2023-01-28-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From 01 02 2022 To 31 01 2023

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Association of Old Mahindians in the UK

Other names charity is known by AOMUK Registered charity number (if any) 1166951 Charity's principal address 9, Firethorn Close Fleet, Hampshire Postcode GU52 7TY

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole **year **	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany)
	Mr Chandra Mendis		From 28.02.2021	Member of AOMUK
	Mr Lalie Abayasiriwardhana		From 28.02.2021	Member of AOMUK
	Mr Deepal Pitigala	President	From 28.02.2021	Member of AOMUK
	Mr Don Withaanachi		From 20.03.2022	Member of AOMUK

Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)

Name Dates acted if not for whole year

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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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

• (eg. trust deed, constitution)

[Constitution ]

How the charity is constituted

• (eg. trust, association, company)

[Charitable Incorporated Organisation ]

Trustee selection methods

• (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Elected by the members at the AGM ]

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

The object of the AOMUK is to advance the education of the pupils at Mahinda College, Galle, Sri Lanka in such ways as the trustees think fit, in particular, by awarding scholarships and/or providing computer, sports or laboratory equipment to the school.

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Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within The AOMUK has collected funds through fund raising and used those this section the statutory funds wisely for the benefit of the students of Mahinda College, Galle, Sri declaration that trustees have Lanka. had regard to the guidance I confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission's issued by the Charity guidance on public benefit. Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

All the committee members and the Trustees are volunteers. They are either old students of Mahinda college or well-wishers. They have voluntarily contributed time for fund raising efforts and selection of projects for Mahinda College. Grant making policy include:

1. Communications with the Principal and staff of Mahinda College to identify the requirements:

2. a. Student sponsorships

3. b. Improvement to educational facilities.

You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

• AOMUK committee asses each of the requirements on the following basis:

• a. Ensure it is in line with the governing principles and charity commissions guidance

• b. Sponsorships

  • i. Mean testing to ensure the student eligibility for scholarships

  • ii. Cost and Affordability

  • iii. Duration

• c. Educational Projects

  • i. Project description and the benefits it will bring to enhance the education of the students

  • ii. Project timeline

  • iii. Sustainability iv. Cost and affordability

• Approve the project by majority decision of the committee,

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

Provided the following for the benefit of the Students at Mahinda College, Galle, Sri Lanka.

1. Monetary support for disadvantaged students.

Due to the poor economic standard these students have insufficient support from their families to fulfil their needs required to gain education comfortably. The monetary support from the AOMUK enables them to buy textbooks for their studies or for transport to attend classes. AOMUK supported 12 students in the year.

1. Upgrade to the school library IT system for the benefit of the students.

2. AOMUK donated 5 computers and a printer to the school library of the Mahinda College.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The AOMUK maintains some fixed deposits accounts at Hatton National Bank (HNB) Sri Lanka with relatively higher interest, which is used in turn for the benefit of the students.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

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;

The principal sources of funds are:

1. The annual dinner dance – not held this year.

2. Participation of cricket tournament, through which AOMUK earns a share of the profit

3. Donations

4. Small evening gala

The expenditure on fund raising events is for organising the event and the AOMUK has made a profit from each event.

Other major expenditure is for the projects for the benefit of the students of Mahinda College in Sri Lanka, which is the objective of AOMUK

• 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(s) Full name(s) Prof Jagath Mawella Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Trustee (Ex officio) Date 14 May 2023

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	Charity Name Association of Old Mahindians in the UK	Charity Name Association of Old Mahindians in the UK	Charity Name Association of Old Mahindians in the UK	Charity Name Association of Old Mahindians in the UK	Charity Name Association of Old Mahindians in the UK	No (if any) 1166951	No (if any) 1166951	No (if any) 1166951	CC16a
	For the period from		Period start date 01/02/2022		To		Period end date 31/01/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 760 1,582 - - - 224 183 170 - - 2,919 - - 2,919 448 - - - 150 - 4,061 75 307 - 5,041 - - - 5,041 - 2,122		Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1,435 - 1,435 - - - 1,435 - 1,435		Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -		Total funds to the nearest £ 760 1,582 - - - 224 183 170 - - 2,919		Last year to the nearest £
AGM donations	760								-
Donations	1,582								1,380
Gift aid claim	-								1,767
Mahinda Nite	-								-
FOC	-								550
Social	224								312
Interest from Savings	183								201
Membership	170								150
Miscellaneous	-								40
	-								-
Sub total(Gross income for AR)	2,919								4,401
A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).
	-						-		-
Sub total	-						-		-
Total receipts A3 Payments
									4,401
AGM & Meetings	448								-
Donations	-								-
Mahinda Nite	-								-
FOC	-								-
Social	150								138
Website	-								-
Projects/Student Sponsorships	4,061								1,462
Miscellaneous	75								8
Loss - Exchange rate	307								48
	-								-
**Sub total **	5,041								1,656
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
									1,656
	- 2,122		- 1,435		-		- 3,557		2,745
	-		-		-		-		-
	17,786		3,658		-		21,444		23,604
	15,663		2,224		-		17,887		26,349

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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period	Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B2 Other monetary assets B1 Cash funds B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities	Details Barclays current account Cash HNB (Sri Lanka) Current a/c HNB (Sri Lanka) Savings a/c Creditors/Debtors High Interest Savings (HNB, Sri Lanka) Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Details Signature	Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ 14,617 - 0 - 997 49 2,224 15,663 2,224 OK OK Unrestricted funds Restricted funds to nearest £ to nearest £ - - - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - Fund to which asset belongs Cost (optional) - - Fund to which liability relates Amount due (optional) - - Print Name Prof. Jagath Mawella	Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			-
			-
			OK
			Endowment funds to nearest £
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			Current value (optional)
			-
			-
			When due (optional)
			Date of approval
		Prof. Jagath Mawella	14/05/2023

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