| Charity name | Confident Children Out Of Conflict UK |
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| Other names by which the charity is known |
CCC UK |
| Registered charity number |
1167899 |
| Principal address |
30 Brian Road, Smethwick, Birmingham, West Midlands, B67 7LG |
| Names of the charity trustees |
Kevin Bellwood (Chair, trustee since 28th June 2016) Christine Fenning (Deputy chair, trustee since 27th June 2017) John Fenning (Since 28th June 2016) Sarah Williamson (27th June 2017) Shruti Aggarwal (Since 5th October 2021) |
| Name Chief Exec/senior staff |
CCC UK has no staff at present |
| Type of governing document |
Constitution |
| How the charity is constituted |
CIO |
| Charity trustee selection methods |
A trustee may be appointed by the decision of the trustees. |
| Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document |
The objects of the charity are to promote: - The relief of poverty; - Education and training amongst vulnerable young people in Africa. |
| Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects |
The principal activity of Confident Children Out of Conflict UK (CCC UK) is the funding of the education of street children of South Sudan. We do this primarily by providing financial and other support to the South Sudanese charity Confident Children Out Of Conflict (CCC) and to the charity Confident Children Uganda which supports former South Sudanese street children who have taken refuge in Uganda. Our vision is to enable vulnerable children to thrive so that they can develop into competent young adults and reach their full potential. CCC has a centre in the South Sudanese capital Juba where it houses vulnerable young children from 18 months to 17 years old. These are mainly girls who have in the past been affected |
| by poverty, gender-based violence and/or displaced by internal conflict in the country. CCC also used to fund the education of several hundred other children throughout the world’s newest, but poorest country, particularly from Juba’s slums like Juba cemetery. A number of South Sudanese children who were previously supported by CCC in Juba have been supported in boarding school in Uganda by Confident Children Uganda since 2014/15. The first few of these children are now graduating from secondary school. In addition to funding CCC, we occasionally fund organisations that support the education and training of vulnerable young people in South Sudan. At present our support is limited to South Sudanese children. We only fund organisations that are known to the trustees. We do not accept unsolicited requests for funding. All trustees have read the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit and have had regard for this guidance in all decision making. |
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| Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year |
The trustees of CCC UK are pleased to present this sixth Annual Report to the Charity Commission. At the close of the previous reporting period (i.e. 31st December 2022) CCC UK’s cash funds stood at £15,681. CCC UK’s donations during the CCC UK Annual Return reporting period have come principally from individual donors and fundraising campaigns, but also donations from faith groups and a charitable foundation. By the end of the reporting period CCC UK had received £8,962 in voluntary receipts via donations and fundraising. The CCC UK Trustees would like to express our gratitude to our supporters for their ongoing partnership in this critical work. CCC UK is also very grateful for any generous one-off donations. We had 5 formal meetings during this period. Given various prominent crises around the world, fundraising for this cause is becoming increasingly difficult in the UK, particularly as a small charity, but CCC UK is keen to work to support continued education for at least some of the most vulnerable South Sudanese children, especially those girls we know personally and have supported since CCC UK’s foundation. Due to impact of the pandemic and economic developments, |
the number of children whose school fees CCC in Juba has supported has also reduced by almost a third in 2021. This was due to children dropping out, in addition to many pressures on education partners, and difficulties of following up on the large number of children who are out of school. CCC has also particularly struggled. The school schedule in South Sudan returned to its pre-pandemic calendar with schools starting on 9[th] February 2023 to align with the rest of East Africa.
During this period CCC moved to a new centre on the outskirts of Juba, with the girls and boys living at the new centre moved to schools closer to it. The education programme has changed significantly over the last few years. The original programme which supported children across Juba living in very challenging conditions, could no longer be sustained by CCC.
For 2023 CCC requested that CCC UK pay for the education of 50 children. There was a range of correspondence throughout the year regarding the education programme in Juba. Originally CCC UK were paying for the school fees of children living in deprivation in the community, as well as for those living at the CCC residential centre. The fees in 2023 were sought for children living at the new residential centre only. Board members agreed to transfer £5000 as a contribution towards these education costs. Part of this grant (up to $1000) could be used towards overhead costs to administer the Education Programme and the Board were told there was no Education Officer on board during this period.
Due to the significant change to CCC South Sudan’s education programme, CCC UK’s vision to support continued education for some of the poorest of the poor and the difficulty in fundraising, CCC UK had to make the difficult decision to downscale and focus its support. The CCC UK Board decided to do so by continuing support to those children who the trustees know personally from their time in South Sudan and whom they have supported the longest, and who are at the moment being supported by Confident Children Uganda. The likelihood that support to CCC South Sudan would come to an end had been raised previously, but the final decision was communicated to CCC South Sudan and we look forward to seeing how the organisation will develop in its new home.
CCC UK’s Chair of Trustees was resident in Kampala, Uganda for part of this year, which was especially helpful for communication between trustees and the management of Confident Children Uganda, as well as the children directly throughout the year via video calls. We also received school reports, photos and updates on the progress the children are making at school and those who have graduated.
| We transferred £6,260 to continue to fund the Support Worker for Confident Children Uganda and to continue to fund the education of the girls CCC UK has been supporting. In addition, through its contingency CCC UK was able to provide bridge funding to support three other young children who were in need of a donor. The Support Worker who has supported the girls for around 10 years now, both in South Sudan and now in Uganda, cares for the children during the holidays in the charity’s house in Kampala and supports them with the co-ordination of their education during term time, as well as cares for them pastorally throughout the year. The funds for the girls cover their school fees, school materials, toiletries, medical costs and a contribution to costs of living in the main Confident Children Uganda house during holidays. |
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| Achievements continued. |
At the close of the reporting period CCC UK had a balance of £12,393 and the charity’s trustees were in consultation Confident Children Uganda on support for 2024. |
| Policy on reserves |
The Trustees felt there was no need for a policy on reserves while the charity has no staff. This view is periodically reviewed. |
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| Confident Children out of Conflict UK | 1167899 | |||||||
| Receipts andpayments accounts | ||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | To | Period end date | |||||
| 01/01/2023 | 31/12/2023 | |||||||
| Section A Receipts and payments | ||||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
Total funds | Last year | ||||
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to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | to the nearest £ | ||||
| A1 Receipts | ||||||||
| VoluntaryReceipts | 8,962 | - | - | 8,962 | 10,133 | |||
| Interest | - | - | - | - | - | |||
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| Sub total(Gross income for AR) |
8,962 | - | - | 8,962 | 10,133 | |||
| A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). |
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| Total receipts | 8,962 | - | - | 8,962 | 10,133 | |||
| A3 Payments | ||||||||
| Cost of charitable activities | 11,934 | - | - | 11,934 | 19,503 | |||
| Cost ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts | 316 | - | - | 316 | 216 | |||
| Governance Costs | - | - | - | - | - | |||
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| **Sub total ** | 12,250 | - | - | 12,250 | 19,719 | |||
| A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) |
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| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Totalpayments | 12,250 | - | - | 12,250 | 19,719 | |||
| Net of receipts/(payments) | - 3,288 | - | - | - 3,288 |
- 9,586 | |||
| A5 Transfers between funds | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| A6 Cash funds lastyear end | 15,681 | - | - | 15,681 | - | |||
| Cash funds thisyear end | 12,393 | - | - | 12,393 | - 9,586 |
Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
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| B1 Cash funds | Current Account Balance | 12,393 | - | - | ||||
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| Total cash funds | 12,393 | - | - | |||||
| (agree balances w ith receipts and payments account(s)) |
OK | OK | ||||||
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Restricted funds |
Endowment funds |
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| Details | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | to nearest £ | |||||
| B2 Other monetary assets | - | - | - | |||||
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Current value (optional) |
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| B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use |
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| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
Signature | Print Name | Date of approval |
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| J.B.Fenning | JOHN FENNING | 23/07/2024 | ||||||
| S. Williamson | SARAH WILLIAMSON | 11/09/2024 |