## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 05/04/2023 Period start date To 04/04/2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Acape Trust**
## **Charity registration number: 1168693**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The objects of Acape Trust are the
advancement of education for the beneft of
young adults in Rwanda. This includes
sponsoring children and adolescents so that
they have the fnancial means to attend
school and the construction/renovation of
school buildings.|
|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|We have established contact with the diocese
of Butare together with local authorities and
schools in southern Rwanda where Acape
Trust mainly operates.|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
|Para 1.18|The trust has had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity Commission on public
beneft.|
|~~benefit~~|||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment
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Para 1.38
Contribution made by
volunteers
Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
Summary of the main
Para 1.20
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.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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Achievements against Para 1.41
objectives set
Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives Para 1.41
set
Investment performance Para 1.41
against objectives
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Other
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21||
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|For the time being, the charity has no
reserves as the charity was not operating
during the fnancial year concerned. Any
funds available should, according to our
policy, be used on projects set out by the
governing body from the beginning of every
fnancial year.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22||
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)**
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|The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The charity was not operating during the
fnancial year and therefore, there was no
fundraising organised and no expenditure
made.|
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|Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46||
|A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46||
|Other|||
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
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Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|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
|Para 1.25||
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|ACAPE TRUST|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|1168693|
|Charity’s principal address|85 Great Portland Street, First Floor London W1W 7L|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee**
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20|Venuste
Nshimiyimana|||~~**(if any)**~~|
||Mariam Thiam||||
||Icyeza A
Nshimiyimana||||
||Jean Kazungu||||
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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 rf not for whole year
**Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for 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**
**Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature(s)** I.A.N **Full name(s)** Icyeza A Nshimiyimana **Position (eg** Secretary **Secretary, Chair, etc)**
**Date** 3/10/2024