385 433 - - 990 - - 5,285 281 - 28,740 31,035 1,518 12 - - 20,842 - 1,508 - 43,074 43,459

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Movement in Funds -

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16. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURESunincorporated charity, Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust

(Charity number 1125948).

The Partnerships Overseas Networking Trust CIO (Charity number 1166910) commenced its activities with effect from 1 January 2018, taking over the activities and assets from an