## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 01/12/2022 Period start date To Period end date**
## **30/11/2023**
## **Charity name: MY MEDINA SCHOOLS**
## **Charity registration number: 1167738**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To advance the education of the pupils**
**registered in the primary schools in the**
**city of Medina ( part of Dakar, the capital**
**of Senegal) by providing and assisting**
**in the provision of facilities such as**
**schools supplies, internet access, etc.,**
**(not required to be provided by the**
**local education authority ) for education**
**at the schools.**|
|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|**- 2015: 3000 notebooks + 3000 pens**
**offered to 1 school.**
**- 2016: 9000 notebooks and 9000 pens**
**offered to 3 schools**
**- 2017: 15,000 notebooks and 15,000**
**pens donated to 5 primary schools.**
**-2018: 25,000 notebook + 20,000 pens**
**offered to 7 schools.**
**- 2019: over 25,000 notebooks and pens**
**offered to 4000 kids from 12 schools**
**and more (see section achievement)**
**- 2020: more than 35,000 notebooks and**
**pens offered to 14 primary schools.**
**4500 students received our donation.**
**Actions are now expanded outside of**
**MEDINA, we have managed to help**
**schools outside of the capital, in the**
**south and the west of Senegal.**
**-2021 and 2022. We have extended our**
**donations to more area in the country.**
**16 primary schools received donation**
**from our charity for the benefit of 5000**
**children in the capital, as well as the**
**south, centre and west of the country.**
**We have also managed to build our first**
**bench is a school from 95kg of plastic**
**bag.**
**-2022 and 2023: from 14 primary**
**schools on the previous year, we have**|
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|||**increased the number of schools to help**
**to 24. This allows us to expand the**
**charity activity in more countryside and**
**village area. We are now supporting**
**children in the north and south of the**
**county, East and west, as well as the**
**capital Dakar. With our sponsoring**
**program we have also increased the**
**number children that receive yearly**
**allowance from the charity where we**
**take care of their entire schools’ fees**
**and stationeries. The sponsoring**
**program is dedicated to the top student**
**of each of the primary school to support**
**them when they go into secondary**
**public schools. We have also partnered**
**with another local charity to do our first**
**stationeries donation in a secondary**
**schools named Lycée Lamine Gueye**|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**All trustees have had regards to the**
**guidance issued by the charity**
**commission on public benefit.**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
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|Summary of the
main
achievements of
the charity,
identifying the
difference the
charity’s work
has made to the
circumstances of
its beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to
society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**2022- 2023: 9th edition/yearof donation of stationeries.**
**We are now helping schools from the capital of**
**Senegal, the west and south of the country, as well as**
**the north of the county in the saint louis area. New**
**partnership has been signed with another local charity.**
**-- we have had live tv show in Senegal that helps us to**
**promote the charity activity and development. It as**
**also a great opportunity to explain the impact of our**
**action and how we contribute in developing education**
**within the country. The show is available online on**
**youtube via the below link https://youtu.be/_-**
**gFmWOVL-A?si=x7T7GtvggpeIj2UV**
**- with the donation of stationeries that we have done,**
**the schools was able to increase their percentage level**
**of success at the primary schools final exam. This is**
**because we provide the stationeries to every single**
**child from each of the school, as well as helping the**
**schools to teach the lesson in the best condition.**
**- We offered the stationery to 24 primary schools. A**
**summary of a day donation in different schools can be**
**viewed via the following YouTube link:**
**https://youtu.be/qXYHiHRXGYY?si=8j9doukn7rWdZp8J**
**--we went to the country side to make a film**
**documentary with the children named Elisabeth. She is**
**known for walking 6 miles a day to go schools. We**
**support her since 2919 but covering all her schools**
**fees and stationeries with our sponsoring program.**
**Elisabeth is a role model and best in class. The 9min**
**documentary on her day to day is available on the**
**below youtube link.**
**https://youtu.be/xtVvO6RuZXk?si=JJ_QdizoxvmVCfHS**
**In addition to the donation of stationeries, many**
**schools have received furniture build another tap in**
**the mbaye diagne degaye schools to provide access to**
**water to the children. A summary of the items offered**
**to the schools is available in the below youtube link:**
**https://youtu.be/LXg39eZjAOE?si=ghlIu0prbXWtHSuf**
**- The partnership we have signed with a national**
**school dedicated to disabled children is going well.**
**This year we have sponsored 20 disabled, by offering**
**the equivalent of GBP 100 each. As evidence we**
**provided to the sponsor a certificate signed by the**
**director of the disable schools and including the name**
**of the child he support, the disability, and how good**
**the child perform at schools.**
**- Our sponsoring program dedicated only the top**
**student of each of the primary schools we support is**
**also progressing well. We have increased the number**
**of sponsored students from 33 to 65. They are now in**
**secondary schools and as always, we take care of their**|
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**school’s registration fees and pay the entire stationeries for them: this represents an amount of GBP 100 per children/family. - In term of marketing and visibility of our charity actions, our social media are still very up to date. Since 2021 we are partnering with 3 digital news company (Medina TV, Dak Medina and Medina Actu) that publish online all our event. - We did organise the 4[rd] edition of our mathematic and poetry competition where participants came from 9 of the primary public schools. The completion involved poetry and maths. We worked with the local authority dealing with education to organise an event post completion where we gave prize to the top 3 of each competition. This is another way to motivate the students to be excellent at schools. Video is available on the below link: https://youtu.be/CwxO3IipnmY?si=0dcHZGND7Jhulw1b - We partnered with an international BEM business school in Dakar. Within the partnership we offer internship program for their student coming from France, so they can volunteer for the charity and help us in our daily activity. The internship duration is for 3 months. - we renewed the partnership with the international company named BIC. And signed new contact with the international company named AUCHAN for more support from them/**
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
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|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
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## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of each period, the trustees**
**will review all the expense and income,**
**analyse and understand the time of the**
**year where income are higher and take**
**strategic decision to limit the charity**
**financial cost. We have now built an**
**internal dashboard which allow quick**
**decision making. The dashboard helps**
**us to understand what activity cost us**
**more, why, and when (which month) do**
**we spend more money out, do we**
**receive more money in.**
**In addition to that we have analyse the**
**mains platform used by our donors to**
**donate to the charity and developed**
**more strategy to facilitate their donation**
**process.**
**All financial documents are available to**
**all charity trustees via a shared drive**
**that is accessible online. Our**
**accounting team who validate all**
**expenses will present to the trustees the**
**financial situation during the monthly**
**charity meeting. This is how we manage**
**the progress of our fundraising to**
**ensure we will have enough money to**
**cover all our donation.**
**Our action become a lot more visible**
**with the monthly newsletter that we**
**distribute in both English and French to**
**more than 300 emails.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**All decisions are always being based on**
**data driven analysis, discussed and**
**agreed to ensure the charity will follow**
**the right direction. we started with one**
**school in 2015, and we are now helping**
**16 schools. Most of the schools were in**
**the same area, in the capital but actions**
**are now expanded to others areas of the**
**countries. Our target for 2025, is to help**
**at least one school in each region of the**
**country. We are targeting a national**
**coverage.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**n/a**|
|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**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal Para 1.47 sources of funds (including any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**FOUNDATION**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**|
|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|**In selecting individuals for appointment**
**as charity trustees, the charity trustees**
**mush have regards to the skills,**
**knowledge and experience need for the**
**effective administration of the CIO**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|MY MEDINA SCHOOLS|
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|Other name the charity uses|MMS|
|Registered charity number|1167738|
|Charity’s principal address|BR3 1EB
Flat 4, 108 High street
Beckenham
London|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||SOBO AKOUBA
OLIVIA MARILYNE
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## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
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## **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
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
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## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|||
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||MANGONE THIAM||
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CHAIR||
||25/09/2024||
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MY MEDINA SCHOOLS 1167738
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period Period start date Period end date
To
from 01/12/2022 30/11/2023
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Donation from Company FBN 1,231 - - 1,231 -
donation Paypal ( from charity website) 8,367 - - 8,367 -
Donation french charity platform named
419 - - 419 -
Hello Asso
donation charity Box UK 315 - - 315 -
Donation from NBA Player Mr Dasagana
870 - - 870 -
Diop
Charity event 2,749 - - 2,749 -
Donation from company BIC 3,212 - - 3,212 -
Donation from company Tap Tap send 259 - - 259 -
Sub total (Gross income for
AR) [ 17,422 ] - - 17,422 -
A2 Asset and investment sales,
(see table).
Sales of charity Tshirt 70 - - 70
- - - - -
Sub total 70 - - 70 -
Total receipts 17,492 - - 17,492 -
A3 Payments
cost of notebook offered to the students 7,684 - - 7,684 -
sponsoring of 65 top student 6,050 - - 6,050 -
printer tor offered to 2 schools 200 - - 200 -
tap refurbished for one school 150 - - 150 -
printer ink offered 90 - - 90 -
cost of Pens offered to the students 2,790 - - 2,790 -
wheelchairs for disabled kids 258 - - 258 -
admin fees 59 - - 59 -
- - - -
Sub total [ 17,281 ] - - 17,281 -
A4 Asset and investment
purchases, (see table)
- - - -
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 17,281 - - 17,281 -
Net of receipts/(payments) 211 - - 211 -
A5 Transfers between funds - - - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end - - - - -
Cash funds this year end 211 - - 211 -
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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**||
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|**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
MT
sticker
advertising items
**Details**
**Details**
laptop and paper
mobile phone cost
software
desk furnitures
printer cartridge
orange and wave mobile money balance
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
paypal balance
HelloAsso.com balance
**Details**
advertising
transfer paper
printer|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**215**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**215**
**-**
Agreement Error
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**305**
**-**
**10**
**-**
**400**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**80**
**-**
111
**-**
254
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
179
**-**
190
**-**
115
**-**
202
**-**
49
**-**
27
**-**
122
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Mangone THIAM|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**|
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||||OK|
||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
24/09/2024|
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