2024-12-31-accounts - Confident Children Out Of Conflict UK

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Charity name	Confident Children Out Of Conflict UK
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.
Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year	The trustees of CCC UK are pleased to present this seventh Annual Report to the Charity Commission. At the close of the previous reporting period (i.e. 31st December 2023) CCC UK’s cash funds stood at £ £12,393. 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 (2024) CCC UK had received £8,296 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. 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.

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.

Summary of the
main
achievements
of the charity
during the year

The trustees of CCC UK are pleased to present this seventh
Annual Report to the Charity Commission.
At the close of the previous reporting period (i.e. 31st December
2023) CCC UK’s cash funds stood at £ £12,393. 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 (2024)
CCC UK had received £8,296 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.
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.

	In previous reporting period the CCC UK Board had decided continuing support to those South Sudanese refugee children who are at the moment being supported by Confident Children Uganda. Many of these were previously supported from a young age when they lived in Juba, South Sudan. 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. We also received school reports, photos and updates on the progress the children are making at school and those who have graduated. We gave a commitment 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 other young children who needed support. The commitment was $7,600. The Support Worker has supported the girls for around 11 years now, both in South Sudan and now in Uganda. She 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.
Achievements continued.	At the close of the reporting period CCC UK had a balance of £20, 464 and the charity’s trustees were in consultation Confident Children Uganda on support for 2025.
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.

In previous reporting period the CCC UK Board had decided
continuing support to those South Sudanese refugee children
who are at the moment being supported by Confident Children
Uganda. Many of these were previously supported from a
young age when they lived in Juba, South Sudan.
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. We also received school reports,
photos and updates on the progress the children are making at
school and those who have graduated.
We gave a commitment 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 other young children who needed support.
The commitment was $7,600.
The Support Worker has supported the girls for around 11 years
now, both in South Sudan and now in Uganda. She 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.

Achievements
continued.

At the close of the reporting period CCC UK had a balance of
£20, 464 and the charity’s trustees were in consultation
Confident Children Uganda on support for 2025.

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.

	Unrestricted funds		Restricted funds		Endowment funds		Total funds		Last year
	to the nearest £	to the nearest	to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £		to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
MonthlyDonations	4,527		-		-		4,527		4,567
One-off donations	3,769		-		-		3,769		4,394
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
*Sub total*(Gross income for AR)	8,296		-		-		8,296		8,962

A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~
*Sub total* ~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	8,296 ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
*Total receipts* ~~—————=~~	8,296 ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~		~~—————=~~	8,962 ~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
A3 Payments
Cost of charitable activities	8		-		-		8		11,934
Cost ofgeneratingvoluntaryreceipts	216		-		-		216		316
Governance Costs	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
	-		-		-		-		-
**Sub total **	224		-		-		224		12,250
~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
*Sub total* ~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~
*Totalpayments* ~~—————=~~	224 ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	- ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	224 ~~—————=~~	~~—————=~~	12,250 ~~—————=~~
~~—————=~~ ~~===~~	~~—————=~~ ~~===~~	~~—————=~~ ~~===~~	~~—————=~~ ~~===~~	~~—————=~~ ~~===~~	~~—————=~~ ~~===~~	~~—————=~~ ~~>=>~~	~~—————=~~ ~~>=>~~	~~—————=~~ ~~>=>~~	~~—————=~~ ~~>=>~~
*Net of receipts/(payments)* ~~===~~	8,072 ~~===~~	8,072 ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- ~~>=>~~	8,072 ~~>=>~~	8,072 ~~>=>~~	- 3,288 ~~>=>~~
A5 Transfers between funds ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- - ~~===~~	- - ~~===~~	- - ~~===~~	~~>=>~~	- ~~>=>~~	~~>=>~~	- ~~>=>~~
A6 Cash funds lastyear end ~~===~~	12,393 ~~===~~	12,393 ~~===~~	- - ~~===~~	- - ~~===~~	- - ~~===~~	~~>=>~~	12,393 ~~>=>~~	~~>=>~~	15,681 ~~>=>~~
*Cash funds thisyear end* ~~===~~	20,464 ~~===~~	20,464 ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- ~~===~~	- 20,464 ~~===~~	- 20,464 ~~>=>~~	- 20,464 ~~>=>~~	~~>=>~~	12,393 ~~>=>~~
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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period

Categories	Details	Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
		to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B1 Cash funds	Current Account Balance	20,464	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
	*Total cash funds*	20,464	-	-
	(agree balances w ith receipts and payments account(s))	OK		OK
		Unrestricted funds	Restricted funds	Endowment funds
	Details	to nearest £	to nearest £	to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
		-	-	-
			Cost (optional)
	Details	Fund to which asset belongs		Current value (optional)
B3 Investment assets			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
			-	-

	Details	Fund to which asset belongs	Cost (optional)	Current value (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use			-	-
			-	-
			-	-
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			-	-
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			Amount due (optional)
	Details	Fund to which liability relates		When due (optional)
B5 Liabilities			-
			-
			-
			-
			-

Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees	Signature	Print Name		Date of approval