## **CHANGE A CHAPTER** **A Charitable Incorporated Organization, CIO** ## **Registered Charity Number : 1169249** **Annual Report and Accounts** **For the Financial Year ending 31[st] July 2024** 1 **Contents of the Annual Report and financial statements for the year ended 31[st] July 2024** ## **Index:** **1. Report of the Trustees Pages 3-12** **2. Statement of Financial Activities Receipts and payment accounts Pages 13-14** **3. Notes to the Financial Statements Page 15** 2 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] August 2023 Period start date To 31[st] July 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Change A Chapter** ## **Charity registration number: 1169249** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The charity currently works to advance the
education of the children in the coastal
region of Kenya from Malindi in the North to
Mombasa in the South in particular by
1. Providing and assisting in the
provision of facilities for education
at Watamu Academy Junior School,
Timboni, Watamu.
2. Providing sponsorship for children
at primary and secondary 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|During the financial year commencing 1st
August 2023 end ending 31st July 2024 a
total of £23,313 was raised and received by
the charity from a variety of different
sources.
The expenditure for this financial year was
£ 21,191 ( see Receipts and payments
accounts for the year.)
This last year Change a Chapter has
continued to receive from two different
Trust funds and many donations from kind
hearted generous individuals.
The trustees all work on an entirely
voluntary basis. We know that the charity
continues to receive donations because the
people and Trust funds who donate know
that every financial gift goes directly to
improving the welfare of the children who
live in extreme poverty in Kenya.| 3 |||Primary school support
The charity has continued to support the
education for all the children with a named
sponsor and the donations received has
also meant we have been able to support
three other children. Currently we have 10
pupils in primary school which includes 3
pupils who are doing their last two years if
primary school Class 7 and 8 now renamed
as Junior secondary school
During this year’s financial period the
children have had three academic terms.
Secondary school support
We have four students at secondary
boarding school, three girls and one boy.
One girl is due to sit her final national
exams later this year and then we have one
girl in Form 3, one in Form 2 and in
January 2024 we had one boy commence
Form 1 at a boy’s boarding school .
We support one boy at secondary day
school. In total we support 5 secondary
school students| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|The trustees confirm that they have
referred to the guidance issued for the
Charity Commission on public benefit and
have due regard for these in the charities’
activities.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The charity has one volunteer| 4 Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---| |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||During the financial year commencing 1st
August 2023 and ending 31stJuly 2024 a
total of £ 23, 313 was raised and received
by the charity from a variety of different
sources. The expenditure for the financial
year was £21,191 (see Receipts and
Payment accounts for the year).
We as trustees are very pleased with the
achievements of the charity this year
especially in light of the very significant
impact on the charity of the vastly
increased cost of everything in Kenya and
the new costly demands of the revised
education curriculum know as the CBC,
competency based curriculum.
The cost of school fees, school meals,
stationary, textbooks uniforms and
transport costs have increased
substantially again this year and they keep
rising.
Primary school education
We have been able to continue to provide
the needs for the children including; school
fees, two school meals per day,
examination charges, stationary, school
uniforms and PE kits and additional
requirements for mandatory school trips as
well as the extra school fee for computer
classes.
The costs for the CBC, Continuous based
curriculum are still increasing .The
mandatory cost of termly projects and
school trips has impacted us but as we
have less children now in primary school
we have managed to be able to
accommodate this.
We had one child complete his Kenyan
Certificate of Primary school national
exams in November last year and he
passedwellandhasnowgone on to join| 5 secondary school. He is the last child going through the former education system. The appreciation from the children for their support from the charity is humbling. They continue to write cards and letters to their sponsors and other donors and the Patrons of the charity. They put a lot of effort into these and the personal touch from the child to the sponsor is much appreciated. _“ Thank you for paying my school fees and textbooks. I am enjoying my learning and we are doing 15 subjects. The subjects I like the most are maths and Kiswahili_ _**”**_ **Brian N** _“Your great love and support have made a big difference in my life and thank you a lot. I want to tell you that I am doing well at school. I promise you I am working harder to make you more, proud of me”_ **Claudia** _“I wish to thank you for your love , kindness and care. Thank you greatly for buying me textbooks. You have been a big support and hope in my life and I thank you”_ **Leah Secondary School Education** We did not have any child sit their final secondary school exams this year. However we did have one boy start his Form 1 at a very good boys boarding school in January 2024. He appears to have settled in well to a life that is in complete contrast to the small mud hut that his mother rents for her children’s home. In total we are currently supporting five pupils at secondary school, four are at boarding school and one boy is at a day school. We have three girls at boarding school one each in Form 2, 3 and Form 4. The girl in Form 4 will sit her KCSE, Kenyan Certificate of secondary school examinations in November this year. We have one boy in Form 1 at boarding school and one boy in Form 2 at secondary day school. All these pupils are on the education system that is being phased out. 6 The pupils remain dedicated to their studies and are highly appreciative to the generosity of their sponsors to enable them to attend secondary school when many of their friends and neighbours can simply not afford to go to secondary school. Junior Secondary School This is still relatively new with its first intake in January 2023. Basically it is Class 7 and 8 of primary school and is on the same campus as the primary school students and now includes Form 1 of the original Form 1-4 of secondary school education. It is costly. We have one girl in her second year and had two children commence their first year in January 2024. It demands new uniforms and other additional requirements including expensive textbooks. It is challenging due to is costs but so far as a charity we have been able to meet the demands for this this current financial year. All the secondary school students continue to write letters to their sponsors and the children are so appreciative. _“ Thank you for all the preparations to make sure I joined Form 1 for my secondary education which I know was not easy. I take this opportunity to thank you so much for you endless love and amazing support that you have shown me “_ **Talanta Form 1** _“ I wish to thank you so much for supporting my education. Thank you for paying for my school fees and my shopping’s. I want to inform you that I am doing well at school and I am really enjoying secondary education. You have been there for me and I thank you for your great care and support.’_ **Emily Form 2** “I want to thank you for all your good love and kindness. This year I joined Junior secondary school. I am now learning new subjects my favourite subjects are English, home science and agriculture” 7 **Avril Class 7 primary/year 1 JSS.** I would like to thank you for paying towards my school fess. I really appreciate you support. I have now joined junior secondary . There are lots of changes with different projects and nine subject which I find interesting” **Brian K Class 7 primary/year 1 JSS Medical** There has been a lot of poor health and sickness in the children we support this year. These tend to mostly be stomach and bowel infections and chest infections. We have had four cases of pneumonia and one teenager was also involved in a motorbike accident. One young girl also developed malnutrition again as she frequently will only get her two meals at school and nothing to eat in the evening. The children continue to receive deworming medication. The cost of medication has risen in price like everything else but despite the large medical expenses all the children have received good medical care and have been able to continue with their primary and secondary school studies and examinations which otherwise not have been feasible. ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| 8 ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|£19,808| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|It is the policy of the charity to retain
sufficient funds to avoid becoming
overdrawn and incurring unnecessary bank
charges.
The aim of the charity is to hold sufficient
reserves for the foreseeable future.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£19,808| |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)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|The financial donations this year have been
received from generous individuals and
from two different trust funds.| |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||| 9 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|CIO
Registered 19 September 2016| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Charitable Incorporated Organization| |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|Trustees are appointed by invitation after
consideration by the Board of Trustees. No
new appointment has been made this
financial year.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|| |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|Change A Chapter| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1169249| |Charity’s principal address|Dormers, Dashpers, Brixham, Devon, TQ5 9LJ| ||| 10 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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4|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Diane Evans|||| ||David Langley|||| ||TimothyColebrook|||| ||Rebecca Langley|||| – 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** ## **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)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| 11 Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non-disclosure of ke rsonnel details Other o tional infonnation Change A Chapter are extremely grateful for all the generous donations and financial gifts it has received this year. We have been most appreciative of the support of our Patron Bishop Timothy Dudley- Smith rtght up until a couple of months before he passed (RIP 121h August 2024). He has been an incredible support over the last 8 years and he will be greatly missed. We also would like to thank our Patron Lad Julia Cla on for her continuin su ort. Declarations The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees, report above. Slgned on behalf of the charlty's trustees Slgnature{s) Full name(s) David Langley Diane Evans Posltlon (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Trustee Trustee Date 12 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIAND AND WALES Chang•A Chapt8r Recei Its and ments accounts CC16a For tho porlod from To 01- 31-Jul-24 Section A Receipts and ments Unrestricted funds b) th• n•ar•$t End￿ment fund8 Last &strlcted fund8 Total funds b) th• rnar•$t£ lo th• n•ar•$t£ A1 Recel S on$otshl tkjnations 9,118 9,118 14,195 11,284 12,356 14.195 Sub total(Gross income forAR) 14.195 9.118 23,313 23,640 A2 Asset and Inveslment sales, Soe table . Sub tolal 14195 23,313 3Pa ments Prirnary School Fees Primary School Textbooks Salades 874 874 778 788 Secondary School fèe$ Secondary School Textbook8 Se¢onda S¢hool Sundri0S Medlcal 778 778 610 Food and Water School unlfom)s 593 751 Trdn5POrt Educational courses 259 259 505 Adrnlnistrativa and legal 841 723 Sub total A4 Asset and Investment purchases. (see table) Sub total Totsl payments 12,m 9.118 21.191 Net ofrecelpts/(payments) AS Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash fvnds thls year end 2,11 17,268 17,268 19,898 19, 19,808 17, 13 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unr8stri¢tad funds to marest £ RgstriGted funds Endowmènl funds Categories Dètails to rnarest £ lo n•argst £ B1 Ca$hlun(ts Uoyd5 Bank 14919 KCB Bank Kenya 889 Totsl ¢ash funds 19,808 Unrnstrf¢ted funds R•$tri¢ted fund5 Endowment funds to nearest £ Details fo n•ar88t £ to n•are&t £ B2 Other monetary assets Flrd to which a￿•1 Delails CoBt I1￿￿￿&1) Ctsrrent valuB 83 Inv•stmant assets to wNch aB#•t Cwrent valu• Oetails Cost l0Olon411 B4 Assets retainod for thè charty's own use FutMI to wNch IlaWIIty relatss Details l(ytlcThll loptl4Th11 85 Liabilities Sigrb8d by one Orkn￿ trustaas on beha￿ of all the trust•&s SkJnature Print Name Dale of approval Diane Evans DavKI Langley -11 CCXX R1 accounts {SSI 2010912024 14 **Notes to financial statements for the year ended 31[st] July 2024** Reduction in overall expenditure has been due to two main factors. The salary bill has fallen as one of our long-term teachers has moved to another school and the number of named children sponsored by Change a Chapter has become less. Some of our sponsors have had to withdraw either because of ill health or other reduced circumstances. A number of pupils have now successfully finished their secondary school and moved onto either employment or further education (which is not part of our remit). In addition, although Kenya has been affected like the UK with a huge increase in food prices and other commodities, we have benefitted from an improved exchange rate. This has averaged at 160KSH to the pound. Last year the average was 150KSH to then pound. This has allowed Change a Chapter to offer to all its children the same advantages as last year despite generally rising costs across the board. 15