2024-05-31-accounts

Meseret for Women

Receipts & Payments Account

For the Year Ended 31 May 2024

Registered Charity Number: 1168038

Meseret for Women

General Fund

Receipts and Payments Account For The Year Ended 31 May 2024

RECEIPTS: Individual Donations Fundraising Events Just Giving Receipts Charitable Activities - MFW Africa Professional Fees Website costs Bank Charges Balance in hand 01/06/2023 PAYMENTS: Balance in Hand 31/05/2024	£ £ 1,443 22,207 42 12,315 34,564 36,007 29,541 216 - 284 30,041 5,966 31/05/2024	£ £ 299 20,729 3,569 4,460 28,758 29,057 27,348 216 - 50 27,614 1,443 31/05/2023

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Meseret for Women

TOTAL ASSETS Barclays Bank Current Account GENERAL FUND	£ £ £ £ 5,966 299 5,966 299 5,966 299 Statement of Assets At 31 May 2024 31/05/2023 31/05/2024

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Meseret for Women

Trustee's Annual Report for the year ended 31 May 2024

Legal and Administrative Information

Legal and Administrative Information
Charity commission registered number	1168038
Principle address	The Mission Room
	High Street
	Reed
	Royston SG8
	8AH
Governing document	Trust Deed
Objectives of the charity	The objectives of the charity (the objetcs) are: The
	relief of physical and mental distress by providing
	emotional and practical support to any persons who
	have been a victim of rape or are experiencing
	physical, mental or sexual abuse, or wish to abandon
	new born babies, in particular but not exclusively, by
	providing a temporary suitable refuge and teaching
	skills to enable such persons to financially support
	themselves and their children. Providing care and
	assistance to vulnerable women in Ethiopia to
	discourage abandonment of newborn babies and
	promote self worth and development of skills to enable
	these women to support themselves and their children.
	These activities aim to reduce the number of
	abandoned babies and is, therefore, of public benefit
	and also benefits the natural mothers who would
	otherwise be forced to give up their babies for
	financial and cultural reasons.

Trustees and Governance

Trustees and Governance
Name of trustee	Office held	Name of trustee	Office held
Rachel Louise Duke		Caryss Welch
Dr Peter Gough
Stephen Hawkes

All trustees acted for the whole period

Activities and achievements

Meseret for Women works in partnership with Meseret for Women, Ethiopia a Non-Governmental Organisation which administers the house and training programmes necessary to fulfil the objects of the charity. Regular contact with and visits to the women's refuge and training programmes are made by one of our trustees (at her own expense) to ensure probity in the delivery of the charity's objects.

Reserves policy

We aim to keep three months of project funding in reserve in order to avoid interruption of services in Ethiopia.

Date

RDuke

07.03.2025

Signed

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Independent Examiners' Report to the Trustees of Meseret for Women

I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 May 2024 which are set out on pages 1 to 4.

Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year (under section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the 1993 Act)) and that an independent examination is needed.

It is my responsibility to:

1. Examine the accounts (under section 43(3) of the 1993 Act);

2. To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section43(7)(b) of the 1993 Act); and

3. To state whether particular matters have come to my attention

Basis of Independent Examiners' Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounts records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The proceedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts.

Independent Examiners' Statement

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements

2. to keep accouting records in accordance with section 41 of the 1993 Act; and to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with accounting requirements of the 1993 Act

have not yet met; or

1. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached

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