2023-06-30-accounts - Imba House

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Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date 01 July 2022 30 June 2023 From To

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any) 1167280

Imba House

n/a

Charity's principal address 34 Meeting House Lane

Balsall Common Coventry Postcode CV7 7FX West Midlands UK

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

Trustee name	Office (if any)	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
Mark Esling		Imba House Trustee Board
Margaret Walls
Julie Forrest	Treasurer
Vincent Gumbo
Sarah Kirk
Anne Lycett	Secretary
Taurai Collen Mhlanga	Chair
Hannah Shaw
Margaret Walls

	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)	Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)
	Name	Dates acted if not for whole year

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March 2012

Names and addresses of 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

Constitution (dated 23 May 2016) Type of governing document

(eg. trust deed, constitution)

Charitable Incorporated Organisation How the charity is constituted

(eg. trust, association, company)

Elected by Board of Trustees Trustee selection methods

(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

“For the public benefit, the relief and assistance of disabled children and young people aged 0-25 years and their families living in and around the Glenview District of Harare, Zimbabwe, in particular but not exclusively by (a) specialist care and education provision (b) raising awareness of disability (c) providing specialist equipment, advice and training.”

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The organisation carries out the following activities in support of its purposes:

The trustees organise events to raise awareness of and to fundraise for the charity.
The trustees also assist other supporters both individuals and organisations such as schools and businesses to similarly raise funds by giving presentations at or provide communications materials for these events.

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 organisation has supported the setting up of a mirror charitable organisation with its own board of trustees in Zimbabwe to enable operational activities and decisions to be more effectively overseen from a governance perspective. This is particularly important given the political climate in Zimbabwe and the prevalence of corruption. We must ensure that any grant monies that are provided to the centre go directly to it and to the benefit of the children who attend the centre and their families rather than rely on individuals to carry out this role.
The organisation reviews the priorities of the centre through communication with both the centre and the charity trust board in Zimbabwe. These priorities are ranked by the trustees and a number of funding grants have been made by the organisation to the centre via the Zimbabwean trustee board. A project justification is completed including financials and evidence of impact which is then reviewed and either approved or rejected by the UK organisation’s trustees
The organisation also directly provides equipment to the centre through shipments or via visits by the trustees to Zimbabwe.
In pursuance of their activities and responsibilities as trustees, the trustees have full regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit.

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 the main achievements of the charity during the year

During the financial year 2022-23 the organisation held one main funding raising event (1 tennis competition).

Communication with the trustees in Zimbabwe and staff at the centre has been maintained but continued to be challenging due to the impact of Covid with the Centre being closed for extended periods beyond restriction dates in the UK as well as a level of political instability in Zimbabwe prior to elections being held in August 2023

As a result of the Centre being closed for much of the financial period no grants were made as it was not possible to organise the distribution of goods directly to the homes of families supported at the Centre. Instead funding has been set aside for 2023-24 grant allocation to provide support parcels to families to address the impact of economic hardship and food shortages in Zimbabwe. Around 30 families supported by the Centre will be provided with food and other household essentials as well as underwear, nappies and sanitary wear in the next financial year.

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Section E Financial review

Brief statement of the

charity’s policy on reserves

The trustees’ policy is to retain sufficient unrestricted funds (currently a figure of £1000) to cover known commitments. The reserves policy is reviewed annually by the trustees.

Details of any funds materially Not applicable 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;
investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

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March 2012

Imba House			1167280
Receipts andpayments accounts				CC16a
For the period from	01-Jul-22	To	30-Jun-23

Section A Receipts and payments

	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds			Endowment funds	Endowment funds		Total funds	Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest	£		to the nearest	£		to the nearest £	to the nearest	£
A1 Receipts
Donations	637		-			-		637	438
Fundraising	416		-			-		416	1,928
Interest	16		-			-		16		1
	-		-			-		-		-
	-		-			-		-		-
	-		-			-		-		-
	-		-			-		-		-
	-		-			-		-		-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	1,069		-			-		1,069	2,367

A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
	-			-			-	-
	-			-			-	-		-

A1 Receipts	Unrestricted funds to the nearest £ 637 416 16 - - - - - 1,069	Restricted funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -	Endowment funds to the nearest £ - - - - - - - - -	Total funds to the nearest £ 637 416 16 - - - - - 1,069	Last year to the nearest £
Donations	637				438
Fundraising	416				1,928
Interest	16				1
	-				-
	-				-
	-				-
	-				-
	-				-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	1,069				2,367

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).		- -	- -	- -
	-	-	-	-
	-	-	-	-	-
*Sub total*	-	-	-	-	-
*Total receipts* A3 Payments
					2,367

Cost of fundraising	-				-
Foodparcels					1,200
Specialist disability equipment and other equipment for the centre	-				1,258
Sundryitems	32				42
	-				-
	-				-
**Sub total **	32				2,500

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*
					2,500

	1,037			1,037	133
	-			-	-
	9,241			9,241	9,241
	10,278			10,278	9,374

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Details 1	Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 10,278 - -	Restricted funds to nearest £ - - -	Endowment funds to nearest £
	10,278	-	-
	-	-	-
1	-	-	-

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B5 Liabilities B3 Investment assets B2 Other monetary assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use	Details *Total cash funds* (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Storage Container Details Signature	10,278
		Anne Lycett

CCXX R2 accounts (SS)